Allods Online

# Allods Online with AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D + Intel Arc B370

This combination pairs AMD's top-tier 8-core Zen 5 processor with Intel's integrated-class Arc B370 GPU, producing a system that is heavily CPU-bound in Allods Online. The data shows a 92nd-percentile CPU paired with a 5th-percentile GPU, and the measured frame rates reflect that imbalance: playable at 1080p Low, but dropping sharply as resolution and settings increase.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings/resolution combination for this system in Allods Online?

A: The data shows the only fully playable configuration is 1920x1080 with Low settings, producing 108 FPS average. At 1440p Low, the average drops to 68 FPS, which remains playable but shows a significant 37% reduction from 1080p.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested combinations?

A: This combo ranks 2559 out of 2775 tested combinations in Allods Online, placing it in the bottom 8% of all tested systems. This is primarily due to the GPU's 5th-percentile standing among all GPUs.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU ranks in the 92nd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 5th percentile. The frame rate drops of 51% from 1080p to 1440p and another 47% from 1440p to 4K at High settings confirm GPU limitation.

Q: What is the difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, Low settings deliver 108 FPS average, while Ultra settings deliver only 34 FPS average. That is a 74 FPS difference, or roughly 3.2x more performance at Low settings compared to Ultra.

Q: Does this CPU show strong synthetic benchmark performance?

A: Yes. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D scores 22,807 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2,228 in single-core. Its PassMark multi-thread score is 41,318, and it sits within 0.7% of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 in average benchmark score.

Q: What is the GPU's raw compute capability?

A: The Intel Arc B370 delivers 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 performance with 1,280 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1,184, placing it within 0.2% of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated GPU built on Intel's 3 nm Xe3-LPG architecture with a Panther Lake chip. It operates with a 300 MHz base clock and 2,400 MHz boost clock, producing 48.00 GPixel/s pixel rate and 96.00 GTexel/s texture rate. The GPU has 1,280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster output units, along with 10 ray tracing cores.

Memory configuration is entirely System Shared, meaning the GPU uses system RAM rather than dedicated VRAM. Memory bandwidth is listed as System Dependent, which directly impacts performance in Allods Online. This game, released in 2010, has modest VRAM requirements, but the shared memory architecture still creates a bottleneck at higher resolutions.

The GPU's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1,184 places it in the 5th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (score 1,186, delta -0.2%), ATI Radeon HD 5770 (score 1,190, delta -0.5%), and AMD Radeon HD 7650M (score 1,192, delta -0.7%). This places the Arc B370 roughly on par with a decade-old discrete GPU, which explains why Allods Online frame rates collapse at higher settings.

The GPU's FP32 throughput of 6.144 TFLOPS and FP16 of 12.29 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio) are modest figures. In Allods Online, the GPU's pixel and texture fill rates become the binding constraint as resolution increases. At 4K Ultra, the system manages only 11 FPS average, indicating the GPU cannot maintain even basic rendering throughput at that resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling across resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 53 FPS at 1080p to 34 FPS at 1440p (down 36%) and further to 18 FPS at 4K (down 47% from 1440p, or 66% from 1080p). These drops are roughly proportional to the pixel count increases, confirming the GPU is the primary bottleneck.

At Low settings, the scaling is similar but from a higher base: 108 FPS at 1080p, 68 FPS at 1440p (down 37%), and 36 FPS at 4K (down 47% from 1440p, or 67% from 1080p). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests the GPU's rendering pipeline, not game logic or CPU physics, is the limiting factor.

Medium settings show the same trend with available min/max data: at 1080p, the average is 85 FPS with a range of 72-97 FPS. At 1440p, the average drops to 53 FPS with a range of 45-61 FPS. At 4K, the average is 28 FPS with a range of 24-32 FPS. The 4K Medium frame range is notably tight, indicating the GPU is consistently saturated.

Ultra settings produce the steepest degradation: 34 FPS at 1080p, 21 FPS at 1440p (down 38%), and 11 FPS at 4K (down 48% from 1440p, or 68% from 1080p). The 4K Ultra result of 11 FPS is effectively unplayable, and even the 1080p Ultra result of 34 FPS sits below what most users would consider smooth for an MMORPG.

