Outriders

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G compare to its closest rival in overall CPU benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G posts an average benchmark score of 19983, placing it 0.2% ahead of the Intel Core i7-11600H (19949) and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19928). It sits 0.2% behind both the Intel Core i7-11800H and AMD EPYC 7713P, which each score 20024.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 achieves a percentile rank of 80 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35787. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro Duo, scores 35860 (0.2% higher), while the AMD Radeon 880M trails by 0.4% with 35646.

Q: How does the combo rank within Outriders specifically?

A: This CPU-GPU combination ranks 585th out of 1693 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the upper-middle portion of the tested field. The data is measured, not simulated.

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

A: In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 5 5600G scores 16758 multi-core and 2365 single-core, a ratio of roughly 7.1:1. The 3DMark results show 872 single-thread and 5455 max-thread scores, indicating the chip scales well across its 6 cores and 12 threads.

Q: What memory bandwidth does the CPU support, and does it affect this pairing?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G supports dual-channel DDR4 with a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. This is a modest figure relative to the GPU's 760.3 GB/s memory bandwidth, but benchmark results in Outriders show the combo still achieves playable frame rates at all tested settings except 4K Ultra.

Q: How does the GPU's DirectX 12 performance compare to its DirectX 11 result?

A: The RTX 3080 scores 100 in PassMark DirectX 12 and 207 in DirectX 11. This suggests the card's raw capability is better expressed through older APIs, though Outriders' measured frame rates show strong performance regardless of API generation.

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rate data across three resolutions and four quality presets provides a clear picture of where this combo operates best. At 1080p, the Ultra preset delivers 130.1 FPS average, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold and suitable for high-refresh displays. The High preset at 1080p reaches 159.2 FPS, while Medium hits 175.4 FPS and Low tops out at 197.5 FPS. Given that the gap between Ultra and Medium at 1080p is 45.3 FPS, the Ultra setting offers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance for most users.

Moving to 1440p, the Ultra preset drops to 80.1 FPS, which remains playable but begins to stress the combo. High at 1440p delivers 113.8 FPS, Medium reaches 149 FPS, and Low hits 170 FPS. The 33.7 FPS difference between Ultra and High at this resolution suggests that High is the optimal preset for 1440p gaming, preserving most visual quality while maintaining a substantial frame rate cushion.

At 4K, the picture changes dramatically. Ultra falls to 39.9 FPS, which is below the standard 60 FPS playability threshold. High at 4K achieves 56.9 FPS, still shy of 60 but close enough that adaptive sync displays can manage it. Medium reaches 74.6 FPS, and Low delivers 103.6 FPS. For 4K, the Medium preset provides the best experience, offering a 37.7 FPS improvement over High while retaining enough visual detail for a looter shooter where readability matters.

The data indicates that High is the recommended preset for 1080p and 1440p, while Medium is the sensible choice for 4K. This pattern suggests the combo is GPU-limited at higher resolutions and settings, a point explored further in the resolution scaling section.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how this combo scales under increasing resolution load. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 159.2 at 1080p to 113.8 at 1440p (a 28.5% reduction) and then to 56.9 at 4K (a 50% reduction from 1440p). The 4K result is less than half of the 1080p figure, indicating that the RTX 3080's rendering pipeline becomes the primary bottleneck as pixel count quadruples.

The Low preset shows a different scaling pattern: 197.5 FPS at 1080p, 170 FPS at 1440p, and 103.6 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-1440p drop of 13.9% is modest, but the 1440p-to-4K drop of 39.1% is substantial. This suggests that even at low settings, the 4K resolution saturates the GPU's fill rate and bandwidth capabilities.

The Medium preset mirrors this trend with 175.4 FPS, 149 FPS, and 74.6 FPS across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K respectively. The Ultra preset shows the steepest relative decline: 130.1 FPS at 1080p, 80.1 FPS at 1440p (a 38.4% drop), and 39.9 FPS at 4K (a 50.2% drop from 1440p). This steep decline at higher settings confirms that the GPU's 10 GB memory and 320-bit bus are taxed heavily by Ultra settings at higher resolutions.

The scaling behavior indicates that the Ryzen 5 5600G is not the limiting factor in this combination. At 1080p Low, the CPU can feed the GPU enough data to reach nearly 200 FPS, which is a strong indicator that the 6-core/12-thread processor keeps pace. The bottleneck shifts decisively to the GPU as resolution increases, particularly at 4K where even Medium settings produce less than half the frame rate of 1080p Low.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 ranks 585th out of 1693 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the 34.5th percentile of all pairings. This is a mid-pack result that aligns with the CPU's 78th percentile among all CPUs and the GPU's 80th percentile among all GPUs.

The rank suggests that while each component individually sits in the upper quartile of their respective categories, the pairing does not achieve top-tier performance in this specific game. This is likely due to Outriders' engine characteristics, which may favor different CPU-GPU balance points. The combo's rank of 585 means 1108 other combinations outperform it, indicating that Outriders rewards certain hardware configurations more than others.

The CPU's nearest rivals in average benchmark score — the Intel Core i7-11600H, Intel Core i7-11800H, AMD EPYC 7713P, and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX — all fall within 0.3% of the Ryzen 5 5600G's score. This tight clustering suggests that CPU choice among these options would have minimal impact on Outriders performance, reinforcing the notion that the GPU dominates the frame rate equation.

The GPU's nearest rivals — AMD Radeon Pro Duo, AMD Radeon 880M, AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile — also cluster tightly, with deltas ranging from -0.9% to 1%. This indicates that the RTX 3080's performance level is well-established, and the combo rank is more a function of game-specific optimization than raw hardware capability.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 brings substantial resources to this pairing: 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, delivering 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock is 1440 MHz with a boost clock of 1710 MHz, and it contains 8704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. These specifications translate to a pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s.

The memory configuration is particularly relevant to Outriders' 4K performance. The 10 GB capacity is sufficient for the game's textures at 1080p and 1440p, but the measured frame rate drops at 4K Ultra — from 130.1 FPS at 1080p to 39.9 FPS at 4K — suggests that memory bandwidth and capacity become strained at higher resolutions. The 760.3 GB/s bandwidth is more than adequate for most scenarios, but the 320-bit bus width limits the GPU's ability to feed its 8704 shading units at 4K with Ultra settings.

The GPU's compute capabilities are substantial, with FP32 performance of 29.77 TFLOPS and FP16 at the same figure (1:1 ratio). The 68 ray tracing cores and 272 tensor cores provide hardware acceleration for advanced rendering features, though Outriders' measured performance at 4K Ultra indicates that the game's rasterization load is the primary bottleneck.

The GPU's 80th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35787, places it in the upper tier of graphics cards. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro Duo, scores 35860 (0.2% higher), while the AMD Radeon 880M trails by 0.4%. This tight competition means that in Outriders, the RTX 3080's performance is well within the expected range for its class, and the measured frame rates reflect a card that is being utilized effectively up to the point where resolution and settings overwhelm its memory subsystem.

The 320W TDP and dual-slot design indicate a high-power component, and the 1x 12-pin power connector requires a 700W suggested PSU. The GPU's production status is end-of-life, with the GeForce 40 series as its successor, but its measured performance in Outriders remains competitive at 1080p and 1440p, with playable frame rates at 4K when settings are adjusted to Medium or lower.