Fivem

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across resolutions reveal a system that scales predictably with pixel count, though the curve is steeper at the low end of the settings spectrum. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 259 FPS, which drops to 174 FPS at 1440p Low—a decline of 85 FPS, or roughly 33%. Moving to 4K Low, the average falls to 96.2 FPS, representing another 78 FPS drop. The scaling pattern suggests that at Low settings, the GPU is being fed a relatively light workload, allowing the CPU to assert more influence on the upper bounds of performance.

At High settings, the progression is more moderate in absolute terms but still substantial: 164.1 FPS at 1080p, 108.7 FPS at 1440p, and 59.9 FPS at 4K. The gap between 1080p and 1440p High is 55.4 FPS, while the gap between 1440p and 4K High is 48.8 FPS. This near-linear drop indicates that the rendering load is scaling consistently with pixel count, and neither component is becoming a dramatic bottleneck at any single resolution.

Ultra settings show the most constrained performance. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 124.5 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it falls to 82 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it bottoms out at 43.7 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure is notably below the 60 FPS threshold, suggesting that the combination of high resolution and maximum settings pushes the GPU to its limits. The delta between 1080p Ultra and 4K Ultra is 80.8 FPS, which is the largest absolute drop across any settings tier.

The data indicates that at 1080p and even 1440p, the system is capable of delivering high frame rates across all settings, with the weakest result being 82 FPS at 1440p Ultra. At 4K, however, only Low settings (96.2 FPS) and Medium settings (75.8 FPS) clear the 60 FPS mark. High settings at 4K land just below at 59.9 FPS, while Ultra falls well short at 43.7 FPS. This suggests that for 4K gaming, the GPU becomes the limiting factor as settings increase, while at lower resolutions, the CPU's six cores and twelve threads are sufficient to keep frame rates high.

FAQ

Q: What is the difference in average FPS between 1080p Low and 4K Ultra?

A: The measured average frame rate drops from 259 FPS at 1080p Low to 43.7 FPS at 4K Ultra, a difference of 215.3 FPS. This represents a substantial reduction in performance as both resolution and settings are increased to their maximum.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 5500 compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has an average benchmark score of 20875, while its closest rival, the Intel Core i5-12500, scores 20897. The delta is -0.1%, indicating the two processors are effectively tied in overall synthetic performance.

Q: At which resolution and settings does the combo first fall below 60 FPS?

A: The first sub-60 FPS result appears at 3840x2160 with High settings, where the average is 59.9 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the average drops further to 43.7 FPS, which is the lowest measured result in the dataset.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti sits at the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, indicating it outperforms 83% of tested graphics cards in the aggregate benchmark suite.

Q: How much faster is the RTX 3080 Ti compared to the RTX 3090 in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti has an average score of 41224, while the RTX 3090 scores 41441. The RTX 3080 Ti trails by -0.5%, placing the two cards at nearly identical performance levels despite the 3090's higher position in the product stack.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance in Cinebench R23?

A: The Ryzen 5 5500 achieves a single-core score of 2319 in Cinebench R23. Its multi-core score is 16429, which reflects the contribution of its 6 cores and 12 threads.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor built on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Cezanne, and manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. Its base clock is 3.60 GHz with a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, and it carries 16 MB of L3 cache. The processor's percentile ranking against all CPUs is 79, and its average benchmark score is 20875, placing it in a tight cluster with rivals such as the Intel Core i5-12500 (20897, -0.1%) and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (20900, -0.1%).

In the context of Fivem, the CPU's role is most evident at lower resolutions and settings where the GPU is not fully saturated. At 1080p Low, the system produces 259 FPS, which is likely near the upper limit of what the CPU can feed to the GPU. The 3DMark single-thread score of 836 and the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2319 suggest that per-core performance is adequate for handling the game's logic and physics threads. The multi-threaded capability, reflected in the Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16429 and the Passmark multithread score of 19330, provides headroom for background tasks and multiplayer overhead.

