Downfall

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall rank in Downfall?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT combo ranks 942 out of 1,741 tested combinations, placing it in the middle of the pack. This suggests a balanced but not top-tier configuration for this horror title.

Q: Which resolution delivers the highest average FPS?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 230.1 FPS, the highest measured score across all tested configurations. The lowest result is 45.9 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

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

A: The Ryzen 7 7700 sits within a tight performance band: it is 0.1% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, 0.5% ahead of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, 0.6% behind the Intel Core i9-13905H, and 1.2% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T. The differences are marginal across the board.

Q: What is the GPU's position relative to comparable cards?

A: The RX 6700 XT is 0.7% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6800, 1% behind both the AMD Radeon HD 7950 and AMD Radeon RX 480, and 1.3% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A5000. Its percentile rank is 77 among all GPUs.

Q: What memory configuration does the GPU use?

A: The RX 6700 XT features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Memory clocks run at 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed.

Q: Does the CPU offer integrated graphics?

A: Yes, the Ryzen 7 7700 includes Radeon Graphics as integrated graphics, though the benchmark data focuses on the discrete RX 6700 XT for gaming performance.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 22 chip, manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. The card's 12 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit bus provides 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which becomes increasingly relevant at higher resolutions. The memory clock runs at 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed, while the GPU operates at a 2321 MHz base clock and 2581 MHz boost clock, with a game clock of 2424 MHz.

The GPU's 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs drive a pixel rate of 165.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 413.0 GTexel/s. Compute performance reaches 13.21 TFLOPS for FP32 and 26.43 TFLOPS for FP16 with a 2:1 ratio. The 40 ray accelerators support DirectX 12 Ultimate, though Downfall's horror aesthetics likely rely more on traditional rasterization than heavy ray tracing.

In this game, the GPU's role is evident from the measured FPS scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 230.1 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it drops to 45.9 FPS — a 184.2 FPS swing. The 12 GB frame buffer appears sufficient for 4K, as the High preset still manages 68.9 FPS. However, the Ultra preset's 45.9 FPS result suggests the GPU's compute resources, not memory capacity, become the limiting factor when settings max out.

The GPU's percentile rank of 77 versus all GPUs indicates it sits above most cards, but its nearest rivals show a tight cluster: the RX 6800 is within 0.7%, and the RTX A5000 is 1.3% behind. This narrow spread means the 6700 XT's performance in Downfall aligns closely with expectations from its synthetic benchmark averages.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy across presets. At 1080p, Low yields 230.1 FPS, Medium drops to 190.9 FPS, High reaches 154 FPS, and Ultra falls to 98.5 FPS. The step from High to Ultra costs 55.5 FPS, a 36% reduction, which is substantial for a single preset increase.

For 1440p, the pattern continues: Low hits 161.6 FPS, Medium 131.3 FPS, High 107.8 FPS, and Ultra 68.4 FPS. The Ultra preset here drops below the 70 FPS threshold, which may feel less smooth for fast-paced horror sequences. At 4K, Low still achieves 99.6 FPS, Medium 84.9 FPS, High 68.9 FPS, and Ultra 45.9 FPS.

The data suggests the High preset offers the best balance for most scenarios. At 1080p, High's 154 FPS is well above smoothness thresholds, while at 1440p, it maintains 107.8 FPS. At 4K, High drops to 68.9 FPS, which remains playable but approaches the edge of comfort. Medium provides a safer margin at 4K with 84.9 FPS, sacrificing some visual fidelity for a 16 FPS gain over High.

Ultra appears to be a demanding setting that disproportionately impacts performance. The 45.9 FPS at 4K Ultra is the only measured result below 60 FPS, indicating this preset combination should be avoided for competitive or fast-paced play. Low settings, while delivering the highest frame rates, likely compromise the atmospheric lighting and shadow effects that horror games rely on for tension.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data shows consistent scaling across all resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, Low produces 230.1 FPS, Medium 190.9 FPS, High 154 FPS, and Ultra 98.5 FPS. This represents a 131.6 FPS difference between the lowest and highest presets at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the results are 161.6 FPS for Low, 131.3 FPS for Medium, 107.8 FPS for High, and 68.4 FPS for Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 93.2 FPS, showing that resolution scaling compresses the preset differences. The 1440p High result of 107.8 FPS is nearly identical to the 1080p Ultra result of 98.5 FPS, suggesting a direct trade-off between resolution and settings.

