Evolve

The pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 produces a dataset that highlights a significant performance bottleneck in Evolve, a 2015 FPS title. Across the measured resolutions and settings, the results reveal a system where the GPU’s immense capabilities are frequently constrained by the CPU’s architectural limits, particularly at lower resolutions. This analysis examines the scaling behavior, component roles, and the combo’s standing among 1,695 tested configurations.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and predictable pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases, but the rate of that degradation varies dramatically with the graphics settings. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 295.1 FPS, which drops to 252 FPS at 1440p and further to 144.8 FPS at 4K. This represents a 51% reduction in average FPS from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, indicating that the RTX 4090 is heavily engaged even at lower quality presets.

The scaling behavior changes character when moving to High settings. At 1080p High, the system produces 225.3 FPS, falling to 153.1 FPS at 1440p and 85.6 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K here is 62%, showing that the higher quality preset places more sustained load on the GPU. However, the most revealing data point comes from the Medium preset, where 1080p yields 268.6 FPS, 1440p yields 195.9 FPS, and 4K yields 108.6 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 4K at Medium shows a 44.5% performance loss, which is steeper than the 36% drop seen from 1080p to 1440p.

Ultra settings present the most constrained scenario. The combo delivers 157.1 FPS at 1080p, 108.2 FPS at 1440p, and 58.8 FPS at 4K. The 4K result at Ultra is the lowest measured value in the entire dataset, representing a 62.6% reduction from the 1080p Ultra figure. This pattern suggests that at Ultra quality, the RTX 4090’s rendering workload becomes the dominant factor, while at Low settings, the CPU’s frame generation limit is more apparent. The fact that 1080p Low reaches 295.1 FPS but 1080p Ultra only reaches 157.1 FPS indicates that the GPU is not the sole limiter at lower resolutions, as the CPU’s 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a 3.60 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost clock cannot feed the GPU enough frames to saturate it.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT’s specifications directly influence the benchmark results in Evolve. With 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, this processor relies on a 16 MB L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU’s benchmark scores provide context for its gaming performance: the 3DMark single-thread score of 913 and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,438 suggest moderate per-thread capability, while the multi-thread scores (17,272 in Cinebench R23) indicate that parallel workloads are handled reasonably well.

The data shows that the CPU becomes a limiting factor primarily at 1080p with lower settings. The jump from 1080p Low at 295.1 FPS to 1080p Medium at 268.6 FPS is only a 9% reduction, but the subsequent drop to 1080p High at 225.3 FPS is a 16% reduction. This non-linear scaling across settings at the same resolution points to CPU-side bottlenecks when the GPU is not fully taxed. The PassMark single-thread score of 3,348 and the 3DMark 2-thread score of 1,794 are modest figures for a modern processor, suggesting that Evolve’s primary thread workload may not be fully optimized for this CPU’s architecture.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 5600GT’s average benchmark score of 20,740 places it virtually tied with the Intel Core i7-10700 (20,746, 0% delta) and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (20,680, 0.3% delta). The processor sits at the 78th percentile among all CPUs, indicating that while it is not a top-tier part, it holds its own against similarly positioned chips. In the context of Evolve, the 5600GT’s performance at 1080p Low (295.1 FPS) versus its performance at 4K Low (144.8 FPS) suggests that the CPU can deliver high frame rates but cannot maintain them when the GPU requires more data per frame.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested combinations, this specific pairing of the Ryzen 5 5600GT and RTX 4090 achieves a combo rank of 59 out of 1,695 tested combos in Evolve. This places it in the top 3.5% of all configurations tested, which is a strong showing given the CPU’s mid-range positioning. However, the ranking reveals an imbalance: the RTX 4090 alone sits at the 91st percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU is at the 78th percentile among all CPUs. The combo’s rank of 59 suggests that the GPU’s dominance is partially offset by the CPU’s limitations.