The 65 W TDP and DDR4 memory support indicate a mainstream platform, and the PCIe Gen 3 interface could theoretically limit data transfer to the GPU, though the measured results at 1080p and 1440p do not show obvious signs of such a bottleneck. The CPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database all have average scores within 0.2% of the 5500, meaning that swapping to any of those processors would likely yield near-identical frame rates in Fivem. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the frame rate falls to 43.7 FPS, which is more likely a GPU limitation than a CPU one, as the pixel throughput requirement at that resolution and settings exceeds what the RTX 3080 Ti can deliver.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ranks 459th out of 1792 tested combos in Fivem, placing it in the top 25.6% of all configurations. This ranking reflects the balanced nature of the pairing: the CPU is not holding back the GPU in most scenarios, and the GPU is not so powerful that it is wasted on a weak processor. The rank of 459 suggests that there are 458 combos that achieve higher measured frame rates in this game, but the vast majority of those likely use more expensive or newer components.

Given the CPU's 79th percentile and the GPU's 83rd percentile, the combo's ranking is slightly lower than either component's individual percentile, which indicates that the game's performance is not solely determined by raw component strength. Fivem, being a multiplayer modification platform, can be sensitive to server-side performance and scripting load, which may introduce variability that is not captured in synthetic benchmarks. The combo's rank of 459 out of 1792 implies that there is a meaningful number of configurations that outperform it, but it also means that the majority of tested combos (1333 of them) produce lower frame rates.

The nearest rival data for the CPU shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 is effectively interchangeable with the Intel Core i5-12500 and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE in aggregate performance. For the GPU, the RTX 3080 Ti is within 1.6% of the RTX 3090, the Radeon Pro 5300, the RTX 5070, and the Tesla M40 in average score. This suggests that the combo's ranking could shift by a few positions if the CPU or GPU were swapped for a direct rival, but the overall tier of performance would remain similar.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with the GA102 chip, manufactured on an 8 nm process at Samsung. It features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 912.4 GB/s. The GPU has 10240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, along with 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. Its boost clock is 1665 MHz, and it delivers 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The GPU's percentile ranking is 83, and its average benchmark score is 41224.

In Fivem, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution and settings rise. At 1080p Low, the frame rate of 259 FPS is likely limited by the CPU, as the GPU has ample headroom. However, at 1080p Ultra, the frame rate drops to 124.5 FPS, indicating that the GPU is now working harder. At 1440p, the gap between Low (174 FPS) and Ultra (82 FPS) widens, showing that the GPU is becoming the primary constraint. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor: even at Low settings, the frame rate is 96.2 FPS, and at Ultra it falls to 43.7 FPS.

The memory subsystem of the RTX 3080 Ti—12 GB of GDDR6X at 912.4 GB/s—is likely sufficient for Fivem's textures and geometry at all tested settings. The 384-bit bus width provides high bandwidth that prevents memory throughput from becoming a bottleneck, even at 4K Ultra. The GPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the RTX 3090 (41441, -0.5%) and the RTX 5070 (41687, -1.1%), both of which are within a negligible margin. The Passmark G3D score of 26896 and the Geekbench OpenCL score of 191309 further contextualize the GPU's raw compute capabilities, though the game's actual performance depends on driver optimization and the specific rendering paths used by Fivem.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average frame rates are as follows: Low settings produce 259 FPS, Medium produces 206.9 FPS, High produces 164.1 FPS, and Ultra produces 124.5 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 134.5 FPS, indicating that settings have a significant impact on performance at this resolution. The difference between consecutive settings tiers is 52.1 FPS from Low to Medium, 42.8 FPS from Medium to High, and 39.6 FPS from High to Ultra. This shows a relatively consistent decline as settings increase.

At 2560x1440, the results are 174 FPS on Low, 132.8 FPS on Medium, 108.7 FPS on High, and 82 FPS on Ultra. The total spread is 92 FPS, which is narrower than at 1080p. The step from Low to Medium is 41.2 FPS, from Medium to High is 24.1 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 26.7 FPS. At this resolution, the system still delivers playable frame rates even at Ultra, with 82 FPS being well above the 60 FPS threshold.

At 3840x2160, the measured averages are 96.2 FPS on Low, 75.8 FPS on Medium, 59.9 FPS on High, and 43.7 FPS on Ultra. The spread is 52.5 FPS, the smallest of any resolution. The step from Low to Medium is 20.4 FPS, from Medium to High is 15.9 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 16.2 FPS. At 4K, the system crosses below 60 FPS between Medium and High settings, and Ultra falls to a level that may be considered marginal for smooth gameplay. The data indicates that for a 4K display, players would need to use Medium or Low settings to maintain frame rates above 60 FPS, while 1440p and 1080p allow for High or Ultra settings with comfortable headroom.