Minimum

The pairing of an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with an AMD Radeon RX 6600 is decisively GPU-limited in Minimum, a third-person shooter released in mid-2014 — and the benchmark data bears this out with unusual clarity. The twelve-core, twenty-four-thread Zen 4 processor sits in the 91st percentile of all tested CPUs, while the RX 6600 occupies the 63rd percentile of GPUs, and the game's results track the graphics card almost exclusively. The measured data shows the combo clearing the 60 FPS threshold at every preset at 1920x1080, at three of four presets at 2560x1440, and at none at 3840x2160. Out of 3,712 tested hardware combinations in this game, this pairing ranks 2,926th — a middling placement that reflects the RX 6600's ceiling rather than any weakness in the CPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All figures below are average frame rates from measured runs; minimum and maximum values were not recorded for this game, so averages are the sole basis for judgment.

At 1920x1080, the combo is fast across the board. Low settings return 158.2 FPS, Medium reaches 116.5 FPS, High lands at 101.5 FPS, and even Ultra holds 74.4 FPS. Every preset clears the 60 FPS playable threshold with room to spare — even the top one.

At 2560x1440, the picture remains strong but starts to show the RX 6600's limits. Low delivers 99.7 FPS, Medium 78.5 FPS, and High 61.8 FPS — a narrow pass over the threshold. Ultra slips to 50.3 FPS, roughly ten frames short of the mark.

At 3840x2160, the combination falls short at every preset. Low manages 51.7 FPS, Medium 43.5 FPS, High 36 FPS, and Ultra drops to 24.5 FPS. None of these reach 60 FPS, and only Low gets within striking distance.

The step-down pattern is consistent: each resolution increase costs roughly a third to nearly half of the frame rate at any given preset. Dropping from 1080p Low (158.2 FPS) to 1440p Low (99.7 FPS) costs about 37 percent, and the move from 1440p Low to 4K Low (51.7 FPS) costs a further 48 percent. Ultra settings show the same slope: 74.4 to 50.3 to 24.5 FPS across the three resolutions.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900X's rivals in aggregate benchmark score are a mixed group: the AMD EPYC 7313P sits 0.2 percent behind (average score 53,206 vs the 7900X's 53,288), the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 is 0.3 percent ahead at 53,469, the Intel Xeon 634 trails by 0.6 percent at 52,974, and the Intel Core i7-14700F leads by 0.6 percent at 53,620. Any of these processors would deliver effectively identical CPU-side performance in Minimum — the deltas are all within a fraction of a percent, small enough that no player would perceive a difference. In practice, the CPU choice here is nearly irrelevant to this game's frame rates.

On the graphics side, the RX 6600's nearest rivals are NVIDIA-dominated and remarkably tightly clustered. The Quadro K6000 matches it exactly (delta 0), the GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is 0.1 percent behind at an average score of 19,049 versus the RX 6600's 19,036, the Tesla K20m is 0.3 percent ahead at 19,089, and the RTX 2000 Ada Generation trails by 0.4 percent at 18,954. A system built around any of these GPUs paired with a comparable CPU would produce nearly the same Minimum results: roughly the same 1080p/1440p performance envelope and the same 4K shortfall.

CPU and GPU Roles

This game is GPU-bound on this hardware at every resolution. The evidence is in the scaling. If the Ryzen 9 7900X were the limiting factor, frame rates would stay comparatively flat as resolution rises — the CPU workload barely changes between 1080p and 4K. Instead, frame rates fall steeply: from 158.2 to 99.7 to 51.7 FPS on Low, and from 74.4 to 50.3 to 24.5 FPS on Ultra. That collapse tracks pixel count, which tracks the graphics card.

The preset scaling tells the same story. At a fixed 1080p resolution, moving from Low to Ultra cuts frame rates from 158.2 to 74.4 FPS — a 53 percent reduction from settings that primarily load the GPU. The Ryzen 9 7900X, with a single-thread Passmark score of 4,238 and a multi-thread score of 51,406, has far more throughput than a 2014 third-person shooter demands. Its percentile placement of 91 versus the RX 6600's 63 makes the hierarchy plain: in Minimum, the RX 6600 is the component that decides what is playable, and the 7900X is along for the ride. Even at 4K, where CPU bottlenecks sometimes become more visible, the frame rates are too low for processor limits to matter — the GPU simply cannot push 4K pixels fast enough in this title.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC can run Minimum, with one clear caveat about resolution.

At 1920x1080, it is playable at every preset: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra all clear 60 FPS, with the worst case (Ultra, 74.4 FPS) still nearly 25 percent above the threshold. This is a no-compromise resolution for this combo.

At 2560x1440, the verdict is play at High or below. Low (99.7 FPS), Medium (78.5 FPS), and High (61.8 FPS) all pass; Ultra (50.3 FPS) does not. High is a marginal pass — close enough to 60 that dips below the threshold are likely in demanding scenes, so players sensitive to stutter may prefer Medium.

At 3840x2160, the verdict is no. No preset reaches 60 FPS. The best result, 51.7 FPS on Low, falls short, and image quality has already been sacrificed to get there. Native 4K is not a realistic target for the RX 6600 in this game.

Ranked against the full field, this combination places 2,926th of 3,712 tested combos in Minimum — below the median, consistent with a strong CPU tethered to a mid-tier graphics card in a GPU-limited title.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 74.4 FPS average. The most demanding preset stays comfortably above 60 FPS. There is no reason to run anything lower at this resolution.
• 2560x1440 — High, 61.8 FPS average. High is the most demanding preset that holds the 60 FPS line; Ultra (50.3 FPS) falls short. Players wanting headroom can drop to Medium at 78.5 FPS.
• 3840x2160 — No preset qualifies. The closest is Low at 51.7 FPS, below the 60 FPS threshold. If 4K output is mandatory, lowering internal resolution and scaling up is the qualitative workaround; the measured data contains no 4K configuration that plays.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 9 7900X + RX 6600 pairing ranks 2,926th out of 3,712 tested combinations in Minimum, placing it in the bottom half of the field for this specific game. That placement is not a reflection of the CPU: the 7900X's aggregate benchmark score of 53,288 puts it within half a percent of chips like the Intel Core i7-14700F and ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P. It is a reflection of the GPU. The RX 6600's average benchmark score of 19,036 and 63rd-percentile standing among all GPUs cap what this system can do in a title that, per the resolution scaling data, leans almost entirely on graphics throughput.

For comparison, combinations featuring the Quadro K6000, GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, Tesla K20m, or RTX 2000 Ada Generation — all within 0.4 percent of the RX 6600's average score — would be expected to rank similarly in Minimum when paired with comparable processors. The takeaway is straightforward: to climb the rankings in this game, the RX 6600 is the component to replace, and the 7900X has ample headroom to feed a substantially faster graphics card at 1080p and 1440p alike.