Fivem

# FAQ

Q: What is the measured average FPS for this combo at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER delivers 142 FPS on average at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in terms of average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 has an average benchmark score of 46062, which is 0.1% higher than the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 (46030) and 0.1% lower than the Intel Core i9-13900HX (46098).

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

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER sits at the 83rd percentile versus all GPUs, while the CPU places at the 89th percentile versus all CPUs.

Q: Which resolution shows the largest performance gap between Low and Ultra settings?

A: At 2560x1440, the gap is 98 FPS (191 FPS at Low versus 93 FPS at Ultra). At 4K, the gap is 54 FPS, and at 1080p, the gap is 148 FPS.

Q: What are the exact memory specifications of the GPU in this combo?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s.

Q: Where does this combo rank among all tested combinations for Fivem?

A: The combo ranks 448th out of 3005 tested combinations, placing it in the top 15% of all configurations.

# GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing for Fivem, and the measured FPS data makes that clear. At 1080p Low settings, the combo pushes 290 FPS, which suggests the GPU is barely breaking a sweat at lower resolutions and simpler settings. However, the GPU's architecture and memory configuration tell a deeper story about how it handles this multiplayer title.

The GPU uses the AD104 chip on the Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, which is a notably dense design. The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth is substantial, and the 192-bit memory bus means the card can feed its 7168 shading units efficiently. The RTX 4070 SUPER's boost clock of 2475 MHz with a base clock of 1980 MHz provides the raw clock speed that Fivem's engine can exploit, particularly when the game's draw distance and entity counts scale with player density.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its position: a PassMark G3D score of 29995 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4627 indicate strong rasterization performance. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 172795 and Vulkan score of 205624 show that the card handles compute workloads well, which matters for Fivem's server-side scripting and physics calculations that often offload to the GPU. The GPU's 83rd percentile ranking versus all GPUs places it firmly in the upper tier, but the data shows it's not the absolute fastest — it trails the RTX 4090 Mobile by 1% in average benchmark score.

The memory clocks run at 1313 MHz, which translates to 21 Gbps effective. This high effective memory speed is critical for Fivem at higher resolutions, where texture streaming from the 12 GB frame buffer becomes more demanding. At 4K Medium settings, the combo still manages 84 FPS on average with a minimum of 71 FPS and a maximum of 96 FPS, indicating the GPU has enough memory bandwidth to handle the resolution without severe stuttering. The pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s provide the fill rate necessary for the game's dense urban environments with many dynamic objects.

# Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combo across resolutions and settings presets reveals a clear sweet spot for Fivem players. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 229 FPS on average with a minimum of 194 FPS and a maximum of 263 FPS. This is the best balance for competitive play, as the minimum FPS stays well above 144 Hz refresh rates, and the average is nearly 60% higher than the Ultra preset's 142 FPS.

For 2560x1440, the Medium preset again provides the most consistent experience: 151 FPS average with a minimum of 128 FPS and a maximum of 173 FPS. The High preset at 1440p delivers 120 FPS on average, which is playable but with less headroom. The Low preset at 1440p hits 191 FPS, but the visual quality trade-off is significant for a game like Fivem where spotting distant players matters.

At 3840x2160, the Medium preset is the only viable option for smooth gameplay, offering 84 FPS on average with a minimum of 71 FPS. The High preset at 4K drops to 67 FPS, which is borderline for a multiplayer title, and Ultra falls to 52 FPS, which is not recommended for competitive play. The Low preset at 4K produces 106 FPS, but the reduced visual fidelity defeats the purpose of playing at 4K.

The data suggests that Medium settings are the optimal choice across all three resolutions for this combo. The minimum FPS values at Medium are consistently above 70 FPS even at 4K, and the averages are high enough to leverage high-refresh-rate displays at lower resolutions. For players prioritizing frame rate over visuals, the Low preset at 1080p at 290 FPS is the maximum-competitive option, but Medium offers a better balance of visual clarity and performance for most scenarios.

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 with the RTX 4070 SUPER holds the 448th position out of 3005 tested combinations in Fivem, placing it in the top 15% of all configurations. This ranking is notable because it shows the combo is competitive but not elite — there are 447 other combos that perform better in this specific game.

The GPU's 83rd percentile ranking means it outperforms 83% of all GPUs, but the CPU's 89th percentile ranking is slightly higher. This discrepancy hints that the CPU might be the more capable component relative to its peers, yet the game's performance is still heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions. The combo's ranking suggests that while both components are strong individually, there are more powerful CPUs and GPUs available that push higher in the rankings.

Looking at the nearest rivals for the GPU provides context: the Quadro M6000 24 GB scores 43262 in average benchmarks, which is 0.1% higher than the RTX 4070 SUPER's 43223. The RTX 4090 Mobile is 1% higher at 43667. This means the GPU is within striking distance of much more expensive or newer hardware, but it's not a top-tier performer. The CPU's nearest rivals — the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 at 46030 and the Intel Core i9-13900HX at 46098 — are within 0.1% of the Core Ultra 5 235's 46062, showing that the CPU sits in a tightly contested performance band.

