Minecraft: Java Edition

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER sits at rank 1525 out of 1727 tested combos for Minecraft: Java Edition. That places this pairing in the lower half of the database, which is a direct reflection of the GPU's position rather than the CPU's. The Ryzen 7 5700 lands in the 78th percentile among all CPUs, while the GTX 1660 SUPER sits at the 53rd percentile among all GPUs. The bottleneck is clearly the graphics card, and in a game like Minecraft that can become surprisingly geometry-heavy, the GPU's mid-range standing defines the overall combo rank.

The CPU, however, is a strong partner. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20655 and single-core score of 2916 show a chip that can feed frames quickly. The 3DMark single-thread score of 901 and 2-thread score of 1762 indicate that even lightly threaded workloads, which Minecraft's main render thread often resembles, are handled without stalling. The measured FPS data confirms this: at 1080p Low, the combo hits an average of 297.4 FPS, which is far beyond what most displays can show. The rank of 1525 is therefore not a statement about a weak CPU, it is a statement about the GPU being the limiting factor at higher settings and resolutions.

At 4K Ultra, the combo drops to 39.4 FPS, which is below the playable threshold of 60 FPS. At 4K High, it recovers to 63 FPS, and at 4K Medium, 75.9 FPS. At 1440p, every preset stays above 60 FPS, with Ultra at 74.7 FPS. At 1080p, even Ultra reaches 118.9 FPS. The overall rank of 1525 reflects this pattern: the combo is fully playable at mainstream resolutions, but it is not a high-end performer in absolute terms. The data indicates that for a 60 FPS target, this pairing is comfortable at 1440p and below, and only at 4K does it require dropping from Ultra to High.

Best Settings per Resolution

The database records the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at each resolution. The playable threshold is defined as 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the best settings is High, with an average FPS of 63. The combo also keeps Low at 101.4 FPS and Medium at 75.9 FPS, all above the threshold. Ultra falls to 39.4 FPS, which is not playable. So at 4K, High is the ceiling, and it clears the threshold by only 3 FPS, which leaves little headroom for demanding scenes.

At 2560x1440, the best settings is Ultra, with an average FPS of 74.7. Every preset is playable here: Low at 191.3 FPS, Medium at 148.5 FPS, and High at 116.5 FPS. Ultra at 74.7 FPS is comfortably above the threshold, with about 15 FPS of headroom.

At 1920x1080, the best settings is Ultra, with an average FPS of 118.9. Low reaches 297.4 FPS, Medium reaches 236.7 FPS, and High reaches 190.6 FPS. At 1080p, even the heaviest preset leaves nearly double the 60 FPS threshold, so this resolution is where the combo truly shines. The practical advice: at 1080p, run Ultra without worry; at 1440p, Ultra is fine; at 4K, cap at High and expect the frame rate to hover near 63 FPS.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling between resolutions and presets reveals how the CPU and GPU divide the workload for Minecraft: Java Edition. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 297.4 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low, it drops to 191.3 FPS, a reduction of about 35.7%. Moving to 4K Low, it drops to 101.4 FPS, another 47% reduction. This steep decline with resolution at Low settings indicates that the GPU is becoming more stressed as pixel count rises, even at minimal graphical load.

At Ultra settings, the pattern shifts. At 1080p Ultra, the combo hits 118.9 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, 74.7 FPS, a 37.2% drop. At 4K Ultra, 39.4 FPS, a 47.3% drop from 1440p. The GPU load at Ultra is heavy, and the GTX 1660 SUPER's 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and 192-bit bus, with 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, are being pushed hard. The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 12699 and its 5.027 TFLOPS FP32 throughput define its ceiling, and at 4K Ultra that ceiling is simply too low.

The CPU's role is more visible at lower resolutions and lower presets. At 1080p Low, the 297.4 FPS result is far beyond the GPU's typical 1080p output, meaning the CPU is feeding frames as fast as the GPU can draw them. The Ryzen 7 5700's 8 cores and 16 threads, with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, are more than adequate. Even at 1080p Ultra, the 118.9 FPS result suggests the CPU is not the limiting factor, since the GPU is still delivering over 100 FPS. The single-thread performance, shown by the Geekbench single-core score of 1907 and PassMark single-thread score of 3296, is strong enough to avoid CPU-bound dips in Minecraft's main thread.

At 4K, the GPU dominates the equation. The difference between 4K Low at 101.4 FPS and 4K High at 63 FPS is 38.4 FPS, entirely attributable to GPU shading load. The CPU's performance at 4K is largely irrelevant because the GTX 1660 SUPER cannot push enough frames to stress the CPU. The data shows that at 1080p and 1440p, the CPU matters more, but the GPU still sets the upper bound. At 4K, the GPU is the sole constraint, and the CPU's headroom goes unused.

