Comparison

3D Game Benchmark vs 3DMark

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

3D Game Benchmark

Test your device's gaming performance with this interactive benchmark. It displays frames per second (FPS) in visually complex scenes rendered with a game engine. Explore different levels with full camera control.

Highlights
  • Interactive benchmark utility
  • Displays FPS in complex scenes
  • Full camera movement and interaction
  • Twin joystick control scheme
  • OpenGL rendering
  • 6 different test scenes
Features
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3D Game Benchmark is an interactive benchmark utility to test the speed of your device in an actual game engine. The benchmark shows the FPS (frames per second) while displaying scenes with high triangle and pixel shader complexity. CONTROLS: The benchmark allows for full camera movement and interaction with the level using a twin joystick control scheme. Move with the left joystick and aim the camera with the right joystick. TECHNICAL: The benchmark engine uses OpenGL to draw scenes and characters from the game Heavy Blade. Each scene uses forward rendering with additive lighting, using 4 dynamic lights with shadow maps, per pixel specular and normal lighting. 6 Different scenes are available: Basic 4 characters, 4 lights Medium 16 characters, 4 lights Extreme 64 characters, 4 lights 3 actual game levels that you can move the camera around and inspect. For more games and apps visit www.RockingPocketGames.com

About

3DMark

Benchmark your iOS device to measure and compare its graphics performance. Test the latest iPhones and iPads with various demanding game-like scenes, including ray tracing, to understand real-world gaming capabilities and track performance changes over time.

Highlights
  • GPU performance testing
  • Ray tracing benchmarks
  • Gaming workload simulations
  • Cross-platform comparisons
  • Stress testing for sustained performance
  • Device performance rankings
  • Performance change tracking
Features
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Test and compare the performance of the latest iPhones and iPads with this free and easy-to-use benchmarking app. 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme is a ray-traced gaming benchmark, designed to test the graphics performance of high-end iPhones and iPads. 3DMark Steel Nomad Light is our heaviest non-raytracing benchmark for iOS. Steel Nomad Light lets you compare the performance of the latest iPhones and iPads in heavy gaming workloads. Run 3DMark Solar Bay to compare the latest iOS devices that support gaming with real-time ray tracing. Ray tracing is a new technology in games that is used to produce far more realistic lighting. It has three sections with increasingly higher ray tracing workloads, helping you understand how enabling ray tracing will affect your device’s gaming performance. 3DMark Wild Life is a cross-platform benchmarking app for comparing the performance of the latest smartphones and tablets. Use 3DMark Wild Life Extreme to test and compare the latest iPhones and iPads as well as Apple Mac computers with the M1 chip. Or run the original Wild Life benchmark to test older iPhone and iPad models. 3DMark Steel Nomad Light, Solar Bay, Wild Life, and Wild Life Extreme offer two ways to test your device: a quick benchmark that tests instant performance and a longer stress test that shows how your device performs under longer periods of heavy load. 3DMark benchmarks measure GPU performance by rendering a demanding game-like scene in real-time. The faster the scene runs, the higher your benchmark score. With its charts, lists and rankings, 3DMark gives you unique insights into the performance of your device. - Measure the GPU performance of your iPhone and iPad. - Compare your score with others from the same model. - See how your device compares with the latest models. - See how performance changes with each iOS update. - Search, filter and sort the in-app rankings to compare popular devices. 3DMark is a free app. There are no ads or in-app purchases. Download it today and join millions of people who choose 3DMark for accurate and impartial benchmark results. This app is for non-commercial use only. - Business users, contact UL.BenchmarkSales@ul.com for licensing. - Members of the press, please contact UL.BenchmarkPress@ul.com.

Screenshots

3D Game Benchmark4 screens
3DMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3D Game Benchmark at 100% against 3DMark's 53%. 3D Game Benchmark also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3D Game Benchmark holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 3D Game Benchmark's written reviews are positive against 53% of 3DMark's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
3D Game Benchmark versus 3DMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3D Game Benchmark3DMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (61 ratings) — better4.1 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better52.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6173 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB2.0 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris EgerterUnderwriters Laboratories Inc.

Customer experience

3D Game Benchmark

All ratings61 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

3DMark

All ratings72 ratings
Positive73.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative18.1%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral12.9%
Negative34.4%

In-app purchases

None

3D Game Benchmark

No in-app purchases

None

3DMark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 3D Game Benchmark free?
3D Game Benchmark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 3DMark free?
3DMark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 3D Game Benchmark or 3DMark?
3D Game Benchmark is rated higher. 3D Game Benchmark averages 4.5 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while 3DMark averages 4.1 from 73 ratings.
Do 3D Game Benchmark or 3DMark have ads?
Neither 3D Game Benchmark nor 3DMark shows ads.

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