Lockdown Protocol

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured frame rates for Lockdown Protocol reveal a sharp, predictable performance cliff as resolution climbs, and the shape of that curve points squarely at the GPU as the dominant constraint at higher settings. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 151.9 FPS, which drops to 110 FPS at 1440p Low (-27.6%) and then to 72 FPS at 4K Low (-52.6% from the 1080p figure). This scaling pattern — where each resolution step costs roughly a quarter to a third of the remaining performance — is classic GPU-bound behavior, since the CPU has ample headroom at the lower resolution to feed frames.

The Ultra preset tells a more dramatic story. At 1080p Ultra, the system delivers 71.2 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it falls to 54.2 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it collapses to 32.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is stark: 72 FPS versus 32.4 FPS, a 55% reduction purely from settings. This indicates that the Intel Arc B580's rendering pipeline is being saturated by the combination of high resolution and high graphical fidelity, with the Ryzen 5 4600G's six cores no longer the primary bottleneck once pixel count and effects load escalate.

The intermediate presets reinforce this reading. At 1080p Medium, the average is 110.7 FPS, and at 1440p Medium it is 77.6 FPS, a 29.9% decline. At 4K Medium, the average is 53.7 FPS, another 30.8% drop from 1440p. These consistent percentage declines across resolution steps — roughly 30% per step for Medium and High — indicate that the frame rate is scaling inversely with pixel count, which is the signature of a GPU-limited scenario. The CPU's role becomes more apparent only at the very lowest settings and resolution, where 151.9 FPS suggests the processor can still push high frame rates but the GPU is no longer the sole limiting factor.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Arc B580 brings 12 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit bus, yielding 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. In Lockdown Protocol, this memory configuration proves sufficient even at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS of 32.4 indicates that the GPU is compute-limited rather than memory-starved; if VRAM were exhausted, the frame rates would show erratic dips rather than the smooth, progressive scaling observed across settings. The GPU's boost clock sits at 2670 MHz, with a pixel rate of 213.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 427.2 GTexel/s, which are the raw throughput figures that determine how quickly the card can fill pixels and apply textures at high resolutions.

The B580's FP32 throughput is 13.67 TFLOPS, a figure that places it in the mid-range tier of current graphics cards. Its benchmark percentile versus all GPUs is 66, meaning it outperforms roughly two-thirds of tested graphics cards in synthetic workloads. Among its nearest rivals, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 scores 23181 in the average benchmark, a 0.7% advantage over the B580's 23021, while the AMD Radeon 760M is essentially tied at 22999 (0.1% delta). In actual Lockdown Protocol gameplay, the data shows that the B580 can deliver 151.9 FPS at 1080p Low, but the Ultra preset at 4K drops to 32.4 FPS — a span that reflects the card's architectural limits under heavy fragment and shading load.

The 12 GB VRAM capacity is worth noting because Lockdown Protocol's High and Ultra presets at 1440p and 4K do not appear to trigger any memory-related stutter or frame drops, based on the consistent average FPS values. The memory clock of 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective) provides the bandwidth headroom needed for high-resolution textures, and the 80 ROPs handle the final pixel output stage. The data suggests that the B580's role in this combo is to be the primary performance arbiter at higher settings, while the CPU takes a supporting role that becomes more relevant only at lower resolutions and settings.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

For a 60 FPS target, the data shows that the Medium preset is the safest choice across most resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo achieves 110.7 FPS, well above the threshold; at 1440p Medium, it delivers 77.6 FPS, still comfortably above 60; and at 4K Medium, it produces 53.7 FPS, which falls just short of a locked 60 but remains playable. The High preset at 1440p produces 67.8 FPS, which also clears the 60 FPS bar, but at 4K High the average drops to 43.9 FPS, indicating that High is not viable for 4K gaming on this setup.

The Low preset is the only option that provides a truly high-refresh experience at 1080p, with 151.9 FPS. At 1440p Low, the 110 FPS average is also excellent for 144Hz monitors. However, the visual fidelity trade-off is significant, and given that Medium at 1080p yields 110.7 FPS — only 27% less than Low — most users will likely prefer Medium for the improved image quality without sacrificing smoothness. For 4K, the data indicates that Low (72 FPS) is the only preset that clears 60 FPS, while Medium (53.7 FPS) is borderline and High (43.9 FPS) and Ultra (32.4 FPS) are too demanding for this GPU.

The measured results suggest an optimal path: run Medium at 1080p or 1440p for a balanced experience, or drop to Low if chasing maximum frame rates at 1440p or 4K. The Ultra preset is only advisable at 1080p, where it still produces a respectable 71.2 FPS, but the 32.4 FPS at 4K Ultra makes that combination impractical. The data does not support using High at 4K, as the 43.9 FPS average falls below the 60 FPS target that most competitive FPS players expect.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the full range of settings produces these averages: Low hits 151.9 FPS, Medium reaches 110.7 FPS, High manages 94.7 FPS, and Ultra drops to 71.2 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra is 80.7 FPS, a 53% reduction, which highlights how much headroom the B580 has at this resolution even with the most demanding preset. The step from Medium to High costs 16 FPS (14.5%), while High to Ultra costs 23.5 FPS (24.8%), showing that the Ultra preset carries a disproportionately large performance penalty.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages compress: Low delivers 110 FPS, Medium gives 77.6 FPS, High produces 67.8 FPS, and Ultra falls to 54.2 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra here is 55.8 FPS, a 50.7% reduction. Notably, the High preset at 1440p (67.8 FPS) is nearly identical to the Ultra preset at 1080p (71.2 FPS), suggesting that the GPU's workload is similar between these two configurations. The Medium preset at 1440p remains the sweet spot for 60 FPS gaming, with 17.6 FPS of headroom.

