Doom

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D compare to its closest rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 7 7800X3D posts an average benchmark score of 31,580, which is only 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-12700F (31,543) and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (31,495). It leads the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G (31,407) and Ryzen 7 7745HX (31,402) by 0.6% each.

Q: What is the GPU's standing relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 16,074, placing it 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7600S (15,996). It trails the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and Pro 5700 (both 16,351) by 1.7%, while leading the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 (15,786) by 1.8%.

Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 175.4 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At Medium settings, the average drops to 149.3 FPS, while High settings yield 129 FPS and Ultra produces 102.7 FPS.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the combo averages 60.5 FPS on Low settings, 54 FPS on Medium, 44.2 FPS on High, and 36.4 FPS on Ultra. The 4K results show a steeper performance cliff between Low and Ultra compared to lower resolutions.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations for Doom?

A: This combination of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 1396 out of 1681 tested combos in Doom, placing it in the lower portion of the tested field.

Q: What are the CPU's core and thread counts, and what benchmarks highlight its multithreaded strength?

A: The Ryzen 7 7800X3D has 8 cores and 16 threads. In Cinebench R23, it scores 29,149 multicore and 4,115 single-core. The 3DMark 16-thread score is 7,980, while the max-thread score is 7,967, showing consistent scaling across thread counts.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip and a 12 nm process. It features 1,920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster operation pipelines. The GPU's base clock is 1365 MHz, with a boost clock of 1680 MHz. Memory operations run at 1750 MHz, effectively delivering 14 Gbps across a 192-bit bus, which yields a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s. The 6 GB GDDR6 frame buffer is a key constraint in Doom, particularly at higher resolutions and settings.

In Doom, the GPU's memory capacity and bandwidth directly influence performance scaling. At 1920x1080, the gap between Low (175.4 FPS) and Ultra (102.7 FPS) is 72.7 FPS, indicating that the GPU can feed the engine adequately at this resolution. Moving to 2560x1440, the spread narrows: Low hits 114.4 FPS while Ultra drops to 65.4 FPS, a difference of 49 FPS. At 3840x2160, the Ultra setting manages only 36.4 FPS, while Low reaches 60.5 FPS. The 4K results show the 6 GB buffer and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth become limiting factors, as the gap between Low and Ultra shrinks to 24.1 FPS — the GPU is struggling more uniformly across settings.

The RTX 2060's 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are present but Doom's traditional rasterization workload does not heavily utilize them. The pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s provide the raw throughput needed for the game's fast-paced environments. Benchmark results show the GPU scores 14,111 in Passmark G3D and 5,488 in Passmark GPU compute, with a percentile ranking of 58 against all GPUs. The 12 nm process and 160 W TDP place it as an older mid-range part, but the measured data shows it still delivers playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p in Doom.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 1396 out of 1681 tested combos in Doom. This places the combination in the 17th percentile of all tested pairings — a low position that reflects the GPU's aging architecture rather than the CPU's capability. The data suggests the RTX 2060 is the primary bottleneck, as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D's benchmark scores are far more competitive relative to its peers.

Comparing the two components' standings: the CPU sits at the 87th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 31,580, while the GPU sits at the 58th percentile with an average score of 16,074. This mismatch is significant — the CPU is a top-tier part by percentile, while the GPU is solidly mid-range. The combo rank of 1396 out of 1681 reflects this imbalance, as Doom's frame rates are largely GPU-bound at the resolutions tested.

The measured FPS data reinforces this: at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 175.4 FPS, which is high but not exceptional for a system with this CPU. At 4K Ultra, the 36.4 FPS result is clearly limited by the GPU's 6 GB memory and 192-bit bus. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect more consistent performance across resolutions, but the data shows a clear drop from 1080p to 1440p and again to 4K, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce an average of 175.4 FPS, which is the highest measurement in the entire dataset. Medium settings yield 149.3 FPS, High settings 129 FPS, and Ultra 102.7 FPS. The scaling from Ultra to Low represents a 70.7% increase in frame rate, showing that the GPU has headroom when settings are reduced.

At 2560x1440, performance remains respectable but drops noticeably. Low settings average 114.4 FPS, Medium 99.4 FPS, High 80.6 FPS, and Ultra 65.4 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly 35-40% of frame rate across all settings, which aligns with the increased pixel count. The 1440p Ultra result of 65.4 FPS is still playable, though it approaches the threshold where competitive players might prefer lower settings.

At 3840x2160, the GPU struggles to maintain high frame rates. Low settings average 60.5 FPS, Medium 54 FPS, High 44.2 FPS, and Ultra 36.4 FPS. The 4K results show a compressed range — only 24.1 FPS separates Low from Ultra, compared to 72.7 FPS at 1080p. This compression indicates that the GPU's memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s) and 6 GB capacity are saturated at 4K, making settings adjustments less impactful. The 4K Low result of 60.5 FPS is the only setting at this resolution that clears the 60 FPS threshold.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor from the 7000 series, built on the Zen 4 architecture with a 5 nm process. It operates at a base clock of 4.20 GHz and boosts to 5.00 GHz. The CPU features a large L3 cache of 96 MB shared across all cores, which is a defining characteristic of the X3D line. Each core has 64 KB of L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and offers 83.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

In Doom, the CPU's role is less prominent than the GPU's, as evidenced by the measured frame rates. The 7800X3D's benchmark scores are strong — Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 29,149, while single-core hits 4,115. The 3DMark results show 7,980 for 16 threads and 7,967 for max threads, indicating near-perfect scaling. Passmark multithread score is 34,293, with single-thread at 3,759. These numbers place the CPU at the 87th percentile among all CPUs.

The CPU's high L3 cache (96 MB) is particularly beneficial in game scenarios where repeated data access patterns occur. However, in Doom at 1080p Low, the 175.4 FPS result suggests the GPU is already the limiting factor, as the CPU can clearly push well beyond this. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1,887 and 4-thread score of 3,684 indicate strong single-threaded performance, which is relevant for games that rely on a primary render thread. The 7800X3D's launch MSRP is $449, and it has an active production status. The gap between the CPU's 87th percentile ranking and the combo's 1396 out of 1681 ranking in Doom confirms that the RTX 2060 is the performance ceiling for this pairing.