Control

Control with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX produces a wide spread of performance across its four presets, and the benchmark data points to High as the most balanced choice. At 1920x1080, High delivers 141.2 FPS average, which is 17.2 FPS above Ultra’s 124 FPS, while Medium sits at 161.4 FPS and Low reaches 212.8 FPS. The gap between High and Medium is 20.2 FPS, but High retains substantially more visual fidelity than Medium for a modest frame-rate cost. At 2560x1440, High averages 106.2 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, while Ultra drops to 91.6 FPS and Medium hits 122.5 FPS. The story changes at 3840x2160: High averages 70.5 FPS, which remains playable, but Ultra falls to 63 FPS, and Medium sits at 82.1 FPS. Across all three resolutions, High offers the most consistent experience—never dipping below 70 FPS in the measured data—while preserving the settings that matter for this action-adventure title. Low is technically the fastest preset at every resolution, but the 71.6 FPS jump from High to Low at 1080p suggests diminishing returns; the data shows High is the sweet spot for frame pacing and image quality without the steep cost of Ultra.

FAQ

Q: Which preset delivers the highest average FPS in Control at 1920x1080?

A: Low is the fastest preset at 1920x1080, averaging 212.8 FPS. Medium follows at 161.4 FPS, High at 141.2 FPS, and Ultra at 124 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5600G’s multi-threaded performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score is 19983, placing it 0.2% ahead of the Intel Core i7-11600H (19949) and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19928). It trails the Intel Core i7-11800H and AMD EPYC 7713P, both at 20024, by 0.2%.

Q: Is the RX 7900 XTX capable of running Control at 4K without dropping below 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160 with High settings, the average FPS is 70.5, which is above 60. Ultra settings average 63 FPS, still above 60, while Medium reaches 82.1 FPS and Low hits 113 FPS.

Q: What is the combo’s overall ranking among tested CPU-GPU pairs in Control?

A: This combination ranks 248th out of 1636 tested combos, placing it in the top 15% of the database for this game.

Q: Does the RX 7900 XTX’s compute performance align with its gaming results?

A: The GPU’s Passmark G3D score is 31238, and its average benchmark score is 44019. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 580, scores 44195 (0.4% higher), while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti scores 44900 (2% higher) and the RTX 4090 Mobile scores 43667 (0.8% lower).

Q: How does the CPU’s single-thread score affect gaming performance?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G’s 3DMark single-thread score is 872, and its Cinebench R23 single-core score is 2365. These figures, combined with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, support the 141.2 FPS average seen at 1080p High, indicating the CPU is not a bottleneck at that setting.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of scaling from 1080p to 4K, with the largest absolute drops occurring at lower presets. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 141.2 at 1920x1080 to 106.2 at 2560x1440, a 35 FPS reduction, then to 70.5 at 3840x2160, another 35.7 FPS drop. This linear decline suggests the RX 7900 XTX is the primary driver of performance, as the GPU’s workload scales predictably with pixel count. Low settings exhibit a steeper curve: 212.8 FPS at 1080p, 171 FPS at 1440p, and 113 FPS at 4K—a 99.8 FPS total drop from 1080p to 4K. The fact that Low still maintains 113 FPS at 4K indicates the CPU has ample headroom to feed the GPU even at reduced graphical loads.

