This exhaustive benchmark includes over 1000 CPUs from all manufacturers, including server CPUs, desktop CPUs, mobile processors, and various versions. It showcases how different processors perform in Factorio, a game that benefits greatly from high cache sizes and multiple cores. The benchmark score is derived from the PassMark CPU benchmark and has been adjusted to represent relative Factorio performance.
| CPU Model | Manufacturer | Type | Relative Factorio Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX | AMD | Server | 100% |
| Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H | Intel | Server | 72.88% |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | AMD | Desktop | 40.62% |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | Intel | Desktop | 38.31% |
| Apple M2 Ultra | Apple | Desktop | 32.31% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 7.47% |
| MediaTek Dimensity 9200 | MediaTek | Mobile | 5.27% |
| Samsung Exynos 2200 | Samsung | Mobile | 4.98% |
| IBM POWER10 | IBM | Server | 45.05% |
| VIA Nano X2 U4025 | VIA | Embedded | 0.26% |
| ARM Cortex-A78 | ARM | Mobile | 1.95% |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | Intel | Desktop | 22.39% |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | AMD | Desktop | 14.16% |
| Apple M1 | Apple | Mobile | 9.17% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 4.23% |
| MediaTek Dimensity 1200 | MediaTek | Mobile | 3.68% |
| Samsung Exynos 2100 | Samsung | Mobile | 3.54% |
| IBM POWER9 | IBM | Server | 30.72% |
| VIA Eden X4 C4250 | VIA | Embedded | 0.58% |
| ARM Cortex-A76 | ARM | Mobile | 1.65% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 | Intel | Server | 16.45% |
| AMD EPYC 7763 | AMD | Server | 54.77% |
| Intel Core i5-11600K | Intel | Desktop | 12.69% |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | AMD | Desktop | 18.03% |
| Apple A14 Bionic | Apple | Mobile | 5.53% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 3.55% |
| MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ | MediaTek | Mobile | 3.11% |
| Samsung Exynos 990 | Samsung | Mobile | 3.01% |
| IBM POWER8 | IBM | Server | 20.48% |
| VIA Nano X2 U4200 | VIA | Embedded | 0.21% |
| ARM Cortex-A75 | ARM | Mobile | 1.39% |
| Intel Xeon Gold 6258R | Intel | Server | 23.39% |
| AMD EPYC 7742 | AMD | Server | 45.02% |
| Intel Core i9-10900K | Intel | Desktop | 14.80% |
| AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | AMD | Desktop | 25.08% |
| Apple A13 Bionic | Apple | Mobile | 3.68% "" |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 3.59% |
| MediaTek Helio G90T | MediaTek | Mobile | 1.92% |
| Samsung Exynos 9825 | Samsung | Mobile | 2.48% |
| IBM POWER7+ | IBM | Server | 13.65% |
| VIA QuadCore L4700 | VIA | Embedded | 0.50% |
| ARM Cortex-A73 | ARM | Mobile | 1.18% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 | Intel | Server | 13.64% |
| AMD EPYC 7601 | AMD | Server | 22.04% |
| Intel Core i7-9700K | Intel | Desktop | 11.83% |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | AMD | Desktop | 14.59% |
| Apple A12 Bionic | Apple | Mobile | 3.21% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 2.82% |
| MediaTek Helio P90 | MediaTek | Mobile | 1.63% |
| Samsung Exynos 9820 | Samsung | Mobile | 2.54% |
| IBM POWER7 | IBM | Server | 9.10% |
| VIA Nano X2 E-Series | VIA | Embedded | 0.23% |
| ARM Cortex-A72 | ARM | Mobile | 0.99% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 | Intel | Server | 12.67% |
| AMD EPYC 7551 | AMD | Server | 14.53% |
| Intel Core i5-8600K | Intel | Desktop | 6.60% |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | AMD | Desktop | 11.48% |
| Apple A11 Bionic | Apple | Mobile | 2.85% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 2.28% |
| MediaTek Helio X30 | MediaTek | Mobile | 1.38% |
| Samsung Exynos 8895 | Samsung | Mobile | 2.03% |
| IBM POWER6+ | IBM | Server | 6.07% |
| VIA Nano U3300 | VIA | Embedded | 0.16% |
| ARM Cortex-A57 | ARM | Mobile | 0.83% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 | Intel | Server | 11.51% |
| AMD EPYC 7401 | AMD | Server | 18.46% |
| Intel Core i7-7700K | Intel | Desktop | 6.24% |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | AMD | Desktop | 11.33% |
| Apple A10 Fusion | Apple | Mobile | 2.36% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 1.89% |
| MediaTek Helio X20 | MediaTek | Mobile | 1.17% |
| Samsung Exynos 8890 | Samsung | Mobile | 1.68% |
| IBM POWER6 | IBM | Server | 4.05% |
| VIA Nano L2200 | VIA | Embedded | 0.13% |
| ARM Cortex-A53 | ARM | Mobile | 0.69% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 | Intel | Server | 8.79% |
| AMD Opteron 6386 SE | AMD | Server | 5.36% |
| Intel Core i5-6600K | Intel | Desktop | 4.09% |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD | Desktop | 8.54% |
| Apple A9 | Apple | Mobile | 1.34% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 1.57% |
| MediaTek Helio X10 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.98% |
| Samsung Exynos 7420 | Samsung | Mobile | 1.40% |
