Control

Control is an Action Adventure game released on 2019-08-26. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT form one of the measured combinations in this title, with a rank of 1045 out of 1636. The dataset is flagged as measured, and every FPS value below is an average FPS from that dataset.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread desktop CPU built on the Zen 4 architecture. It has a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. The CPU uses Socket AM5, supports DDR5 memory through a dual-channel interface, and has 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth. Its shared L3 cache is 96 MB. In Control, the CPU's headroom is visible at the low end of the rendering workload: the 1080p Low preset reaches 125.7 FPS, the highest average in the measured rows. The same CPU and GPU pair drops to 36.6 FPS at 4K Ultra, suggesting that the graphics load, not the processor, is the deciding factor at high resolution.

The synthetic data supports this reading of the CPU as a capable part. The 7800X3D scores 7980 in 3DMark 16-thread, 1887 in 2-thread, 3684 in 4-thread, 6539 in 8-thread, 7967 in max-thread, and 959 in single-thread. Cinebench R23 multi-core is 29149, while single-core is 4115. Geekbench multi-core is 15101 and single-core is 2725. Passmark multi-thread is 34293 and single-thread is 3759. The CPU also records 103639 in Passmark integer math and 61187 in floating-point math. These figures place the CPU in the 87th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 31580.

The nearest rivals in the benchmark database are tightly grouped around that average. Intel Core i7-12700F has an average score of 31543 with deltaPct 0.1. AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is 31495 with deltaPct 0.3. AMD Ryzen 7 8700G is 31407 with deltaPct 0.6. AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX is 31402 with deltaPct 0.6. The small deltas show that the 7800X3D sits in a close cluster of high-end CPUs. In Control, the measured FPS differences between presets align more with the chosen rendering settings than with the CPU's core configuration.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture and uses the Navi 23 chip. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, with 280.3 GB/s memory bandwidth. The base clock is 2055 MHz, the game clock is 2410 MHz, and the boost clock is 2635 MHz. Memory runs at 2190 MHz, rated at 17.5 Gbps effective. The GPU has 2048 shading units, 128 texture units, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray accelerators. It also has a pixel rate of 168.6 GPixel/s, a texture rate of 337.3 GTexel/s, and FP32 throughput of 10.79 TFLOPS.

The GPU's synthetic average score is 29024, ranking in the 72nd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are AMD Radeon RX 6800M at 29011 with deltaPct 0, AMD Radeon RX 470 at 28996 with deltaPct 0.1, Intel Arc A370M at 29175 with deltaPct -0.5, and AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH at 29197 with deltaPct -0.6. In Control, the GPU's influence is directly visible in the preset scaling. At 1080p, Low runs 125.7, Medium 87.5, High 78.8, and Ultra 71.1. At 1440p, the same ordering produces 94.8, 63.4, 57.2, and 50.1. At 4K, it produces 59.6, 42.5, 43.1, and 36.6. Raising quality from Low to Ultra lowers average FPS at every resolution, and raising resolution from 1080p to 4K lowers it further. This points to the Radeon RX 6650 XT as the component governing the high-quality and high-resolution results in Control.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

The measured rows do not include minimum or maximum FPS, so recommendations rest on average FPS values. At 1920x1080, every preset is above the 4K Low result of 59.6: Low is 125.7, Medium 87.5, High 78.8, and Ultra 71.1. The Ultra preset is the highest quality class among the measured rows and still produces 71.1 FPS, making it the strongest measured 1080p option. At 2560x1440, Medium produces 63.4, High drops to 57.2, and Ultra drops to 50.1. Low reaches 94.8, but Medium is the highest quality preset that stays above 59.6. At 3840x2160, only Low reaches 59.6; Medium is 42.5, High is 43.1, and Ultra is 36.6. The measured rows therefore recommend 1080p Ultra, 1440p Medium, and 4K Low as the respective settings per resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the measured performance rank of this CPU/GPU combo in Control?

A: The combo ranks 1045 out of 1636 measured combinations.

Q: Which 1440p preset is the highest one above 59.6 FPS?

A: Medium at 63.4 FPS. Low is also above 59.6 at 94.8, while High is 57.2 and Ultra is 50.1.

Q: How does the CPU average benchmark score compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The 7800X3D has an average score of 31580. Intel Core i7-12700F is 31543 with deltaPct 0.1, AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is 31495 with deltaPct 0.3, AMD Ryzen 7 8700G is 31407 with deltaPct 0.6, and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX is 31402 with deltaPct 0.6.

Q: What memory configuration does the RX 6650 XT have?

A: It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 280.3 GB/s bandwidth and a memory clock of 2190 MHz / 17.5 Gbps effective.

Q: At 4K, does High preset run faster than Medium preset?

A: Yes, in the measured rows High is 43.1 FPS while Medium is 42.5 FPS.

Q: Are there minimum or maximum FPS values for this dataset?

A: No; the measured FPS rows contain average FPS values only.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

Moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reduces average FPS at every preset. Low goes from 125.7 to 59.6, Medium from 87.5 to 42.5, High from 78.8 to 43.1, and Ultra from 71.1 to 36.6. The 4K High result of 43.1 is slightly above the 4K Medium result of 42.5, but both remain well below the 4K Low result of 59.6. The overall pattern is consistent with a GPU-limited workload: increasing pixel count raises the rendering demand placed on the Radeon RX 6650 XT.

The CPU's capabilities do not change between these runs. The 7800X3D has 8 cores, 16 threads, a 5.00 GHz boost clock, and 96 MB of L3 cache, and it reaches 125.7 FPS at 1080p Low. At 4K, the same CPU is paired with the same GPU but the FPS drops sharply. The data therefore identifies the graphics card as the primary limiting component in the high-resolution portion of Control's measured results.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

| --- | --- | --- |

| 3840x2160 | High | 43.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 59.6 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 42.5 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 36.6 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 57.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 94.8 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 63.4 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 50.1 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 78.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 125.7 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 87.5 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 71.1 |