Final Fantasy XVI looks best on PC, but on PS5 the real call is which mode you pick.
It is the only version with free settings, 4K, 120 FPS and the full upscaling set: DLSS 3.5, FSR 1.0, FSR 3.1 and XeSS 1.3, plus frame generation from NVIDIA and AMD. There is no ray tracing on any platform, so the gain is all resolution and smoothness. In our own measurements on the top preset, an RTX 4090 runs between 113 and 128 FPS.
There are two modes. Quality gives 2160p at 30 FPS reconstructed from dynamic 1440p, raising shadows, filtering and render resolution; performance drops to 1440p from 1080p to reach 60 FPS. The catch is that it does not hold them even with patch 1.000.002: busy areas fall below 40.
The Xbox version arrived two years later and no technical analysis has measured it. The store listing confirms HDR, VRR, cloud saves and current-generation optimisation, but we have no resolution or frame rate figures of our own.
PS5's performance mode does not hold 60 FPS: it falls below 40 in the busiest areas, and patch 1.000.002 did not fix it.
The best live offer for each version, every price with its format.
Resolution, modes and FPS come from the video analyses above. The rest is published by each platform's official store and by the game's technical sheet on PC. Where nobody publishes the figure we put a dash, not a guess.
| Feature | PC | PS5 | Xbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics modes | Free settings | Two: quality and performance | — |
| Maximum resolution | 4K | 2160p in quality, reconstructed from dynamic 1440p | — |
| Resolution in performance mode | Unlocked | 1440p reconstructed from 1080p | — |
| FPS in quality mode | — | 30 | — |
| FPS in performance mode | — | 60, dropping below 40 in the busiest areas | — |
| What quality mode raises | — | Render resolution, shadow quality, anisotropic filtering and some post-processing such as godrays | — |
| Cutscenes | — | 30 FPS in quality mode; in the demo they were locked to 30 in both modes | — |
| Loading times | — | Under 8 seconds from the console menu to being in the game | — |
| Ray tracing | No | — | — |
| Upscaling | DLSS 3.5, FSR 1.0, FSR 3.1 and XeSS 1.3 | — | — |
| Frame generation | DLSS FG and FSR FG | — | — |
| 120 FPS | Yes | — | — |
| HDR | Yes | — | Yes |
| VRR | — | — | Yes |
| Ultrawide | Hackable | — | — |
| Adjustable field of view | Hackable | — | — |
| Cloud saves | Yes | — | Yes |
| Optimised for the current generation | — | — | Yes |
Xbox is the Series X column unless Series S is stated. Resolution, modes, FPS, VRR and download size come from the videos; HDR, ray tracing and PC features from the technical sheet and the official Xbox catalogue.
FPS measured at 1080p on Max quality, across 30 graphics cards. These are measurements on this game, not estimates.
| Graphics card | FPS at 1080p | Relative performance |
|---|---|---|
| ASUS GEFORCE RTX 4090 24 GB | 113–128 | |
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB | 102–116 | |
| GEFORCE RTX 4080 16 GB SUPER | 99–110 | |
| GEFORCE RTX 4080 16 GB | 98–109 | |
| ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB | 91–104 | |
| GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB | 88–98 |
PC. It is the only one with free settings, 4K, 120 FPS and support for DLSS 3.5, FSR 1.0, FSR 3.1 and XeSS 1.3, plus frame generation. The game uses no ray tracing on any version.
Quality gives 2160p at 30 FPS reconstructed from dynamic 1440p, with better shadows and anisotropic filtering. Performance aims for 60 FPS at 1440p from 1080p, but does not hold them: the busiest areas fall below 40 FPS.
With patch 1.000.002, performance mode was still dropping below 40 FPS in places, with no appreciable improvement over the demo. Quality mode resolution can also fall to 1080p in the more detailed cities.
We have measured 30 cards on the top preset: an RTX 4090 runs between 113 and 128 FPS, an RX 7900 XTX between 102 and 116, and an RTX 4070 Ti SUPER between 88 and 98.
It came out much later and no technical analysis has measured it, so we publish no figures. The Xbox listing does confirm HDR, VRR, cloud saves and current-generation optimisation.
Barely any time. On PS5 you can boot the game and load your save in under 8 seconds from the console menu.
Video analysis by El Analista de Bits. The videos play from their own channel. PC data according to PCGamingWiki and our own FPS measurements; Xbox features according to the official Microsoft catalogue.
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