Fivem

# Fivem Performance Analysis: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

This combination of the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers a broad range of frame rates across Fivem's four quality presets, with results that shift dramatically depending on resolution and settings. The measured data shows a system that can push past 260 FPS at 1080p on Low settings, yet drops to just 47 FPS at 4K Ultra — a spread that reveals how differently the CPU and GPU assert themselves as the workload changes. The combo ranks 625th out of 3,005 tested combinations in this game, placing it in the upper fifth of all configurations tested.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K tells a clear story about where the bottleneck sits in this pairing. At 1080p Low, the system produces 262 FPS, which drops to 172 FPS at 1440p Low and further to 96 FPS at 4K Low. That represents a 63% reduction from 1080p to 4K on the lowest preset — a steep decline that points to the GPU becoming increasingly dominant as pixel count rises. The RTX 4090's 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are being pushed harder at higher resolutions, and the data reflects that strain.

Moving to the High preset, the scaling pattern shifts slightly. At 1080p High, the system hits 165 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 109 FPS; at 4K High, it falls to 60 FPS. The 1080p-to-4K reduction here is 64%, nearly identical to the Low preset's scaling. Yet the absolute numbers tell a different story about the limiting component. At 1080p High, the CPU's 24 cores and 24 threads are likely doing more work than at Low settings, but the GPU still has headroom — the 165 FPS figure is well below the 262 FPS achieved on Low, suggesting the graphics load is already constraining performance.

The Medium preset shows the most consistent scaling behavior, with 207 FPS at 1080p, 136 FPS at 1440p, and 75 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K drop is 64% again, matching the other presets' proportional declines. However, the Medium preset is the only one that includes min and max FPS data: at 1080p, the range spans 176 to 238 FPS; at 1440p, it narrows to 116 to 156 FPS; at 4K, it tightens further to 64 to 87 FPS. This narrowing range at higher resolutions indicates that frame time consistency improves as the GPU becomes the more dominant constraint, reducing the variability that CPU-driven scenes can introduce.

Ultra settings present the steepest absolute decline. The system produces 128 FPS at 1080p Ultra, 84 FPS at 1440p Ultra, and just 47 FPS at 4K Ultra. The 1080p-to-4K reduction is 63%, consistent with the other presets, but the 4K Ultra figure of 47 FPS is the lowest measured across all configurations. This suggests that at Ultra quality, the RTX 4090 is being driven to its limits — the 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and the 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate are substantial, but Fivem's Ultra preset at 4K appears to demand more than even this flagship GPU can sustain at high frame rates.

The consistent 63-64% scaling from 1080p to 4K across all four presets is notable. This uniformity implies that Fivem's rendering load scales predictably with pixel count, regardless of quality settings. The limiting component at 1080p Low is almost certainly the CPU — 262 FPS is a massive frame rate that would stress even the fastest processors — while at 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly the constraint, with the CPU's 5.40 GHz boost clock likely waiting idle for the graphics pipeline to catch up.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 625 out of 3,005 tested configurations places it in the 79th percentile of all CPU-GPU pairings tested in Fivem. This is a strong showing, but not a dominant one — the data suggests that many combinations outperform this pairing in this specific game, likely due to Fivem's particular sensitivity to certain hardware characteristics.

The RTX 4090's individual percentile ranking against all GPUs is 88, meaning it outperforms 88% of all tested graphics cards. The CPU's percentile is even higher at 94, placing it in the top 6% of all processors in the database. Yet the combined rank of 625/3,005 (roughly the 79th percentile) falls short of what the component-level percentiles might suggest. This gap indicates that Fivem's performance is not solely determined by raw component strength — the game's engine may favor different architectural traits than those measured by generic benchmarks.

The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX's nearest rivals in the CPU database include the Intel Xeon w5-3525 with an average score of 67,673 (0.3% lower), the AMD EPYC 4484PX at 67,822 (0.5% lower), the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX at 67,868 (0.6% lower), and the Intel Xeon 6515P at 67,006 (0.7% higher). These deltas are remarkably tight — all four rivals fall within a 1.3% band of each other, and the Ultra 9 275HX sits nearly dead center. This clustering suggests that the CPU's 24-core, 24-thread configuration with 36 MB of shared L3 cache is competitive with workstation-class Xeon and Threadripper parts, though none of these are typical gaming processors.