The gap between the combo’s rank and what the GPU alone might achieve is evident in the resolution scaling data. At 4K Ultra, the system produces 58.8 FPS, which is only 20% of the 1080p Low result (295.1 FPS). This disparity indicates that the combo does not scale efficiently to higher resolutions with maximum quality settings, likely due to the CPU’s inability to feed the GPU adequately. The measured FPS at 4K High (85.6 FPS) versus 4K Medium (108.6 FPS) shows a 21% improvement when dropping from High to Medium, which is a larger relative gain than the 13% improvement seen when dropping from 4K Ultra to 4K High (58.8 to 85.6 FPS). This pattern suggests that the CPU’s frame pacing becomes less of a factor as the GPU workload increases.

The combo rank of 59 is particularly notable when considering that the RTX 4090’s nearest rivals in the GPU benchmark database include the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (0.4% higher average score) and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (0.9% higher average score). These comparisons are based on synthetic benchmarks, but in Evolve, the RTX 4090’s real-time performance is what determines the final frame rates. The fact that this combo ranks 59th overall implies that many other CPU-GPU pairings achieve better results in this specific game, likely due to more balanced component selection.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average FPS this combo achieves in Evolve?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 295.1 at 1080p with Low settings. This represents the ceiling for this configuration in the tested scenarios.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo delivers 58.8 FPS average. This is the lowest result in the dataset, indicating that the CPU and GPU combination struggles to maintain high frame rates at maximum quality.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 225.3 at 1080p to 85.6 at 4K, representing a 62% reduction. This shows that the GPU workload increases substantially with resolution.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5600GT compare to its closest rival, the Intel Core i7-10700?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600GT has an average benchmark score of 20,740, which is essentially identical to the Intel Core i7-10700’s score of 20,746, resulting in a 0% delta. Both processors perform at a similar level in synthetic tests.

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested configurations in Evolve?

A: The combo ranks 59th out of 1,695 tested combos, placing it in the top 3.5% of all configurations. This is a strong result, but it is lower than the GPU’s individual percentile ranking.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance at 1440p Medium settings?

A: At 1440p Medium, the combo achieves 195.9 FPS, which is 35% lower than the 1080p Medium result of 268.6 FPS. The relatively smaller drop compared to the 4K Medium result (108.6 FPS) suggests that the CPU still plays a significant role at 1440p, while the GPU becomes more dominant at 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain the high frame rates observed in Evolve. With 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, the GPU provides 1.01 TB/s of memory bandwidth, which is crucial for handling the texture and geometry data in a 2015 FPS title. The GPU’s Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process with 76,300 million transistors, features 16,384 shading units and a boost clock of 2,520 MHz. These specifications translate to 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is more than sufficient for Evolve’s rendering requirements.

The GPU’s measured performance in the database shows a PassMark G3D score of 38,194 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9,223. These synthetic benchmarks place the RTX 4090 at the 91st percentile among all GPUs, confirming its high-end status. In Evolve, the GPU’s role is most apparent at 4K resolutions, where the frame rates are lowest. The difference between 4K Low (144.8 FPS) and 4K Ultra (58.8 FPS) is 86 FPS, a 59.4% reduction, which demonstrates how the GPU’s workload scales with quality settings.

The RTX 4090’s nearest rivals in the GPU benchmark database include the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (0.4% lower average score) and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (0.5% higher average score). These comparisons are based on average benchmark scores, but in Evolve, the RTX 4090’s real-time performance is what matters. The GPU’s 24 GB VRAM is unlikely to be a limiting factor in this game, as Evolve’s texture requirements from 2015 are modest by modern standards. The GPU’s 1.01 TB/s bandwidth and 82.58 TFLOPS compute capability allow it to maintain high frame rates even at 1440p High (153.1 FPS), but the CPU’s 6-core configuration with a 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth creates a data delivery bottleneck that prevents the GPU from reaching its full potential at lower resolutions. The measured FPS data shows that the RTX 4090 is capable of exceeding 250 FPS at 1080p, but only when the CPU can keep up with frame generation demands.