Dave The Diver

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 paired with the Intel Arc B580 lands at rank 2132 out of 2867 tested combos in Dave The Diver. That places this configuration in the 26th percentile of all tested systems — a mid-pack result that reflects the Arc B580's modest standing rather than the CPU's strength. The combo sits well below the top tier, but the game itself is not particularly demanding, so the ranking understates real-world playability.

The CPU, however, is a different story. The Core Ultra 5 235 achieves an average benchmark score of 46062, which places it in the 89th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 scores 46030 (0.1% higher), the Intel Core i9-13900HX scores 46098 (0.1% lower), and the AMD EPYC 4364P scores 45970 (0.2% lower). The Core Ultra 5 235 is effectively neck-and-neck with these parts, separated by less than a quarter of a percent in either direction. This CPU is not the bottleneck here.

The GPU tells a more mixed tale. The Arc B580's average benchmark score of 23021 places it in the 68th percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (23061, 0.2% higher), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (22895, 0.6% lower), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (23172, 0.7% higher). The B580 is competitive with these older high-end cards, but the ranking suggests it is not a top-tier performer. In Dave The Diver, the combo's overall rank reflects this GPU ceiling more than the CPU's capability.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's rank in Dave The Diver compared to all tested configurations?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 + Intel Arc B580 combo ranks 2132nd out of 2867 tested combos, placing it in the 26th percentile of all systems evaluated for this game.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Core Ultra 5 235 scores 46062 on average, which is 0.1% ahead of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 (46030), 0.1% behind the Intel Core i9-13900HX (46098), and 0.2% ahead of both the AMD EPYC 4364P (45970) and AMD EPYC 7303 (45960).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking and how does it stack up against similar cards?

A: The Arc B580 sits in the 68th percentile of all GPUs with an average score of 23021. It is 0.2% behind the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (23061), 0.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (22895), and 0.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (23172).

Q: What frame rates can this combo achieve at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the combo delivers an average of 124 FPS. This is sufficient for smooth gameplay on high-refresh monitors, though it drops from the 189 FPS seen at Low settings.

Q: Does the combo maintain playable frame rates at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the average frame rate ranges from 63 FPS at Ultra settings to 95 FPS at Low settings. Even the most demanding setting stays above the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How much does the CPU's multi-threaded performance vary from its single-threaded results?

A: In Cinebench R23, the CPU scores 14769 in multi-core and 2085 in single-core. The multi-core result is roughly 7 times higher, which is consistent with a 14-core, 14-thread design that relies on physical cores rather than hyper-threading.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across resolutions reveal a clear trend: this combo scales predictably as pixel count increases, but the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the average FPS is 141. Moving to 2560x1440 drops that to 106 FPS — a 25% reduction. At 3840x2160, the average falls to 71 FPS, another 33% drop from 1440p. This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the Arc B580's rendering throughput dictates performance.

The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens as resolution increases. At 1080p, the spread between Low (189 FPS) and Ultra (124 FPS) is 65 FPS. At 1440p, the spread narrows to 48 FPS (142 FPS Low vs. 94 FPS Ultra). At 4K, the spread is 32 FPS (95 FPS Low vs. 63 FPS Ultra). This compression at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU's raw pixel-pushing capability, rather than its shader complexity handling, becomes the dominant constraint. The CPU has ample headroom even at 1080p, as evidenced by the 189 FPS Low result, which suggests it is not limiting the frame rate at any resolution tested.

Interestingly, the Medium settings at each resolution show the only min/max FPS data provided. At 1080p Medium, the range is 134 to 182 FPS with an average of 158. At 1440p Medium, the range is 101 to 137 FPS with an average of 119. At 4K Medium, the range is 68 to 92 FPS with an average of 80. These ranges indicate that frame pacing remains consistent, with no severe stutters or spikes, even when the GPU is under heavier load.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest performance. Low settings produce an average of 189 FPS, which is exceptionally smooth for any display. Medium settings average 158 FPS with a min of 134 and max of 182. High settings average 141 FPS, while Ultra settings average 124 FPS. Even the lowest result at 1080p, the 124 FPS Ultra average, is well above the 60 FPS threshold and suitable for competitive play.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but begins to show the GPU's limits. Low settings average 142 FPS, Medium averages 119 FPS with a range of 101 to 137, High averages 106 FPS, and Ultra averages 94 FPS. The 1440p results are roughly 25% lower than their 1080p counterparts across all settings, which is consistent with the increase in pixel count from 2.07 million to 3.69 million.

