Doom

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination delivers exceptional frame rates in Doom, placing in the 98th percentile of all tested combos. The data shows a system that is overwhelmingly GPU-limited at higher resolutions, but capable of pushing well past 400 FPS at 1080p, making it a top-tier pairing for this title.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K clearly exposes the GPU as the primary bottleneck. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo reaches 400.2 FPS, but at 4K Low, it falls to 140.7 FPS. This represents a 65% reduction in frame rate when moving from Full HD to 4K, a classic sign that the graphics card is doing the heavy lifting.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all settings presets. With High settings, the system delivers 294.8 FPS at 1080p, 187.3 FPS at 1440p, and 103.7 FPS at 4K. The step-down from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly a third of the frame rate, while the jump to 4K halves the 1440p number. This linear degradation is typical for a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 4080 SUPER's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 736.3 GB/s bandwidth are being fully utilized.

At the most demanding preset, Ultra, the 4K result of 82.9 FPS is still comfortably playable, but the gap between Low and Ultra at 4K (140.7 vs 82.9 FPS) is only 41%. In contrast, at 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 40% (400.2 vs 237.3 FPS). The relatively smaller percentage difference at 4K suggests that the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU even at lower settings, but the GPU's raw throughput becomes the limiting factor as pixel count rises.

How This Combo Ranks

This pairing ranks 98th out of 1,681 tested combinations, placing it in the top 6% of all systems evaluated for Doom. The CPU alone sits in the 82nd percentile of all processors, while the GPU ranks in the 88th percentile of all graphics cards. The combined result exceeds what either component's individual percentile would suggest, indicating a particularly well-balanced pairing for this game's engine.

The CPU's nearest rivals help contextualize its contribution. The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F scores within 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-11850H, 0.3% below the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, and 0.3% below the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F. These negligible deltas mean any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in Doom, confirming that the 7500F is not a limiting factor in this combo.

For the GPU, the RTX 4080 SUPER leads its closest competitor, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, by 0.2%. It also outperforms the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M by 0.4%, the AMD Radeon RX 7700S by 2.1%, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti by 2.9%. The small margins against the RX 6900 XT suggest that Doom's Vulkan-based engine extracts near-maximum performance from both architectures, with NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace design holding a slight edge.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average frame rate this combo can achieve in Doom?

A: The highest recorded average is 400.2 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this hardware?

A: Yes. At 4K Ultra, the system averages 82.9 FPS, and at 4K High it reaches 103.7 FPS, both well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How much performance is lost when upgrading from 1080p to 1440p?

A: At High settings, the frame rate drops from 294.8 FPS at 1080p to 187.3 FPS at 1440p, a reduction of approximately 36%.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at any resolution?

A: The data suggests no. The CPU's benchmark scores place it within 0.4% of its nearest rivals, and the frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K follows a consistent GPU-bound pattern.

Q: What is the difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: Low settings yield 258.2 FPS, while Ultra produces 155.3 FPS, a difference of 103 FPS or about 40% lower performance for maximum visual fidelity.

Q: How does this combo compare to other high-end pairings?

A: It ranks 98th out of 1,681 tested combinations, placing it in the top 6% of all systems benchmarked for Doom.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system shows extraordinary headroom. Low settings produce 400.2 FPS, Medium reaches 349.3 FPS, High hits 294.8 FPS, and Ultra still manages 237.3 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 163 FPS, demonstrating that even the most demanding preset leaves substantial performance on the table for high-refresh-rate monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain extremely high. Low delivers 258.2 FPS, Medium 226.9 FPS, High 187.3 FPS, and Ultra 155.3 FPS. The relative penalty for Ultra over Low at this resolution is 40%, slightly steeper than at 1080p where the same comparison shows a 41% reduction.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's workload becomes evident. Low averages 140.7 FPS, Medium 123.6 FPS, High 103.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 82.9 FPS. The step from High to Ultra at 4K costs 20.8 FPS, the largest single-setting penalty observed in the entire dataset, underscoring the heavy shading and texture demands of the Ultra preset.

Across all resolutions, the scaling from Low to Medium to High is roughly linear in cost, while Ultra imposes a disproportionately larger penalty. This pattern holds at every resolution, suggesting that Ultra enables computationally expensive effects that scale with pixel count.

Settings Recommendations

For 4K displays, High settings at 103.7 FPS offer the best balance of visual quality and performance. Ultra drops to 82.9 FPS, a 20% reduction that may not justify the visual gains on many panels. Medium at 123.6 FPS is an excellent option for competitive play where higher refresh rates matter more than texture fidelity.

At 1440p, High settings at 187.3 FPS provide a smooth experience on 144Hz and 165Hz monitors. Ultra at 155.3 FPS still exceeds 144Hz, making it viable for users with high-refresh displays who prioritize image quality. Medium at 226.9 FPS is ideal for 240Hz panels, while Low at 258.2 FPS pushes beyond what most displays can show.

For 1080p, the choice depends entirely on display refresh rate. Ultra at 237.3 FPS supports 240Hz monitors, High at 294.8 FPS covers 300Hz panels, and Medium at 349.3 FPS or Low at 400.2 FPS are best suited for the fastest esports displays. Given the CPU's 12 threads and 5.00 GHz boost clock, there is no risk of CPU-induced frame pacing issues even at these extreme frame rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, built on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It operates at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boosts to 5.00 GHz. In Doom, a game that scales well with single-thread performance, the CPU's 3,218 Cinebench R23 single-core score and 974 3DMark single-thread score provide ample processing power to feed the GPU.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are equally robust, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22,799 and a Geekbench multi-core score of 12,686. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache helps maintain high hit rates for the game's geometry and draw call data. With a 65 TDP and support for DDR5 memory at 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, the 7500F delivers the data throughput needed to avoid bottlenecks, even when the GPU is producing over 400 FPS at 1080p.

The benchmark data confirms the CPU is not a limiting factor. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-11850H, scores 0.1% higher, while the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X scores 0.3% higher. These differences are well within run-to-run variance and would not produce measurable differences in Doom's frame rates. The CPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all processors further validates that it is a high-performing part that complements the RTX 4080 SUPER.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using a 5 nm TSMC process. It features 10,240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, with 80 RT cores and 320 Tensor cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz and boosts to 2550 MHz, delivering 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

The 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves sufficient for Doom's texture-heavy environments at 4K. The memory clock runs at 1438 MHz, translating to 23 Gbps effective. This memory configuration is critical at 4K Ultra, where the 82.9 FPS result indicates the GPU is fully saturated.

The RTX 4080 SUPER ranks in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, with a PassMark G3D score of 34,245. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, trails by 0.2%, while the RTX 5070 Ti is 2.9% behind. In Doom, the GPU's performance scales predictably with resolution, confirming that the rendering pipeline is the primary constraint. The 320 W TDP and triple-slot cooler design indicate this is a high-power part intended for maximum sustained performance.

The GPU's Vulkan support, combined with the CPU's strong single-thread performance, enables the 400+ FPS results seen at 1080p. At 4K, the 16 GB VRAM buffer ensures no texture swapping occurs, allowing the 103.7 FPS High result to remain stable. The 88th percentile ranking underscores that this GPU is among the fastest available, and its pairing with the 7500F creates a combination that excels in Doom's demanding scenarios.