Minimum

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Minimum shows a predictable but steep decline as resolution climbs, and the pattern clearly identifies the GPU as the primary scaling bottleneck. At 1080p High, the combo averages 138 FPS; stepping up to 1440p High drops that to 89 FPS, a 35.5% reduction. Moving from 1440p High to 4K High yields 48 FPS, another 46.1% cut. These are large, consistent drops that point to pixel throughput limits rather than CPU-side stalls.

The Low settings tell an even clearer story about where the ceiling sits. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 214 FPS, which indicates substantial headroom in the CPU at lower resolutions. At 1440p Low, it falls to 138 FPS, and at 4K Low it lands at 74 FPS. The gap between Low and High at each resolution is also telling: at 1080p, Low is 76 FPS ahead of High; at 1440p, the difference is 49 FPS; at 4K, it narrows to 26 FPS. As resolution increases, the settings gap shrinks, which is a classic sign that the GPU is becoming fully saturated and the CPU has less influence over the final frame rate.

The Medium preset provides the only complete min/max data in the set, and it reinforces the scaling trend. At 1080p Medium, the average is 164 FPS with a minimum of 139 FPS and maximum of 189 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 106 FPS, with min/max of 90/122 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 57 FPS, with min/max of 48/66 FPS. The minimum frame rate at 4K Medium (48 FPS) is identical to the average at 4K High, which suggests that at 4K the GPU is running near its sustained limit regardless of minor settings changes.

The Ultra preset shows the most severe drop: 105 FPS at 1080p, 68 FPS at 1440p, and 36 FPS at 4K. That 4K Ultra result is less than a quarter of the 1080p Low result, demonstrating that the Radeon RX 6750 XT is not designed for maximum settings at 4K in this title. The data overall indicates that the CPU (AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D) is not the limiting factor at any resolution tested; the frame rate scales almost entirely with pixel count and settings level, which points to the GPU being the constraining component.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT ranks 1284th out of 2939 tested combos in Minimum. That places it in the 56.3rd percentile of all combinations, meaning it outperforms roughly 56% of tested systems while trailing the top 44%. This is a solidly mid-pack result for a game released in 2014, and it reflects the balanced but not exceptional nature of this pairing.

Given that the GPU sits at the 71st percentile among all GPUs and the CPU sits at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, one might expect a higher combo ranking. The gap between those individual percentiles and the combo's 56th percentile ranking suggests that Minimum does not scale perfectly with raw component strength, or that the game's engine favors certain hardware characteristics over others. The data indicates the combo is better than average but not close to top-tier performance for this title.

The rank becomes more meaningful when considering the rival scores. The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are all within a 0.3% deltaPct of each other, meaning the processor choice among similar 5000-series or competing parts is unlikely to move the needle significantly. The GPU's nearest rivals are actually older AMD FirePro and R9 series cards plus a mobile RTX 3080 Ti, with deltaPct values between 0.5% and 1.1%. This suggests that the RX 6750 XT is grouped with parts that are either workstation-oriented or mobile variants, and it holds a slim edge over all of them in average benchmark score.

For a game like Minimum, which is a third-person shooter from 2014, the rank of 1284 out of 2939 indicates that this combo will handle the game comfortably at most settings, but it will not be among the elite performers. The measured FPS numbers support this: the combo achieves over 100 FPS at 1080p on High and Medium, but falls below 60 FPS at 4K Ultra. This is a dependable mid-range setup for the game, not a record-breaking one.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D brings six cores and twelve threads from the Zen 3 architecture, built on the Vermeer codename at TSMC's 7 nm process. Its base clock is 3.00 GHz with a boost clock of 4.00 GHz, and it carries 96 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's PassMark multithread score is 20,363, with a single-thread score of 2,941. These figures place it at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, which is strong for a six-core part.

In Minimum, the CPU's role appears to be supportive rather than dominant. The measured FPS at 1080p Low reaches 214 FPS, which is high enough to suggest the processor can feed the GPU without becoming a bottleneck at lower resolutions. The PassMark physics score of 2,282 and floating-point math score of 34,511 indicate competent computational throughput, but the game's frame rates at higher resolutions drop far more than CPU performance would dictate if the processor were the limiting factor.

The 96 MB L3 cache is a notable feature of the 5500X3D, and it likely helps with game logic and draw calls, but the benchmark data does not show a disproportionate advantage in Minimum compared to the CPU's nearest rivals. The nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F, has an average benchmark score of 36,945, which is only 0.2% lower than the 5500X3D's 37,018. The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 is similarly close at 36,938 (0.2% lower), and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 is 0.2% higher at 37,093. This means the 5500X3D is effectively tied with several other processors in raw compute, so any performance differences in Minimum would likely come from cache behavior or clock response rather than raw throughput.

