Microsoft Flight Simulator

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 4600G posts an average benchmark score of 17489, placing it at the 75th percentile of all CPUs. Its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE, scores 17482, a 0% delta. The Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17475 (0.1% faster), while the Intel Core i3-14100T scores 17636 (0.8% faster) and the Intel Core i3-13100F scores 17665 (1% faster). These deltas are negligible, indicating near-identical synthetic throughput.

Q: What is the RTX 5080's benchmark standing relative to other GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 achieves an average benchmark score of 59188, which places it at the 89th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A570M, scores 58239, meaning the RTX 5080 is 1.6% faster. The Intel Arc Pro A60 scores 60326 (1.9% faster), the Intel Arc A580 scores 57756 (2.5% slower), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X scores 57661 (2.6% slower). The RTX 5080 sits in a tight performance band with these rivals.

Q: How does the combo rank in Microsoft Flight Simulator specifically?

A: This specific CPU-GPU pairing ranks 233rd out of 1795 tested combos in Microsoft Flight Simulator. That places it in the top 13% of all combinations tested for this game, indicating a strong overall match for the simulator's demands.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset yields 142.2 FPS average, while the Ultra preset delivers 115.3 FPS average. This represents a 26.9 FPS drop (approximately 19% lower) when moving from Low to Ultra. The High preset sits at 117.5 FPS, and Medium at 126.5 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 5080's 16 GB memory capacity matter for this game?

A: The GPU has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 960.0 GB/s bandwidth. In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the data shows that even at 4K Ultra, the average FPS remains at 73.7, suggesting the memory subsystem is sufficient for the highest settings tested. No memory-related bottlenecks appear in the measured FPS data.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread performance affect this simulator?

A: The Ryzen 5 4600G scores 726 in 3DMark single-thread and 1919 in Cinebench R23 single-core. These scores place it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs. Given that flight simulators often rely heavily on single-thread performance for physics and AI calculations, these figures are relevant, though the measured FPS data shows the combo still achieves playable rates across all resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 serves as the primary rendering engine in this combo, and its specifications directly shape the measured frame rates. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz with a boost clock of 2617 MHz, and it is built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die. Its 16 GB of GDDR7 memory runs at an effective 30 Gbps, delivering 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth across a 256-bit bus.

In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the GPU's capabilities are evident in the resolution scaling. At 1080p High settings, the combo produces 117.5 FPS, but this drops to 105.1 FPS at 1440p and 79 FPS at 4K — a 32.8% reduction from 1080p to 4K. This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the dominant factor at higher resolutions, as the CPU's role diminishes when pixel throughput becomes the bottleneck.

The RTX 5080's architecture, Blackwell 2.0, includes 10752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs. Its 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores support DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. For this flight simulator, which can leverage ray-traced shadows and advanced lighting, the RT core count is substantial, though the measured data does not isolate ray-tracing effects.

The GPU's 56.28 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 879.3 GTexel/s texture rate provide ample headroom for the simulator's terrain rendering and weather effects. The pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s ensures that even at 4K Ultra (73.7 FPS), the combo maintains a fluid experience. The GPU's TDP of 360 W and suggested 750 W PSU indicate a power-hungry component, but the benchmark results show consistent performance across all tested presets.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data for this combo in Microsoft Flight Simulator provides clear guidance on optimal settings. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset achieves 115.3 FPS, which is only 2.2 FPS lower than High (117.5 FPS). Given the small delta between High and Ultra at 1080p, the Ultra preset is the best choice for users seeking maximum visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset delivers 101 FPS, while High produces 105.1 FPS. The 4.1 FPS difference is negligible, making Ultra the recommended setting at this resolution as well. The Medium preset at 1440p yields 121 FPS, but the jump to Ultra only costs 20 FPS, which is an acceptable trade-off for the visual improvements in a flight simulator where scenery detail matters.

At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset drops to 73.7 FPS, which is below the 80 FPS threshold many users consider ideal for smooth flight simulation. The High preset at 4K produces 79 FPS, while Medium reaches 101.9 FPS and Low hits 118.6 FPS. For 4K users, the Medium preset offers the best balance: it provides 101.9 FPS, which is 28.2 FPS higher than Ultra and still maintains substantial visual quality over Low.

The data indicates that the combo is most comfortable at 1080p and 1440p with Ultra settings, while 4K users should step down to Medium to maintain frame rates above 100 FPS. The scaling from Medium to Ultra at 4K costs 28.2 FPS, which is proportionally larger than the 11.2 FPS drop at 1080p, suggesting diminishing returns at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 ranks 233rd out of 1795 tested combos in Microsoft Flight Simulator. This places the combo in the top 13% of all tested configurations, which is notable given the CPU's mid-range positioning. The CPU sits at the 75th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 17489, while the GPU ranks at the 89th percentile with a score of 59188.

The rank suggests that the GPU contributes disproportionately to the combo's performance in this game. The RTX 5080's nearest rivals — the Intel Arc A570M (1.6% slower), Intel Arc Pro A60 (1.9% faster), Intel Arc A580 (2.5% slower), and AMD Radeon Pro W5500X (2.6% slower) — all fall within a narrow band, yet the RTX 5080's 89th percentile standing is strong.

The CPU's nearest rivals — the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (0% delta), Intel Core i5-12450H (0.1% faster), Intel Core i3-14100T (0.8% faster), and Intel Core i3-13100F (1% faster) — indicate that the Ryzen 5 4600G is positioned at the edge of a performance cluster. Despite the CPU's modest ranking, the combo's 233rd position out of 1795 suggests that Microsoft Flight Simulator is more dependent on GPU throughput than raw CPU compute.

The combo's rank improves when considering that many tested combinations likely pair high-end CPUs with lower-tier GPUs. Here, the RTX 5080's robust specifications — 16 GB GDDR7, 960.0 GB/s bandwidth, and 56.28 TFLOPS — enable the combo to achieve frame rates that many other pairings cannot match, even with a more powerful CPU.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern across resolutions. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combo produces 117.5 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 High drops this to 105.1 FPS, a 10.6% reduction. At 3840x2160 High, the frame rate falls to 79 FPS, which is 32.8% lower than 1080p and 24.8% lower than 1440p.

This scaling pattern is consistent across all settings presets. For Low settings, the progression is 142.2 FPS at 1080p, 127.4 FPS at 1440p (10.4% drop), and 118.6 FPS at 4K (16.6% drop from 1440p). For Medium, the values are 126.5 FPS at 1080p, 121 FPS at 1440p (4.3% drop), and 101.9 FPS at 4K (15.8% drop from 1440p). For Ultra, the sequence is 115.3 FPS at 1080p, 101 FPS at 1440p (12.4% drop), and 73.7 FPS at 4K (27% drop from 1440p).

The most significant drop occurs between 1440p and 4K, particularly at Ultra settings where the frame rate falls 27 FPS. This steep decline indicates that the GPU's pixel throughput becomes the limiting factor at 4K Ultra. The RTX 5080's 293.1 GPixel/s pixel rate and 960.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are substantial, but 4K Ultra in Microsoft Flight Simulator demands extraordinary fill rates that even this GPU cannot fully satisfy.

Conversely, the relatively modest drops between 1080p and 1440p (ranging from 4.3% to 12.4% depending on preset) suggest that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck at these resolutions. The Ryzen 5 4600G's 6 cores and 12 threads, with a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, provide sufficient single-thread performance for the simulator's simulation logic, allowing the GPU to scale its output as resolution increases. The data shows that the combo is GPU-limited at 4K, CPU-balanced at 1440p, and increasingly GPU-bound at 1080p where the frame rates approach the monitor refresh limits.