Lockdown Protocol

This combo, the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H paired with the AMD Radeon 880M, lands in the 3627th spot out of 3714 tested combinations for Lockdown Protocol. That is a very low placement, placing it in the bottom few percent of all systems tested, and it signals that this is an integrated-graphics platform that will struggle with demanding settings. The data indicates the Radeon 880M sits at the 43rd percentile among all GPUs, while the Core Ultra 7 165H is much stronger at the 84th percentile among all CPUs, which immediately tells you the graphics solution is the limiting factor here. The benchmark results confirm that this is a playable setup only at the lowest settings on a 1080p display.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 3627 out of 3714 is a clear verdict: this is a below-average configuration for playing Lockdown Protocol. The system is positioned near the very bottom of the tested pool, which is expected given the hardware pairing. The AMD Radeon 880M is an integrated GPU with a Passmark G3D score of 7615 and a percentile rank of 43, meaning it performs worse than the majority of discrete graphics cards. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H, on the other hand, is a capable mobile processor with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14551, but its strength does not compensate for the GPU’s limitations in this FPS title.

The data shows that the average benchmark score for the CPU is 34083, which places it in the 84th percentile of all processors. This is a strong result for a mobile chip, but the GPU’s average benchmark score of 8436 places it in the 43rd percentile, dragging the overall combo performance down. When you look at the measured FPS across all resolutions and settings, the system never exceeds 74 FPS, and that only happens at 1080p with Low settings. The ranking reflects the GPU bottleneck: the integrated Radeon 880M is simply not built for high-refresh gaming at higher resolutions.

CPU and GPU Roles

The division of labor between the CPU and GPU is stark in this game. At 1080p, the CPU has enough headroom to push the GPU to its limits, but the GPU’s compute power caps the frame rate. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system achieves 74 FPS average, which is the highest result in the entire dataset. When you increase the resolution to 2560x1440 with Low settings, the average drops to 54 FPS, and at 3840x2160 with Low settings, it falls further to 35 FPS. This scaling pattern shows that the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the frame rate drops proportionally with the pixel count.

The CPU’s role becomes more apparent only when comparing presets at the same resolution. At 1080p, moving from Low to Medium settings drops the average from 74 to 53 FPS, a 21 FPS hit, while moving from Medium to High drops it to 46 FPS. The GPU is clearly the limiting factor here, as the Core Ultra 7 165H’s 16 cores and 22 threads are more than sufficient for this game’s logic. The integrated Radeon 880M, with its 768 shading units and 4.454 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, is the sole reason the system cannot maintain higher frame rates. At 1440p and 4K, the GPU’s workload becomes even more demanding, and the CPU’s advantage becomes irrelevant.

Best Settings per Resolution

For 1920x1080, the only preset that stays at or above the 60 FPS playable threshold is Low, which delivers an average of 74 FPS. This is the only playable configuration in the entire dataset. Medium settings at 1080p drop the average to 53 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target, and High drops it to 46 FPS, while Ultra falls to 35 FPS. If you want to play at 1080p, you must use Low settings.

At 2560x1440, no preset achieves 60 FPS. The best result is Low at 54 FPS, which is close but still below the playable threshold. Medium drops to 39 FPS, High to 34 FPS, and Ultra to 25 FPS. At 3840x2160, the situation is worse: Low averages 35 FPS, Medium averages 25 FPS, High averages 22 FPS, and Ultra averages 16 FPS. None of these are playable. The verdict data confirms this: the only resolution with any playable settings is 1920x1080, and the best settings there are Low, with an average of 74 FPS.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals for the CPU, the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is closely matched by the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H, which has an average score of 33989, a delta of only 0.3% from the 165H’s 34083. The AMD EPYC 4244P and AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 are also nearly identical, with scores of 34220 and 34222 respectively, each within 0.4% of the 165H. The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X is slightly higher at 34260, a 0.5% delta. For the game’s CPU load, any of these processors would behave essentially the same, meaning the frame rates would be nearly identical.

For the GPU, the AMD Radeon 880M is closely matched by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX, which has an average score of 8427, a delta of 0.1% from the 880M’s 8436. The NVIDIA GeForce MX330 is slightly higher at 8458, a -0.3% delta, and the AMD Radeon HD 8870M is also at 8462, a -0.3% delta. The AMD Radeon R9 M375X is slightly lower at 8325, a 1.3% delta. These GPUs all fall in the same performance tier, so if you swapped the 880M for any of these, the measured FPS in Lockdown Protocol would be within a few frames of the results shown here. None of these alternatives would offer a meaningful improvement in playability.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of the system’s capabilities. At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly poor. Ultra settings yield an average of 16 FPS, High yields 22 FPS, Medium yields 25 FPS with a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 29, and Low yields 35 FPS. No 4K preset is remotely playable. At 2560x1440, the situation improves but remains below the 60 FPS target. Low averages 54 FPS, Medium averages 39 FPS with a minimum of 33 and a maximum of 44, High averages 34 FPS, and Ultra averages 25 FPS. The 1440p results are all unplayable by the 60 FPS standard.

At 1920x1080, the data shows a clear gradient. Low settings achieve 74 FPS average, which is the only playable result in the entire dataset. Medium settings average 53 FPS with a minimum of 45 and a maximum of 61, which is tantalizingly close to the threshold but still below it. High settings average 46 FPS, and Ultra settings average 35 FPS. The frame time consistency at Medium is worth noting: the minimum of 45 FPS and maximum of 61 FPS show that the system can occasionally hit the playable range, but it is not consistent enough to recommend. The Low preset is the only safe choice for a smooth experience.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Lockdown Protocol? The answer depends entirely on your expectations. Based on the verdict by resolution, the system can run the game at 1920x1080 with Low settings, achieving an average of 74 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. This is the only configuration that works. At 2560x1440, there are no playable settings; the best you can do is Low at 54 FPS, which is below the threshold. At 3840x2160, the situation is hopeless, with the best preset (Low) only reaching 35 FPS.

The practical advice is straightforward: if you have this hardware, you must play at 1080p with Low settings. The integrated Radeon 880M is the bottleneck, and no amount of CPU headroom from the Core Ultra 7 165H can overcome it. The GPU’s 43rd percentile ranking among all GPUs is a warning that this is a low-end graphics solution, and Lockdown Protocol’s demands are too high for anything above the simplest settings. The system is technically playable, but only at the bare minimum. If you want higher settings or higher resolutions, you would need a discrete GPU, as the data clearly shows this combo is not capable of delivering a smooth experience beyond 1080p Low.