Downfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D produces a fascinating dataset in Downfall, a 2016 horror title. The combination of a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 processor with a flagship 32 GB Blackwell GPU results in extremely high frame rates across all tested configurations, though the distribution of results reveals clear bottlenecks depending on resolution and settings. This analysis breaks down the measured performance, contextualizes it against rival components, and explains what the numbers indicate about the underlying hardware interaction.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best performance this combo achieves in Downfall?*

A: The highest average frame rate recorded for this pairing is 374 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next-best result is 348 FPS at the same resolution on Medium settings, showing that even at 1080p, the GPU has significant headroom.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations in this game?

A: The combo holds the 51st position out of 2928 tested combinations. This places it in the top 1.7% of all recorded pairings, indicating that while it is exceptionally fast, there are still 50 configurations that achieve higher average performance in Downfall.

Q: What is the performance difference between the two components and their closest rivals?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score is 20733, which is 0.3% lower than the Intel Core i5-12490F (20802). The GPU’s average score is 77712, which is 1.1% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76904) and 1.6% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78940).

Q: Does the game’s resolution affect the frame rate ceiling?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 90. At 2560x1440 with the same settings, it jumps to 144 FPS. At 1920x1080 with Ultra, the average is 202 FPS. The scaling is not linear, indicating a shift in the limiting factor as resolution drops.

Q: Which preset provides the most balanced experience at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Medium preset delivers 175 FPS average with a recorded minimum of 149 FPS and maximum of 202 FPS. This is significantly higher than the 144 FPS average on High and more than double the 90 FPS average on Ultra, making Medium the most capable preset for high-refresh 4K displays.

Q: What are the core specifications of the CPU and GPU in this combo?

