Cyberpunk Phantom LIberty AV1 HEVC Moonlight-Sunshine Streaming Benchmarks

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Published on October 7, 2023 12:41:40 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zzu3XdMeJ4

Game:

Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

Duration: 1:14

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In this video, we benchmark Cyberpunk 2077 using the Sunshine and Moonlight streaming combo on WiFi 6, and compare it to running the game directly on a monitor. We also test the impact of different DLSS and streaming codecs.

Key Findings:
Streaming through Sunshine and Moonlight results in a performance hit of around 6-7%.
Sunshine-moonlight is very good for streaming 4k 60fps through Wifi without noticeable lag.
AV1 support for Moonlight and Sunshine is still experimental, which may explain why it is underperforming compared to HEVC. It is also possible that the GPU is using only the AV1 encoder for two streams, which could have made the AV1 + HEVC configuration faster. If you know other possible reasons, let us know!
We find the difference between DLSS Balanced and Performance to be negligible, unless we carefully examine the image or pixel peep.
DLSS Performance mode can improve frame rates by around 20% compared to DLSS Balanced mode.
HEVC streaming is slightly more efficient than AV1 streaming, but AV1 has higher minimum frame rates.
DLSS is essential for maintaining acceptable frame rates when using high-quality settings.

Recommendations:
For the best possible performance, use DLSS Performance mode and HEVC streaming.
If you are experiencing low frame rates, try using a lower DLSS quality setting or a lower resolution.

Additional Notes:
We used OBS AV1 to record the benchmarks.
Path tracing and ray reconstruction were enabled.
We noticed that the benchmark changes the NPC models every time, which is a nice touch.

We hope this video helps you to choose the best DLSS and streaming settings for your Cyberpunk 2077 experience.

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Settings and data below:
Game Version: 2.0
GPU Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU Memory: 16064 MB
GPU Driver Version: Nvidia v 53742 [r537_41]
CPU Model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
System Memory: 32768 MB
OS Name: Windows 11 Pro
OS Version: 10.0.22621
The benchmark was run with the following graphics settings:

Preset Name: Custom
Texture Quality: High
Resolution: 3840x2160
Windowed Mode: Windowed Borderless
Vertical Sync: No
DLSS Frame Generation: Yes
DLSS Enabled: Yes
DLSS Sharpness: 0.50
DLSS Ray Reconstruction Enabled: Yes
DLAA Enabled: No
DRS Enabled: No
AMD FSR 2.1 Enabled: No
XeSS Enabled: No
Ray Tracing Enabled: Yes
Path Tracing [Technology Preview]: Yes

Upper Left
DLSS Quality: Balanced
Direct to monitor
Average FPS: 60.74
Min FPS: 50.50
Max FPS: 72.89
Time: 64.21
Number of Frames: 3900

Upper Right
DLSS Quality: Balanced
AV1 Streaming
Average FPS: 56.39
Min FPS: 46.39
Max FPS: 69.37
Time: 64.19
Number of Frames: 3620

Lower Left
DLSS Quality: Balanced
HEVC Streaming
Average FPS: 57.05
Min FPS: 46.22
Max FPS: 70.43
Time: 64.22
Number of Frames: 3664

Lower Right
DLSS Quality: Performance
HEVC Streaming
Average FPS: 68.18
Min FPS: 56.45
Max FPS: 81.21
Time: 64.22
Number of Frames: 4378

All recorded using OBS 29.1.3
Type: Standard
Video Encoder: NVIDIA NVENC AV1
Audio Encoder: FFmpeg AAC
Rate Control: CQP
CQ Level: 25
Keyframe Interval: 1s
Preset: P1: Fastest (Lowest Quality)
Tuning: High Quality
Multipass Mode: Single Pass
Profile: main
Look-ahead: false
Psycho Visual Tuning: false
GPU: 0
Max B-frames: 0

Sunshine 0.20.0.974c4bd4a1d53a4ed09ba0d17add0845551d7c61
All defaults

Moonlight 4.3.1 (nightly build)
Resolution and FPS: 4k 60 FPS
Video Bitrate: 80 Mbps
Optimize game settings for streaming: false
Video Decoder: Automatic (Recommended)
Video Codec: AV1 (Experimental)
Enable HDR (Experimental): true

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