Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2 with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 produces a fascinating scaling story that flips the usual bottleneck assumptions. At 1080p Low, the combo delivers 594 FPS average, while at 4K Ultra it falls to 120 FPS. The drop from 1080p Low to 4K Low is from 594 to 249 FPS, a reduction of 345 FPS, or roughly 58% of the 1080p figure. That steep decline indicates that at 1080p, the CPU and its 96 MB of shared L3 cache are doing heavy lifting to feed the RTX 4080, but as resolution climbs, the GPU’s rendering load becomes the dominant factor.

Looking at the Medium settings across resolutions, the pattern solidifies. At 1080p Medium, the average is 556 FPS, with a minimum of 473 and maximum of 640. At 1440p Medium, that average drops to 371 FPS, and at 4K Medium it falls to 207 FPS, with a minimum of 176 and maximum of 238. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p Medium is a 185 FPS loss, while 1440p to 4K Medium is a 164 FPS loss. This nearly linear drop suggests that Counter-Strike 2’s engine scales predictably with pixel count at mid settings, and the RTX 4080’s 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to avoid any memory-related stutter, as evidenced by the relatively tight min-to-max ranges at Medium.

At Ultra settings, the game becomes far more demanding. The 1080p Ultra average is 325 FPS, which is a 231 FPS drop from Low at the same resolution. At 1440p Ultra, the average is 215 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it is 120 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 120 FPS is exactly half of the 4K Low result of 249 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset roughly doubles the GPU workload compared to Low at that resolution. This resolution scaling analysis makes it clear that the RTX 4080 is the primary limiter at 4K, while at 1080p, particularly with Low settings, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D’s 8 cores and 16 threads are the constraining factor, as the GPU is clearly capable of far higher frame rates if the CPU could keep up.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, packing 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. Its base clock is 2205 MHz with a boost clock of 2505 MHz, and the memory runs at 1400 MHz with 22.4 Gbps effective speed. The 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, which is a critical asset for Counter-Strike 2 at high resolutions. The GPU’s 9728 shading units, 304 TMUs, and 112 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance rated at 48.74 TFLOPS.

In this game, the RTX 4080’s raw throughput is most visible at 4K. At 4K High, the combo averages 155 FPS, while at 4K Medium it is 207 FPS, and at 4K Low it reaches 249 FPS. The difference between Low and High at 4K is 94 FPS, which shows that the GPU has ample headroom to handle the game’s visual effects at lower presets, but the Ultra preset at 120 FPS suggests that the most demanding settings, likely including advanced shadows and anti-aliasing, push the GPU to its limits. The RTX 4080’s percentile vs all GPUs is 86, and its average benchmark score is 54247, placing it just 0.1% above the RTX 4080 SUPER in the nearest rivals data, with a deltaPct of 0.1.

The memory configuration is particularly relevant here. The 16 GB VRAM capacity is more than sufficient for Counter-Strike 2, which is not a VRAM-heavy title compared to modern AAA games. The 716.8 GB/s bandwidth ensures that texture streaming and asset loading at 4K Ultra do not cause frame-time spikes. The measured data supports this: at 4K Medium, the minimum FPS is 176, which is 85% of the average of 207. At 1440p Medium, the minimum of 315 is 85% of the average of 371. This consistent min-to-avg ratio across resolutions indicates stable frame delivery without memory throttling, a sign that the GPU’s memory subsystem is not a bottleneck in this title.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ranks 347th out of 3719 tested combinations in Counter-Strike 2, placing it in the top 9.3% of all combos in this database. This is a strong result, but the ranking also reflects the game’s unusual sensitivity to CPU cache and single-thread performance, where the 5700X3D’s 96 MB of shared L3 cache is a significant advantage. The CPU’s percentile vs all CPUs is 77, and its average benchmark score is 24709, which is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D, with a deltaPct of -0.1. That means the 5700X3D is statistically tied with the 7600X3D in overall CPU benchmarks, but in Counter-Strike 2, the extra cache likely contributes to the high frame rates seen at 1080p.

The GPU’s percentile vs all GPUs is 86, with an average benchmark score of 54247. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores 54209, a deltaPct of 0.1, meaning the non-SUPER variant is essentially on par. However, the combo rank of 347 out of 3719 suggests that many other pairings with faster CPUs and similar GPUs achieve higher frame rates in this specific game. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 594 FPS, which is excellent, but the ranking implies that combos with CPUs like those in the nearest rivals list—such as the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX or Intel Core i5-12450HX—might achieve even higher scores in pure CPU-bound scenarios, despite the 5700X3D’s cache advantage.

