Control

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 produces a surprisingly balanced yet CPU-limited experience in Control, ranking 51st out of 1636 tested combos. While the RTX 5090 delivers massive frame rates at every resolution, the data reveals that this pairing's performance ceiling is consistently capped by the 5600G's Zen 3 architecture, particularly as settings are lowered. The measured results show a system that excels at high-refresh 1440p and 4K Ultra play, but fails to fully unlock the GPU's potential at 1080p, where the CPU becomes the definitive bottleneck.

FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance rank of this CPU and GPU combination in Control?

A: This combo ranks 51st out of 1,636 tested combinations in the game, placing it in the top 3.1% of all tested systems.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5600G compare to its closest CPU rivals in general benchmarks?

A: The 5600G has an average benchmark score of 19,983, placing it essentially neck-and-neck with the Intel Core i7-11600H (0.2% higher), Intel Core i7-11800H (0.2% lower), and AMD EPYC 7713P (0.2% lower). It edges out the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX by 0.3%.

Q: What is the best 4K performance recorded for this combo?

A: The highest 4K average is 144.1 FPS on Low settings. At Ultra settings, the average drops to 81.7 FPS, which is still comfortably playable.

Q: Is there a significant performance gap between 1080p and 4K at High settings?

A: Yes. At 1080p High, the combo achieves 178.2 FPS, but at 4K High, it drops to 93.5 FPS, representing a 47.5% reduction in frame rate.

Q: How does the RTX 5090's benchmark standing compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 5090's average score of 84,306 places it 0.1% ahead of the RTX 5090 D and RTX 5050 Mobile, 1.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon PRO W6600, and 1.6% behind the NVIDIA CMP 40HX.

Q: What is the scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K for this combo?

A: The performance drop is steepest at Low settings (32.5% reduction from 1080p to 4K) and most moderate at Ultra settings (48.3% reduction), indicating that lower settings increasingly expose the CPU bottleneck.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G brings 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This processor, released in April 2021, features a 16 MB L3 cache and operates on the AM4 socket with DDR4 memory support. In Control, this CPU configuration demonstrates its capabilities through benchmark scores like 16,758 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2,365 in single-core, establishing a solid foundation for gaming workloads.

The 5600G's benchmark performance places it at the 78th percentile among all CPUs, with an average score of 19,983. Its nearest rivals—the Intel Core i7-11600H, i7-11800H, AMD EPYC 7713P, and Threadripper PRO 5995WX—all fall within a 0.3% margin, indicating that this CPU sits at a performance tier where small architectural differences produce negligible real-world impact. In Control, the CPU's role becomes most evident at lower resolutions and settings, where the measured FPS stops scaling with GPU capability.

At 1080p Low, the combo hits 213.6 FPS, but dropping to 1080p Ultra yields 158 FPS—a 26% reduction that reflects the GPU's increased workload. However, the ceiling at 1080p Low suggests the CPU limits the RTX 5090's output, as the GPU's massive 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 compute cannot translate into proportionally higher frame rates. This processor, with its 10,700 million transistors on a 7nm process, provides adequate single-thread performance but lacks the multi-core headroom to fully drive a top-tier GPU in a physics-heavy action game like Control.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 5 5600G and RTX 5090 achieves a rank of 51 out of 1,636 tested combos in Control, placing it in the top 3.1% of all systems evaluated. This rank reflects the RTX 5090's dominant GPU performance—sitting at the 94th percentile among all GPUs—partially compensating for the 5600G's more modest 78th percentile CPU standing.

The rank indicates that while this pairing is exceptionally fast, it is not among the absolute elite configurations. The gap between the CPU's and GPU's percentile standings (78 vs. 94) suggests that numerous other combos with stronger processors achieve higher frame rates, particularly at lower resolutions where CPU headroom matters more. The 5600G's average benchmark score of 19,983 falls just 0.2% below the Intel Core i7-11800H's score of 20,024, yet the latter processor would likely pair more effectively with the RTX 5090 in CPU-bound scenarios.

This rank also contextualizes the measured FPS data: the combo's 4K Ultra average of 81.7 FPS and 1440p Ultra average of 118.4 FPS are strong, but the 1080p Low result of 213.6 FPS reveals that the system cannot leverage the GPU's full potential. The data indicates that this combination is optimized for high-resolution, high-settings gaming rather than esports-style low-settings play, explaining its position below combos featuring newer, higher-core-count CPUs.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the combo delivers its highest raw frame rates: 213.6 FPS on Low, 189.4 FPS on Medium, 178.2 FPS on High, and 158 FPS on Ultra. These numbers show a clear progression where each settings tier costs roughly 15-20 FPS, with the Low-to-Ultra gap reaching 55.6 FPS (a 26% reduction). The 1080p results suggest the CPU is the primary limiter, as the GPU's performance headroom cannot push beyond these values.