This scaling pattern indicates that in Allods Online, the Arc B370's limitation is raw pixel throughput. The CPU's 92nd-percentile standing means it can feed the GPU adequately at 1080p, but as resolution increases, the GPU simply runs out of fill rate.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080: The best-case scenario for this combo. Low settings produce 108 FPS average, Medium settings produce 85 FPS average with a 72-97 FPS range, High settings produce 53 FPS average, and Ultra settings produce 34 FPS average. The 74 FPS gap between Low and Ultra represents a 3.2x performance spread, typical of a GPU-limited scenario where higher settings add shader and texture work.

2560x1440: Low settings deliver 68 FPS average, Medium settings deliver 53 FPS average with a 45-61 FPS range, High settings deliver 34 FPS average, and Ultra settings deliver 21 FPS average. The Medium settings result remains playable, but High and Ultra dip below the 40 FPS threshold that most MMORPG players find acceptable for smooth gameplay.

3840x2160: Low settings produce 36 FPS average, Medium settings produce 28 FPS average with a 24-32 FPS range, High settings produce 18 FPS average, and Ultra settings produce 11 FPS average. Even at Low settings, 4K is only marginally playable. The Medium settings frame range of 24-32 FPS means the system will dip below 25 FPS in busy scenes, which is problematic for a game where group encounters and player hubs can stress the renderer.

The complete data set shows no min or max FPS values for Low, High, or Ultra settings; only Medium settings include frame ranges. The Medium ranges at each resolution (72-97 at 1080p, 45-61 at 1440p, 24-32 at 4K) suggest that frame pacing is relatively stable, with the spread staying within roughly 30% of the average.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 2559 out of 2775 tested combos in Allods Online, placing it in the bottom 8% of all tested systems. The ranking reflects the severe mismatch between the CPU and GPU capabilities: the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a top-tier processor, but the Arc B370's 5th-percentile GPU standing drags the overall gaming performance down.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 1,184 puts it within 0.2% of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (score 1,186), within 0.5% of the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (score 1,190), and within 0.7% of the AMD Radeon HD 7650M (score 1,192). The only rival it beats is the AMD FirePro M2000 (score 1,168, delta 1.4%). This places the Arc B370 in the same performance class as integrated and entry-level discrete GPUs from over a decade ago.

The combo's rank of 2559 out of 2775 means 216 other tested combinations perform worse. However, the vast majority of tested systems (2558) outperform this pairing in Allods Online. For context, the CPU alone ranks in the 92nd percentile among all CPUs, but the GPU's 5th-percentile standing means the overall gaming experience is constrained by the weakest link.

Benchmark results indicate that this combo would be better suited to CPU-intensive workloads rather than gaming. The CPU's PassMark multi-thread score of 41,318 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22,807 are strong, but they do not translate into high frame rates in Allods Online because the GPU cannot keep up with the CPU's output.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor from the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture with the Granite Ridge codename. It operates on the AMD Socket AM5 platform with a 4.70 GHz base clock and 5.60 GHz boost clock. The CPU has a 120 W TDP and is manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm process node with 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die.

Cache configuration includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 96 MB shared L3. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth, along with ECC memory support. It provides PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes from the CPU and includes integrated Radeon Graphics.

The CPU's synthetic benchmarks are strong: Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22,807, single-core score of 2,228, and PassMark single-thread score of 4,704. Its PassMark multi-thread score is 41,318, with a physics score of 4,171. The average benchmark score is 58,386, placing it in the 92nd percentile of all CPUs.

In the nearest rivals comparison, the 9850X3D scores 0.1% higher than the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (avg score 58,323), 0.2% lower than the Intel Xeon w5-2545 (avg score 58,504), 0.5% higher than the Intel Core i9-14900 (avg score 58,115), and 0.7% lower than the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 (avg score 58,826). These are all within tight margins, indicating the CPU is competitive with other high-end processors.

In Allods Online, the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for the game's workload. The 5.60 GHz boost clock provides strong single-thread performance, which matters for an MMORPG's game logic and network handling. However, the measured FPS data shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck: at 1080p Low, the system achieves 108 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it drops to 11 FPS, with the scaling pattern matching GPU fill rate limits rather than CPU thread saturation.

The CPU's 96 MB L3 cache and high boost clock ensure that frame time consistency is not CPU-bound in typical gameplay. The PassMark data compression score of 474,501 and integer math score of 123,140 indicate strong general-purpose performance. For Allods Online specifically, the CPU would likely sustain well over 200 FPS if paired with a more capable GPU — the current 1080p Low result of 108 FPS is constrained by the Arc B370's rendering throughput, not by the processor's ability to feed it frames.