The deltaPct values for the CPU’s nearest rivals are all within 1%: the 7600X3D is -0.1%, the 5900HX is -0.5%, the i5-12450HX is +0.5%, and the i5-11600 is +0.6%. This clustering means that the 5700X3D is not dramatically ahead or behind its peers in synthetic benchmarks, but the game-specific result of 347th place out of 3719 combos highlights that Counter-Strike 2 rewards the combination of high single-thread speed and large cache, which this CPU provides, but the RTX 4080’s raw power is somewhat underutilized at lower resolutions due to CPU limits.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings?

A: The average FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings is 418 FPS, according to the measured data.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 1080p Low?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 120, while at 1920x1080 with Low settings, the average FPS is 594. The 4K Ultra result is roughly 20% of the 1080p Low figure.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded at 1440p Medium?

A: The minimum FPS at 2560x1440 with Medium settings is 315 FPS, with an average of 371 FPS and a maximum of 426 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 4080’s 16 GB VRAM sufficient for this game?

A: Yes, the measured data shows stable frame delivery across resolutions. For example, at 4K Medium, the minimum FPS is 176 against an average of 207, and at 4K High, the average is 155 FPS, indicating no VRAM-related frame drops.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700X3D compare to its nearest CPU rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X3D has an average benchmark score of 24709, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D scores 24728, a deltaPct of -0.1%. This means the 5700X3D is essentially equal to the 7600X3D in overall CPU benchmarks.

Q: What is the combination’s rank among all tested combos in Counter-Strike 2?

A: The combo ranks 347th out of 3719 tested combinations, which places it in the top 9.3% of all tested combos in this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 594 FPS, which is the highest recorded figure for this combo. The Medium preset at 1080p averages 556 FPS, with a minimum of 473 and a maximum of 640 FPS, making it the only setting at any resolution where the maximum exceeds 600 FPS. The High preset at 1080p averages 418 FPS, and the Ultra preset drops to 325 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 269 FPS, showing that even at the lowest resolution, the Ultra preset imposes a significant GPU load.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 446 FPS, which is 148 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. The Medium preset at 1440p averages 371 FPS, with a minimum of 315 and a maximum of 426 FPS. The High preset at 1440p averages 277 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 215 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is consistent: Low drops by 148 FPS, Medium by 185 FPS, High by 141 FPS, and Ultra by 110 FPS. This pattern indicates that the GPU becomes more of a factor as resolution increases, but the CPU still contributes significantly at 1440p, particularly at Low settings where the 446 FPS average is still well above what most displays can show.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 249 FPS, which is still very high for 4K gaming. The Medium preset averages 207 FPS, with a minimum of 176 and a maximum of 238 FPS. The High preset averages 155 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 120 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 129 FPS, which is proportionally larger than the 1080p difference of 269 FPS, confirming that the RTX 4080 is the limiting factor at 4K. The 4K Medium result of 207 FPS is particularly notable because it shows that even with moderate settings, this combo can drive high refresh rate 4K displays, while the 4K Ultra result of 120 FPS is still playable but requires a display with adaptive sync for smoothness.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D is a Zen 3 architecture processor based on the Vermeer codename, manufactured on TSMC’s 7 nm process with 8,850 million transistors on a 74 mm² die. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz. The processor’s standout feature is its 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is the largest cache allocation among its nearest rivals and is specifically designed to improve gaming performance by reducing memory latency. The CPU supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel configuration and a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and it uses the AMD Socket AM4 platform with PCIe Gen 4, providing 20 lanes from the CPU.

In Counter-Strike 2, the CPU’s role is most evident at 1080p Low settings, where the combo reaches 594 FPS. This is a CPU-bound scenario because the RTX 4080 is capable of far higher frame rates, but the 5700X3D’s single-thread performance and cache hit rate determine the ceiling. The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score is 22366, and the single-core score is 3157, while the 3DMark single-thread score is 804. These numbers, combined with the 96 MB L3 cache, explain why the 1080p Low result is so high. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 24709 places it at the 77th percentile of all CPUs, and its nearest rivals are all within 0.6% in average score, yet the game-specific behavior can differ due to cache sensitivity.

The impact of the CPU is less pronounced at 4K, where the GPU takes over. At 4K Low, the combo averages 249 FPS, which is still high, but the CPU is no longer the bottleneck. The transition from 1080p Low to 1440p Low shows a drop of 148 FPS, and from 1440p Low to 4K Low, the drop is 197 FPS. This indicates that the CPU can sustain high frame rates at lower resolutions, but the GPU’s rendering load at 4K reduces the overall FPS. The CPU’s 105 W TDP and DDR4 memory support are adequate for this game, and the data shows no signs of CPU throttling, as evidenced by the high minimum FPS values at Medium settings across all resolutions. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D’s 8 cores and 16 threads are sufficient for Counter-Strike 2’s engine, which is not heavily multithreaded, but the large L3 cache is the key differentiator that allows this combo to achieve top-tier frame rates at 1080p and 1440p.