The GPU's nearest rivals are a more eclectic group: the Intel Arc Pro A60 matches the RTX 4090's average score almost exactly (0% delta), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 is 0.3% higher, the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is 2.5% lower, and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 is 2.9% higher. These are all professional or workstation-oriented GPUs, which is unusual for a flagship gaming card. The RTX 4090's average benchmark score of 60,347 places it just ahead of the Arc Pro A60's 60,326 — a margin of only 21 points, which is statistically negligible. This suggests that the database's GPU benchmarks may not fully capture the RTX 4090's gaming-specific capabilities, or that Fivem's workload aligns more closely with professional rendering tasks than with typical game engines.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX brings 24 cores and 24 threads to this pairing, running on Intel's Arrow Lake architecture fabricated on TSMC's 3 nm process. Its base clock of 2.70 GHz can boost to 5.40 GHz, and the chip carries 36 MB of shared L3 cache alongside 3 MB of L2 per core and 192 KB of L1 per core. The CPU's 55 W TDP classifies it as a mobile part, yet its benchmark scores — including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35,589 and a single-core score of 2,204 — place it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs.

In Fivem, the CPU's role becomes most apparent at lower resolutions and settings where the GPU is not fully taxed. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 262 FPS — a figure that approaches the limits of what the CPU can feed to the GPU. The 24 threads are likely distributed across the game's simulation, physics, and network code, which are substantial in a multiplayer title like Fivem. The PassMark multi-thread score of 55,759 and the floating-point math score of 191,186 suggest strong parallel processing capability, which should benefit Fivem's server-authoritative gameplay model.

The single-thread performance is equally important. With a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,204 and a PassMark single-thread score of 4,713, the Ultra 9 275HX demonstrates the high-frequency capability needed for Fivem's main game thread, which often cannot be fully parallelized. The 5.40 GHz boost clock is critical here — many game engines have a primary thread that creates a serial bottleneck, and this CPU's ability to reach high frequencies on a single core helps mitigate that.

However, the data shows that the CPU's influence wanes as resolution increases. The 60 FPS result at 4K High versus the 165 FPS at 1080p High represents a 64% drop, which is far more than the CPU's performance difference would account for. This indicates that at 4K, the RTX 4090 becomes the primary constraint, and the CPU's 24 cores sit partially idle. The CPU's 102.4 GB/s memory bandwidth and dual-channel DDR5 support are sufficient to keep the GPU fed at lower resolutions, but at 4K, the GPU's own 1.01 TB/s bandwidth becomes the more relevant figure.

The CPU's 94th percentile ranking among all processors suggests it has headroom for even more demanding titles, but in Fivem specifically, the combination's 625th rank out of 3,005 combos indicates that other pairings — likely with desktop-class CPUs offering higher sustained clocks — may achieve better results. The Ultra 9 275HX's mobile orientation, with its 55 W TDP, may limit sustained performance compared to higher-power desktop parts, even though its burst performance is excellent.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 262 FPS, which drops to 207 FPS on Medium (with a range of 176 to 238 FPS), 165 FPS on High, and 128 FPS on Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra represents a 51% reduction in frame rate, showing how dramatically quality settings impact performance at this resolution.

The 2560x1440 results show a similar pattern with reduced absolute numbers. Low settings average 172 FPS, Medium averages 136 FPS (ranging from 116 to 156 FPS), High averages 109 FPS, and Ultra drops to 84 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra reduction at 1440p is 51%, matching the 1080p scaling exactly. This consistency suggests that the game's settings adjustments have a proportional effect on rendering load, independent of resolution.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles to maintain high frame rates on the more demanding presets. Low settings still produce a respectable 96 FPS, and Medium averages 75 FPS (ranging from 64 to 87 FPS). High settings fall to 60 FPS — exactly at the threshold for smooth gameplay on many displays — while Ultra drops to 47 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target most players prefer. The Low-to-Ultra reduction at 4K is 51%, again matching the other resolutions, confirming that Fivem's settings scale consistently across all tested resolutions.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data at every resolution. At 1080p, the range is 176 to 238 FPS (a 62 FPS spread); at 1440p, it's 116 to 156 FPS (a 40 FPS spread); at 4K, it's 64 to 87 FPS (a 23 FPS spread). This narrowing range with increasing resolution suggests that frame time consistency improves as the GPU becomes the bottleneck — the variability introduced by CPU-side processing diminishes when the GPU is fully occupied.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is a formidable graphics card, built on the AD102 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture on TSMC's 5 nm process. Its specifications are impressive: 16,384 shading units, 512 texture mapping units, 176 ROPs, 128 ray tracing cores, and 512 tensor cores. The card operates at a base clock of 2235 MHz with a boost clock of 2520 MHz, and its 24 GB of GDDR6X memory runs at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) across a 384-bit bus, yielding 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth.