Similar Performance Alternatives

Looking at the nearest rivals in the database provides context for what other hardware would behave similarly. The CPU's nearest rival is the Intel Xeon D-2752TER, with an average score of 25530, which is 0.1% lower than the Ryzen 7 5700's 25517. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U scores 25485, 0.1% higher. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H scores 25550, 0.1% higher, and the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U scores 25446, 0.3% higher. All four rivals are within 0.3% of the Ryzen 7 5700, meaning any of them would deliver nearly identical CPU-bound frame rates in Minecraft. In practice, swapping to any of these chips would not visibly change the FPS numbers at any resolution or preset, because the GPU remains the limiting factor.

The GPU's nearest rivals are similarly close. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile scores 12940, which is 0.4% higher than the GTX 1660 SUPER's 12986 average. The AMD Radeon RX 580 scores 12928, 0.4% lower. The NVIDIA Tesla M2090 scores 13075, 0.7% higher, and the AMD Radeon 740M scores 12870, 0.9% lower. These deltas are tiny, so a system with an RX 580 or RTX 3050 Ti Mobile would produce almost the same FPS in Minecraft. The GTX 1660 SUPER's PassMark G3D score of 12699 and its 6 GB memory capacity are the defining traits, and the RX 580 matches that profile closely. For a builder considering alternatives, the data suggests that any of these GPUs would land within a couple of FPS of each other at the same settings, and the combo rank would remain effectively unchanged.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The recorded measurements cover three resolutions and four settings each. All FPS values are averages; the database does not list minimum or maximum frame times for this combo.

At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low averages 297.4 FPS, Medium averages 236.7 FPS, High averages 190.6 FPS, and Ultra averages 118.9 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra is 178.5 FPS, which shows a steep cost for the highest preset. Even at Ultra, the frame rate is 58.9 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold, so 1080p is fully playable at every setting.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 191.3 FPS, Medium averages 148.5 FPS, High averages 116.5 FPS, and Ultra averages 74.7 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is substantial at every preset: Low falls by 106.1 FPS, Medium by 88.2 FPS, High by 74.1 FPS, and Ultra by 44.2 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p remains playable, but the headroom shrinks to 14.7 FPS.

At 3840x2160, Low averages 101.4 FPS, Medium averages 75.9 FPS, High averages 63 FPS, and Ultra averages 39.4 FPS. The 4K results show a clear cliff: High barely clears the threshold, and Ultra falls 20.6 FPS short. The scaling from 1440p to 4K is severe, with Ultra dropping from 74.7 FPS to 39.4 FPS, a 35.3 FPS loss. Low drops from 191.3 FPS to 101.4 FPS, a 89.9 FPS loss. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s and its 48 ROPs are simply not enough to maintain high frame rates at 4K with the Ultra preset.

The pattern across all resolutions is consistent: the GTX 1660 SUPER scales predictably with pixel count, and the CPU never becomes a limiting factor. The highest recorded FPS in the entire dataset is 297.4 at 1080p Low, and the lowest is 39.4 at 4K Ultra. The average FPS across all 12 measurements is 137.9, but that average is skewed by the very high 1080p results.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo playable at 4K?

A: Yes, but only up to High settings. The database shows 4K High at 63 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold. 4K Ultra drops to 39.4 FPS, which is not playable. Low and Medium at 4K are also playable at 101.4 FPS and 75.9 FPS respectively.

Q: What is the best setting for 1440p?

A: Ultra is the best setting at 1440p, with an average FPS of 74.7. This is 14.7 FPS above the playable threshold, and it is the highest preset that remains playable at that resolution.

Q: How much faster is 1080p compared to 1440p at Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p Ultra, the combo averages 118.9 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, it averages 74.7 FPS. That is a difference of 44.2 FPS, or about 59.2% higher at 1080p.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the GPU is still the limiting factor, but the CPU is strong enough to avoid being a bottleneck. The 297.4 FPS at Low and 190.6 FPS at High show that the Ryzen 7 5700 can feed the GPU well. The CPU's single-thread score of 2916 in Cinebench R23 and 3296 in PassMark support this.

Q: What GPU is closest in performance to the GTX 1660 SUPER?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 580 is the nearest rival, with a database average score of 12928, which is 0.4% lower. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 0.4% higher at 12940. Any of these would produce nearly identical FPS in this game.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700 a good match for the GTX 1660 SUPER?

A: The data indicates yes. The CPU sits in the 78th percentile among all CPUs, and its nearest rivals are all within 0.3% of its average score. The GPU is the weaker component, but the CPU provides enough headroom that the combo's performance is consistently GPU-bound at every resolution and preset.