Fivem

Fivem with the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT produces a wide spread of results across the four tested presets. The measured data shows that the Low preset at 1920x1080 reaches 159 FPS average, while the Ultra preset at 3840x2160 drops to 28 FPS average. The most balanced experience, however, appears at 2560x1440 with the Medium preset, which delivers 83 FPS average with a minimum of 70 FPS. This combination provides a smooth frame rate while maintaining a visual quality step above Low, making it the recommended starting point for players with standard 1440p displays. The 1080p High preset at 100 FPS average is also viable, but the 1440p Medium result offers more headroom for multiplayer scenarios where Fivem's server-side scripts can cause frame time spikes.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows indicate that the Medium preset is the sweet spot for this CPU-GPU pairing. At 2560x1440, Medium produces 83 FPS average with a narrow 70-to-95 FPS range, suggesting consistent frame pacing even during demanding scenes. The Low preset at the same resolution reaches 105 FPS average, but the visual downgrade is substantial, and the gap to Medium is only 22 FPS. At 1920x1080, Medium achieves 126 FPS average with a 107-to-144 FPS range, which is smoother than High's 100 FPS average and only 33 FPS below Low's 159 FPS.

For 4K displays, no preset delivers a truly comfortable experience. The Medium preset at 3840x2160 yields 46 FPS average with a 39-to-53 FPS range, which sits below the 60 FPS threshold most players target. The High preset at 4K drops to 37 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 28 FPS average. Low at 4K reaches 58 FPS average, but this is still marginally below 60 FPS and requires sacrificing most visual fidelity. Benchmark results indicate that 1440p Medium should be the default choice, as it offers the best balance of frame rate and image quality. Players who prioritize competitive responsiveness on 1080p monitors should consider Low at 159 FPS average, while those who accept lower visual settings on 4K panels might find Low's 58 FPS average playable, though not ideal.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The highest average FPS appears at 1920x1080 with the Low preset, reaching 159 FPS average.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Fivem?

A: At 3840x2160, the best result is 58 FPS average on Low, while Medium drops to 46 FPS average and Ultra falls to 28 FPS average. None of the 4K presets consistently maintain 60 FPS.

Q: How much performance difference exists between the Low and Ultra presets at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low produces 105 FPS average, while Ultra produces 51 FPS average. This represents a 54 FPS difference, indicating that the Ultra preset demands significantly more GPU resources.

Q: What is the typical frame time consistency at the recommended settings?

A: At 2560x1440 Medium, the measured range is 70 to 95 FPS, showing a 25 FPS spread. At 1920x1080 Medium, the range is 107 to 144 FPS, a 37 FPS spread, suggesting that 1440p Medium offers tighter frame pacing.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance more at 1080p?

A: The data shows that at 1920x1080, the Low preset reaches 159 FPS average, which is the highest recorded across all resolutions. This suggests that at lower resolutions, the GPU has spare capacity, and the CPU's capability becomes more relevant for maintaining high frame rates.

Q: Is the Ultra preset ever recommended for this combo?

A: The Ultra preset produces 78 FPS average at 1080p, 51 FPS at 1440p, and 28 FPS at 4K. Only at 1080p does Ultra approach playable frame rates, but even then, the Medium preset at 126 FPS average offers a more comfortable margin.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its clock speeds include a base of 1968 MHz, a game clock of 2359 MHz, and a boost clock of 2589 MHz. These specifications place the GPU in the 70th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 24442. The measured FPS data shows a clear GPU-bound pattern at higher resolutions: at 4K, the frame rate drops from 58 FPS on Low to 28 FPS on Ultra, a 30 FPS decline. At 1440p, the same settings comparison shows a drop from 105 FPS to 51 FPS, a 54 FPS decline. At 1080p, the drop is from 159 FPS to 78 FPS, an 81 FPS decline.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for the Low and Medium presets across all resolutions, as the frame rates scale predictably with resolution changes. However, the Ultra preset at 4K dropping to 28 FPS average suggests that the GPU's compute throughput, rather than VRAM capacity, is the limiting factor. The GPU's nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, has an average score of 24170, which is 1.1% lower than the RX 6600 XT's 24442. Despite this close benchmark parity, the measured Fivem results indicate that the RX 6600 XT's performance in this specific game is adequate for 1080p High and 1440p Medium, but it struggles to maintain high frame rates at 4K. The pixel rate of 165.7 GPixel/s and texture rate of 331.4 GTexel/s provide the raw throughput needed for 1440p gaming, but the 10.60 TFLOPS FP32 compute is insufficient for Ultra settings at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are 159 for Low, 126 for Medium, 100 for High, and 78 for Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 107 FPS and a maximum of 144 FPS, providing the most complete data point among the 1080p rows. The gap between Low and Medium is 33 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 26 FPS, and the gap between High and Ultra is 22 FPS. This shows diminishing returns as settings increase, with each step up in quality costing less performance than the previous step.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS values are 105 for Low, 83 for Medium, 66 for High, and 51 for Ultra. The Medium preset records a minimum of 70 FPS and a maximum of 95 FPS. The performance drop from 1080p to 1440p is significant: Low falls by 54 FPS, Medium by 43 FPS, High by 34 FPS, and Ultra by 27 FPS. This pattern indicates that higher settings have a smaller absolute FPS loss when resolution increases, because the GPU is already under heavier load.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS values are 58 for Low, 46 for Medium, 37 for High, and 28 for Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 39 FPS and a maximum of 53 FPS. From 1440p to 4K, the FPS drops are 47 for Low, 37 for Medium, 29 for High, and 23 for Ultra. The 4K results show that even the Low preset cannot maintain 60 FPS, and the Ultra preset falls to just 28 FPS average. The progression across resolutions and settings shows a consistent pattern where the GPU's rendering load increases non-linearly with pixel count, and the RX 6600 XT's compute resources become the bottleneck at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 results in FPS reductions of 34% for Low (159 to 105), 34% for Medium (126 to 83), 34% for High (100 to 66), and 35% for Ultra (78 to 51). This near-uniform percentage drop across all settings suggests that at 1080p, the GPU is not fully saturated, and the resolution increase scales the rendering workload proportionally. The consistent 34-35% reduction indicates that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints at 1440p, rather than any single architectural bottleneck.

