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# Control with AMD Ryzen 5 4600G + AMD Radeon RX 9060

This combo ranks 1632nd out of 2888 tested combinations in Control, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database. The pairing of a Zen 2-based 6-core processor with a modern RDNA 4.0 GPU produces a system that can handle the game at 1080p and 1440p comfortably, but the data reveals a clear ceiling at 4K. The GPU's 8 GB of VRAM and the CPU's 8 MB of shared L3 cache both factor into the performance envelope, and the measured FPS rows show a predictable pattern: the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens as resolution increases, indicating where the bottleneck shifts.

How This Combo Ranks

At rank 1632 of 2888 combos, this system sits in the 43rd percentile of all tested configurations for Control. That places it firmly in the middle of the pack — not a high-end enthusiast setup, but far from a struggling budget build. The CPU alone sits at the 71st percentile among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17507, while the GPU lands at the 59th percentile with an average score of 16014. The combination of a top-third CPU with a slightly-above-median GPU explains why this system performs respectably in a game like Control, which tends to scale with both components depending on resolution.

The nearest rivals for the CPU are instructive: the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE scores 17482 (0.1% ahead), the Intel Core 7 150U scores 17395 (0.6% behind), and the AMD Ryzen 3 8300GE scores 17614 (0.6% ahead). This means the 4600G is essentially in a dead heat with these alternatives in synthetic benchmarks, yet the real-world game performance hinges on the GPU pairing. For the GPU, the closest competitor is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with an average score of 16129, just 0.7% higher than the RX 9060's 16014. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 trails by 1% at 15852, and the Radeon Pro W5500 is 2.1% behind at 15679. These deltas are small enough that in actual gameplay, driver optimizations and game-specific factors could easily flip the order.

What the rank data implies is that this combo delivers a balanced experience for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but it will not push high-refresh-rate 4K. The measured FPS values confirm this: at 4K Ultra, the system averages 36 FPS, which is playable but not smooth by modern standards. The rank also suggests that many other combos achieve better results, likely due to stronger GPUs or newer CPU architectures, but the 4600G's 6 cores and 12 threads remain competitive in this 2019 title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides four settings presets — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — across three resolutions. The sweet spot for this combo is clearly Medium at 1440p or High at 1080p, depending on the display and preference for visual fidelity versus frame rate. At 1080p Medium, the system delivers 92 FPS average with a minimum of 78 FPS and maximum of 106 FPS. This is the most balanced row in the dataset: it maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS even in dips, while offering better visuals than Low.

At 1440p, High settings yield 62 FPS average, which is playable but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. Medium at 1440p produces 70 FPS average with a 59 FPS minimum, making it the safer choice for a consistent experience. The 59 FPS minimum is close to the 60 FPS threshold, so players with adaptive sync displays would likely not notice the occasional dip. For those prioritizing smoothness over visuals, Low at 1440p delivers 98 FPS, which is excellent for a 144Hz monitor.

Ultra settings are only recommended at 1080p, where the combo achieves 71 FPS average. At 1440p Ultra, the average drops to 54 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it falls to 36 FPS — neither is ideal for a game that benefits from precise aiming and fast camera movements. The data suggests that the jump from High to Ultra at any resolution costs roughly 10-15% performance, which may not justify the visual gains in a game like Control where particle effects and physics are the main draws. The best experience per the measured rows is 1080p High at 82 FPS or 1440p Medium at 70 FPS, depending on whether resolution or settings matter more to the user.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is dramatic and reveals the GPU as the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions. At High settings, the system averages 82 FPS at 1080p, 62 FPS at 1440p, and 42 FPS at 4K. That is a 24% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 32% drop from 1440p to 4K. At Low settings, the progression is 130 FPS at 1080p, 98 FPS at 1440p, and 66 FPS at 4K — a similar proportional decline. This pattern is classic GPU-bound scaling: as the pixel count increases, the rendering load grows faster than the CPU can feed the GPU, and the RX 9060's 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus become bottlenecks.

The fact that even Low settings cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K (66 FPS average) indicates that the GPU is the limiting component at that resolution. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect the FPS to remain relatively flat across resolutions, with the CPU maxing out before the GPU. Instead, the consistent drop-off points to the GPU being saturated. At 1080p, however, the CPU begins to matter more. The 4600G's boost clock of 4.20 GHz and 6 cores are sufficient for Control, but the 8 MB L3 cache is modest by modern standards, and the data shows that at 1080p Low, the system reaches 130 FPS — a number that suggests the CPU can still keep up with the GPU's output.

The scaling also reveals that the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens with resolution. At 1080p, Low delivers 130 FPS and Ultra delivers 71 FPS, a 59 FPS spread. At 1440p, the spread is 44 FPS (98 vs 54), and at 4K it narrows to 30 FPS (66 vs 36). This narrowing indicates that at higher resolutions, the GPU's raw throughput becomes the dominant factor, and the settings-based differences in shading, texture, and post-processing matter less relative to the overall pixel load.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings range is available and playable. Low settings produce 130 FPS average, which is excellent for high-refresh-rate displays. Medium settings average 92 FPS with a minimum of 78 FPS and maximum of 106 FPS, providing a tight frame-time distribution. High settings drop to 82 FPS average, still well above 60 FPS. Ultra settings bring the average down to 71 FPS, which is playable but leaves less margin for demanding combat sequences with multiple physics objects.

