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The Gamer's Benchmark for iOS

Test and compare the gaming performance of your iPhone and iPad.

3DMark is used by millions of people, hundreds of hardware review sites and many of the world's leading technology companies. It's the industry standard benchmark for graphics performance measurement, a professional-grade tool available to home users for free.

  • Measure and compare GPU and CPU performance.
  • Rank and compare mobile devices online.
  • Compare scores from iOS and Android devices.
  • 100% free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no restrictions.
  • Easy to use, no technical know-how needed.

Get 3DMark Wild Life iOS benchmark app from the App Store

3Dmark

Metal benchmark tests
for the latest models.

Free download

Get 3DMark Wild Life iOS benchmark app from the App Store
Get 3DMark Sling Shot iOS benchmark app from the App Store

Sling Shot

OpenGL ES 3.0 and Metal
benchmarks for older models.

Free download

Get 3DMark Sling Shot iOS benchmark app from the App Store

These apps are for non-commercial use only. Professional users should
purchase a commercial license or request a commercial license or request a press license as appropriate.

Steel Nomad light

Cross-platform, non-raytraced benchmark for lightweight devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light benchmark test

Steel Nomad uses graphics technologies just like your favorite new game titles to give you a good idea of how your system will run the latest PC and mobile games without ray tracing.

Set at night, with the Steel Nomad desert basin flooded by a vast lake, Steel Nomad Light is more accessible for lightweight and portable systems, lowering the rendering resolution to 1440p and removing or reducing some of the most demanding graphical techniques used in Steel Nomad. Make no mistake though, Steel Nomad is still a very demanding benchmark for the latest phones, tablets, and lightweight laptops.

  • Uses DirectX 12, Vulkan and Metal depending on platform.
  • Designed for Windows, Windows-on-Arm, Android and iOS.
  • Cross-platform non-raytraced benchmark.

Solar Bay

Ray tracing benchmark for lightweight and mobile devices

3DMark Solar Bay benchmark test

3DMark Solar Bay is a ray tracing benchmark for test for devices running iOS, Android and Windows 10 and 11. It’s designed for measuring gaming with ray tracing performance on notebooks, phones and tablets. Built using the Vulkan 1.1 graphics API for Android and Windows, and the Metal API for iOS, its results can be compared across supported platforms. The ray traced workload increases linearly over three stages, letting you see how your device handles a variety of ray traced gaming workloads.

  • Uses Vulkan 1.1 on Android, Windows 10 and 11
  • Uses Metal on iOS devices
  • Renders at 2560 × 1440 resolution.
  • Ray tracing benchmark for lightweight and mobile devices.

Wild Life

Cross-platform benchmarks for the latest smartphones, tablets and notebooks

3DMark Wild Life benchmark test

Wild Life

3DMark Wild Life is a cross-platform benchmark for Apple, Android and Windows devices. Use 3DMark Wild Life to test and compare the GPU performance of smartphones, tablets and notebook computers.

3DMark Wild Life uses the Vulkan graphics API on Windows PCs and Android devices. On iOS devices, it uses Metal. You can compare benchmark scores across platforms.

Wild Life Extreme

3DMark Wild Life Extreme is a more demanding test for the latest devices. With new effects, enhanced geometry, more particles, and a 4K UHD rendering resolution, Wild Life Extreme is over three times more demanding than the Wild Life benchmark.

Use 3DMark Wild Life Extreme to test and compare the latest iPhones and iPads as well as Apple Mac computers with the M1 chip.

Two ways to test your device

Run Wild Life benchmarks to measure your device’s ability to deliver high performance for short periods. Use benchmark scores to compare GPU performance across devices and platforms.

Wild Life Stress Tests run twenty loops of the benchmark to show you how your device manages performance and temperature during longer periods of heavy use.

Sling Shot

Cross-platform benchmark for mainstream mobile devices

3DMark Sling Shot benchmark test

Sling Shot

Use Sling Shot to compare older iPhone and iPad models with low-cost Android devices.

Sling Shot is an OpenGL ES 3.0 benchmark that tests the full range of API features including multiple render targets, instanced rendering, uniform buffers and transform feedback. The test also includes volumetric lighting, depth of field and bloom post-processing effects. The Graphics tests are rendered at 1920 x 1080 then scaled to your device's native display resolution.

You can also run this test offscreen using Unlimited mode to compare CPUs and GPUs.

Sling Shot Extreme

Use Sling Shot Extreme to compare older Apple models with mainstream Android devices.

Sling Shot Extreme uses Metal, a low overhead graphics API created by Apple. The test uses the full range of API features including instanced rendering, multiple render targets, and uniform buffers. It also includes volumetric lighting, depth of field and bloom post-processing effects using Compute Shaders. The Graphics tests are rendered at 2560 x 1440 then scaled to your device's display.

You can also run this test offscreen using Unlimited mode to compare CPUs and GPUs.

Important notes

When comparing scores across platforms, note that the test results reflect both hardware and software. APIs with low overhead, such as Metal and Vulkan, can deliver more performance than OpenGL ES even on devices with similar hardware.

Sling Shot compatibility starts with iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, and runs to the latest devices.

Support

App language options

  • English
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • German (Wild Life only)
  • Finnish (Wild Life only)

3DMark Wild Life requirements

iOS iOS 13.0
Device iPhone 6s, iPad Air 2
Memory 2 GB
Storage 275 MB free space
macOS macOS Big Sur 11
Processor Apple M1
Storage 275 MB free space

3DMark Steel Nomad requirements

iOS iOS 13.0
Device iPhone 6s, iPad Air 2
Memory 8 GB
Graphics GPU apple family 7
Storage 150 MB (app) + X MB (tests)

3DMark Sling Shot requirements

OS iOS 9.0
Memory 1 GB
Device iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad mini 2
Storage 199 MB free space

3DMark Solar Bay requirements

OS iOS 16.0
Memory 2 GB
Device iPhone 11, 9th generation iPad
Storage 485 MB free space (shared with Wild Life)