Fivem

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Fivem with the Intel Core i5-12600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER shows a steep and predictable performance curve as resolution climbs. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo delivers 331 FPS average. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 218 FPS, a reduction of roughly 34%. At 4K (3840x2160) Low, the average falls to 121 FPS, which is about 44% lower than the 1440p result and 63% below the 1080p figure. This pattern indicates that at lower resolutions, the frame rate is heavily influenced by CPU throughput and game engine overhead, while at 4K the GPU becomes the dominant bottleneck.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at High settings shows a similar relative drop, from 209 FPS down to 138 FPS. The gap between 1440p and 4K at High is even more pronounced: 138 FPS versus 76 FPS, a 45% decline. At Ultra settings, the trend continues but with lower absolute numbers — 162 FPS at 1080p, 107 FPS at 1440p, and just 59 FPS at 4K. The overall shape of these results suggests that Fivem is not a purely GPU-bound title; the CPU's single-thread performance and the game's reliance on a limited number of cores play a significant role, especially at 1080p where frame rates exceed 300 FPS.

Notably, the gap between Low and Ultra at each resolution widens as resolution decreases. At 4K, Low delivers 121 FPS versus 59 FPS for Ultra, a 62 FPS spread. At 1440p, the spread is 111 FPS (218 vs 107), and at 1080p it grows to 169 FPS (331 vs 162). This widening delta reinforces that at lower resolutions the system is not GPU-limited; the CPU and memory subsystem are the limiting factors. The RTX 4080 SUPER, with its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth, has ample headroom even at 4K, but the game's engine and the i5-12600KF's ten cores and sixteen threads cap the upper bound.

The data also shows that Fivem is sensitive to settings presets beyond raw resolution. The Medium preset at 4K yields 95 FPS average with a minimum of 81 and maximum of 110, which is a tighter band than the Low preset's single average of 121. At 1080p Medium, the average is 261 FPS with a range from 222 to 301. These figures suggest that the Medium preset provides a balanced load, while Low and Ultra push the system toward opposite extremes of the performance envelope. For players seeking the highest refresh rates, 1080p Low or Medium is the clear choice, while 4K Ultra remains playable but far from the 144 Hz territory.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for maximizing frame rate with this CPU and GPU combo?

A: The data shows the highest average FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings, reaching 331 FPS. Even at 1080p Ultra, the combo still manages 162 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most monitors. For competitive play, 1080p Low or Medium is optimal; for visual fidelity, 1440p Ultra at 107 FPS is a strong balance.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER perform at 4K in Fivem?

A: At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 121 (Low) down to 59 (Ultra). The Medium preset delivers 95 FPS average with a minimum of 81 and maximum of 110. These numbers indicate that 4K is playable, but only at lower settings for smooth 60+ FPS gameplay.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-12600KF a bottleneck for the RTX 4080 SUPER in this game?

A: Benchmark results suggest yes at lower resolutions. The FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p is larger than what pure GPU scaling would predict, and the 3DMark single-thread score of 1016 and PassMark single-thread score of 3925 indicate strong but not class-leading single-core performance. The game's engine appears to limit frame rates above 300 FPS.

Q: What settings preset offers the most stable frame pacing?

A: The Medium preset shows the only reported minimum and maximum values in the measured data. At 1080p, it ranges from 222 to 301 FPS; at 1440p, 146 to 198 FPS; and at 4K, 81 to 110 FPS. The narrower spread suggests more consistent frame times compared to Low or Ultra presets, which only report averages.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Fivem?

A: The combo ranks 259th out of 3707 tested combinations, placing it in the top 7% of all tested systems. This percentile reflects strong overall performance, though not the absolute top tier, likely due to the CPU's 79th percentile ranking among all CPUs.

Q: Does the 16 GB VRAM of the RTX 4080 SUPER matter for Fivem?

A: The GPU's 16 GB GDDR6X memory with 736.3 GB/s bandwidth is far more than Fivem requires at any resolution or setting in the measured data. Even at 4K Ultra, the game does not appear to exceed this capacity, as frame rates remain consistent with GPU compute limits rather than memory constraints.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER achieves a combo rank of 259 out of 3707 tested combinations in Fivem. This places the system in the 93rd percentile of all tested combos, meaning only about 7% of configurations outperform it. The ranking reflects a high-end GPU paired with a mid-range-to-upper CPU, and the resulting performance is strong but not record-breaking.

Breaking down the components, the RTX 4080 SUPER sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54209. Its nearest rivals include the non-SUPER RTX 4080 (average score 54247, delta of -0.1%) and the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54828, delta of -1.1%). The GPU's score is within 0.3% of the RTX 4080, indicating that the SUPER variant offers only a marginal synthetic advantage. In Fivem specifically, the GPU's raw compute is rarely the limiting factor, as evidenced by the frame rates scaling more with resolution than with settings.

The CPU, the i5-12600KF, ranks at the 79th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 27799. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-10900K (27872, delta of -0.3%), the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896, delta of -0.3%), and the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27712, delta of +0.3%). The i5-12600KF is effectively tied with these CPUs in synthetic benchmarks, yet in Fivem, the game's engine appears to favor higher single-thread performance, where the i5's 3DMark single-thread score of 1016 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3302 are solid but not exceptional.