At 3840x2160, the combo still delivers playable frame rates, but the margin narrows. Low settings average 95 FPS, Medium averages 80 FPS with a range of 68 to 92, High averages 71 FPS, and Ultra averages 63 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is just 3 FPS above the 60 FPS mark, indicating that this combo is at the edge of its capability at the highest resolution and settings. For players targeting 4K, dropping to High settings provides a more comfortable 71 FPS average, while Medium offers 80 FPS with a minimum of 68 FPS.

The data shows a consistent pattern: each resolution step down (from 4K to 1440p, and from 1440p to 1080p) yields roughly a 33-50% improvement in frame rate depending on settings. This linear scaling suggests that the Arc B580's memory bandwidth of 456.0 GB/s and 12 GB of GDDR6 memory are adequate for this game, but not overprovisioned.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture using a 5 nm process from TSMC, with the BMG-G21 chip containing 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. It features 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units, along with 20 ray tracing cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2670 MHz and a boost clock of 2670 MHz, with memory running at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective) across a 192-bit bus. This configuration yields 456.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

In Dave The Diver, the GPU's role becomes apparent when examining the frame rate scaling. The game is not graphically intensive, so the B580 never reaches its thermal or power limits — the 190 W TDP and dual-slot design are more than sufficient. The 12 GB of VRAM is ample for this title at any resolution; even at 4K Ultra, the game does not appear to exceed the memory capacity, as frame rates remain stable without dips that would indicate VRAM swapping.

The B580's benchmark performance (68th percentile, average score 23021) shows it trades blows with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 3080, both of which are older but higher-tier cards. This suggests the B580 is a competent mid-range GPU that can handle Dave The Diver with ease. The measured FPS at 1080p Ultra (124) and 1440p Ultra (94) indicate that the GPU is the primary driver of performance at higher settings, but it is not a bottleneck at lower settings where the CPU takes over.

The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 compatibility ensure it can run the game's rendering features without issue. The pixel rate of 213.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 427.2 GTexel/s are more than adequate for this adventure title, which likely employs simpler geometry and lighting than AAA shooters or open-world games.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 is a 14-core, 14-thread processor based on the Arrow Lake architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 3 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration with 102.4 GB/s of bandwidth, and it connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 20 lanes. The cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 per core, 3 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache.

In Dave The Diver, the CPU's role is secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions, but it becomes more relevant at 1080p. The 189 FPS average at 1080p Low settings suggests the CPU can push frame rates well beyond 144 Hz, which is typical for a game with modest simulation and AI requirements. The single-thread performance, as measured by Cinebench R23 (2085), is strong enough to handle game logic without creating a bottleneck.

The CPU's 89th percentile ranking (average score 46062) places it among the top tier of processors, with nearest rivals including the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Intel Core i9-13900HX. The 14 cores and 14 threads indicate no hyper-threading, which is a design choice that favors power efficiency over multi-threaded throughput. In synthetic tests, the multi-core score of 14769 in Cinebench R23 and single-core score of 2085 show a ratio of about 7:1, which is typical for a 14-core design.

For Dave The Diver, the CPU's 14 physical cores are more than sufficient. The game likely uses a handful of threads for gameplay logic, while the remaining cores remain idle. This means the CPU's performance headroom is substantial, and it is not the limiting factor in any of the measured scenarios. The 5.00 GHz boost clock ensures snappy response in single-threaded tasks, while the 24 MB of L3 cache helps reduce memory latency for frequently accessed game data.

The CPU's integrated graphics (Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 24EU) are irrelevant for this analysis since the discrete Arc B580 handles all rendering. However, the CPU's memory controller, supporting DDR5 at 102.4 GB/s, ensures that the GPU receives data without starvation, even at 4K resolutions where memory bandwidth demands are higher.