Minecraft: Java Edition

Benchmark data for Minecraft: Java Edition pairs the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. The fastest measured result is 589.1 avg FPS at 1080p Low, and the slowest is 75.1 avg FPS at 4K Ultra. This combination ranks 572 out of 1727 tested combos in the game.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread desktop processor from AMD’s 9000 series, based on the Zen 5 Granite Ridge architecture and made on a 4 nm process. It has a 4.70 GHz base clock, a 5.20 GHz boost clock, 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 96 MB of shared L3 cache. The data also lists 120 W TDP, Socket AM5, DDR5 memory support, dual-channel memory, and 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth. These numbers matter because the measured FPS rows show very high average frame rates at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D produces 589.1 avg FPS, the fastest row in the whole measured set. At that frame rate the CPU is doing the frame delivery work, and the 5.20 GHz boost clock plus 96 MB of L3 cache are the relevant CPU-side resources.

The CPU’s synthetic benchmark profile reinforces this. Cinebench R23 multi-core is 34004, single-core is 4800, and PassMark single-thread is 4430. A 3DMark single-thread result of 1212 and a 3DMark 2-thread result of 2394 indicate strong per-thread performance, which helps explain why the 1080p rows stay so high even when settings rise. The processor sits at the 90th percentile of all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 37780. Its nearest rivals in that aggregate scoring are the Intel Xeon 6353P at 37811 with a deltaPct of -0.1, the Intel Core Ultra 5 225 at 37831 with a deltaPct of -0.1, the Intel Core i9-13900HK at 38020 with a deltaPct of -0.6, and the Intel Core i5-13600KF at 38028 with a deltaPct of -0.7. These comparisons are based on average CPU benchmark scores, not on Minecraft-specific rows, but they show that the 9800X3D is not leaving much CPU performance on the table.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 21 chip on a 7 nm process. It has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. The listed clocks are 1825 MHz base, 2015 MHz game clock, and 2250 MHz boost. The GPU contains 4608 shading units, 288 texture mapping units, 128 ROPs, and 72 ray accelerators. Its FP32 compute is 20.74 TFLOPS, the pixel rate is 288.0 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 648.0 GTexel/s. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, and the card’s TDP is listed at 300 W.

In the measured Minecraft rows, the GPU becomes most visible when resolution and settings are pushed together. At 4K Ultra, the RX 6800 XT records 75.1 avg FPS, the lowest result in this entire data set. At 4K High it reaches 120.6, at 4K Medium 156, and at 4K Low 196.1. That spread shows the GPU is the component responding to preset changes at 4K. The 16 GB frame buffer and 512.0 GB/s bandwidth are part of why the card can still hold triple-digit averages at Medium and High. The GPU’s database average benchmark score is 49982, and it sits at the 87th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A550M, scores 49737 with a deltaPct of 0.5; the NVIDIA CMP 50HX scores 49071 with a deltaPct of 1.9, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 48704 with a deltaPct of 2.6, and the NVIDIA RTX A1000 scores 50826 with a deltaPct of -1.7.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS rows show a consistent drop as resolution moves from 1080p to 1440p to 4K. At Low settings, the averages are 589.1 at 1080p, 372.2 at 1440p, and 196.1 at 4K. At Medium settings, they are 468 at 1080p, 294.5 at 1440p, and 156 at 4K. At High settings, the rows read 371.8, 235.7, and 120.6. At Ultra settings, the averages are 232.7, 146, and 75.1. In every preset, the 1080p row is the highest and the 4K row is the lowest.

This pattern points to the GPU becoming the main resolution-scaling component. At 1080p Low, the CPU-driven result is 589.1; at 4K Low, the same preset drops to 196.1, a large fall caused by putting much more work on the GPU without increasing the graphics preset. Within a single resolution, raising settings also lowers FPS. At 4K, Low is 196.1, Medium is 156, High is 120.6, and Ultra is 75.1. The fact that the 4K Ultra result is the slowest row in the entire set indicates that the RX 6800 XT is the limiting part when both resolution and preset are maxed out. The 1080p rows, by contrast, are high enough that CPU performance is the more relevant limit.

Settings Recommendations

Looking at the measured rows, High is the strongest visual preset per frame rate at 4K. It delivers 120.6 avg FPS, while Medium gives 156 and Ultra drops to 75.1. If the goal is maximum visual quality, Ultra is still playable in the sense that its average is above the 4K High result’s closest competitor? No, that is not the right comparison: the data shows Ultra at 75.1 is slower than every other 4K row. Medium at 156 is the best measured option for players who want a large FPS cushion, and Low at 196.1 is the fastest 4K row.

At 1440p, High produces 235.7 and Ultra produces 146, so High is a practical ceiling for high frame rates while Ultra remains smooth. At 1080p, all four presets are strong. Low reaches 589.1, Medium 468, High 371.8, and Ultra 232.7. If the display is 1080p, High or Medium gives a very high average without giving up as much visual quality as Low. The data set does not include min or max FPS values, so these recommendations are based only on average FPS. All measured rows in this combo are above 75.1, and the next slowest row, 4K High, is well above that at 120.6.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 572 out of 1727 tested combos in Minecraft: Java Edition. That is a strong placement in the upper half of the database, but not near the absolute top. The CPU ranks at the 90th percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU ranks at the 87th percentile of all GPUs, yet the game-specific combo rank is 572, which shows how the measured FPS spread matters more than broad hardware percentiles. The gap between the fastest row, 589.1 at 1080p Low, and the slowest row, 75.1 at 4K Ultra, is the kind of spread that shapes a mid-high combo rank. In aggregate benchmark terms, the CPU’s closest rival is the Intel Xeon 6353P at 37811, and the GPU’s closest rival is the Intel Arc A550M at 49737, but those comparisons do not replace the measured Minecraft rows. The rank of 572 of 1727 is the direct game-specific result for this pair.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

|---|---|---|

| 3840x2160 | High | 120.6 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 196.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 156 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 75.1 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 235.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 372.2 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 294.5 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 146 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 371.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 589.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 468 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 232.7 |