Downfall

Downfall, a 2016 horror title, is a light workload for a pairing like the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, and the recorded data confirms it: every resolution tested offers at least one preset above the 60 FPS playability threshold, and at 1080p the combo clears the line even on Ultra. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3 processor with 96 MB of shared L3 cache and a 4.50 GHz boost clock, while the RTX 2060 brings Turing architecture, 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 1680 MHz boost clock. Neither part is current-generation, both are end-of-life, but together they comfortably run this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The database contains average frame rates for four presets at three resolutions, and the spread is wide. At 1920x1080 the results scale from 172.2 FPS on Low up through 145.3 FPS on Medium and 115.8 FPS on High, landing at 70.7 FPS on Ultra. That is a drop of roughly 59 percent from the lowest to the highest preset, yet the Ultra figure still sits comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, meaning image quality at 1080p costs nothing in playability.

At 2560x1440 the numbers compress downward: 122.3 FPS on Low, 104.9 FPS on Medium, 85.7 FPS on High and 52.9 FPS on Ultra. Three of the four presets remain playable, and only Ultra falls below the line, and only modestly. A player willing to sit just under 60 FPS could argue Ultra at 1440p is close enough, but the recorded data classifies it as below threshold.

At 3840x2160 the RTX 2060's 6 GB frame buffer and 336.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth start to show their limits: Low delivers 78.1 FPS, Medium 65.4 FPS, High 53.9 FPS and Ultra just 33.3 FPS. Only Low and Medium clear 60 FPS at 4K, and Medium does so with a margin of only 5.4 frames. The gap between Low at 78.1 FPS and Ultra at 33.3 FPS means 4K Ultra runs at less than half the frame rate of 4K Low on this hardware.

Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs, so the averages are the sole basis for the verdicts in this analysis.

How This Combo Ranks

Against the 3716 hardware combinations tested in Downfall, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D plus RTX 2060 pairing ranks 2878th. That places it in the lower portion of the chart, which makes sense given the game's age: a 2016 horror title is dominated in the rankings by stronger GPUs, and the RTX 2060, sitting in the 58th percentile of all GPUs in the database, is the weaker half of this duo.

Individually, the CPU fares much better. The 5800X3D sits in the 80th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 27896, and its nearest rivals underline how tightly packed that bracket is: the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U averages 27887 (a difference of 0 percent), the Intel Core i9-10900K averages 27872 (0.1 percent behind), the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 averages 27932 (0.1 percent ahead), and the Intel Core i5-12600KF averages 27799 (0.3 percent behind). In raw compute terms this CPU is effectively indistinguishable from those chips. The GPU's average score of 15290 puts it near the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (15283, 0 percent), the AMD Radeon 680M (15270, 0.1 percent), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (15199, 0.6 percent) and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (15171, 0.8 percent). The ranking in Downfall is therefore driven by the GPU, not the processor.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data tells a clear story: Downfall is GPU-bound on this configuration at every resolution tested. Moving from 1080p to 1440p costs frame rate at every preset, and moving to 4K costs it again. On Low, the averages step from 172.2 FPS to 122.3 FPS to 78.1 FPS, a drop of about 55 percent across the full resolution climb. On Ultra the step is from 70.7 to 52.9 to 33.3 FPS. If the CPU were the limiting factor, raising the resolution would barely change frame rates, since the processor workload is largely resolution-independent. The opposite happens here.

Within a fixed resolution, the preset scaling reinforces the point. At 1080p, dropping from Low to Ultra more than halves the frame rate, from 172.2 to 70.7 FPS, which is characteristic of a GPU absorbing heavier shading, texture and effects loads. The 5800X3D, with 8 cores, 16 threads and that 96 MB L3 cache, is far more CPU than a 2016 horror title can leverage; its single-thread performance (a Geekbench single-core score of 2017 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1452) guarantees that processor-side stalls are not what caps frame rates in this game.

Practically, that means upgrades to visual settings are nearly free until the GPU saturates, and any future improvement to this system's gaming performance in Downfall would come from the graphics card, not the CPU.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For a CPU sidegrade, the recorded data points to several near-identical options. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Intel Core i9-10900K, AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 and Intel Core i5-12600KF all sit within a fraction of a percent of the 5800X3D's average score, so any of them would produce effectively the same Downfall results, given that the game is GPU-limited here anyway.

On the GPU side, the alternatives in the same bracket are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580, the AMD Radeon 680M, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and the AMD Radeon RX 7600, all within 0.8 percent of the RTX 2060's average score in the database. A system pairing the 5800X3D with any of those cards would be expected to land within a rounding error of the frame rates measured here, and would occupy a similar position in the Downfall combo rankings.

Best Settings per Resolution

Based on the recorded averages and the 60 FPS playability threshold, the most demanding playable preset at each resolution is:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, at 70.7 FPS average. Everything the game offers visually is available at 1080p with over 10 frames of headroom.
• 2560x1440: High, at 85.7 FPS average. High is the ceiling at 1440p, with a comfortable 25.7-frame margin, while Ultra at 52.9 FPS misses the threshold.
• 3840x2160: Medium, at 65.4 FPS average. Medium is the best playable option at 4K, clearing 60 FPS by 5.4 frames; High drops to 53.9 FPS and Ultra to 33.3 FPS.

In short, the sweet spot for this hardware is 1440p High: it delivers noticeably higher frame rate than the 4K Medium configuration while still running a demanding preset, and it avoids the thin margins that define the 4K results.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and RTX 2060 run Downfall at 4K?

A: Yes, but only on Low or Medium. Medium averages 65.4 FPS and Low averages 78.1 FPS at 3840x2160, while High (53.9 FPS) and Ultra (33.3 FPS) fall below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best settings configuration for this combo in Downfall?

A: At 1920x1080, Ultra is playable at 70.7 FPS. At 2560x1440, High is the best playable preset at 85.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, Medium is the ceiling at 65.4 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU the bottleneck in this game?

A: The GPU. Frame rates drop substantially at every preset when resolution increases, from 172.2 FPS at 1080p Low to 78.1 FPS at 4K Low, which is the signature of a graphics-limited configuration. The 5800X3D, in the 80th percentile of all CPUs, has ample headroom.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Downfall?

A: It ranks 2878th out of 3716 tested combinations, a lower-tier position attributable to the RTX 2060 rather than the CPU.

Q: Which GPUs would perform about the same as the RTX 2060 in this game?

A: The database lists the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580, AMD Radeon 680M, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 7600 as nearest rivals, all within 0.8 percent of its average benchmark score.

Q: Which CPUs are comparable to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, Intel Core i9-10900K, AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 and Intel Core i5-12600KF, all within 0.3 percent of its average score of 27896.