Minimum

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti delivers a robust experience in Minimum, a 2014 third-person shooter, with measured frame rates that scale predictably across resolutions and settings. The combination ranks 961st out of 3,712 tested configurations, placing it in the top quarter of all combos in this game, and the data shows a system that is heavily GPU-bound at 4K while becoming increasingly CPU-sensitive at 1080p.

FAQ

*Q: What is the combo rank for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D with the RTX 3080 Ti in Minimum?*

A: This combination ranks 961st out of 3,712 tested combos in Minimum, which places it in the upper tier of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combo at 1080p?

A: The highest average FPS at 1920x1080 is 277 frames per second, achieved with Low settings. At Medium settings, the average drops to 212 FPS, and at High it is 178 FPS, while Ultra yields 136 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 3080 Ti's memory bandwidth compare to its nearest rivals in the benchmark database?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti has 912.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth and 12 GB of GDDR6X memory. Its nearest rivals by average benchmark score are the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (0.8% lower score), NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB (1.2% higher), NVIDIA Tesla M40 (1.7% higher), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (2% lower), though the benchmark scores do not directly measure memory bandwidth.

Q: What is the CPU's single-threaded performance relative to its multi-threaded performance?

A: In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 1,452 in single-core and 14,317 in multi-core, indicating a roughly 9.9x scaling from single to multi-threaded workloads, consistent with its 8 cores and 16 threads.

Q: At which resolution does the frame rate drop below 60 FPS on Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 (4K) with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 47, which is below the 60 FPS threshold. At 2560x1440 with Ultra, the average is 87 FPS, and at 1920x1080 with Ultra, it is 136 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU's 3DMark score show a large gap between 8-thread and 16-thread performance?

A: The 3DMark 8-thread score is 5,906, while the max-thread score is 7,285, a difference of about 23%. The 16-thread score is 7,299, nearly identical to the max-thread score, suggesting the CPU reaches its performance ceiling with 16 threads.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing for Minimum, particularly at higher resolutions and settings. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 912.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth. This is paired with 10,240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 raster operation units, all running at a base clock of 1,365 MHz and a boost clock of 1,665 MHz. The GPU's memory operates at 1,188 MHz, translating to 19 Gbps effective, and the card draws up to 350 W under load.

In Minimum, the GPU's role becomes evident when comparing frame rates across settings at the same resolution. At 4K, moving from Medium to High settings yields a drop from 74 FPS to 62 FPS, while Ultra drops to 47 FPS. The RTX 3080 Ti's 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 532.8 GTexel/s texture rate are sufficient to handle the game's demands, but the data shows that Ultra settings at 4K push the card to its limits. The GPU's 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores are present in the hardware, though Minimum being a 2014 title does not appear to leverage these features based on the measured FPS values.

The 12 GB VRAM capacity is more than adequate for this game, even at 4K, and the 912.4 GB/s bandwidth ensures that texture streaming and memory-intensive effects do not become bottlenecks. The GPU's pixel rate of 186.5 GPixel/s and texture rate of 532.8 GTexel/s are high enough that the card is not bound by fill rate at 1080p, where it achieves 277 FPS on Low settings. However, at 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 47 suggests the GPU is fully saturated, as the frame rate drops below what the CPU could otherwise deliver. The RTX 3080 Ti's benchmark scores reinforce its position: it ranks in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, with a PassMark G3D score of 26,896 and an average benchmark score of 41,187.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K in Minimum reveals a clear transition from CPU-bound to GPU-bound behavior. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 277 FPS, but this drops to 179 FPS at 1440p (a 35% reduction) and further to 96 FPS at 4K (a 65% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor as resolution increases, since the CPU's workload (draw calls, physics, game logic) remains constant while the GPU must render more pixels.

Looking at High settings, the scaling is similar but with lower absolute numbers: 178 FPS at 1080p, 115 FPS at 1440p (a 35% drop), and 62 FPS at 4K (a 65% drop from 1080p). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests that the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the high frame rates (136-277 FPS depending on settings) indicate that the CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads running at up to 4.50 GHz boost, has enough headroom to feed the GPU adequately. However, the gap between 1080p and 1440p at Low settings (277 vs 179 FPS) is 98 FPS, which is larger than the gap at Ultra settings (136 vs 87 FPS, a 49 FPS difference), suggesting that at lower settings the GPU becomes the sole bottleneck even at 1440p.

The 4K Ultra result of 47 FPS is particularly telling. This is the only measured configuration that falls below the 60 FPS threshold, and it indicates that the RTX 3080 Ti, despite its high bandwidth and compute, cannot maintain playable frame rates at the highest settings in 4K for this title. The data shows that the limiting component at 4K is unequivocally the GPU, as even the fastest CPU would not overcome the pixel throughput demands. At 1440p, the combo remains competitive with 87-179 FPS across settings, while at 1080p it excels with 136-277 FPS, making the system well-suited for high-refresh-rate monitors at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for this combo covers three resolutions and four settings levels, providing a comprehensive view of performance.

