Fivem

# Fivem Performance Analysis: Intel Core Ultra 5 245 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

This combination of the Intel Core Ultra 5 245 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti delivers a compelling Fivem experience across all tested resolutions, with the data showing the system ranks 265th out of 3005 tested combos, placing it in the top 9% of all configurations. The measured frame rates indicate that this pairing is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at 1440p while remaining capable of smooth 4K play, though the specific bottlenecks shift noticeably depending on the chosen settings preset.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows reveal a clear pattern: Medium settings consistently provide the best balance between visual fidelity and frame rate stability. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers 247 average FPS with a minimum of 210 and maximum of 285, which represents a 60% improvement over Ultra settings (154 FPS) while maintaining a far more consistent frame pacing than the jump to Low would suggest. The Low preset at 314 FPS is undeniably faster, but the 27% gain over Medium comes at a significant visual cost in a game where environmental detail and draw distance matter for gameplay awareness.

At 2560x1440, Medium again emerges as the sweet spot with 163 average FPS and a 138-187 FPS range. This is particularly notable because the High preset drops to 130 FPS, meaning players can actually gain 25% more performance by stepping down one tier in quality while likely noticing minimal visual differences. The Ultra preset at 101 FPS remains playable, but the 38% drop from Medium makes it harder to justify unless the user prioritizes maximum graphical fidelity over frame rate headroom.

The 4K results reinforce the Medium recommendation. At 3840x2160, Medium produces 90 average FPS with 77 minimum and 104 maximum, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. High settings at 4K drop to 72 FPS, while Ultra falls to 56 FPS—below the ideal threshold for competitive play. For players using high-refresh-rate 4K displays, the Low preset at 115 FPS offers an alternative, but Medium provides the best compromise between visual quality and performance sustainability. The data strongly suggests that Medium is the default recommendation across all resolutions for this hardware combination.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti brings substantial resources to Fivem, with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is particularly relevant for a multiplayer game like Fivem, which often loads extensive custom assets, vehicle models, and player-created content that can strain VRAM capacity. The 16 GB capacity ensures that even heavily modded servers are unlikely to encounter memory-related stuttering, regardless of resolution.

The GPU's clock behavior shows a base frequency of 2295 MHz boosting to 2452 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). The 8960 shading units and 280 TMUs provide ample raw compute for the game's rendering workload, while the 96 ROPs handle pixel output efficiently. The FP32 throughput of 43.94 TFLOPS indicates strong geometry and shader processing capability, which matters in Fivem's busy urban environments with numerous dynamic objects and characters.

The RTX 5070 Ti's percentile ranking of 86 among all GPUs, combined with an average benchmark score of 49957, positions it as a high-end part. Its nearest rival comparisons show it performing nearly identically to the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (0.1% faster) and Intel Arc A550M (0.4% slower), while sitting 2% behind the RX 6900 XT and 3.1% ahead of the RX 6800 XT. In Fivem specifically, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises, with the 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS suggesting that even this powerful card can be fully utilized by the game's highest settings at that resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 265 out of 3005 tested configurations places this system in the top 8.8% of all combinations tested for Fivem. This is a strong result that reflects both components working well together, though the ranking also indicates that there are 264 other configurations that achieve higher average performance in this title. The position suggests that while the RTX 5070 Ti is a high-end GPU, the CPU pairing may not be extracting every possible frame in CPU-bound scenarios.

The CPU's overall percentile of 90 versus all processors, with an average benchmark score of 48995, places it in elite company. Its nearest rivals show remarkably tight competition: the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G is only 0.4% faster, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 is 0.5% faster, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H and Core i5-14600K are 0.6% and 0.8% slower respectively. This clustering indicates that the Ultra 5 245's performance is well within the expected range for a modern high-end desktop CPU, and the combo ranking suggests Fivem is not leaving significant performance on the table.

The gap between the CPU's 90th percentile ranking and the combo's 91.2nd percentile ranking (265/3005) hints that the graphics card is the more limiting factor in this pairing for Fivem. Given that the GPU sits at the 86th percentile, the combination slightly exceeds what either component would suggest individually, indicating good synergy between the two parts.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the performance envelope is broad, spanning from 314 FPS on Low to 154 FPS on Ultra. The Medium preset delivers 247 FPS with a 210-285 FPS range, while High settings produce 198 FPS. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the system has substantial headroom even at maximum settings, making this resolution ideal for competitive play or high-refresh-rate monitors.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain impressive. Low settings achieve 207 FPS, Medium delivers 163 FPS (138-187 range), High produces 130 FPS, and Ultra still manages 101 FPS. The 1440p results show that medium settings provide a 60% improvement over Ultra while maintaining frame rates well above typical high-refresh-rate thresholds. This resolution represents the sweet spot for this configuration, offering both excellent visual quality and performance.