At 3840x2160, Low achieves 99.6 FPS, Medium 84.9 FPS, High 68.9 FPS, and Ultra 45.9 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only measurement below 60 FPS, and it trails the 4K Low result by 53.7 FPS. This steep drop indicates that the Ultra preset's additional effects tax the GPU heavily at high pixel counts.

Comparing across resolutions, the 1080p Low score of 230.1 FPS is more than double the 4K Ultra score of 45.9 FPS. The 1440p Medium result of 131.3 FPS sits between the 1080p High (154 FPS) and 1080p Ultra (98.5 FPS), illustrating how resolution and settings interact to determine final performance.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals significant information about the limiting component. At Low settings, moving from 1080p (230.1 FPS) to 1440p (161.6 FPS) reduces performance by 68.5 FPS, and further to 4K (99.6 FPS) costs another 62 FPS. The total decline from 1080p to 4K at Low is 130.5 FPS, a 56.7% reduction.

At High settings, the scaling is similar: 1080p (154 FPS) to 1440p (107.8 FPS) drops 46.2 FPS, and 1440p to 4K (68.9 FPS) drops 38.9 FPS. The total loss of 85.1 FPS represents a 55.3% decrease. At Ultra settings, the drop is more severe: 1080p (98.5 FPS) to 1440p (68.4 FPS) loses 30.1 FPS, and 1440p to 4K (45.9 FPS) loses 22.5 FPS, totaling 52.6 FPS or 53.4%.

The percentage drops are relatively consistent across presets, hovering around 53-57% from 1080p to 4K. This consistency suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as CPU-bound scenarios would show less degradation at higher resolutions. The RX 6700 XT's 384.0 GB/s bandwidth appears adequate for 4K, but the 13.21 TFLOPS compute power limits how many pixels can be processed per frame at Ultra settings.

The 4K Ultra result of 45.9 FPS is particularly telling. It falls well below the 60 FPS threshold, and the gap between 4K High (68.9 FPS) and 4K Ultra (45.9 FPS) is 23 FPS — a larger absolute drop than the 30.1 FPS difference between 1080p High and 1440p High. This indicates that Ultra settings introduce effects that scale super-linearly with pixel count.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 provides 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael, on a 5 nm process. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz boosts to 5.30 GHz, and the 65 W TDP keeps thermals manageable. The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 and 1 MB L2 per core, with 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support includes DDR5 on a dual-channel bus with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, plus PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes.

Synthetic benchmarks show the CPU's strength: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 29,302, and single-core reaches 4,136. PassMark multi-thread hits 34,470, with single-thread at 4,063. The 3DMark results scale from 1,049 (single-thread) to 8,484 (16-thread), indicating strong multi-threading efficiency. The CPU's average benchmark score of 40,468 places it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs.

In Downfall, the CPU's role appears secondary given the GPU bottleneck indicated by resolution scaling. However, the high frame rates at 1080p Low (230.1 FPS) suggest the CPU can feed the GPU efficiently at lower resolutions. The 16 threads handle the game's background processes, while the 5.30 GHz boost clock ensures responsive single-threaded performance for core game logic.

The CPU's nearest rivals show minimal performance gaps — the largest delta is 1.2% against the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T. This tight clustering means the Ryzen 7 7700's gaming performance in CPU-limited scenarios would be nearly indistinguishable from its peers, reinforcing that the RX 6700 XT determines the frame rates in this combo.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 942 out of 1,741 tested configurations, placing it at roughly the 54th percentile of all combinations. This mid-pack position reflects a balanced pairing: the CPU's 91st percentile performance is offset by the GPU's 77th percentile standing. The resulting rank suggests the GPU limits overall gaming performance more than the CPU.

The GPU's nearest rivals provide context for this ranking. The RX 6800, which performs 0.7% better in average benchmark scores, would likely place this combo slightly higher in the rankings. The RTX A5000, at 1.3% lower performance, could drop the rank marginally. These small deltas indicate that the combo's position is sensitive to minor GPU variations.

The CPU's rivals show even tighter clustering, with deltas ranging from -0.6% to 1.2%. This suggests that swapping the Ryzen 7 7700 for any of its nearest rivals would have negligible impact on the combo's rank. The 1,741 total combos span a wide range of hardware, and this mid-tier placement means there is substantial room for improvement — roughly 941 combos rank higher, while 799 rank lower.

The benchmark data shows this combo excels at 1080p and 1440p with Medium to High settings, where it delivers 107-190 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the 45.9 FPS result places it at the lower end of playable performance. The rank of 942 suggests users seeking higher 4K performance would need a more powerful GPU, while those targeting high-refresh 1080p gaming would find this combo well-suited to their needs.