At 2560x1440, the performance becomes more constrained. Low settings still deliver 98 FPS, making 1440p gaming viable for competitive play. Medium settings average 70 FPS with a minimum of 59 FPS and maximum of 80 FPS, which is the recommended balance for most users. High settings average 62 FPS, and Ultra drops to 54 FPS average. The minimum FPS data is only available for Medium settings, but the 59 FPS floor suggests that the system can hold near-60 FPS in most scenes at this preset.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles to maintain high frame rates. Low settings average 66 FPS, which is the only 4K preset above 60 FPS. Medium settings average 47 FPS with a minimum of 40 FPS and maximum of 54 FPS, indicating noticeable stutters in heavy scenes. High settings average 42 FPS, and Ultra averages 36 FPS. None of the 4K presets offer a consistently smooth experience, and the Medium minimum of 40 FPS confirms that the GPU is overwhelmed at this resolution.

The data also shows that the difference between Medium and High is relatively small at each resolution (10 FPS at 1080p, 8 FPS at 1440p, 5 FPS at 4K), while the jump from Low to Medium is larger (38 FPS at 1080p, 28 FPS at 1440p, 19 FPS at 4K). This suggests that Low settings are heavily reducing the rendering workload, likely through lower resolution scaling or simplified effects, and the GPU has headroom to absorb the Medium preset without a proportional performance hit.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with the Navi 44 chip, manufactured on a 4 nm process. It features 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units, along with 28 ray tracing cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1700 MHz, a game clock of 2400 MHz, and a boost clock of 2990 MHz. Its memory configuration consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock is 2250 MHz, which translates to 18 Gbps effective.

In Control, a game known for its physics-based destruction and particle effects, the GPU's pixel rate of 191.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 334.9 GTexel/s are directly relevant. The game's heavy use of post-processing and volumetric effects taxes the shading units, and the 21.43 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is the theoretical ceiling for raw shader work. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p at most settings, but at 4K Ultra, the game likely approaches or exceeds this capacity, causing the performance collapse to 36 FPS.

The RX 9060's benchmark scores place it in the 59th percentile among all GPUs, with a PassMark G3D score of 17631 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 88183. Its closest rival, the RTX 3060 Ti, scores 16129 on average (0.7% higher), and the RX 7700 scores 15852 (1% lower). The small deltas suggest these GPUs are interchangeable in synthetic workloads, but in Control specifically, the RDNA 4.0 architecture's ray tracing capabilities (28 RT cores) may provide an edge in scenes with reflections and shadows. The GPU's 4 nm process and 29,700 million transistors on a 199 mm² die indicate a dense, efficient design that runs at a 132 W TDP, which allows for sustained boost clocks during long gaming sessions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture with the Renoir codename, manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 8 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration, providing 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and connects to the system via PCIe Gen 3 with 20 lanes.

In Control, the CPU's role is to manage the game's physics simulation, AI routines, and scene streaming. The 6 cores and 12 threads are adequate for this 2019 title, which was designed for the previous console generation. The 4600G's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 13593 and single-core score of 1919 indicate solid performance for its class. Its Geekbench single-core score of 1460 and multi-core score of 6637 further confirm that the CPU is not a bottleneck at lower resolutions, where the GPU is the limiting factor.

The CPU's nearest rivals are all within 1% of its average benchmark score of 17507, with the Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE at 17482 (0.1% ahead), Intel Core 7 150U at 17395 (0.6% behind), and Ryzen 3 8300GE at 17614 (0.6% ahead). This clustering suggests that the 4600G is a middle-of-the-pack processor in synthetic tests, but its real-world game performance depends on how well the game utilizes its 12 threads. Control does scale with multiple cores, and the 4600G's 3DMark scores show a strong scaling from 2 threads (1430) to 8 threads (4138) and max threads (4889), indicating that the CPU can leverage its full thread count.

The 8 MB L3 cache is modest compared to newer processors, but Control's data sets are not particularly cache-sensitive, and the measured FPS at 1080p Low (130 FPS) suggests that the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at that resolution. At 1080p Ultra, the frame rate drops to 71 FPS, which is likely GPU-bound rather than CPU-limited, as the settings increase the rendering load without proportionally increasing CPU work.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Control?

A: The data shows 1920x1080 as the strongest resolution, with all settings presets averaging above 70 FPS. At 1080p High, the system averages 82 FPS, which provides a smooth and visually detailed experience.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Control?

A: Yes, but only at Low settings, which averages 66 FPS. At Medium settings, the average drops to 47 FPS with a 40 FPS minimum, and Ultra settings average just 36 FPS. The GPU is the limiting factor at 4K.

Q: How does the RX 9060 compare to its nearest GPU rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RX 9060 has an average benchmark score of 16014, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti scores 16129, which is 0.7% higher. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 scores 15852, 1% lower, and the Radeon Pro W5500 scores 15679, 2.1% lower.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 4600G a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data suggests it is not a significant bottleneck at 1080p, as the system reaches 130 FPS on Low settings. However, at 1080p Ultra, the frame rate drops to 71 FPS, which may indicate the GPU is saturated rather than the CPU.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded for Medium settings?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 78, at 1440p Medium it is 59, and at 4K Medium it is 40. These values provide a sense of frame-time consistency, with the 1440p Medium preset being the lowest that maintains a near-60 FPS floor.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to all tested configurations?

A: This combo ranks 1632nd out of 2888 tested combos in Control, placing it in the lower-middle range. The CPU is at the 71st percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU is at the 59th percentile among all GPUs, explaining the mid-pack overall position.