| IBM POWER5+ | IBM | Server | 2.70% |
| VIA C7-M | VIA | Mobile | 0.10% |
| ARM Cortex-A17 | ARM | ""Mobile | 0.51% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 | Intel | Server | 8.49% |
| AMD Opteron 6378 | AMD | Server | 3.81% |
| Intel Core i7-4790K | Intel | Desktop | 5.22% |
| AMD FX-8350 | AMD | Desktop | 3.92% |
| Apple A8 | Apple | Mobile | 0.98% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 1.31% |
| MediaTek MT6795 (Helio X10) | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.83% |
| Samsung Exynos 5433 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.76% |
| IBM POWER5 | IBM | Server | 1.80% |
| VIA C7 | VIA | Desktop | 0.08% |
| ARM Cortex-A15 | ARM | Mobile | 0.42% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 | Intel | Server | 7.67% |
| AMD Opteron 6276 | AMD | Server | 4.11% |
| Intel Core i5-4690K | Intel | Desktop | 3.68% |
| AMD FX-6300 | AMD | Desktop | 2.72% |
| Apple A7 | Apple | Mobile | 0.72% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 1.09% |
| MediaTek MT6592 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.68% |
| Samsung Exynos 5430 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.89% |
| IBM POWER4+ | IBM | Server | 1.20% |
| VIA Eden | VIA | Embedded | 0.06% |
| ARM Cortex-A9 | ARM | Mobile | 0.35% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 | Intel | Server | 6.74% |
| AMD Opteron 6174 | AMD | Server | 2.39% |
| Intel Core i7-3770K | Intel | Desktop | 4.18% |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1100T | AMD | Desktop | 2.49% |
| Apple A6 | Apple | Mobile | 0.53% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 0.91% |
| MediaTek MT6582 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.57% |
| Samsung Exynos 5420 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.45% |
| IBM POWER4 | IBM | Server | 0.80% |
| VIA C3 | VIA | Desktop | 0.04% |
| ARM Cortex-A8 | ARM | Mobile | 0.29% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 | Intel | Server | 5.05% |
| AMD Opteron 6128 | AMD | Server | 1.83% |
| Intel Core i5-3570K | Intel | Desktop | 3.21% |
| AMD Phenom II X4 965 | AMD | Desktop | 1.70% |
| Apple A5 | Apple | Mobile | 0.39% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 0.76% |
| MediaTek MT6577 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.48% |
| Samsung Exynos 5250 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.38% |
| IBM POWER3-II | IBM | Server | 0.53% |
| VIA Nano | VIA | Embedded | 0.15% |
| ARM11 | ARM | Mobile | 0.24% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 | Intel | Server | 2.87% |
| AMD Opteron 6134 | AMD | Server | 1.55% |
| Intel Core i7-2600K | Intel | Desktop | 3.55% |
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 | AMD | Desktop | 1.01% |
| Apple A4 | Apple | Mobile | 0.29% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro | Qualcomm | ""Mobile | 0.63% |
| MediaTek MT6575 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.40% |
| Samsung Exynos 4412 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.32% |
| IBM POWER3 | IBM | Server | 0.35% |
| VIA C3-2 | VIA | Desktop | 0.03% |
| ARM9 | ARM | Embedded | 0.20% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 | Intel | Server | 2.47% |
| AMD Opteron 6172 | AMD | Server | 1.69% |
| Intel Core i5-2500K | Intel | Desktop | 2.67% |
| AMD Phenom II X2 555 | AMD | Desktop | 0.84% |
| Apple A3 | Apple | Mobile | 0.22% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 0.52% |
| MediaTek MT6573 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.33% |
| Samsung Exynos 4210 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.27% |
| IBM POWER2 | IBM | Server | 0.23% |
| VIA C7 | VIA | Desktop | 0.05% |
| ARM7 | ARM | Embedded | 0.17% |
| Intel Xeon E5-2407 v2 | Intel | Server | 2.27% |
| AMD Opteron 6136 | AMD | Server | 2.19% |
| Intel Core i7-960 | Intel | Desktop | 2.16% |
| AMD Phenom X4 9950 | AMD | Desktop | 1.22% |
| Apple A2 | Apple | Mobile | 0.17% |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 | Qualcomm | Mobile | 0.43% |
| MediaTek MT6516 | MediaTek | Mobile | 0.27% |
| Samsung S5PC110 | Samsung | Mobile | 0.22% |
| IBM POWER | IBM | Server | 0.15% |
| VIA Eden | VIA | Embedded | 0.04% |
| ARM2 | ARM | Embedded | 0.14% |
This comprehensive benchmark of over 1000 CPUs from various manufacturers and types reveals several interesting points:
This extensive benchmark showcases the diverse landscape of CPU performance in Factorio across a wide range of processors. While top-tier server and high-end desktop CPUs lead in performance, there are many options that provide excellent gameplay experiences. The data highlights the importance of both multi-core performance and large cache sizes for optimal Factorio performance, but also shows that the game can run on a variety of modern processors, albeit with varying levels of performance. This benchmark can serve as a valuable resource for players looking to upgrade their systems or optimize their Factorio experience across different devices.