At 3840x2160, the numbers drop sharply: Low averages 72 FPS, Medium 53.7 FPS, High 43.9 FPS, and Ultra 32.4 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 39.6 FPS, a 55% reduction. The Low preset is the only one that clears 60 FPS at 4K, and even then, it has just 12 FPS of margin. The Medium preset at 4K (53.7 FPS) is actually lower than the High preset at 1440p (67.8 FPS), which reinforces the conclusion that 4K is extremely demanding on this GPU regardless of settings. The data shows a consistent pattern: each resolution increase costs roughly 30% of the frame rate at the same settings, and each settings increase from Low to Ultra costs roughly 50% at the same resolution.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G paired with the Intel Arc B580 ranks 1301 out of 1637 tested combos in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the bottom 20.5% of all configurations. This rank of 1301 indicates that while the combo is fully playable at lower settings, it sits well below the median performer in the database. The percentile positions of the individual components help explain this: the CPU ranks in the 75th percentile versus all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 66th percentile versus all GPUs, but the combination of a mid-tier CPU with a mid-tier GPU does not boost the system into the upper ranks for this specific game.

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (17482 avg score, 0% delta), the Intel Core i5-12450H (17475, 0.1% delta), and the Intel Core i3-14100T (17636, -0.8% delta). These are all closely matched processors, which means the CPU is not a differentiator in this combo's ranking. The GPU's nearest rivals — the AMD Radeon 760M (22999, 0.1% delta), the NVIDIA P106-100 (22950, 0.3% delta), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (23181, -0.7% delta) — also cluster tightly around the B580's 23021 average score. This tight clustering suggests that the combo's low rank is less about component weakness and more about the fact that Lockdown Protocol appears to favor configurations with higher-end GPUs or CPUs, pushing this mid-range pairing down the list.

With 336 combos ranked below it, the system is not a bottom-tier performer, but it is also far from the top. The rank of 1301 out of 1637 implies that the majority of tested systems — likely those with newer CPUs or higher-tier GPUs — achieve better frame rates in this game. The data indicates that the B580's 66th percentile GPU performance, while solid for general use, is not sufficient to overcome the demands of Lockdown Protocol at higher settings, and the 4600G's 75th percentile CPU performance does not compensate.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G is a six-core, twelve-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture (Renoir) on a 7 nm process. Its base clock is 3.70 GHz with a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, and it has 8 MB of shared L3 cache. In Lockdown Protocol, the CPU's role becomes apparent when comparing the 1080p Low result of 151.9 FPS against the 1440p Low result of 110 FPS. The 41.9 FPS difference at the same settings across resolutions indicates that the GPU is the primary limiter at 1440p, but the fact that 1080p Low cannot exceed 151.9 FPS suggests that the CPU is starting to cap the frame rate at that point, given that the GPU has more headroom at lower pixel counts.

Synthetic benchmarks for the 4600G show a single-thread score of 726 in 3DMark and 1919 in Cinebench R23, which are modest figures that place it below the top-tier gaming CPUs. In multithreaded workloads, it scores 13593 in Cinebench R23 and 4889 in 3DMark max threads, indicating that its twelve threads provide decent parallel throughput. The nearest CPU rivals — the Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE, Core i5-12450H, and Core i3-14100T — all have average scores within 1% of the 4600G's 17489, which means that swapping this CPU for any of those would not materially change Lockdown Protocol performance.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s (dual-channel DDR4) is another factor, as Lockdown Protocol's frame pacing at high FPS can be sensitive to memory latency and bandwidth. The 4600G's integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics are irrelevant in this configuration since the Arc B580 handles all rendering, but the CPU's PCIe Gen 3 support (20 lanes) means the B580's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface will run at Gen 3 speeds, which could slightly reduce bandwidth in theory though the measured FPS data does not show any obvious penalty. The data suggests that the 4600G is adequate for delivering frame rates up to roughly 150 FPS in this game, but it is not the component pushing the system to higher performance tiers.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for 60 FPS in Lockdown Protocol with this hardware?

A: The data shows that 1440p Medium (77.6 FPS) and 1080p Ultra (71.2 FPS) both clear 60 FPS comfortably. For 4K, only the Low preset (72 FPS) achieves 60 FPS, while 4K Medium (53.7 FPS) falls short.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B580 compare to its closest GPU rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The B580 scores 23021 in the average benchmark, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 scores 23181, a 0.7% difference. The AMD Radeon 760M is nearly identical at 22999 (0.1% delta).

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 4600G a bottleneck for the Arc B580 in this game?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo hits 151.9 FPS, which suggests the CPU is limiting at that point since the GPU has more headroom at lower resolutions. At higher resolutions and settings, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, as shown by the steep FPS declines.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K Ultra in Lockdown Protocol?

A: The measured average is 32.4 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra. This is the lowest result in the dataset, indicating that 4K Ultra is not viable for smooth gameplay on this combo.

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

A: It ranks 1301 out of 1637 combos, placing it in the bottom 20.5% of tested systems. The CPU is in the 75th percentile and the GPU in the 66th percentile individually, but the combination does not rank highly for this specific game.

Q: Which preset offers the largest FPS gain from Low to Medium at 1080p?

A: Moving from Low (151.9 FPS) to Medium (110.7 FPS) actually reduces performance by 41.2 FPS, so the largest gain is not from preset changes at the same resolution but rather from dropping resolution at the same preset. The data shows that 4K Low (72 FPS) is faster than 1080p Ultra (71.2 FPS) by a small margin.