Evolve

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti places at rank 887 out of 1695 tested combos in Evolve, positioning it just above the midpoint of the database. This percentile placement reflects a pairing where the CPU’s mid-range standing (78th percentile among all CPUs) and the GPU’s slightly lower relative position (69th percentile among all GPUs) combine to produce a system that is competent but not exceptional for this 2015 FPS title. The combo’s overall rank suggests that while it can handle the game at most settings, it will not dominate high-refresh-rate 1440p or 4K scenarios, where the GPU becomes the clear constraint.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 887 out of 1695 tested configurations places it in the 52nd percentile of all tested pairings in Evolve. This is a middling result, indicating that the system is neither a top-tier performer nor a weak one. The CPU, an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, scores an average of 19983 across its benchmark suite, placing it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs. Its closest rival, the Intel Core i7-11600H, scores 19949, a mere 0.2% difference, showing the 5600G is essentially tied with that mobile chip in raw compute. On the GPU side, the RTX 3060 Ti averages 25120, sitting in the 69th percentile of all GPUs, with its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6700M, scoring 25180—a 0.2% gap that puts them in a statistical dead heat.

The combination of a slightly above-average CPU and a slightly below-average (relative to its class) GPU yields the observed rank. In Evolve, which is a CPU-light but GPU-demanding shooter at higher resolutions, the GPU’s 69th percentile standing drags the pair down from what the CPU alone might suggest. The 5600G’s strong single-thread performance (3dmark_single_thread score of 872, Cinebench R23 single-core 2365) ensures the CPU is rarely the bottleneck at 1080p, but the RTX 3060 Ti’s raw throughput caps the system at 4K. Compared to the combo’s potential, the rank indicates that users will get smooth 1080p gameplay with high settings, but will need to dial back settings or resolution for consistent 60+ FPS at 1440p, and will struggle to maintain playable framerates at 4K Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Evolve?

A: Based on measured data, 1920x1080 is the optimal resolution. At this setting, the combo achieves 122.7 FPS on High, 150.5 FPS on Medium, and 200.3 FPS on Low, all well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play. At 2560x1440, High settings drop to 83.7 FPS, which is still playable, but 4K at 43.8 FPS on High is borderline.

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

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G has an average benchmark score of 19983, which is 0.2% higher than the Intel Core i7-11600H (19949) and 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19928). It is 0.2% lower than the Intel Core i7-11800H (20024), indicating that the 5600G holds its own against these competing parts.

Q: Is the GPU the limiting factor at 4K resolution?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the combo delivers 43.8 FPS on High, 56.2 FPS on Medium, and only 30.5 FPS on Ultra. The drop from 77 FPS on Low to 30.5 FPS on Ultra is a 60% reduction, which strongly indicates that the RTX 3060 Ti’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for Evolve’s higher settings at 4K.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the GPU?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti had a launch MSRP of 399 USD. This figure is provided for reference; ongoing market pricing may vary.

Q: How does the combo perform at 1440p Ultra?

A: At 2560x1440 with Ultra settings, the combo achieves 57.2 FPS. This is just below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay, suggesting that users should either reduce settings to High (83.7 FPS) or accept a slightly lower framerate at Ultra.

Q: Does the CPU’s integrated graphics affect performance in Evolve?

A: No, the CPU’s integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics do not contribute to Evolve’s performance. The game uses the discrete RTX 3060 Ti for rendering. The 5600G’s integrated graphics are present but irrelevant when a dedicated GPU is installed, as the system will route all graphics workloads through the PCIe Gen 3 x16 connection to the RTX 3060 Ti.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of scaling as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At 1080p, the combo delivers 122.7 FPS on High settings, which drops to 83.7 FPS at 1440p—a 31.8% reduction—and further to 43.8 FPS at 4K, a 64.3% reduction from 1080p. This steep decline indicates that the RTX 3060 Ti is the primary bottleneck as resolution climbs.

The scaling behavior is more telling when examining the Low settings across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 200.3 FPS, which drops to 130.4 FPS at 1440p (a 34.9% drop) and 77 FPS at 4K (a 61.6% drop). The fact that even at Low settings, 4K cannot reach 60 FPS minimums (the data shows only average FPS, but the trend is clear) suggests that pixel throughput is the limiting factor. The GPU’s 133.2 GPixel/s pixel rate and 253.1 GTexel/s texture rate are simply not enough to sustain high frame rates at 4K, regardless of settings.

Conversely, the CPU’s role diminishes at higher resolutions. The 5600G’s 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, are more than sufficient to feed the GPU at 1080p, where the system hits 200+ FPS on Low. At 4K, the frame rate is so low that the CPU is far from being a constraint. The data shows that the limiting component shifts decisively to the GPU as resolution increases, with the CPU’s influence waning from 1080p to 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo provides a wide range of performance depending on settings. On Low, the average FPS is 200.3, which is excellent for competitive play. Medium settings reduce this to 150.5 FPS, still well above the 144 Hz refresh rate that many monitors support. High settings deliver 122.7 FPS, which is smooth for most users. Ultra settings, however, drop to 83.3 FPS—a significant 58.4% reduction from Low—indicating that the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and memory bandwidth are stressed by the highest quality presets even at 1080p.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance curve steepens. Low settings yield 130.4 FPS, which is playable but a clear step down from 1080p. Medium settings produce 106.1 FPS, and High settings hit 83.7 FPS. Ultra settings fall to 57.2 FPS, barely above the 60 FPS threshold. This pattern shows that 1440p is the practical ceiling for this combo if users want to maintain high or ultra settings, as the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth begin to limit performance.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain playable frame rates. Low settings achieve 77 FPS, which is acceptable, but Medium drops to 56.2 FPS, and High falls to 43.8 FPS. Ultra settings are nearly unplayable at 30.5 FPS. The data shows a clear linear scaling with settings: from Low to Ultra at 4K, FPS drops by 60.4%, confirming that the RTX 3060 Ti is overwhelmed by the pixel count at 4K. Users targeting 4K will need to stick to Low or Medium settings to stay above 50 FPS, and even then, the experience will be inconsistent.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing for Evolve, and its specifications explain the observed performance. The GPU features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This bandwidth is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming but becomes a bottleneck at 4K, where the higher resolution demands more data throughput. The GPU’s 4864 shading units and 152 texture mapping units contribute to its 16.20 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which drives the high frame rates seen at 1080p.

The GPU’s clock speeds—1410 MHz base and 1665 MHz boost—are modest compared to higher-tier 30-series cards, but they are adequate for Evolve’s age. The card’s 80 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s, which is a key factor in the 4K performance drop. At 4K, the GPU must fill 8.3 million pixels per frame, and with a pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s, the theoretical maximum frame rate is around 16 FPS at full fill-rate utilization, though the actual 30.5 FPS on Ultra shows that other factors like texture filtering and shader work also play a role.

The GPU’s VRAM capacity of 8 GB is another critical factor. Evolve, released in 2015, was designed for GPUs with 2-4 GB of VRAM, so the 8 GB on the RTX 3060 Ti is more than sufficient for the game’s texture budgets. However, the card’s memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) and 256-bit bus create a bandwidth ceiling that becomes evident at 4K. The benchmark data shows that at 4K Ultra (30.5 FPS) versus 1080p Ultra (83.3 FPS), the performance drops by 63.4%, which aligns with the GPU’s inability to maintain fill-rate and bandwidth at higher resolutions. In contrast, the CPU’s 16 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are not relevant to this game’s GPU-bound scenarios, confirming that the RTX 3060 Ti’s architecture and memory subsystem dictate the combo’s performance ceiling in Evolve.