Minecraft

Measured data for Minecraft on the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile shows a combination capable of very high frame rates across a wide range of settings. The dataset covers four presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160, with average FPS ranging from 76 at 4K Ultra to 584 at 1080p Low. This pairing ranks 1191st out of 3710 tested combos in Minecraft.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K is consistent across every preset. At 1920x1080, Low averages 584 FPS, Medium 463 FPS, High 367 FPS, and Ultra 230 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440, those averages drop to 369 FPS, 292 FPS, 232 FPS, and 145 FPS. At 3840x2160, the same preset order yields 193 FPS, 153 FPS, 121 FPS, and 76 FPS. Every settings row falls as resolution increases, and the decline is substantial: the 1080p Low result of 584 FPS is more than three times the 4K Low result of 193 FPS.

The Medium preset is the only one with min/max values recorded at all three resolutions. At 4K Medium, the average is 153 FPS with min 130 and max 176. At 1440p Medium, the average is 292 FPS with min 248 and max 336. At 1080p Medium, the average is 463 FPS with min 393 and max 532. Notably, the 4K Medium minimum of 130 FPS is higher than the 4K High average of 121 FPS, suggesting Medium provides more consistent frame pacing at 4K than High in this measured data.

This resolution scaling pattern indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting component as pixel count rises. A CPU-bound configuration would be expected to show a much flatter frame rate across resolutions, because the CPU workload would not change as dramatically with pixel count. Instead, the measured averages track the rendering load generated by each resolution and preset. The slowest recorded row, 4K Ultra, still averages 76 FPS, while the faster 4K rows stay well above that level.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX is a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 4 part codenamed Dragon Range, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. It uses a 5 nm TSMC process and has a 64 MB L3 cache plus 1 MB L2 per core. Memory support is DDR5 over a dual-channel interface with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 42713 and its single-core score is 6030. In PassMark, it scores 51405 in multithread and 3907 in singlethread.

These results place the CPU in the 95th percentile of all CPUs. Its average benchmark score is 76212. The nearest rivals are Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX at 76155, AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P at 76492, AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX at 76513, and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D at 75779, with deltaPct values of 0.1, -0.4, -0.4, and 0.6 respectively. Those are small gaps, indicating that the CPU is competitive with other high-end parts in the database.

For this game, the CPU's single-thread performance is the more relevant asset. The 1080p Low row reaches 584 FPS, a result that depends on strong per-core response. The multi-thread score is also high, but the measured FPS scaling across resolutions points away from the CPU as the main bottleneck. The 95th percentile CPU standing gives this combo considerable headroom in CPU-sensitive situations; even so, the resolution scaling data shows that the GPU is the component being stressed as settings and pixel counts move upward.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS measured for this combo in Minecraft?

A: The highest recorded average is 584 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next fastest rows are 463 FPS at 1080p Medium, 367 FPS at 1080p High, and 230 FPS at 1080p Ultra.

Q: How does the combo perform at 2560x1440?

A: At 1440p, Low averages 369 FPS, Medium averages 292 FPS with min 248 and max 336, High averages 232 FPS, and Ultra averages 145 FPS.

Q: Does the 4K Ultra preset still produce a usable frame rate?

A: The 4K Ultra row averages 76 FPS, which is the lowest average in the dataset. Comparatively, 4K High averages 121 FPS, 4K Medium averages 153 FPS, and 4K Low averages 193 FPS.

Q: How do the CPU and GPU compare in their overall benchmark standings?

A: The CPU is in the 95th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 76212. The GPU is in the 81st percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 38135. In Minecraft, this combination ranks 1191st out of 3710 tested combos.

Q: Which components are listed as nearest rivals for the GPU?

A: The GPU's nearest rivals by average benchmark score are the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 at 38299 with deltaPct -0.4, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile at 38349 with deltaPct -0.6, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 at 37648 with deltaPct 1.3, and the NVIDIA Tesla P4 at 37628 with deltaPct 1.3.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile ranks 1191st out of 3710 tested combos in Minecraft. That places the pairing in the upper portion of the distribution, though not at the very top. The CPU's 95th percentile standing is notably stronger than the GPU's 81st percentile standing, which indicates that the graphics component is the comparatively weaker half of this pairing.

