Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s measured performance with the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT combo shows a consistent scaling pattern across presets and resolutions. The data indicates that the Ultra preset provides the most visually demanding experience, but at 4K it yields a 50.8 FPS average at High settings versus 47.6 FPS at Ultra, a difference of 3.2 FPS. At 1080p, the gap narrows to 2.5 FPS (87.1 vs. 84.6), suggesting diminishing returns from the highest preset tier. For users prioritizing smoothness, the High preset offers the best balance, delivering 87.1 FPS at 1080p and 72 FPS at 1440p, both above the 60 FPS threshold. Medium settings provide a substantial boost, reaching 113 FPS at 1080p and 93.7 FPS at 1440p, but the jump from Medium to High costs 25.9 FPS at 1080p, indicating a steep visual-to-performance trade-off. Low settings are the outlier, producing 145.6 FPS at 1080p, yet the visual fidelity loss is significant for a flight simulator where terrain detail matters. Given the data, High is the recommended preset for this combo, as it maintains playable frame rates across all three resolutions while preserving most graphical features.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is the dominant component in this pairing, equipped with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 624.1 GB/s. Its boost clock reaches 2430 MHz, with a game clock of 2124 MHz, and the card is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with 3840 shading units and 96 ROPs. The GPU’s 76th percentile ranking among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32619, places it slightly above the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 (0.2% delta) and NVIDIA P104-100 (0.4% below), but notably ahead of the NVIDIA T600 Mobile (0.7% below). In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the GPU’s role is critical at higher resolutions, as the frame rate drops from 87.1 FPS at 1080p High to 50.8 FPS at 4K High, a 36.3 FPS reduction. This pattern suggests that the RX 7800 XT’s 16 GB VRAM is sufficient for the game’s texture-heavy environments, but the raw compute throughput becomes the limiting factor at 4K, where the Ultra preset drops to 47.6 FPS. The GPU’s DirectX 12 Ultimate support, with a PassMark DirectX 12 score of 93, indicates it is well-optimized for modern APIs, yet the data shows that even with this hardware, 4K Ultra remains below the 60 FPS target, making the card more suited for 1440p gaming where it achieves 68.2 FPS at Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear resolution scaling trend, with the combo losing significant performance as pixel count increases. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 145.6 FPS at 1080p to 118.1 FPS at 1440p (a 27.5 FPS loss), then to 84 FPS at 4K (a further 34.1 FPS loss). This represents a 42.3% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings. At High settings, the drop is steeper: 87.1 FPS at 1080p falls to 72 FPS at 1440p (15.1 FPS loss) and then to 50.8 FPS at 4K (21.2 FPS loss), a total 41.7% decrease. The Medium preset follows a similar trajectory, with 113 FPS at 1080p, 93.7 FPS at 1440p, and 68.7 FPS at 4K, showing a 39.2% total drop. The Ultra preset exhibits the most severe scaling, dropping from 84.6 FPS at 1080p to 68.2 FPS at 1440p and then to 47.6 FPS at 4K, a 43.7% reduction. This consistent pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the CPU’s performance remains constant regardless of resolution. The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU may be more involved, given the smaller FPS gaps between presets (e.g., 145.6 vs. 87.1 at Low vs. High), whereas at 4K, the GPU’s pixel throughput dominates, compressing the preset differences to a range of 36.4 FPS (84 vs. 47.6).

How This Combo Ranks

In the comprehensive database of tested combinations, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT achieves a combo rank of 642 out of 1795 total combos, placing it in the 64th percentile of all configurations tested for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This ranking reflects a solid mid-to-upper tier position, indicating that while the combo is not among the elite performers, it significantly outperforms the majority of systems. The rank is influenced by the CPU’s 83rd percentile standing among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 25626, which is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (deltaPct -0.3%). The GPU’s 76th percentile ranking, with an average score of 32619, similarly positions it close to the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 (0.2% delta) and NVIDIA P104-100 (-0.4% delta). The combination of a top-quartile CPU and a solidly upper-midrange GPU yields a system that excels at 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K performance, as shown by the 50.8 FPS High average, drags the overall rank down compared to combos featuring higher-end GPUs. The data suggests that in this game, the combo’s rank is more constrained by the GPU than the CPU, as evidenced by the steep FPS drops at 4K despite the CPU’s strong multi-threaded capabilities.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is a Zen 3 architecture processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, base clocked at 3.80 GHz and boosting to 4.60 GHz. It features a 16 MB L3 cache and supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU demonstrates strong multi-threaded performance, scoring 20755 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 8717 in Cinebench R20 multicore, while single-thread scores are 2930 and 1230 respectively. Its 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average score of 25626, places it in a tight cluster with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (deltaPct -0.3%) and Intel Xeon D-2752TER (deltaPct 0.4%). In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the CPU’s role is primarily in handling the simulation’s complex physics and AI calculations, which are heavily single-threaded. The data shows that at 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 145.6 FPS, suggesting the CPU can feed the GPU efficiently at lower graphical loads. However, the gap between Low and High settings at 1080p (58.5 FPS) indicates that the CPU is not the limiting factor, as the GPU’s workload increases with preset quality. The CPU’s 16 threads provide ample headroom for the game’s background tasks, but the single-thread performance, reflected in the PassMark single-thread score of 3283, is adequate for the game’s primary simulation loop. The 65W TDP and 7 nm process node make it an efficient choice, though the integrated Radeon Vega 8 graphics are not utilized in this configuration. Overall, the CPU’s performance is well-matched to the GPU at 1080p, but at higher resolutions, the GPU’s limitations become apparent, making the CPU less of a bottleneck.