In Fivem, the GPU's role becomes dominant at higher resolutions and quality settings. The 4K Ultra result of 47 FPS is telling — despite the card's 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate, Fivem's Ultra preset at 4K proves too demanding for a consistent 60 FPS experience. The 4K High result of 60 FPS barely hits the threshold, while 4K Medium at 75 FPS provides more headroom.

The GPU's 88th percentile ranking among all GPUs might seem modest for such a powerful card, but the database's benchmark scores tell a nuanced story. The RTX 4090's PassMark G3D score of 38,194 and its Geekbench OpenCL score of 255,416 are strong, yet its nearest rivals are professional workstation cards like the AMD Radeon PRO V710 (2.9% higher average score) and the Intel Arc Pro A60 (0% delta). This suggests that the GPU's raw compute capabilities are well-regarded, but its gaming-specific performance in Fivem may not align perfectly with the database's aggregate metrics.

The VRAM situation is worth examining. With 24 GB of GDDR6X memory, the RTX 4090 has far more video memory than Fivem likely requires at any resolution or setting. This abundance means memory capacity is never a constraint — the card's 1.01 TB/s bandwidth is the more relevant figure, and it appears sufficient for the game's needs at 1080p and 1440p but becomes a limiting factor at 4K Ultra. The GPU's pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,290.2 GTexel/s are substantial, yet the 4K Ultra result of 47 FPS indicates that Fivem's shader complexity and draw call volume at that preset exceed what the card can process in real time.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimal settings based on resolution and target frame rate. At 1080p, every preset delivers playable frame rates, but the choice depends on whether the player prioritizes visual quality or raw responsiveness. The Ultra preset at 128 FPS offers the best visual experience while still maintaining triple-digit frame rates, making it the recommended choice for 1080p displays. The High preset at 165 FPS is a strong alternative for players with high-refresh-rate monitors who want to maximize smoothness without sacrificing too much visual fidelity.

At 1440p, the Ultra preset's 84 FPS is above the 60 FPS threshold and provides the best visual experience, though players with 144Hz or higher refresh monitors may prefer the High preset at 109 FPS. The Medium preset at 136 FPS offers an interesting middle ground — the min/max range of 116 to 156 FPS indicates good frame time consistency, and the visual quality reduction from High to Medium is typically modest in Fivem. For competitive play, the Low preset at 172 FPS maximizes responsiveness at the cost of visual detail.

At 4K, the recommendations shift dramatically. The Ultra preset's 47 FPS is below the 60 FPS standard and would result in noticeable stuttering on most displays. The High preset at exactly 60 FPS is the bare minimum for smooth gameplay, but it leaves no headroom for demanding scenes. The Medium preset at 75 FPS (with a range of 64 to 87 FPS) provides the best balance — it stays above 60 FPS even in the lowest measured frames while offering improved visual quality over Low. The Low preset at 96 FPS is the best choice for players who prioritize frame rate above all else at 4K, as it offers smooth performance with reduced visual fidelity.

The data suggests that the Medium preset is the sweet spot for this combination across all resolutions. At 1080p, it delivers 207 FPS; at 1440p, 136 FPS; and at 4K, 75 FPS — all comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold, with the only complete min/max data showing consistent frame times. For players with 144Hz displays at 1080p or 1440p, the High preset is the recommended choice, as it exceeds 100 FPS at both resolutions while providing better visual quality than Medium.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combination achieves in Fivem?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 262, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: Can this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K with max settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the system averages 47 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold. The High preset at 4K averages exactly 60 FPS, while Medium averages 75 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 4090's benchmark ranking compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 4090 ranks in the 88th percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 60,347. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc Pro A60, scores 60,326 (0% delta), while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 58,657 (2.9% higher).

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance in Cinebench R23?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX scores 2,204 in Cinebench R23 single-core, with a 5.40 GHz boost clock supporting this result.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Fivem?

A: The combination ranks 625th out of 3,005 tested combos, placing it in the upper fifth of all configurations tested in this game.

Q: At which resolution does the GPU become the clear bottleneck?

A: At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint. The frame rate drops from 165 FPS at 1080p High to 60 FPS at 4K High — a 64% reduction that far exceeds what CPU-side differences would explain.