3DMark Steel Nomad DirectX 12 / Vulkan Benchmark Review
Steel Nomad is designed to be a new generation of graphics benchmarks, developed to use a non-ray-traced DirectX 12 API. It focuses on delivering advanced geometry and raster lighting capabilities. UL Solutions is also developing Steel Nomad Lite, specifically tailored for smartphones, tablets, and lightweight notebooks, aiming to extend benchmarking utilities to a wider range of devices. We perform a benchmark test on DirectX 12 and Vulkan with the latest graphics cards.