Downfall

# AMD Ryzen 7 5700G + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: Downfall Benchmark Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is an overwhelmingly capable combination for Downfall, delivering a locked 60 FPS experience at both 1440p and 4K with maximum settings. At 1080p, the system is so far ahead of the game that it nearly doubles the refresh rate of a standard 60 Hz display, making it an ideal match for high-refresh-rate monitors. The pairing is heavily GPU-bound; the Ryzen 5700G's eight Zen 3 cores provide ample headroom for game logic and AI, but the RTX 4090 is the component doing the heavy lifting at every resolution above 1080p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Benchmark data for Downfall shows a clear, monotonic FPS curve across resolutions and presets. The measured frames per second figures below represent average FPS over the benchmark run; the data shows no min/max frame time variance, indicating frame pacing is consistently stable.

At 3840x2160 (4K), the system delivers an average of 134.9 FPS on the High preset. Dropping to Low raises the average to 197.2 FPS, a 47% headroom over High. Medium sits at 164.1 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 83.7 FPS—still 39.5% above the 60 FPS playable threshold. The strongest result here is that even the most demanding preset, Ultra, maintains a 23.7 FPS margin over the playability floor.

Moving down to 2560x1440, the headroom expands significantly. The High preset runs at 210.2 FPS, which is 250% of the 60 FPS baseline. The Low preset pushes that to 314.5 FPS, an astronomical figure for this resolution class. Medium delivers 260.3 FPS, while Ultra hits 132.7 FPS—still more than double the playable threshold. The data shows the RTX 4090's raw throughput is so high that even the heavy Ultra preset at 1440p is GPU-bound in a way that leaves almost 73 FPS of unused headroom.

At 1920x1080, the system becomes nearly display-bound. The High preset returns 294.5 FPS, Low 367.2 FPS, Medium 340.6 FPS, and Ultra 184.2 FPS. All four presets are at least 3x the 60 FPS requirement; the Ultra preset at 1080p is still 124.2 FPS ahead of the playability floor. For users with 144Hz or 165Hz displays, the Low and Medium presets will fully saturate the refresh rate with overhead to spare, while the Ultra preset will drive a 144Hz panel at 27% beyond its maximum.

The delta between Low and Ultra is consistent across resolutions: roughly 2.2x at 4K, 2.4x at 1440p, and 2.0x at 1080p. The scaling between 1080p and 4K shows a 1.3-1.5x FPS penalty going from 1080p to 1440p, and another 1.5x penalty moving to 2160p. This scaling curve is typical for a GPU-bound workload where vertex and pixel throughput scale directly with resolution pixel count.

CPU and GPU Roles

The division of labor between the Ryzen 7 5700G and the RTX 4090 is clear-cut: the GPU is the decisive component in every measured scenario. At 4K Ultra preset, the system produces 83.7 FPS; the RTX 4090's raw shading throughput is the limiting factor. The CPU, meanwhile, is tasked with draw call submission, physics ticks, and AI pathfinding; its 8-core/16-thread Zen 3 configuration never becomes the bottleneck.

Evidence for this assertion comes from the scaling behavior between presets. Moving from Low to Ultra at 4K reduces FPS from 197.4 to 83.7—a 2.36x change. If the CPU were the limiter, we'd expect a far smaller delta since the CPU workload in Downfall is mostly resolution-independent (game logic and simulation steps are fixed-rate). The fact that the preset scaling tracks resolution scaling closely is the classic signature of a GPU-bound scenario.

At 1080p, the CPU's headroom becomes relevant in a different way: with the GPU delivering 367.2 FPS at Low, the CPU must feed the render thread with enough draw calls to sustain that rate. The data shows no frame time variance, so the 5700G's 16 threads are sufficient. The CPU's 3.80 GHz base / 4.60 GHz boost clocks and dual-channel DDR4-3200 memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s) provide a wide berth for the game's streaming and AI logic.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this CPU+GPU pairing ranks #157 out of 3,716 tested combos for Downfall. That places it in the top 4.2% of all tested systems—a strong result for a mid-range APU paired with a flagship GPU. Within its percentile class, the combo sits at the 95.8th percentile: only 158 combos outperform it, and the delta to the next-highest combo is narrow.

The ranking is driven almost entirely by the GPU. The Ryzen 7 5700G alone ranks at the 78th percentile among CPUs, while the RTX 4090 sits at the 88th percentile among GPUs. The pairing lifts the system into the 95th percentile because the GPU's headroom at 4K Ultra preset is exactly what this game demands.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The nearest scoring rivals for this combination are the Intel Arc Pro A60 (average score 60,326, deltaPct +0.0), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (59,926, delta 0.3%), and AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (61,896, delta -2.5%). The Arc Pro A60 is functionally a dead heat with the 4090 in this test, within 0.0%—the practical differences in FPS would be invisible in normal gameplay. The Vega 48 trails by only 0.3%, which is a margin that would surface only in synthetic micro-benchmarks, not in the actual game.

If the RTX 4090 were unavailable, a shopper looking at this CPU would find the Intel Core i7-1370P (average score 26,900, delta +0.6%) and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 (26,936, delta +0.4%) to be the closest CPU alternatives. In the GPU side, the closest alternatives are the ones listed above—the Arc A60, the Radeon Pro Vega 48, and the Radeon PRO W6600M, all of which land within 2.5% of the 4090. For this specific game, the 4090's margin over these rivals grows from 0.0% to 2.9% depending on the rival, which translates to 0–3 FPS at 4K Ultra settings.

FAQ

Q: Can the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G + RTX 4090 run Downfall at 4K Ultra?

Yes. At 3840x2160, the data shows 83.7 FPS on the Ultra preset, which is 23.7 FPS above the 60 FPS playability bar. The Low preset hits 197.2 FPS, more than 3x the requirement.

Q: Which preset is best for a 144Hz monitor at 1440p?

The Ultra preset at 2560x1440 delivers 132.7 FPS, which is under a 144Hz cap by 11.3 FPS; if you want to fully saturate a 144Hz panel and leave no drops, the High preset (210.2 FPS) or Low (314.5 FPS) are the safe choices, with 66–170 FPS of headroom.

Q: Is the CPU the bottleneck at 1080p?

No.** The FPS spread from the 1080p Low (367.1) to Ultra (184.2) is a 2.0x ratio, exactly the same scaling pattern seen at the other resolutions; and the CPU's own benchmark score (multi-core 9,950) is far beyond the game's thread utilization. The 16-thread Ryzen chip maintains frame pacing without variance.

Q: How much faster is the Ultra preset than the Low preset at 4K?

Ultra drops the average FPS from 197.2 (Low) to 83.7 (Ultra), a 2.36x reduction. That penalty is texture fill-rate-bound; the 4090's 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth is the first resource to saturate.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Downfall? Yes, decisively. At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset clears 60 FPS by 23.7 FPS. The 2560x1440 Ultra preset hits 132.7 FPS—well above the 60 FPS threshold and within 11.3 FPS of a 144Hz monitor's ceiling. At 1920x1080, all presets exceed the 144Hz ceiling, with the Low preset touching 367.2 FPS. The RTX 4090's memory bandwidth and FP32 compute are the sole limiting factors; the Ryzen 5700G's 16 threads provide all the CPU the game needs, even at the lowest preset. A 60Hz 4K display will be saturated at the Medium preset; for 144Hz 1440p displays, the Low and Medium presets are recommended, while High is a near-perfect 1:1 match for the display's native refresh. The system is a textbook 4K-ready combo.