Moving to 1440p, the frame rates remain high but show more GPU influence: 191.1 FPS on Low, 151 FPS on Medium, 132.5 FPS on High, and 118.4 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings is 22.5 FPS (10.5% reduction), while at Ultra it is 39.6 FPS (25.1% reduction). This pattern indicates that the GPU begins to take on more work as resolution increases, easing the CPU bottleneck.

At 4K, the GPU becomes the dominant factor: 144.1 FPS on Low, 105.6 FPS on Medium, 93.5 FPS on High, and 81.7 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Low result is particularly notable—it is only 32.5% lower than the 1080p Low result, whereas the 4K Ultra result is 48.3% lower than its 1080p counterpart. This compression of performance differences at higher resolutions confirms that the RTX 5090's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are being utilized more effectively as resolution increases.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB202 chip, serves as the dominant force in this pairing. Its specifications are staggering: 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 170 RT cores, and 680 tensor cores, all running at a boost clock of 2,407 MHz. The GPU's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus delivers 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, enabling exceptional performance at 4K resolutions.

In Control, the GPU's role becomes apparent in the scaling from 1440p to 4K. At High settings, the FPS drops from 132.5 to 93.5 (a 29.4% reduction), while at Ultra it drops from 118.4 to 81.7 (a 31% reduction). These reductions are less severe than the 1080p-to-4K scaling at low settings, where the GPU's massive compute resources are underutilized due to CPU limitations. The RTX 5090's benchmark scores—104.8 TFLOPS FP32, 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate—position it at the 94th percentile among all GPUs, with an average score of 84,306.

The GPU's nearest rivals include the RTX 5090 D (0.1% higher), RTX 5050 Mobile (0.2% higher), and AMD Radeon PRO W6600 (1.3% higher), though the NVIDIA CMP 40HX leads by 1.6%. These margins are negligible, confirming the RTX 5090's position as a top-tier graphics card. However, the measured FPS data reveals that in Control, the GPU's potential is only fully realized at 4K Ultra, where the 81.7 FPS average represents a playable but not excessive result that showcases the GPU's capability.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings for this combo depend on the target resolution and desired frame rate. At 4K, Ultra settings deliver 81.7 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play, making it the recommended choice for visual fidelity. The High preset at 4K offers 93.5 FPS—a 14.4% improvement over Ultra—but the visual difference is often negligible, so players prioritizing frame rate should select High.

At 1440p, the Ultra preset's 118.4 FPS provides an excellent balance for high-refresh monitors, while High settings at 132.5 FPS offer additional headroom for 144Hz displays. The Medium preset at 151 FPS is suitable for competitive play, but the jump from Medium to High (18.5 FPS) is less impactful than from High to Ultra (14.1 FPS), suggesting High is the sweet spot for 1440p.

For 1080p, the data shows diminishing returns: Low settings hit 213.6 FPS, but Ultra still achieves 158 FPS. Given the CPU bottleneck evident at this resolution, the Ultra preset at 158 FPS is recommended over lower settings, as it maximizes visual quality without sacrificing playability. The Medium preset at 189.4 FPS offers a middle ground, but the 31.4 FPS gain over Ultra may not justify the visual downgrade. Overall, the data indicates that this combo is best utilized at 4K Ultra or 1440p High, where the GPU's strengths are fully leveraged.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals distinct patterns that illuminate the limiting component at each resolution. At Low settings, the combo drops from 213.6 FPS at 1080p to 191.1 FPS at 1440p (a 10.5% reduction) and then to 144.1 FPS at 4K (a 24.6% reduction from 1440p). This steep drop at 4K indicates that while the CPU still holds back 1080p performance, the GPU's workload becomes substantial at 4K, though the 144.1 FPS result remains exceptionally high.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is more even: 158 FPS at 1080p, 118.4 FPS at 1440p (25.1% reduction), and 81.7 FPS at 4K (31% reduction from 1440p). The 76.3 FPS total drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is the largest of any settings tier, demonstrating that the GPU becomes increasingly constrained as resolution increases. This pattern suggests that the RTX 5090's performance is the primary limiter at 4K Ultra, while the CPU limits at 1080p Low.

The scaling behavior confirms a key finding: the CPU bottleneck is most pronounced at 1080p Low (213.6 FPS), where the GPU has minimal work, and least pronounced at 4K Ultra (81.7 FPS), where the GPU is fully engaged. This indicates that Control's engine scales well with GPU resources at higher resolutions, but the 5600G's 6 cores and 12 threads prevent the system from achieving the extreme frame rates that the RTX 5090 could theoretically deliver at lower settings. The data suggests that for this combo, 4K Ultra represents the most efficient use of both components, while 1080p Low represents a scenario where the CPU's limitations are most exposed.