Lockdown Protocol

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this game with the Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile?

A: The data shows that 1920x1080 delivers the highest frame rates, with the Low preset reaching 219 FPS and even Ultra hitting 102 FPS. At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset drops to 75 FPS, while at 3840x2160, Ultra falls to 48 FPS, making 1080p the only resolution where all presets stay comfortably above 100 FPS.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset averages 75 FPS, which is 25 FPS slower than the High preset at 100 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p sits between them at 114 FPS, showing a clear performance hierarchy where each step up in quality costs roughly 14-25 FPS.

Q: Does this CPU outperform its closest rivals?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX has an average benchmark score of 63173, placing it 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13790F and 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX. It trails the AMD Ryzen AI 7 450G by 0.2% and the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P185 by 0.5%, indicating a very tight pack at this performance tier.

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

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile sits in the 80th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35435. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro GV100, scores 35520, which is only 0.2% higher, making these two effectively equivalent in raw benchmark terms.

Q: Is there a significant frame rate gap between Low and Ultra at 4K?

A: Yes, the data shows a dramatic difference at 3840x2160: the Low preset averages 104 FPS, while Ultra drops to 48 FPS—a 56 FPS gap. Medium at 74 FPS and High at 64 FPS fill the middle, suggesting that Ultra demands substantially more from the GPU than the lower presets.

Q: How many total combinations were tested for this game's ranking?

A: This specific combo—the Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile—ranks 1424 out of 3714 total combos tested for Lockdown Protocol. This places it in the top 38% of all CPU-GPU pairings evaluated for this title.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows reveal a clear pattern: the Low preset is the only setting that consistently delivers frame rates above 100 at every resolution. At 1920x1080, Low hits 219 FPS, which is 64 FPS higher than Medium and 83 FPS higher than High. At 2560x1440, Low reaches 160 FPS, still far above the 114 FPS Medium manages. Even at 3840x2160, Low stays playable at 104 FPS, while Ultra drops to a marginal 48 FPS.

For competitive play, the Low preset at 1080p offers the highest headroom with 219 FPS, giving players maximum responsiveness. However, the Medium preset at 1080p still maintains 155 FPS, which is more than sufficient for smooth gameplay while likely improving visual fidelity. The data suggests Medium at 1080p provides the best balance, since it stays above 144 FPS while offering better quality than Low.

At 1440p, Medium is the recommended choice at 114 FPS, as it remains above the 100 FPS threshold that many players consider optimal for fast-paced FPS games. High at 1440p (100 FPS) is borderline, while Ultra at 75 FPS may introduce noticeable stutter in intense firefights. At 4K, only Low (104 FPS) achieves the 100+ FPS target; Medium drops to 74 FPS, which is acceptable for casual play but not ideal for competitive scenarios.

The min FPS values for Medium at each resolution—132 at 1080p, 97 at 1440p, and 63 at 4K—indicate that frame pacing remains stable even during demanding sequences, but the 4K Medium preset dips close to 60 FPS, which could feel less fluid. Overall, the data points to Medium at 1080p or 1440p as the sweet spot for this hardware combination.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process node, featuring 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output pipelines. Its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory runs on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth—a figure that directly influences how quickly textures and frame data move through the pipeline.

The GPU's clock behavior is notable: a base clock of 847 MHz and a boost clock of 1447 MHz. This relatively modest boost clock, combined with the memory bandwidth, suggests that the card relies more on its parallel compute resources than on raw clock speed. The 17.04 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and the 1:1 FP16 ratio indicate strong compute capability, while the 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores support modern rendering features.

