It should be noted that the TUF Gaming F15 also sneaks an RTX 3060 under the hood, albeit with a slightly more powerful Core i7-12700H processor. Regarding benchmarking in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the Sword 15 was able to outpace both the Acer Nitro 5 and the Alienware x14 R1 (Core i7-12700H, RTX 3060) with a result of 70 fps, but came up just a few frames per second behind the Asus TUF Gaming F15. Dropping to 720p and flipping on DLSS saw performance stabilize around the 70 fps (frames per second) mark during the same gaming conditions. I fired up Control (High, 1080p) and jumped right into the action with generally smooth frame rates, although I saw performance dip just below 50 frames per second during combat.

That puts it a step ahead of competitors like the Acer Nitro 5 (Core i5-12500H, RTX 3050), and you still have enough muscle to play most games at 1080p resolution with the goodies turned on.

Our review configuration of the Sword 15 is powered by an Intel Core i7-12650H processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU.

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