At 3840x2160, the system begins to feel the pressure. Low settings still deliver a smooth 115 FPS, but Medium drops to 90 FPS (77-104 range), High falls to 72 FPS, and Ultra reaches only 56 FPS. The 4K results demonstrate that while the RTX 5070 Ti can handle 4K gaming in Fivem, users targeting 100+ FPS will need to make significant compromises in visual quality. The minimum FPS of 77 at Medium 4K indicates that even the most demanding scenes remain playable, but the 56 FPS Ultra result shows the limits of this hardware at maximum settings.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important information about which component limits Fivem performance at each resolution. At Medium settings, the frame rate drops from 247 FPS at 1080p to 163 FPS at 1440p (a 34% reduction) and then to 90 FPS at 4K (a 45% reduction from 1440p). This pattern shows that the GPU becomes progressively more dominant as resolution increases, which is expected given the higher pixel count.

However, the scaling is not perfectly linear with pixel count. The jump from 1080p to 1440p represents a 78% increase in pixels, but the frame rate only drops by 34%, indicating that at 1080p the CPU is providing some limitation. The transition from 1440p to 4K represents a 125% pixel increase, yet the frame rate drops by 45%, suggesting the GPU is now the primary bottleneck. This asymmetric scaling pattern indicates that the Core Ultra 5 245's 14 cores and 14 threads are sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, but the RTX 5070 Ti becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases.

The Low settings scaling tells a similar story: 314 FPS at 1080p to 207 FPS at 1440p (34% drop) to 115 FPS at 4K (44% drop from 1440p). The consistency of these percentages across settings presets suggests that the resolution scaling behavior is largely independent of graphical complexity in Fivem, pointing to a well-optimized rendering pipeline that scales predictably with pixel count. The 4K Low result of 115 FPS being nearly double the 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS highlights how much headroom exists in the game's lower settings, even at the highest resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this hardware combination in Fivem?

A: The data shows 2560x1440 with Medium settings provides 163 average FPS with a 138-187 FPS range, offering an excellent balance of visual quality and performance. At 1080p, the system achieves 247 FPS on Medium, but the 1440p experience provides a more immersive visual experience while still maintaining high frame rates.

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

A: Yes, but with compromises. At 4K Medium settings, the system delivers 90 average FPS with 77 minimum, which is smooth. For higher visual quality, High settings produce 72 FPS, while Ultra drops to 56 FPS—playable but not ideal for competitive play.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti's average benchmark score of 49957 places it nearly even with the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (0.1% slower) and Intel Arc A550M (0.4% faster), while it trails the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT by 2% and leads the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT by 3.1%.

Q: What is the CPU's performance relative to similar processors?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 has an average benchmark score of 48995, ranking at the 90th percentile. It is 0.4% slower than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G, 0.5% slower than the AMD Ryzen 9 7900, and 0.6% and 0.8% faster than the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H and Core i5-14600K respectively.

Q: Is the game more CPU-bound or GPU-bound with this hardware?

A: The resolution scaling data suggests the GPU becomes increasingly the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the relatively smaller FPS drop when increasing pixel count (34% from 1080p to 1440p) indicates some CPU involvement, while the 4K results show the GPU dominating performance.

Q: What settings preset offers the best frame rate stability?

A: Medium settings provide the most consistent frame pacing based on the measured data, with minimum FPS values recorded for this preset. At 1080p, Medium shows a 210-285 FPS range; at 1440p, 138-187 FPS; and at 4K, 77-104 FPS, demonstrating stable performance across all resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 features 14 cores and 14 threads, which is an unusual configuration for a modern desktop processor that typically includes hyperthreading. The base clock of 3.50 GHz boosting to 5.10 GHz provides strong single-thread performance, as evidenced by the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4648. This is crucial for Fivem, which is built on a modified Grand Theft Auto V engine that historically has significant single-thread dependencies for game logic and physics.

The multi-threaded capabilities are also robust, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32924 and Passmark multithread score of 38706. The 14 cores handle background tasks, server communication, and player processing in Fivem's multiplayer environment without creating bottlenecks. The L3 cache of 24 MB shared across all cores helps maintain data locality for frequently accessed game assets, while the 102.4 GB/s memory bandwidth ensures the CPU can feed data to the GPU efficiently.

The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 4394 places it in the 90th percentile among all processors, with its nearest rivals showing remarkably similar performance—all within 0.8% of each other. In Fivem specifically, the CPU's role appears most significant at lower resolutions where the GPU has spare capacity. The 1080p Low setting result of 314 FPS suggests the CPU can push frame rates well beyond typical monitor refresh rates, and the relatively modest FPS drop when moving from Low to Medium at 1080p (314 to 247, a 21% decrease) indicates the CPU is not the primary constraint even as graphical load increases. However, at 4K, the CPU's influence diminishes as the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, with the Ultra preset at 56 FPS showing that the RTX 5070 Ti's rendering capacity, not CPU throughput, determines the final performance ceiling.