The 259th rank out of 3707 combos suggests that while the GPU is top-tier, the CPU holds the system back from the very top. Combos ranked higher likely pair the RTX 4080 SUPER with a faster CPU such as an i9 or Ryzen 9, which would push Fivem's frame rates higher at 1080p. The measured FPS data supports this: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 331 FPS, but a stronger CPU could push beyond that, given the GPU has headroom.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings presets, providing a comprehensive view of the combo's behavior. At 1920x1080, the results are as follows:

• Low: 331 FPS average
• Medium: 261 FPS average (min 222, max 301)
• High: 209 FPS average
• Ultra: 162 FPS average

At 2560x1440:

• Low: 218 FPS average
• Medium: 172 FPS average (min 146, max 198)
• High: 138 FPS average
• Ultra: 107 FPS average

At 3840x2160:

• Low: 121 FPS average
• Medium: 95 FPS average (min 81, max 110)
• High: 76 FPS average
• Ultra: 59 FPS average

The most striking observation is the near-linear scaling with settings at each resolution. From Low to Ultra at 1080p, the FPS drops by 169, which is a 51% reduction. At 1440p, the drop is 111 FPS (51%), and at 4K, it is 62 FPS (51%). This consistent 51% reduction across resolutions indicates that the settings presets scale uniformly, regardless of resolution, which is typical for a game that adjusts draw distance, shadow quality, and texture filtering without changing the core engine load.

The Medium preset, with its min/max values, shows that frame pacing is tighter at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the range is 79 FPS (222 to 301), while at 1440p it is 52 FPS (146 to 198), and at 4K it narrows to 29 FPS (81 to 110). This suggests that at 4K, the GPU is more consistently loaded, reducing frame time variance, whereas at 1080p, CPU spikes can cause larger swings.

Comparing resolutions at the same settings, the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 65-70% of the 1080p frame rate, while 4K is about 35-40% of 1080p. For example, at High, 1080p yields 209 FPS, 1440p 138 FPS (66% of 1080p), and 4K 76 FPS (36% of 1080p). This is steeper than the theoretical pixel count scaling (1440p has 1.78x pixels of 1080p, 4K has 4x), indicating that Fivem has overhead that limits scaling, likely due to CPU-bound sections.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the dominant component in this combo, and its specifications explain much of the measured performance. The GPU features the AD103 chip on a 5 nm TSMC process, with 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz, with memory running at 1438 MHz (23 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus. The 16 GB of GDDR6X memory provides 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Fivem at any resolution.

The GPU's compute resources include 10240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, 112 ROPs, 80 ray tracing cores, and 320 tensor cores. It delivers 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and a pixel rate of 285.6 GPixel/s, with a texture rate of 816.0 GTexel/s. These figures place the RTX 4080 SUPER in the upper echelon of GPUs, with a PassMark G3D score of 34245 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6600.

In Fivem, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases. At 1080p, the frame rates are so high that the GPU is likely idle for portions of each frame, waiting on the CPU. At 4K, the GPU's fill rate and shading power are more fully utilized, as evidenced by the 59 FPS at Ultra versus 121 FPS at Low. The GPU's memory bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s is unlikely to be a bottleneck, as Fivem's textures and geometry are modest compared to modern AAA titles.

The GPU's percentile rank of 86th among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54209, is close to the non-SUPER RTX 4080 (54247, delta -0.1%). This near-identical synthetic performance suggests that in Fivem, the difference between the two GPUs would be negligible, and the frame rates are more dependent on the CPU and game engine. The GPU's TDP of 320 W and triple-slot design are notable for cooling requirements, but they do not affect in-game performance metrics.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz, with a TDP of 125 W. The CPU features a hybrid design with performance and efficiency cores, though the exact core configuration is not specified in the data. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode, and its cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache.

The CPU's synthetic benchmarks show a strong multi-threaded performance: Cinebench R23 multicore score of 23391, Geekbench multicore of 12137, and PassMark multithread of 27575. Single-thread scores are more modest: Cinebench R23 single-core of 3302, Geekbench single-core of 2157, and PassMark single-thread of 3925. The 3DMark scores show scaling from 1016 (single-thread) to 7956 (16 threads), indicating good multi-threading efficiency, though the jump from 4 threads (3806) to 8 threads (6128) is not linear, suggesting diminishing returns beyond 8 threads in some workloads.

For Fivem, the CPU's single-thread performance is critical because the game's engine, based on a modified RAGE engine, typically uses a few main threads for simulation and rendering. The i5-12600KF's boost clock of 4.90 GHz is high, but its single-thread scores are not class-leading; for comparison, the nearest rival CPUs in the average benchmark score (i9-10900K, Ryzen 7 5800X3D) have similar or better single-thread performance. This is reflected in the FPS data: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 331 FPS, but this is likely near the CPU's limit, as the GPU could handle more frames.

The CPU's 79th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average score of 27799, places it just below the i9-10900K (27872) and Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896), with deltas of -0.3% each. This tight grouping means that in Fivem, the choice of CPU among these rivals would have a minor impact on frame rates, but a CPU with higher single-thread performance, such as a 13th or 14th gen i7 or i9, would likely push FPS higher at 1080p. The CPU's L3 cache of 20 MB is moderate, and its memory support for DDR5 could provide higher bandwidth, but the game's engine does not appear to be memory-bandwidth sensitive based on the scaling data.

In summary, the i5-12600KF is a capable CPU for Fivem, but it is the limiting factor at lower resolutions. The measured FPS at 1080p, exceeding 300 FPS on Low, is impressive, yet the GPU's headroom suggests that a faster CPU would yield even higher numbers. At 4K, the CPU is less of a bottleneck, and the GPU takes over as the primary performance driver.