Marvel's Avengers — PS5 & PS5 Pro performance
Technical analysis last updated
Marvel's Avengers sees a massive improvement moving from PS4 Pro to PS5. On PS4 Pro, Performance mode suffers from low resolution and severe CPU bottlenecks, while Quality mode runs at 2160p checkerboard. On PS5, Performance mode is the recommended option, sustaining 60fps with dynamic resolution ranging between 1440p and 1800p reconstructed to 2160p checkerboard. PS5 Quality mode provides native 4K30 with superior shadow filtering, enhanced water geometry, and detailed physics-based debris destruction. Load times are drastically improved on PS5, dropping from over a minute on PS4 Pro to around four seconds.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 5
PS5 offers an excellent technical presentation for Marvel's Avengers, headlined by a smooth 60fps Performance mode and a highly detailed native 4K Quality mode. Dynamic geometry for water and upgraded physics debris elevate visual quality, while SSD load times are reduced down to just four seconds.
Performance Mode
PS5UnverifiedUses 2160p checkerboarding with dynamic resolution scaling that drops to 1800p in heavy action and 1440p during intense destruction. Upgraded textures, texture filtering, streaming, particle effects, and geometric water rendering compared to PS4 Pro.
Quality Mode
PS5UnverifiedRenders natively with minor dynamic resolution drops down to 2088p. Features upgraded shadows, screen-space shadows, improved screen-space reflections, extended view distances, higher particle density, and physics-driven persistent debris.
PS5 vs PS5 Pro
Side-by-side comparison of graphics modes, resolution and technical features.
A side-by-side comparison requires verified graphics-mode data on both PS5 and PS5 Pro. It appears here as soon as both versions are analysed.
Known issues
In Performance Mode on PS5, moments of extreme environmental destruction can cause brief frame drops below 60fps.
Performance mode fails to lock to 60fps, suffering drops into the low 50s and high 40s during combat and alpha-heavy scenarios.
Streaming stutters occur when entering new planets, along with cutscene camera transition lighting bugs and awkward character animation snapping.
Video analysis
Independent technical videos referenced in our analysis.
Marvel's Avengers finally receives its PlayStation 5 upgrade! In this detailed video, Alex goes through all of the upgrades the next-gen ...
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John and Rich spent the weekend getting to grips with the extremely generous and large beta release of Marvel's Avengers.
Marvel's Avengers: PlayStation 5 vs PS4 Pro - Every Upgrade Explained. Digital Foundry · 183K views ; Marvel's Avengers PS4/PS4 Pro Beta First ...
Marvel's Avengers | PS5 vs PS4 Pro | Graphics Comparison & FPS Test. @ElAnalistaDeBits1.7K likes126K views5 years ago
Marvel's Avengers: Xbox Series X|S vs PS5 - Image Quality, Performance Analysis + More. @DigitalFoundry6.5K likes183K views5 years ago more.
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Sources and verification
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- UnverifiedDigital Foundry's technical analysis of Marvel's Avengers on PS5 demonstrates major improvements over PS4 Pro, featuring a 60fps Performance mode, a native 4K30 Quality mode with enhanced physics and Digital Foundry2021-03-18
Digital Foundry's technical analysis of Marvel's Avengers on PS5 demonstrates major improvements over PS4 Pro, featuring a 60fps Performance mode, a native 4K30 Quality mode with enhanced physics and visuals, and dramatically reduced load times.
Open source - UnverifiedDigital Foundry examines Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy on PS5, detailing the severe visual trade-offs between the 4K 30fps Quality mode and the 1080p 60fps Performance mode.Digital Foundry2021-10-30
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy on PS5 features Quality (4K30) and Performance (1080p60) modes. Quality mode delivers native 4K with improved texture quality, LODs, shadows, and ambient occlusion, holding a stable 30fps. Performance mode reduces resolution to 1080p and lowers visual settings, but fails to maintain 60fps in heavy combat scenes.
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Frequently asked
Answers built from the verified data on this page.
What frame rate does Marvel's Avengers run at on PS5?
On PS5, Marvel's Avengers offers 2 graphics modes: Performance Mode targets 60 FPS at 2160p; Quality Mode targets 30 FPS at 2160p.
What is the PSFoundry Score of Marvel's Avengers?
Marvel's Avengers scores 77/100 on PS5. The PSFoundry Score measures technical performance only — frame rate, image quality, graphics modes, visual features, responsiveness, loading and stability — not how good the game is.
Patch history
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We only log updates with a documented effect on graphics modes, resolution, frame rate or visual features. None have been verified for this title yet.
The players' verdict
Recent player impressions of how the game runs on PS5 and PS5 Pro.
We publish player impressions from Reddit, ResetEra and specialist forums only when they discuss how the game actually runs. They never affect the PSFoundry Score.
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