In Lockdown Protocol, the GPU's role becomes evident when examining the FPS scaling across settings. At 1080p, the gap between Low (219 FPS) and Ultra (102 FPS) is 117 FPS, while at 4K, the gap narrows to 56 FPS (104 vs 48). This suggests that at lower resolutions, the GPU has ample headroom to render more effects, but at 4K, even the Low preset saturates the render pipeline. The 12 GB VRAM capacity proves sufficient across all tested configurations, as no resolution or setting combination shows signs of memory-related stalling in the measured data.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a full spectrum of performance across the four presets. Low averages 219 FPS, Medium averages 155 FPS with a min of 132 and max of 179, High averages 136 FPS, and Ultra averages 102 FPS. The 117 FPS spread between Low and Ultra at this resolution highlights the substantial cost of higher quality settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the figures shift downward but retain the same ordering. Low averages 160 FPS, Medium averages 114 FPS with a min of 97 and max of 131, High averages 100 FPS, and Ultra averages 75 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows slightly to 85 FPS, indicating that the GPU becomes more of a limiting factor as resolution increases.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve compresses further. Low averages 104 FPS, Medium averages 74 FPS with a min of 63 and max of 85, High averages 64 FPS, and Ultra drops to 48 FPS. The total spread here is 56 FPS, showing that at 4K, even the lowest preset cannot fully escape the resolution's demands. The Medium preset at each resolution provides the only dataset with min and max values, offering the most complete picture of frame variability: 132-179 at 1080p, 97-131 at 1440p, and 63-85 at 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX combined with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile ranks 1424 out of 3714 tested combos for Lockdown Protocol. This position in the 38th percentile of all pairings means that while this hardware is not at the top tier, it outperforms a majority of alternative configurations tested for this specific game.

The CPU's benchmark percentile of 93 among all processors suggests the 265HX is a high-end part, yet the GPU's 80th percentile ranking indicates the graphics card is relatively weaker within its own category. This imbalance likely contributes to the combo's mid-tier ranking—the CPU may be waiting on the GPU in certain scenarios, preventing the pair from climbing higher in the rankings.

Comparing to the nearest rival combos is difficult without direct game-specific data, but the component-level benchmarks provide context. The CPU sits within 0.7% of its nearest rivals, and the GPU within 2.4%, meaning small variations in game optimization could shift this combo's rank significantly. The data implies that Lockdown Protocol responds more to GPU performance, given that the GPU's lower percentile ranking likely caps the combo's overall position.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX features 20 cores and 20 threads, running at a base clock of 2.60 GHz with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. This configuration—equal cores and threads—suggests the chip uses a homogeneous design without hyper-threading, which is unusual for a high-end mobile processor. The 30 MB of shared L3 cache and 3 MB L2 per core provide substantial on-die storage for game data.

The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 40642 and a single-core score of 5737. The PassMark multi-thread score of 47985 and single-thread score of 4500 further confirm this pattern. In Lockdown Protocol, an FPS title, the single-core performance is critical for game logic and physics, while multi-core capability handles background tasks and streaming.

The 55 W TDP and 3 nm process node from TSMC indicate an efficient design, which matters in mobile systems where thermal headroom is limited. The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking among all processors means it outperforms the vast majority of CPUs tested, and its nearest rivals—the Intel Core i7-13790F, AMD Ryzen AI 7 450G, AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P185, and Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX—are all within 0.7% in average score. This tight grouping suggests that CPU-bound scenarios in Lockdown Protocol would show minimal differences between these chips.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between CPU and GPU. At Low settings, the progression is 219 FPS at 1080p, 160 FPS at 1440p, and 104 FPS at 4K—a 115 FPS total drop. This represents a 52.5% reduction from 1080p to 4K, which is less than the 75% pixel count increase, indicating that the CPU provides some headroom at lower resolutions but the GPU becomes the bottleneck as resolution rises.

For Medium settings, the sequence is 155 FPS at 1080p, 114 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 40 FPS, while the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 41 FPS—nearly identical, suggesting a linear scaling pattern. High settings show 136 FPS at 1080p, 100 FPS at 1440p, and 64 FPS at 4K, with the 4K figure representing a 52.9% reduction from 1080p.

Ultra settings follow the steepest decline: 102 FPS at 1080p, 75 FPS at 1440p, and 48 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result is below 50 FPS, which is marginal for a fast-paced FPS. Across all presets, the 1080p to 1440p drop averages approximately 60% of the 1440p to 4K drop, indicating that the GPU's rendering load scales more heavily at higher resolutions. This pattern confirms that Lockdown Protocol is primarily GPU-limited at 4K, while the CPU's strong single-thread performance keeps 1080p frame rates high.