The combo rank of 448 out of 3005 means 2557 other combinations perform worse, which puts this setup in a strong position for Fivem specifically. The game's multiplayer nature means CPU performance for handling many networked entities and GPU performance for rendering the dense world both matter, and this combo balances them well enough to rank highly without being a top-100 configuration.

# CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235 is a desktop processor from the Core Ultra Series 2, built on Arrow Lake architecture at a 3 nm process node from TSMC. It features 14 cores and 14 threads, which is unusual — there's no hyperthreading, so thread count equals core count. The base clock runs at 3.40 GHz with a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, providing strong single-threaded performance that Fivem's engine relies on for game logic and network code.

The CPU's cache hierarchy is significant: 192 KB of L1 per core, 3 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache. This 24 MB L3 cache is particularly relevant for Fivem, where the game world and player data are frequently accessed. A larger L3 cache can reduce memory latency when many players are in the same area, and the 102.4 GB/s dual-channel DDR5 memory bandwidth ensures the CPU can feed data to the GPU without becoming a bottleneck.

Benchmark results show the CPU's strengths: a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 14769 and a single-core score of 2085. The PassMark multithread score of 37816 and single-thread score of 4516 confirm balanced performance. The CPU's 89th percentile ranking versus all CPUs places it in the upper echelon, and its average benchmark score of 46062 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, indicating this is a well-optimized design for its class.

The 65-watt TDP is modest for a desktop CPU with 14 cores, and the integrated Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 24EU provides a fallback display output, though the discrete RTX 4070 SUPER handles all rendering in this combo. The CPU's 20 PCIe Gen 5 lanes from the CPU only (not the chipset) provide ample bandwidth for the GPU and NVMe storage, though the RTX 4070 SUPER uses PCIe 4.0 x16.

In Fivem, the CPU's role is critical for maintaining stable frame rates in crowded servers. The measured FPS differences between Low and Medium settings suggest the CPU can handle the game's logic at high frame rates — at 1080p Low, the combo hits 290 FPS, which means the CPU is not limiting performance in that scenario. However, at 4K Ultra, the FPS drops to 52, which is primarily GPU-bound, indicating the CPU has headroom left at higher resolutions.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of this combo's performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. Starting at 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 290 FPS on average, which is the highest measured value in the entire dataset. The Medium preset at 1080p produces 229 FPS on average with a minimum of 194 FPS and a maximum of 263 FPS. High settings at 1080p yield 183 FPS on average, and Ultra drops to 142 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 191 FPS on average, which is still very high. The Medium preset at 1440p produces 151 FPS on average with a minimum of 128 FPS and a maximum of 173 FPS. High settings at 1440p yield 120 FPS on average, and Ultra drops to 93 FPS. The step from Low to Medium at 1440p is 40 FPS, while the step from Medium to High is 31 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 27 FPS, showing a consistent degradation pattern.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 106 FPS on average. The Medium preset at 4K produces 84 FPS on average with a minimum of 71 FPS and a maximum of 96 FPS. High settings at 4K yield 67 FPS on average, and Ultra drops to 52 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium at 4K is 22 FPS, between Medium and High is 17 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 15 FPS.

The only settings that include minimum and maximum FPS values are Medium at all three resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the range is 194 to 263 FPS, a spread of 69 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the range is 128 to 173 FPS, a spread of 45 FPS. At 4K Medium, the range is 71 to 96 FPS, a spread of 25 FPS. This tighter range at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU becomes more consistently loaded as resolution increases, reducing frame-time variance.

# Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about what limits this combo in Fivem. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 290 at 1080p to 191 at 1440p to 106 at 4K — a cumulative reduction of 63.4% from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the drop is from 229 at 1080p to 151 at 1440p to 84 at 4K, a 63.3% reduction. At High settings, the drop is from 183 at 1080p to 120 at 1440p to 67 at 4K, a 63.4% reduction. At Ultra settings, the drop is from 142 at 1080p to 93 at 1440p to 52 at 4K, a 63.4% reduction.

The consistency of this percentage drop across all settings is striking. Whether the game is running at Low or Ultra, moving from 1080p to 4K reduces FPS by almost exactly 63%. This uniformity strongly indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the pixel count increase from 1080p to 4K is roughly fourfold, and the FPS reduction scales predictably with that pixel demand.

However, the absolute FPS values tell a more nuanced story. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 290 FPS, which is far beyond typical monitor refresh rates. At 1080p Ultra, it still reaches 142 FPS, which is above 144 Hz. This suggests that at 1080p, the CPU has enough headroom to keep the GPU fed, and the performance is more balanced between the two components. But as resolution increases, the GPU's workload grows faster than the CPU's, and the FPS scaling becomes purely GPU-bound.

The fact that the FPS drop from 1440p to 4K is proportionally similar to the drop from 1080p to 1440p further confirms the GPU-bound nature at higher resolutions. The CPU's 14 cores and 5.00 GHz boost clock are sufficient to maintain high frame rates at 1080p, but the RTX 4070 SUPER's 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth become the deciding factor at 4K, where the game's textures and draw distances demand more from the graphics subsystem.