# Nanite Performance is Not Better than Overdraw Focused LODs \[TEST RESULTS\]. Epic's Documentation is Dangering Optimization.

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**Category:** Debugging, Optimization, & Profiling\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, bug-report, Rendering\
**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/nanite-performance-is-not-better-than-overdraw-focused-lods-test-results-epics-documentation-is-dangering-optimization/1263218 "2023-08-16T19:32:57Z")\
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Here is another test I am doing for a video using the archviz sample scene in UE5.0.3:

No Nanite 11.39ms

 ![Nanite perf](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/f/f/0/ff0c3fe13158d5f613a82e6377c14ebf43319de9.jpeg)

All static Meshes with Nanite Enabled via content folder

 ![Screenshot (691)](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/9/1/691056b089ca6ad567b4651374abc46898aecd93.jpeg)

Better performance with Nanite but notice the GPU is using more watts and has a higher clock MHz? But take a look at geometry density with and without Nanite:

Without Nanite

 ![No Nanite](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/f/c/4/fc41724c2c4f7930d737f361d4ceba614e8f21f2.jpeg)

With Nanite

 ![Screenshot (695)](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/a/6/1a63ceb68ee221c37019ee7edcf875bc94cb0660.jpeg)

It’s clear that Nanite cut down the geometric detail, so to a certain extent we are getting basic subpixel(visual) optimization like LODs but nothing revolutionary other than the fact that I can’t make LODs as fast as Nanite can(as it actually making levels of detail not performance). After trying to see if I could achieve the same(probably even better) performance without Nanite by editing the polycount of the objects manually…UE crashed.

If I’m rendering lower geometric detail with Nanite, my computing should go up **but it doesn’t. It’s just using more of my GPU in comparison to regular pass**. If I was rendering the same geometric detail via optimizing the meshes, I would either have higher fps or lower GPU usage.

This is a workflow issue, not a “LODs are bad” issue.  
To Epic: Stop trying to force something that has **worse performance** as a bandaid to your **workflow issues and deficiencies** towards LODs.

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