A: The CPU is a 6-core, 12-thread AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D serves as the primary rendering engine in this configuration, and its specifications heavily influence the results at higher resolutions. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2017 MHz and a boost clock of 2407 MHz, which are the figures that dictate how fast the 21,760 shading units process geometry and textures. The memory subsystem is equally substantial: 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus yields a bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s. This is the highest memory bandwidth recorded in the dataset, and it is critical for Downfall because horror titles often stream large texture sets to create atmospheric environments. At 3840x2160, the data shows a clear trend: the Ultra preset averages 90 FPS, while Low averages 214 FPS. This 124 FPS gap between presets is the smallest relative difference among the three resolutions tested, which suggests that at 4K, the GPU’s raw compute and memory bandwidth are still the dominant factors. The GPU’s 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate provide ample headroom for the game’s visual effects, but the frame rate drop from Low to Ultra indicates that the more demanding presets push the GPU to its limits even at 4K. Notably, the GPU’s percentile ranking is 92 among all GPUs, placing it in the top 8% of hardware tested, yet its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks are mid-range mobile parts like the RX 6650M XT and RX 6850M XT, which underscore that the RTX 5090 D’s synthetic scores are not always predictive of gaming performance in older titles.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy for settings optimization in Downfall. At every resolution, the Low preset delivers the highest average frame rate, followed by Medium, then High, with Ultra consistently producing the lowest averages. For players prioritizing maximum refresh rates, the Low preset at 1920x1080 yields 374 FPS, which is the single highest score in the entire dataset. However, the Medium preset offers a more compelling balance for most scenarios. At 1920x1080, Medium averages 348 FPS with a minimum of 296 FPS and a maximum of 400 FPS, which is only 26 FPS slower than Low but provides the additional visual fidelity of medium-quality textures and effects. At 2560x1440, Medium averages 282 FPS with a minimum of 240 FPS and a maximum of 324 FPS, making it the recommended preset for 1440p high-refresh monitors, as it clears the 240 Hz threshold even in the worst-case minimum. At 3840x2160, the situation changes: Medium averages 175 FPS with a minimum of 149 FPS, which is the only 4K preset that maintains an average above 144 FPS. The High preset at 4K averages 144 FPS, which is exactly at the 144 Hz refresh rate boundary, but the lack of a recorded minimum means the data cannot confirm whether it dips below that threshold. The Ultra preset is not recommended at any resolution if frame rate is the primary metric, as it averages 90 FPS at 4K, 144 FPS at 1440p, and 202 FPS at 1080p—all of which are substantially lower than the Medium preset’s results at the same resolutions. For the best experience, the data indicates that Medium settings at 1440p or 4K provide the most consistent high-frame-rate experience, while 1080p players can choose between Low for maximum speed or Medium for a balance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for this combo shows a consistent pattern across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the average frame rates are 374 FPS (Low), 348 FPS (Medium), 324 FPS (High), and 202 FPS (Ultra). The Medium preset at 1080p records a minimum of 296 FPS and a maximum of 400 FPS, indicating that the game rarely dips below the 300 FPS mark even during intense scenes. The High preset at 1080p averages 324 FPS, which is a 24 FPS drop from Medium, while Ultra suffers a 122 FPS drop from High, suggesting that the Ultra preset introduces effects that are disproportionately expensive on this hardware. At 2560x1440, the averages are 334 FPS (Low), 282 FPS (Medium), 231 FPS (High), and 144 FPS (Ultra). The Medium preset’s minimum at 1440p is 240 FPS, and its maximum is 324 FPS, showing that the GPU can maintain a solid 240 FPS experience at this resolution. The High preset at 1440p averages 231 FPS, which is a 51 FPS drop from Medium, and Ultra drops another 87 FPS to 144 FPS. At 3840x2160, the averages are 214 FPS (Low), 175 FPS (Medium), 144 FPS (High), and 90 FPS (Ultra). The Medium preset at 4K has a minimum of 149 FPS and a maximum of 202 FPS, meaning that even in the worst-case frame time, the system does not drop below 149 FPS. The High preset at 4K exactly matches the 144 FPS average of the 1440p Ultra preset, which is a notable coincidence that suggests a similar workload balance. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration in the entire dataset that averages below 100 FPS, recording just 90 FPS. Across all settings, the 1080p results are consistently higher than 1440p by approximately 40-50 FPS, and 1440p is consistently higher than 4K by approximately 60-70 FPS, with the exception of the Ultra preset where the gap between 1440p and 4K is 54 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important characteristics about this hardware combination. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 374 FPS at 1080p to 334 FPS at 1440p and 214 FPS at 4K. This represents a 10.7% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 35.9% drop from 1440p to 4K. At Medium settings, the averages are 348 FPS (1080p), 282 FPS (1440p), and 175 FPS (4K), which corresponds to a 19% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 37.9% drop from 1440p to 4K. At High settings, the averages are 324 FPS (1080p), 231 FPS (1440p), and 144 FPS (4K), showing drops of 28.7% and 37.7%, respectively. At Ultra settings, the averages are 202 FPS (1080p), 144 FPS (1440p), and 90 FPS (4K), with drops of 28.7% from 1080p to 1440p and 37.5% from 1440p to 4K. The consistent 37-38% drop from 1440p to 4K across all settings indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at this resolution step, as the pixel count increases by 2.25 times from 1440p to 4K, and the frame rate drops by roughly a third. However, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is less consistent: Low settings show only a 10.7% drop, while High and Ultra show 28.7% drops. This disparity suggests that at Low settings, the system is partially limited by the CPU at 1080p, as the GPU is able to render frames so quickly that the processor cannot feed it data fast enough. As settings increase, the GPU workload grows, and the bottleneck shifts more toward the GPU, which explains why the percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p increases with higher presets. The data points to the RTX 5090 D being the dominant bottleneck at 4K, while the Ryzen 5 5600GT becomes a more significant factor at 1080p Low, where the CPU’s single-thread performance of 913 in 3DMark single-thread and 2438 in Cinebench R23 single-core limits the maximum achievable frame rate.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 16 MB L3 cache. Its benchmark results show a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 17272 and a single-core score of 2438, which places it in the 74th percentile among all CPUs tested. In Downfall, the CPU’s role becomes evident when examining the frame rate scaling. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 374 FPS, but at 1080p Medium, it drops to 348 FPS, and at 1080p High, it drops to 324 FPS. The fact that the GPU can produce such high frame rates at 1080p suggests that the CPU is the limiting factor at these settings, as a more powerful CPU would likely allow even higher frame rates. This is corroborated by the 3DMark 2-thread score of 1794 and single-thread score of 913, which are moderate for a desktop processor. The CPU’s 12 threads provide enough parallel processing for the game’s physics and AI calculations, but the single-thread performance is what ultimately caps the frame rate at 1080p. At 1440p and 4K, the CPU’s influence diminishes as the GPU takes over as the primary bottleneck. The 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth of the CPU’s DDR4 support is also a potential limiting factor, as the GPU’s 1.79 TB/s bandwidth is 35 times higher, which could create a data transfer bottleneck if the game requires frequent CPU-GPU communication. The CPU’s nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-12490F, has an average score of 20802, which is 0.3% higher, indicating that the 5600GT is effectively at parity with that processor in synthetic benchmarks. This parity suggests that swapping to a rival CPU would not yield significant frame rate improvements in Downfall.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 51st out of 2928 tested combos in Downfall. This top-1.7% placement is exceptionally strong, but it is noteworthy that the ranking is not higher given the GPU’s flagship status. The GPU’s percentile ranking is 92 among all GPUs, yet the combo ranks 51st out of 2928, which implies that the CPU is holding back the overall performance. The CPU’s percentile ranking is 74 among all CPUs, which is substantially lower than the GPU’s 92, and this mismatch is the likely cause of the combo’s relative position. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 374 FPS, but the CPU’s single-thread benchmark score of 913 in 3DMark suggests that a processor with higher single-thread performance could push this number higher. The 50 combos that rank above this pairing likely feature CPUs with stronger single-core performance, such as those that score above 1000 in the same 3DMark single-thread test. The GPU’s nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT, which scores 76904 (1.1% lower), and the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, which scores 78940 (1.6% higher). These are mobile GPUs, which is unusual for a desktop part and suggests that the RTX 5090 D’s synthetic benchmark scores may not fully represent its gaming performance in older titles like Downfall. The combo’s 51st rank out of 2928 means that it outperforms 2877 other combinations, which is a 98.3% success rate. This places the system in the elite tier of gaming performance, but the 50 configurations above it demonstrate that there is still room for improvement, particularly in CPU selection. For users of this combo, the data indicates that the RTX 5090 D is capable of delivering 144 FPS at 4K High and 202 FPS at 1080p Ultra, but the Ryzen 5 5600GT prevents the system from reaching the absolute highest frame rates possible with this GPU.