Fivem

Fivem is a demanding multiplayer title, and the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT delivers a playable but resolution-sensitive experience. The data shows that this combination is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where it can achieve high frame rates, while 4K performance remains a challenge. The CPU’s substantial multi-threading capabilities are largely underutilized in this title, making the GPU the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rates indicate a clear trade-off between visual fidelity and performance. For the smoothest experience, the Low preset is the only setting that consistently delivers high refresh rates across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 159 FPS, which is more than double the 78 FPS seen at Ultra. This setting is optimal for competitive play or for users with high-refresh-rate monitors, as it provides the headroom needed to avoid frame drops in busy multiplayer scenarios.

For a balanced experience, the Medium preset offers a significant improvement over High and Ultra without a crippling performance hit. At 2560x1440, Medium yields an average of 83 FPS, which is 17 FPS higher than High and 32 FPS higher than Ultra. The data for Medium also includes minimum and maximum FPS values, showing a range of 70 to 95 FPS at 1440p and 107 to 144 FPS at 1080p, indicating reasonably stable frame pacing. This makes Medium the best choice for users who want a mix of visual quality and smooth gameplay, especially at 1440p where it stays well above the 60 FPS threshold.

The High preset is a viable option only at 1080p, where it posts an average of 100 FPS. At 1440p, it drops to 66 FPS, which is playable but leaves less margin for demanding scenes. The Ultra preset is not recommended for this combination. Even at 1080p, it only manages an average of 78 FPS, and at 4K it falls to a stutter-prone 28 FPS. The performance cost of Ultra is not justified by the visual gains in this title, making Medium the highest recommended setting for a consistent experience.

How This Combo Ranks

In the overall benchmark database, this specific CPU and GPU pairing ranks 2608 out of 3707 tested combos for Fivem. This places it in the lower half of all possible configurations, suggesting that while it can run the game, many other hardware pairings are more capable. The ranking reflects the GPU's limitations in this title, as the CPU is a high-end part that is held back by the graphics card's performance ceiling.

Comparatively, the CPU itself is a strong performer. Its average benchmark score of 57498 places it in the 92nd percentile among all tested CPUs, showing it is more powerful than 92% of its peers. Its nearest rival, the AMD EPYC 9015, scores 57555, a negligible 0.1% difference. The Intel Core i9-14900 scores 58115, putting the Ryzen 9 9900X 1.1% behind. This indicates the processor is not the limiting factor in this combo. The GPU, however, sits in the 70th percentile for all GPUs, with an average score of 24442. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630, scores 24277, a 0.7% difference, while the Intel Arc A350M is 0.8% behind. This mid-range GPU performance is what ultimately drags the combo's rank down in Fivem, as the game's engine appears to be more sensitive to graphics card throughput than to raw CPU power.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is the decisive component in this combo's Fivem performance. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. This memory configuration is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but the data suggests it struggles to maintain playable frame rates at 4K. The GPU's core clocks are a base of 1968 MHz and a boost of 2589 MHz, which are relatively high for its class, yet the benchmark results show that this raw throughput is not enough to overcome the demands of Fivem at higher resolutions.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its mid-range positioning. It scores 16461 in Passmark G3D, 80503 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 72417 in Geekbench Vulkan. These scores are consistent with a graphics card that is capable of handling modern titles at lower settings but will be challenged by high-resolution gaming or maxed-out presets. The data shows that at 4K, the average frame rate drops to 37 FPS on High and 28 FPS on Ultra, which are both below the threshold for smooth gameplay. This indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck in this configuration, as increasing resolution places a proportionally heavier load on the graphics card, which it cannot sustain.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Fivem with this combo?

A: The data shows that 1920x1080 is the only resolution where all presets are playable. At 1080p, the Low preset averages 159 FPS, Medium averages 126 FPS, and High averages 100 FPS. At 2560x1440, only Low (105 FPS) and Medium (83 FPS) remain above 60 FPS, while 4K is only playable on Low (58 FPS).

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more important for this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor. The Ryzen 9 9900X ranks in the 92nd percentile for all CPUs, while the RX 6600 XT ranks in the 70th percentile for all GPUs. This disparity, combined with the significant frame rate drops at higher resolutions, indicates that the graphics card is the primary bottleneck.

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

A: The Ultra preset at 2560x1440 averages 51 FPS. This is below the 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay, suggesting that this setting is too demanding for the RX 6600 XT at this resolution.

Q: What are the minimum frame rates for the Medium preset?

A: The measured data includes minimum FPS only for the Medium preset. At 1920x1080, the minimum is 107 FPS, and at 2560x1440, the minimum is 70 FPS. At 3840x2160, the minimum is 39 FPS.

Q: How does this CPU compare to its nearest rival?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X has an average benchmark score of 57498, which is 0.1% lower than the AMD EPYC 9015 (57555) and 1.1% lower than the Intel Core i9-14900 (58115). This shows the CPU's performance is very competitive with its peer group.

Q: Is this GPU better than an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER?

A: The data shows the RX 6600 XT has an average benchmark score of 24442, which is 1.1% higher than the RTX 2080 SUPER's score of 24170. While the scores are close, the RX 6600 XT is slightly ahead in this specific benchmark comparison.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data reveals a clear and predictable pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases. At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 159 at 1080p to 105 at 1440p, a 34% reduction, and then to 58 at 4K, a further 45% reduction from 1440p. This steep decline indicates that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are being saturated as the pixel count increases.

For the Medium preset, the scaling is similar but with slightly different percentages. The average drops from 126 at 1080p to 83 at 1440p, a 34% decrease, and then to 46 at 4K, a 45% decrease from 1440p. The High preset shows a more dramatic fall: from 100 FPS at 1080p to 66 FPS at 1440p (34% loss) and then to 37 FPS at 4K (44% loss from 1440p). The Ultra preset follows the same trend, dropping from 78 FPS at 1080p to 51 FPS at 1440p and finally to 28 FPS at 4K.

This consistent pattern across all presets points to a GPU-bound scenario. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is strikingly uniform at around 34% for all settings, and the drop from 1440p to 4K is similarly consistent at around 44-45%. This uniformity suggests that the CPU is not a variable factor; it is providing consistent data to the GPU, which is then struggling to process the increasing pixel load. The Ryzen 9 9900X has ample headroom, as its multi-threaded scores are high, but the RX 6600 XT's 8 GB memory and 256.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for 4K in this title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture, with a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. Its benchmark scores are impressive, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32172 and a Geekbench multi-core score of 22174. However, the Fivem data suggests that this raw processing power is not the primary driver of performance.

The evidence for this lies in the consistent frame rate scaling across resolutions. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see similar frame rates regardless of resolution, as the CPU's workload (game logic, physics, network handling) does not change significantly with pixel count. Instead, the frame rates drop dramatically as resolution increases, which is a classic sign of a GPU limitation. The CPU is capable of feeding the GPU with data faster than the GPU can render it, even at 1080p.

This conclusion is further supported by the CPU's percentile ranking. At the 92nd percentile, it outperforms the vast majority of processors. The nearest rivals, such as the AMD EPYC 9015 and Intel Core i9-14900, have nearly identical average scores, showing that even a different high-end CPU would yield similar results in Fivem with this GPU. The CPU's single-thread performance is also strong, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2253, which is important for games, but the data indicates that Fivem's engine is more reliant on the graphics card. Therefore, for this specific combo, the Ryzen 9 9900X provides a stable and capable foundation, but the RX 6600 XT is the component that determines the final frame rates.