Minecraft: Java Edition

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 delivers a highly variable experience in Minecraft: Java Edition, with performance swinging dramatically based on resolution and quality preset. This combination ranks 1686th out of 1727 tested combos for this title, placing it in the bottom 2.4% of all configurations. The data reveals a system that can deliver playable frame rates at lower resolutions but struggles significantly at 4K Ultra settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the rank of this CPU-GPU combination in Minecraft: Java Edition?

A: The combo ranks 1686th out of 1727 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 2.4% of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: What is the best average FPS this combo achieves in Minecraft?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 186.5 at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. The next best is 145.9 FPS at 1080p Medium settings.

Q: How does the GTX 1650 perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the GPU produces 61.9 FPS on Low settings, but this drops to 36.8 FPS on High and 22.8 FPS on Ultra settings. Medium settings yield 48.2 FPS.

Q: What is the CPU's average benchmark score and how does it compare to rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X has an average benchmark score of 26214. It is 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26196) and 0.2% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT (26161), while trailing the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X by 0.2% (26272).

Q: What is the GPU's average benchmark score and how does it compare to nearby rivals?

A: The GTX 1650 has an average benchmark score of 8713. It trails the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 by 0.5% (8761) and the AMD Radeon 550X by 0.4% (8749), while leading the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 by 0.5% (8671).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The GTX 1650 sits at the 43rd percentile among all GPUs, while the Ryzen 7 5700X sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is built on the Turing architecture with a TU117 chip fabricated on a 12 nm process. It features 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output pipelines. The card operates at a base clock of 1485 MHz with a boost clock of 1665 MHz, delivering 2.984 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

Memory configuration is a critical constraint for this GPU. The card has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 128.1 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 2001 MHz, translating to 8 Gbps effective. This limited memory capacity and bandwidth become particularly evident at higher resolutions, where the measured FPS drops sharply despite the CPU's relative strength.

The GPU's pixel rate of 53.28 GPixel/s and texture rate of 93.24 GTexel/s indicate its processing ceilings. The card supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Its 75 W TDP and lack of power connectors mean it draws power solely from the PCIe slot, with a suggested PSU of 250 W. The card's end-of-life production status and 43rd percentile ranking among all GPUs reinforce its position as a lower-midrange part in the current landscape.

In Minecraft: Java Edition, the GPU's role is complicated by the game's rendering demands. The data shows that at 1080p, the GPU can push well over 100 FPS on Low and Medium settings, but at 4K Ultra, performance collapses to 22.8 FPS. This pattern indicates that while the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, the GTX 1650's 4 GB VRAM and 128-bit bus become severe bottlenecks as resolution scales upward.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 7 5700X and GTX 1650 ranks 1686th out of 1727 tested combos in Minecraft: Java Edition. This places the pairing in the bottom 2.4% of all configurations, a surprisingly low position given the CPU's strong benchmark showing. The Ryzen 7 5700X itself sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 26214, while the GTX 1650 sits at only the 43rd percentile among GPUs with an average score of 8713.

The massive gap between CPU and GPU percentile rankings explains the poor combo ranking. The CPU is clearly not the limiting factor; it outperforms the Intel Core i9-11900KF by 0.1% and the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT by 0.2% in average benchmark score. However, the GPU trails the AMD Radeon 550X by 0.4% and the NVIDIA RTX 3050 A Mobile by 0.4% in its own benchmarks. This creates a significant imbalance where the system's overall gaming performance is dictated almost entirely by the GTX 1650's capabilities.

The measured FPS data confirms this analysis. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 186.5 FPS, which demonstrates the CPU's ability to drive high frame rates when the GPU is not heavily taxed. But at 4K Ultra, the system drops to 22.8 FPS, a figure that reflects the GPU's inability to handle the increased pixel count and quality settings. The ranking suggests that for Minecraft specifically, this GPU pairing holds back what is otherwise a capable CPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce an average of 186.5 FPS, while Medium settings yield 145.9 FPS. High settings drop to 117 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 73.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 113.3 FPS, indicating that quality presets have a substantial impact on performance even at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates decline across all settings. Low settings still manage 117.3 FPS, which is nearly identical to the 1080p High result. Medium settings produce 93.6 FPS, High settings drop to 73.2 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 44 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a reduction of approximately 37% on Low settings, 36% on Medium, 37% on High, and 40% on Ultra.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become pronounced. Low settings yield 61.9 FPS, which is playable but a significant drop from the 186.5 FPS at 1080p Low. Medium settings produce 48.2 FPS, High settings fall to 36.8 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 22.8 FPS. The 4K results show that the GTX 1650 cannot maintain smooth frame rates at higher quality settings, with even Medium settings falling below the 60 FPS threshold.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the bottleneck structure of this system. At Low settings, the FPS drops from 186.5 at 1080p to 117.3 at 1440p (a 37.1% reduction) and then to 61.9 at 4K (a 66.8% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline indicates that the GPU is the limiting component as resolution increases, since the CPU's performance does not scale with pixel count.

For Ultra settings, the pattern is even more dramatic. The FPS drops from 73.2 at 1080p to 44 at 1440p (a 39.9% reduction) and then to 22.8 at 4K (a 68.9% reduction from 1080p). The fact that 4K Ultra produces less than one-third of the 1080p Ultra frame rate strongly suggests that the GTX 1650's 4 GB VRAM capacity is being exceeded, forcing the system to rely on slower memory operations.

The scaling pattern across all settings shows that the GPU's rendering pipeline becomes saturated at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the system is likely CPU-bound in some scenarios, given the Ryzen 7 5700X's strong single-threaded performance (921 in 3DMark single-thread, 3193 in Cinebench R23 single-core). However, by 1440p and especially 4K, the GPU's 128.1 GB/s memory bandwidth and 2.984 TFLOPS compute capacity become the primary constraints. The data shows a consistent pattern where doubling resolution from 1080p to 1440p reduces FPS by roughly 37-40%, and moving to 4K reduces it by roughly 67-69% across all quality settings.