Will my 2.30 GHz laptop be able to run a game with 2.8 GHz recommended?

[lesser than dog]

I want to buy Unravel Two, but the game says "Recommended: Intel i5 2300 @ 2.8GHz" or even more.

My laptop has a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H @2.30 GHz. Will it run?


Links:
Unravel Two Requirements: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225570/Unravel_Two/

ASUS VivoBook K3402ZA Laptop: https://www.asus.com/ca-en/laptops/for-home/vivobook/vivobook-s-14-oled-k3402-12th-gen-intel/

[nullable]

https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/vivobook/vivobook-s-14-k3402-12th-gen-intel/techspec/

You can't just look at the Ghz, it's too ambiguous.

Unravel Two
Minimum:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 64-bit, 8.1 64-bit OR Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i3 2120 @ 3.3GHz OR AMD FX 4350 @ 4.2 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon R7 250X OR Nvidia GTX 650Ti
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space

The CPU's listed in the minimum and recommended specs are over ten years old. And they're much slower clock for clock compared to most modern CPUs.

Your laptop according to asus page has a 12th gen I3/i5/i7 I'm guesing since you said 2.3ghz, Intel® Core™ i7-12700H Processor 2.3 GHz (24M Cache, up to 4.7 GHz, 6P+8E cores) applies.

The stock speed for the CPU is 2.3ghz, but under load it'll be in the 4ghz range most of the time, like while gaming. I have a laptop with this CPU it's not an issue for any game on the market.

Your bigger problem is going to be the graphics. The game will probably run on the Intel Integrated Graphics (IGP), but it will also probably limit performance. It might not be that bad, integrated graphics now fare pretty well against ten year old midrange GPU's.

You can try the game and if it doesn't run well, refund it. Or you might look up see if anyone has done benchmarks on the game and 12th gen Intel IGP's.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k9oEH7ml1w this is for the Intel i7 12700H plus it's IGP. It should give you a rough idea of performance. Many of the games being tested are much more demanding than Unravel Two, so I figure you can play it fine. But you'll have to decide for yourself at some point.