At 1920x1080, the average FPS ranges from 277 on Low to 136 on Ultra. Medium settings produce 212 FPS with a minimum of 180 and maximum of 244, while High settings yield 178 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium is 65 FPS, from Medium to High is 34 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 42 FPS. This indicates that the GPU has significant headroom at 1080p, and the CPU is likely the limiting factor at the lowest settings, where the frame rate exceeds 250 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS drops to 179 on Low, 137 on Medium, 115 on High, and 87 on Ultra. The Medium settings show a minimum of 116 and maximum of 157 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 35% lower across all settings, which is expected given the increase in pixel count from 2.07 million to 3.69 million (a 78% increase in pixels). The fact that FPS drops by only 35% suggests the GPU has enough bandwidth to handle the additional pixels without linear scaling.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS is 96 on Low, 74 on Medium, 62 on High, and 47 on Ultra. The Medium settings show a minimum of 63 and maximum of 85 FPS. The drop from 1440p to 4K is more severe: Low goes from 179 to 96 FPS (a 46% reduction), Medium from 137 to 74 (46% reduction), High from 115 to 62 (46% reduction), and Ultra from 87 to 47 (46% reduction). This consistent 46% reduction across all settings indicates that the GPU is uniformly constrained by the 4K pixel count, which is 8.29 million pixels, 4 times the 1080p count. The RTX 3080 Ti's 912.4 GB/s memory bandwidth becomes the critical resource here, as the card must stream textures and geometry across a 384-bit bus.

The only sub-60 FPS result is 4K Ultra at 47 FPS, which would be noticeable in a fast-paced third-person shooter. All other configurations exceed 60 FPS, with the majority exceeding 100 FPS. The data shows that for a smooth 60 FPS experience, players would need to use High settings at 4K (62 FPS) or Ultra at 1440p (87 FPS).

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ranks 961st out of 3,712 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the 74th percentile of all configurations. This means that roughly 2,751 other combos perform worse, while 960 perform better. The rank reflects the balance between a high-end CPU (80th percentile among all CPUs) and a high-end GPU (83rd percentile among all GPUs).

The CPU's nearest rivals by average benchmark score include the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (0% difference), Intel Core i9-10900K (0.1% higher), AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 (0.1% lower), and Intel Core i5-12600KF (0.3% higher). These scores are all within a 0.4% band, indicating that the 5800X3D's synthetic performance is on par with several other processors. However, the 5800X3D's 96 MB of shared L3 cache is unique among these rivals, though the benchmark data does not directly measure how this affects Minimum.

The GPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (0.8% higher score), NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB (1.2% lower), NVIDIA Tesla M40 (1.7% lower), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (2% higher). Notably, the RTX 3080 Ti's average benchmark score of 41,187 is lower than the Tesla M40 variants despite those cards being older data-center parts, but in Minimum the RTX 3080 Ti's driver optimization and feature set likely contribute to its actual performance.

The rank of 961 out of 3,712 suggests that while this is a strong combo, there are many configurations that achieve higher frame rates in Minimum. Given that the game is from 2014 and is not particularly demanding by modern standards, the limiting factor for this combo's rank is likely the 4K Ultra result dragging down the average, as well as the fact that the CPU is not the fastest available (it ranks in the 80th percentile). Combos with newer, faster CPUs or GPUs would score higher, but this pairing remains competitive for 1080p and 1440p gaming.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (codenamed Vermeer), manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 4.50 GHz, with a 105 W TDP. The CPU's defining feature is its 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is significantly larger than typical processors, alongside 64 KB L1 and 512 KB L2 cache per core. It supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and is compatible with the AMD Socket AM4 platform with PCIe Gen 4 (20 lanes).

In Minimum, the CPU's role is most apparent at 1080p with low settings, where the frame rate reaches 277 FPS. At this resolution and settings, the GPU is not fully utilized, and the CPU's ability to process draw calls and game logic becomes the bottleneck. The 5800X3D's high boost clock of 4.50 GHz and large L3 cache help maintain high minimum frame rates, though the measured data does not include min FPS for most configurations. The CPU's multi-threaded performance, as measured by Cinebench R23 (14,317 multi-core, 1,452 single-core), indicates strong scaling across its 8 cores.

At 4K, the CPU's influence diminishes, as the GPU becomes the limiting factor. However, the CPU still needs to keep up with the GPU's frame production. The 5800X3D's 3DMark scores show solid performance: 7,299 in the 16-thread test, 5,906 in the 8-thread test, and 884 in single-thread. The PassMark multi-thread score of 28,309 and single-thread score of 3,234 further confirm its capability. The CPU's 80th percentile ranking among all CPUs means it is faster than most, but not the absolute fastest, which matters in a game like Minimum where high frame rates at 1080p can exceed 200 FPS.

The data suggests that the 5800X3D is well-matched with the RTX 3080 Ti for this game. At 1080p, the CPU can deliver over 270 FPS on Low settings, indicating it is not a limiting factor at lower resolutions. At 1440p and 4K, the GPU takes over as the primary constraint, and the CPU's job is to ensure that frame times remain consistent. The lack of min FPS data for most configurations makes it difficult to assess frame pacing, but the average FPS values suggest that the combo provides a smooth experience at all settings except 4K Ultra. Given that the CPU's nearest rivals (Intel Core i9-10900K, Intel Core i5-12600KF) have similar average benchmark scores, the 5800X3D's performance in Minimum is consistent with its synthetic benchmarks, and its 96 MB L3 cache does not appear to provide a measurable advantage in this particular title based on the measured FPS alone.