Outriders

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ranks 309th out of 1,693 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the top 18.2% of all configurations. This is a notable result given the stark contrast between the two components: a 65W APU with integrated graphics paired with a flagship 450W discrete GPU. The ranking suggests that while the RTX 4090 dominates the rendering workload, the Ryzen 5 5600G’s Zen 3 architecture and 6-core/12-thread configuration provide sufficient throughput to avoid catastrophic bottlenecking. The data indicates a functional pairing, though the CPU’s position in the 78th percentile of all CPUs versus the GPU’s 91st percentile suggests the processor is the limiting factor in pushing higher frame rates.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s 309th position out of 1,693 tested configurations places it within the upper quintile of all pairings tested for Outriders. Benchmark results show a clear pattern: the RTX 4090 is capable of far higher performance than the Ryzen 5 5600G can feed it at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 196.4 FPS, which drops to 139.8 FPS at 1080p Ultra—a 28.8% reduction purely from settings changes. This behavior indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is frequently the limiting component, as the GPU has ample headroom. The CPU’s nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the Intel Core i7-11600H (0.2% faster) and Intel Core i7-11800H (0.2% slower), showing the 5600G sits in a tightly contested performance band. The average benchmark score of 19,983 places it just 0.2% behind the i7-11800H and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX, indicating consistent multi-threaded capability. For a game like Outriders, which is a looter shooter with moderate CPU demands, this processor provides adequate single-thread performance (3,177 in Passmark single-thread) and multi-thread capacity (19,717 in Passmark multithread) to support the RTX 4090 at higher resolutions where the GPU becomes the bottleneck.

FAQ

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5600G strong enough to drive the RTX 4090 in Outriders?

A: The data shows the combo achieves 89.2 FPS at 4K High and 63.6 FPS at 4K Ultra, indicating the CPU can sustain playable frame rates at high resolutions. However, at 1080p Low, the 196.4 FPS result suggests the CPU limits the GPU, as the RTX 4090 alone is capable of much higher output.

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

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G scores 19,983 on average, which is 0.2% higher than the Intel Core i7-11600H (19,949) and 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19,928). It sits 0.2% below the Intel Core i7-11800H and AMD EPYC 7713P, both scoring 20,024.

Q: What is the best resolution to use with this combo in Outriders?

A: At 2560x1440 High, the combo delivers 137.1 FPS, while 4K High yields 89.2 FPS. The 1440p result balances visual fidelity with high refresh rates, whereas 4K Ultra drops to 63.6 FPS, which may be too low for competitive play.

Q: Does increasing settings from Low to Ultra scale linearly with performance loss?

A: No. At 1080p, the drop from Low (196.4 FPS) to Medium (172.3 FPS) is 12.3%, but from Medium to High (158 FPS) is only 8.3%, and from High to Ultra (139.8 FPS) is 11.5%. The scaling is not linear, with the Ultra preset taking the largest absolute hit.

Q: How does the CPU’s integrated graphics affect this pairing?

A: The Radeon Vega 7 iGPU is present but irrelevant in this configuration, as the RTX 4090 handles all rendering. The CPU’s 65W TDP and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are the key constraints, not the integrated graphics.

Q: Is the frame rate stable across all settings?

A: The measured FPS data provides only average FPS values, with no minimum or maximum values recorded. The results show consistent averages, but stability cannot be inferred from the available data.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear resolution scaling pattern that highlights the shifting bottleneck between CPU and GPU. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 196.4 FPS; moving to 1440p Low drops this to 167.1 FPS (a 14.9% reduction), and 4K Low further reduces it to 132.7 FPS (a 20.6% reduction from 1440p). This scaling is relatively modest, suggesting the CPU remains a limiting factor even at 4K Low. However, at Ultra settings, the pattern shifts: 1080p Ultra delivers 139.8 FPS, 1440p Ultra drops to 116.3 FPS (16.8% reduction), and 4K Ultra falls to 63.6 FPS (45.3% reduction from 1440p). The dramatic drop from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra indicates that at this quality level, the GPU becomes the primary constraint, as the RTX 4090’s rendering load increases exponentially with pixel count. The data shows that at High settings, the scaling is 158 FPS at 1080p, 137.1 FPS at 1440p (13.2% reduction), and 89.2 FPS at 4K (34.9% reduction from 1440p). This progression confirms that the CPU can maintain adequate frame pacing at 1080p and 1440p across most settings, but 4K Ultra pushes the GPU to its limits, resulting in a sub-60 FPS experience that is below the typical high-refresh-rate target.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce 196.4 FPS, Medium reduces this to 172.3 FPS (12.3% drop), High achieves 158 FPS (8.3% drop from Medium), and Ultra bottoms out at 139.8 FPS (11.5% drop from High). This represents a total performance loss of 28.8% from Low to Ultra, which is substantial but still leaves the system well above 144Hz refresh rates at all settings. At 2560x1440, the results show 167.1 FPS on Low, 148.2 FPS on Medium (11.3% drop), 137.1 FPS on High (7.5% drop), and 116.3 FPS on Ultra (15.2% drop from High). The total reduction from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 30.4%, similar to 1080p, indicating the CPU is still managing the workload effectively. At 3840x2160, the picture changes dramatically: Low delivers 132.7 FPS, Medium drops to 113.1 FPS (14.8% reduction), High falls to 89.2 FPS (21.1% reduction from Medium), and Ultra plunges to 63.6 FPS (28.7% reduction from High). The cumulative drop from 4K Low to 4K Ultra is 52.1%, nearly double the percentage loss seen at lower resolutions. This steep degradation at 4K Ultra points to the GPU’s raw compute limits, as the RTX 4090’s 82.58 TFLOPS FP32 performance is taxed by the game’s rendering demands at that resolution and quality level.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 brings 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is more than sufficient for Outriders at any resolution, as the game’s texture and geometry demands at 4K Ultra are well within the 24 GB capacity. The GPU’s 16,384 shading units and 512 texture mapping units contribute to its 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate, which is critical for the game’s detailed environments. The boost clock of 2,520 MHz (with a base of 2,235 MHz) allows the GPU to maintain high utilization, but the measured FPS data shows that at 1080p and 1440p, the GPU is often underutilized due to CPU limitations. The RTX 4090’s 128 ray tracing cores are present, though Outriders does not heavily rely on ray tracing, so their impact is minimal. The GPU’s synthetic benchmarks show a Passmark G3D score of 38,194 and an OpenCL score of 317,684, placing it in the 91st percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in synthetic testing are the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (0.4% faster), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (0.9% slower), and NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (1.3% slower), though these are professional-grade cards not typically used for gaming. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the GPU’s performance ceiling is reached at 63.6 FPS, while at 4K Low, it can reach 132.7 FPS, indicating that the GPU is the dominant factor at 4K, whereas the CPU becomes more relevant at lower resolutions. The RTX 4090’s 450W TDP and PCIe 4.0 x16 interface are fully supported by the Ryzen 5 5600G’s PCIe Gen 3.0 connection, though the bandwidth difference is negligible for gaming workloads.