This rank is based on measured data, as the dataset marks `dataIsMeasured` as true. The rank is consistent with the resolution scaling observed in the FPS rows: the CPU is close to top-tier among all tested CPUs, while the GPU is strong but less exceptional. In a game where frame rates shift heavily with resolution, the GPU's lower relative standing helps explain why the combo does not climb higher in the overall list. The narrow deltaPct values among the CPU's nearest rivals also confirm that the processor side of this combo is firmly in the competitive high-end range.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows allow for preset recommendations based on average FPS and the available min/max data. At 3840x2160, Medium appears to be the most balanced measured option: the average is 153 FPS, with min 130 and max 176. High at 4K averages 121 FPS but has no min/max recorded, and Ultra averages 76 FPS. Low at 4K averages 193 FPS, but it drops to the lowest visual tier. Among the 4K rows, Medium offers a documented floor of 130 FPS while preserving a higher visual preset than Low.

At 2560x1440, High averages 232 FPS and represents the best visual level with a still very high frame rate. Ultra at 1440p averages 145 FPS, while Medium averages 292 FPS with min 248 and max 336. The data shows a clear step between High and Ultra in frame rate, so High is the recommended preset for users who want the highest visual settings without giving up the large frame rate cushion seen in the Medium and High rows.

At 1920x1080, Ultra averages 230 FPS, which makes the highest preset viable even for frame-rate-sensitive use. Low reaches 584 FPS, Medium 463 FPS, and High 367 FPS, but the 1080p Ultra row is the strongest measured combination of visual fidelity and speed in this resolution. Overall, the measured data points to 4K Medium, 1440p High, and 1080p Ultra as the most balanced settings for this hardware pairing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below reproduces the exact measured FPS values from the dataset. Only Medium rows include min/max values; all other preset rows list average FPS only.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | Low | 193 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 153 | 130 | 176 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 121 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 76 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 369 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 292 | 248 | 336 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 232 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 145 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 584 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 463 | 393 | 532 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 367 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 230 | — | — |

The ordering within each resolution is consistent: Low produces the highest average, followed by Medium, then High, then Ultra. At 1920x1080, every measured average is at least 230 FPS. At 2560x1440, every measured average is at least 145 FPS. At 3840x2160, every measured average is at least 76 FPS. The Medium min/max values show that even the lowest recorded frame in each Medium row remains substantial: 393 FPS at 1080p, 248 FPS at 1440p, and 130 FPS at 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is an Ada Lovelace part built on the AD104 chip using a 5 nm TSMC process with 35,800 million transistors and a die size of 294 mm². It has 7424 shading units, 232 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs, with a base clock of 1290 MHz and a boost clock of 1665 MHz. The 12 GB GDDR6 frame buffer runs on a 192-bit bus with 432.0 GB/s bandwidth and a memory clock of 2250 MHz, listed as 18 Gbps effective. The GPU delivers 24.72 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput and the same 24.72 TFLOPS FP16, with a pixel rate of 133.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 386.3 GTexel/s.

In synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 4080 Mobile scores 24926 in PassMark G3D and 11191 in PassMark GPU compute. Geekbench OpenCL is 159575 and Vulkan is 145807. The GPU's average benchmark score is 38135, placing it in the 81st percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the GeForce MX570 at 38299, RTX 5080 Mobile at 38349, RTX 4070 at 37648, and Tesla P4 at 37628, with deltaPct values of -0.4, -0.6, 1.3, and 1.3 respectively.

The measured Minecraft FPS data shows the GPU role clearly. At 1080p Low, the rendering load is light enough to allow 584 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the same GPU produces 76 FPS. The drop is driven by the GPU as resolution and preset quality increase, which aligns with the strong resolution scaling pattern. The 12 GB frame buffer is sufficient for the measured rows, although the dataset does not include VRAM usage metrics. The combination of 432.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 24.72 FP32 TFLOPS supports the high averages seen at 1440p and the playable 4K Medium result of 153 FPS.