Lockdown Protocol

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 clears Lockdown Protocol at every resolution and every preset the database measured. This is not a marginal configuration: the RTX 5080 sits in the 87th percentile of all GPUs tested, while the Ryzen 5 5600GT holds the 74th percentile among CPUs, and together they rank 239th out of 3714 tested combos in this game. Even at 3840x2160 on the Ultra preset, the pairing averages 76 FPS — comfortably above the 60 FPS playable threshold — and at 1920x1080 the frame rate climbs to 166.4 FPS on the same preset. All figures below are measured data.

Best Settings per Resolution

Because every preset stays at or above the 60 FPS threshold at all three tested resolutions, the most demanding preset — Ultra — is also the recommended setting across the board.

• 1920x1080 — Ultra: 166.4 FPS average
• 2560x1440 — Ultra: 119.1 FPS average
• 3840x2160 — Ultra: 76 FPS average

There is no need to step down to High, Medium, or Low at any resolution. At 4K, the Ultra average of 76 FPS leaves a meaningful buffer above the 60 FPS line; at 1440p and 1080p the Ultra averages are roughly double the threshold. Players chasing maximum frame rates for a competitive FPS can drop to Low — which yields 261.9 FPS at 1080p, 235.4 FPS at 1440p, and 166.7 FPS at 4K — but for image quality, Ultra is fully viable everywhere.

CPU and GPU Roles

Lockdown Protocol is GPU-limited on this configuration. The scaling evidence is unambiguous: as resolution rises from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, the Ultra average falls from 166.4 FPS to 76 FPS — frame rate drops as pixel count grows, the signature of a graphics-bound load. If the Ryzen 5 5600GT were the constraint, raising resolution would change almost nothing, since CPU workload is largely resolution-independent.

The preset scaling confirms the same picture. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra costs 95.5 FPS (261.9 down to 166.4); at 1440p it costs 116.3 FPS (235.4 to 119.1); at 4K it costs 90.7 FPS (166.7 to 76). Those are large, resolution-dependent swings driven by GPU render load.

That said, the CPU still sets a ceiling at low resolution and low settings. At 1080p Low, the frame rate is 261.9 FPS; at 1440p Low it is 235.4 FPS — only a modest gap given the much heavier pixel load, which suggests the Ryzen 5 5600GT's six cores and twelve threads begin to cap the frame rate once the GPU's work is light. For a competitive FPS where players may want extremely high refresh rates, the CPU is the practical limiter; for standard 60-plus-FPS play at any visual preset, the RTX 5080 does the heavy lifting.

The spec sheet reinforces this division of labor. The RTX 5080 brings 10,752 shading units, 84 RT cores, 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth, and 56.28 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput — flagship-class rendering hardware. The Ryzen 5 5600GT is a Zen 3 (Cezanne) design at 7 nm with a 3.60 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost, a 65 W TDP, 16 MB of L3 cache, and DDR4 support on Socket AM4 — a mid-range part in the 74th percentile, more than capable of feeding frames at the rates this game demands.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All values are measured averages; minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs.

1920x1080:

• Low — 261.9 FPS
• Medium — 230.1 FPS
• High — 220.4 FPS
• Ultra — 166.4 FPS

The 1080p data shows the shallow Medium-to-High step (only 9.7 FPS apart) followed by a sharp drop to Ultra, where heavier post-processing and quality tiers engage. Even the slowest result here, 166.4 FPS, is nearly triple the playable threshold.

2560x1440:

• Low — 235.4 FPS
• Medium — 186.5 FPS
• High — 161.3 FPS
• Ultra — 119.1 FPS

Stepping to 1440p compresses the low end relative to 1080p but keeps every preset well clear of 60 FPS. Ultra at 119.1 FPS is high-refresh territory on its own.

3840x2160:

• Low — 166.7 FPS
• Medium — 119.2 FPS
• High — 102.6 FPS
• Ultra — 76 FPS

At 4K the hierarchy tightens into a fairly even ladder, with each preset step costing roughly 17 to 46 FPS. Ultra's 76 FPS average is the only result that approaches the threshold with a modest margin — still above 60, but the smallest buffer in the dataset. Notably, 4K Ultra (76 FPS) exceeds 60 comfortably, and even a two-step drop to Medium buys 119.2 FPS if headroom for frame-time stability is desired.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600GT's average benchmark score of 20,733 places it in a cluster of near-identical performers. The Intel Core i5-12490F scores 20,802 — within 0.3 percent. The Intel Xeon 6325P (20,821) and Intel Core Ultra 5 125U (20,826) are both within 0.4 percent, and the AMD EPYC 7J13 sits at 20,845, just 0.5 percent ahead. Any of these processors would deliver effectively the same Lockdown Protocol experience as the 5600GT, since this game's frame rates on this combo are GPU-bound at the settings most players will use.

For GPUs, the RTX 5080's average score of 56,083 has its closest rivals on the AMD side. The Radeon 8060S averages 55,757 — only 0.6 percent behind — and the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB averages 55,698, 0.7 percent back. The Radeon Pro W5700X trails by 2.3 percent at 54,828, while the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is the one nearby card that is faster, at 57,367, a 2.2 percent advantage. Swapping the RTX 5080 for any of these would move Lockdown Protocol frame rates by low single-digit percentages — the 76 FPS 4K Ultra average would remain within a few FPS of that figure in either direction.

How This Combo Ranks

Against the full database, the Ryzen 5 5600GT + RTX 5080 combination ranks 239th out of 3714 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol. That places it inside the top several percent of configurations benchmarked for this game — a strong result that reflects the RTX 5080's dominance in a GPU-limited title, partly offset by the mid-tier CPU's role as a limiter at low settings and resolutions. The 5600GT itself ranks in the 74th percentile of all CPUs, and the RTX 5080 in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, so the pairing's game rank is consistent with a strong GPU carrying a solid mid-range processor.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 5600GT + RTX 5080 run Lockdown Protocol at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, every preset measured stays above the 60 FPS threshold, from 76 FPS on Ultra up to 166.7 FPS on Low. Ultra is the recommended 4K setting at 76 FPS average.

Q: What is the best settings choice for high refresh rates at 1080p?

A: Low, which averages 261.9 FPS at 1920x1080. Medium is close behind at 230.1 FPS, and even Ultra delivers 166.4 FPS.

Q: Is this game CPU-bound or GPU-bound with this pairing?

A: GPU-bound at the settings most players will use. Frame rates scale down significantly as resolution increases (166.4 to 76 FPS on Ultra from 1080p to 4K), which indicates graphics-side limitation. The CPU only becomes the constraint at Low settings, where the small gap between 1080p (261.9 FPS) and 1440p (235.4 FPS) suggests a processor ceiling.

Q: Which CPU would perform nearly identically to the Ryzen 5 5600GT in this game?

A: The Intel Core i5-12490F, with an average benchmark score just 0.3 percent higher. The Intel Xeon 6325P, Intel Core Ultra 5 125U, and AMD EPYC 7J13 are all also within half a percent.

Q: Which GPU is the closest alternative to the RTX 5080?

A: The AMD Radeon 8060S, whose average score is 0.6 percent lower. The Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (0.7 percent lower) is nearly as close, while the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is the nearest faster card at 2.2 percent ahead.

Q: How does this combo compare to other tested configurations in this game?

A: It ranks 239th out of 3714 tested combos, placing it among the stronger pairings in the database for Lockdown Protocol.