The transition from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 produces FPS reductions of 45% for Low (105 to 58), 45% for Medium (83 to 46), 44% for High (66 to 37), and 45% for Ultra (51 to 28). This larger percentage drop compared to the 1080p-to-1440p transition reveals that the GPU becomes increasingly stressed as pixel count grows. The 4K resolution requires approximately 2.25 times the pixel count of 1440p, but the FPS drops by less than half, indicating that other components, such as the CPU's ability to feed draw calls, begin to play a role.

The scaling behavior shows that the RX 6600 XT is most efficient at 1080p, where it can deliver high frame rates across all settings. At 1440p, the GPU still provides playable performance on Medium and Low, but the scaling pattern suggests that the GPU's compute units are approaching their limit. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting component, as the FPS drops below 60 even on Low settings. The CPU, with its high single-thread performance, does not appear to be the bottleneck at any resolution, since the FPS scaling follows the GPU's expected performance curve based on pixel count increases.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D features 8 cores and 16 threads with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. Its cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 96 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU sits in the 92nd percentile among all tested CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 58386. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-14900, has an average score of 58115, which is 0.5% lower. The CPU's multi-core performance is demonstrated by a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22807 and a single-core score of 2228, while PassMark single-thread performance reaches 4704.

In Fivem, the CPU's role is most evident at lower resolutions where the GPU has spare capacity. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 159 FPS average, which is the highest measured result. The fact that this frame rate is achievable indicates that the CPU can feed the GPU with enough draw calls to sustain high frame rates. The 96 MB of L3 cache is particularly relevant for multiplayer games like Fivem, where server-side scripts and player entity data can create large working sets that benefit from cache hits.

The CPU's boost clock of 5.60 GHz and strong single-thread performance help maintain minimum frame rates in scenes with many players or complex scripted events. The measured data shows that at 1440p Medium, the minimum FPS is 70, which is 84% of the average of 83 FPS. This relatively tight minimum-to-average ratio indicates that the CPU can sustain consistent frame delivery even when the GPU is under moderate load. At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 107, which is 85% of the average of 126 FPS, further supporting the CPU's ability to maintain frame pacing. The CPU's performance relative to rivals suggests that it is not the limiting factor in this combo, as the GPU's scaling behavior across resolutions follows the expected pattern for a mid-range graphics card.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT combination ranks 2096 out of 3005 tested combos in Fivem, placing it in the 30th percentile of all combinations. This rank reflects the GPU's mid-range positioning, as the CPU is a high-end component that scores in the 92nd percentile among all CPUs. The GPU's 70th percentile ranking and the CPU's 92nd percentile ranking create an imbalance, where the CPU's potential is not fully utilized by the GPU in most scenarios.

The combo's rank suggests that while the CPU is among the top performers, the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions and settings drag the overall combination down. In Fivem specifically, the multiplayer nature of the game can introduce CPU-bound scenarios, but the measured data shows that the GPU becomes the bottleneck at 1440p and above. The rank of 2096 out of 3005 indicates that this combo is better suited for 1080p gaming, where the GPU can deliver high frame rates, and the CPU's strength can shine in maintaining those rates during heavy multiplayer interactions.

Compared to other potential pairings, the CPU's performance headroom means that upgrading the GPU would likely yield significant improvements in Fivem, particularly at 1440p and 4K. The current combo's weakest performance appears at 4K Ultra with 28 FPS average, where the GPU's compute resources are overwhelmed. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 159 FPS average, which demonstrates that the CPU is not holding back performance in less GPU-intensive scenarios. The rank of 2096 out of 3005 places this combo in the lower half of tested configurations, but the specific strengths of the CPU suggest that this pairing is optimized for high-refresh-rate 1080p gaming rather than high-resolution or high-settings gaming.