The CPU's TDP is 105 W, and it supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel configuration and a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The PCIe Gen 4 interface with 20 lanes allows the GPU to run at full bandwidth. The 5500X3D is multiplier-unlocked, but that is not directly relevant to the game's frame rates. The benchmark results show that at 1080p, the combo can exceed 200 FPS on Low settings, which demonstrates that the CPU is capable of high frame delivery in this title. At 4K, the CPU is clearly not the bottleneck, as frame rates drop to 36-74 FPS depending on settings, a range that is far below what the CPU alone could theoretically support.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings levels (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). At 1080p, the combo delivers 214 FPS on Low, 164 FPS on Medium (min 139, max 189), 138 FPS on High, and 105 FPS on Ultra. This is a strong 1080p showing; even Ultra settings remain well above 100 FPS, which makes the game very playable at high refresh rates.

At 1440p, the results are still solid but the drop is noticeable. Low settings produce 138 FPS, Medium produces 106 FPS (min 90, max 122), High produces 89 FPS, and Ultra produces 68 FPS. The 1440p Medium result with a minimum of 90 FPS shows that the combo can hold near 60 FPS even under load, but Ultra dips to 68 FPS average, which is approaching the threshold where some users might prefer lower settings for competitive play.

At 4K, the combo struggles with maximum settings. Ultra averages just 36 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS standard for smooth gameplay. High settings improve to 48 FPS, Medium to 57 FPS (min 48, max 66), and Low to 74 FPS. The 4K Medium result with a minimum of 48 FPS indicates that even medium settings can cause frame drops below 50 FPS, which may be noticeable in a third-person shooter. The 4K Low setting at 74 FPS is the only 4K preset that clears the 60 FPS threshold comfortably.

The min/max data for Medium settings across resolutions provides insight into frame consistency. At 1080p, the spread from min to max is 50 FPS (139 to 189). At 1440p, the spread narrows to 32 FPS (90 to 122). At 4K, the spread is 18 FPS (48 to 66). This tightening of the frame time range as resolution increases suggests that the GPU becomes more consistently saturated at higher pixel counts, reducing the variability that can come from scene complexity or CPU hiccups.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT is based on the Navi 22 chip with RDNA 2.0 architecture, built on TSMC's 7 nm process. It features 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units, with 40 ray tracing cores. The GPU has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 2150 MHz, with a boost clock of 2600 MHz and a game clock of 2495 MHz. The GPU's PassMark G3D score is 20,700, and it sits at the 71st percentile among all GPUs.

In Minimum, the GPU is clearly the dominant factor in frame rate scaling. The evidence is that resolution increases cause proportionally larger FPS drops than settings changes at the same resolution. For example, moving from 1080p High (138 FPS) to 1440p High (89 FPS) is a 35.5% drop, while moving from 1440p High to 4K High (48 FPS) is a 46.1% drop. These are GPU-bound reductions that align with pixel count increases (1080p to 1440p is 1.78x pixels; 1440p to 4K is 2.25x pixels), and the FPS drops are roughly consistent with those pixel increases, confirming the GPU is the limiting component.

The GPU's 12 GB VRAM is sufficient for Minimum at all tested settings, as the game is from 2014 and unlikely to exceed 4 GB even at 4K Ultra. The memory bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s is ample for this title. The GPU's FP32 performance of 13.31 TFLOPS and texture rate of 416.0 GTexel/s are more than enough for a game of this era, which is why the combo can exceed 200 FPS at 1080p Low.

The GPU's nearest rivals in average benchmark score are the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (0.5% lower), AMD FirePro W7100 (0.6% lower), AMD FirePro D700 (0.7% lower), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (1.1% lower). This grouping is unusual because it places a modern desktop GPU alongside older workstation and mobile parts, but the RX 6750 XT edges out all of them. The GPU's TDP is 250 W, with a suggested PSU of 600 W, and it uses a dual-slot design with 1x 6-pin and 1x 8-pin power connectors.

The 4K Ultra result of 36 FPS is the clearest indicator of the GPU's limits in this title. At that setting, the GPU is fully saturated, and the frame rate drops to a level that is below the standard for smooth gameplay. The 4K Medium result of 57 FPS shows that reducing settings can bring the game to a playable level at 4K, but the GPU does not have enough headroom for maximum settings at that resolution. The data overall shows that the RX 6750 XT is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming in Minimum, where it delivers 68-214 FPS depending on settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the combo's ranking in Minimum compared to all tested combinations?*

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D + AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT combo ranks 1284th out of 2939 tested combos, placing it in the 56.3rd percentile of all systems tested.

Q: At what resolution and settings does this combo achieve the highest frame rate?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 214 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The lowest measured average FPS is 36 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K resolution?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at 4K. Evidence includes the steep FPS drops as resolution increases (e.g., 138 FPS at 1080p High to 48 FPS at 4K High) and the narrowing gap between Low and High settings as resolution increases, which indicates GPU saturation.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5500X3D has an average benchmark score of 37,018. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F, scores 36,945 (0.2% lower). The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 scores 36,938 (0.2% lower), and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 scores 37,093 (0.2% higher). All are within 0.3% of each other.

Q: What is the minimum frame rate recorded at 1440p Medium settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with Medium settings, the minimum recorded FPS is 90, with an average of 106 FPS and a maximum of 122 FPS.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K with any settings preset?

A: Yes, at 4K with Low settings, the average FPS is 74, which exceeds 60 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average is 57 FPS, which is below 60 FPS, and at 4K High and Ultra, the averages are 48 FPS and 36 FPS respectively.