Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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PCGH proudly presents the Path Tracing Performance Index for 2026. We're testing all GPUs with these 8 demanding path tracing benchmarks - in conjunction with the Rasterizing Performance 2026 (20 games, 4 resolutions) and Ray Tracing Performance 2026 (15 games, 4 resolutions). All 8 PT games and settings are shown in the video for easy comparison at home. Video captured in Ultra HD on a manually optimized Radeon AI Pro R9700. First results with these benchmarks can be found here: pcgh.de/aid,1486284

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Timestamps:
0:00 Test system
0:10 Alan Wake 2
1:29 Black Myth: Wukong
2:19 Cyberpunk 2077
3:16 Doom: The Dark Ages
4:12 F1 25
5:12 Half-Life 2 RTX (Demo)
6:04 Quake 2 RTX
6:51 Star Wars Outlaws

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