Medium settings show a similar trend to High: 161.4 FPS at 1080p, 122.5 at 1440p, and 82.1 at 4K. The difference between 1080p and 1440p is 38.9 FPS, while the 1440p-to-4K gap is 40.4 FPS, showing near-constant scaling. Ultra settings are the most demanding, with 124 FPS at 1080p, 91.6 at 1440p, and 63 at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop is 32.4 FPS, and the 1440p-to-4K drop is 28.6 FPS, slightly less steep than other presets. The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is still contributing meaningfully—the 5600G’s 6 cores and 12 threads, running at a base clock of 3.90 GHz and boost up to 4.40 GHz, are sufficient to push high frame rates, but the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. The 4K results, particularly the 70.5 FPS at High and 63 FPS at Ultra, indicate the GPU’s 24 GB of GDDR6 memory and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth are being utilized heavily, while the CPU’s role diminishes. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the 1080p-to-1440p scaling would show larger drops than the 1440p-to-4K scaling, but the data shows consistent declines across all presets, pointing to the GPU as the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 248 out of 1636 tested combinations places it in the 85th percentile of all tested systems for Control. This is a strong showing, given that the CPU is a mid-range 5000-series part with a 65 W TDP, while the GPU is an end-of-life flagship from the RX 7000 series. The rank reflects the GPU’s dominance: the RX 7900 XTX has a percentileVsAllGpus of 85, meaning it outperforms 85% of all GPUs in the database. In contrast, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a percentileVsAllCpus of 78, slightly lower than the GPU’s percentile. The combination’s rank of 248 suggests that the CPU’s lower percentile is offset by the GPU’s high performance, but the system is not in the top 200 combos, likely due to CPU-bound scenarios at lower resolutions.

To contextualize the rank, consider the CPU’s nearest rivals: the Intel Core i7-11600H has an average score of 19949 (0.2% lower), and the AMD EPYC 7713P scores 20024 (0.2% higher). These differences are negligible in real-world gaming, meaning the CPU is not a differentiator in this combo’s ranking. Similarly, the GPU’s nearest rivals—the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (44195, 0.4% higher) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (44900, 2% higher)—are within a narrow margin, suggesting the GPU’s performance is also close to its peers. The rank of 248 is therefore more a function of the specific game’s engine and how it scales with this particular CPU-GPU pairing. Control is an action-adventure title from 2019, and its rendering workload appears to favor the GPU heavily, as evidenced by the 4K results. The combo’s rank indicates it handles this game well, but not exceptionally, with systems featuring higher-tier CPUs likely ranking higher due to better frame consistency at 1080p.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, fabricated on a 7 nm process at TSMC. Its base clock is 3.90 GHz, boosting to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. These specifications are modest by 2021 standards, but the data shows they are sufficient for Control. The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 16758, and its single-core score is 2365, placing it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs. In gaming, the single-thread performance is often more critical, and the 3DMark single-thread score of 872 supports the frame rates observed at 1080p. At 1920x1080 High, the combo averages 141.2 FPS, which is high enough that the CPU is likely near its limit, but the fact that Low settings reach 212.8 FPS suggests the CPU can push even higher if the GPU workload is reduced.

The CPU’s cache layout includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and a 16 MB L3 cache. This is a standard configuration for the 5000 series, and it contributes to the CPU’s ability to feed the GPU at high frame rates. The memory support is DDR4 with dual-channel access and a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, which is lower than the GPU’s 960.0 GB/s but adequate for gaming. The CPU’s PCIe interface is Gen 3 with 16 lanes, which could limit the GPU’s data transfer rates compared to a Gen 4 platform, but the benchmark results do not show a significant bottleneck at 4K. The 5600G also includes integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics, but this is irrelevant when paired with the discrete RX 7900 XTX.

The CPU’s role in Control is primarily to maintain frame pacing. At 1080p, the data shows a 71.6 FPS difference between Low (212.8 FPS) and High (141.2 FPS), indicating that the CPU can handle high draw calls and physics calculations without becoming a bottleneck. However, the gap between High and Ultra at 1080p is only 17.2 FPS (141.2 vs 124), suggesting that the GPU is already the limiting factor at Ultra. At 1440p and 4K, the CPU’s influence diminishes further, as the GPU’s pixel throughput becomes the primary constraint. The CPU’s 12 threads are more than sufficient for Control’s engine, which likely uses fewer than 8 threads for most tasks. The 3DMark 8-thread score of 4694 and max-thread score of 5455 indicate that the CPU’s multi-threading capabilities are adequate but not exceptional, and the data shows this does not hinder performance in this game. Overall, the Ryzen 5 5600G is a capable partner for the RX 7900 XTX in Control, providing enough single-thread and multi-thread performance to avoid limiting the GPU at any preset, while the GPU handles the heavy lifting at higher resolutions.