Outriders

# Outriders Performance Analysis: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

This combination delivers a fundamentally GPU-bound experience in Outriders, with the RTX 4080's raw throughput dictating frame rates across every resolution tested. The data reveals a system that excels at 1440p and 1080p, offers solid 4K performance, but exhibits an unusual setting-sensitivity curve that demands attention. The measured results place this combo at rank 333 out of 3,710 tested configurations, firmly in the top percentile for overall gaming capability.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent, confirming that the RTX 4080 is the primary performance arbiter in this pairing. At Low settings, average FPS falls from 236 at 1080p to 143 at 4K, a reduction of 93 FPS or roughly 39%. This scaling pattern is classic GPU-bound behavior — the CPU has sufficient headroom to feed the GPU even at lower resolutions, but the pixel throughput demands at 4K overwhelm even this high-end card.

Moving from 1440p to 4K at High settings shows a similar trend: 149 FPS drops to 78 FPS, a 48% decrease. The gap between 1080p and 1440p at High settings is more modest — 189 FPS versus 149 FPS, a 21% reduction — indicating that the resolution scaling is not perfectly linear. The 4K jump is disproportionately expensive, which is typical for a game with heavy post-processing effects that scale with pixel count.

At Ultra settings, the resolution scaling becomes even more pronounced. The 1080p result of 167 FPS falls to 108 FPS at 1440p (a 35% drop), then plummets to 56 FPS at 4K (a 48% drop from 1440p). This suggests that Ultra settings introduce effects that amplify the cost of higher resolutions, pushing the GPU to its limits at 4K. The 56 FPS average at 4K Ultra is playable but far from the high-refresh experience this hardware is capable of at lower settings.

The Medium preset shows the most consistent scaling across resolutions: 210 FPS at 1080p, 180 FPS at 1440p, and 104 FPS at 4K. These represent drops of 14% and 42% respectively, with the 1440p-to-4K gap dominating. The measured minimum and maximum values at Medium settings — 178-241 FPS at 1080p, 153-207 FPS at 1440p, and 88-119 FPS at 4K — indicate that frame pacing remains stable even when the GPU is heavily loaded.

GPU Role

The RTX 4080's specifications explain much of the observed performance. With 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, the card has ample memory resources for Outriders at any resolution. The 4K results — 78 FPS at High, 104 FPS at Medium, and 143 FPS at Low — indicate that memory bandwidth is not a bottleneck; the card's compute capabilities are the limiting factor.

The Ada Lovelace architecture's 9,728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs operate at a boost clock of 2505 MHz, producing 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput. This raw compute power drives the high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, where the card can flex its full capabilities. The pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s are directly relevant to Outriders' particle-heavy combat effects and environmental detail.

The 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS shows the card hitting its practical ceiling. At this setting, the combination of higher resolution and maximum-quality effects (likely including enhanced shadows, reflections, and post-processing) consumes the GPU's available throughput. The fact that dropping from Ultra to High at 4K yields a 39% improvement (56 to 78 FPS) demonstrates how sensitive the card is to specific settings tiers in this game.

Interestingly, the RTX 4080's benchmark scores position it just above the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% delta) and below the Radeon Pro W5700X (-1.1% delta) in average benchmark score. This near-parity with the SUPER variant suggests that Outriders' performance is not artificially limited by the card's configuration; the measured FPS results are consistent with the card's overall compute capability.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F plays a supporting role in this pairing, and the data shows it performs admirably without becoming a bottleneck. With 6 cores and 12 threads running at base and boost clocks of 3.70 GHz and 5.00 GHz respectively, this Zen 4 Raphael chip provides enough single-thread performance to keep the RTX 4080 fed at 1080p and 1440p. The 236 FPS result at 1080p Low settings demonstrates that the CPU can sustain very high frame rates without limiting the GPU.

The CPU's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth (via dual-channel DDR5) provide adequate data throughput for Outriders' game logic and asset streaming. The processor's single-thread benchmark scores — 974 in 3DMark single-thread, 3,218 in Cinebench R23 single-core, and 3,841 in PassMark single-thread — indicate strong per-core performance that is essential for a game engine that likely has a primary game thread.

Multi-threaded performance is also solid, with the CPU achieving 22,799 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 6,379 in 3DMark max-threads. This headroom suggests that even if Outriders scales to multiple cores, the CPU can handle it without constraining the GPU. The CPU's percentile rank of 77 against all CPUs and its average benchmark score of 24,964 place it within 0.2% of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-11850H, indicating it is a competitive mid-range option.

The fact that 1080p Low (236 FPS) and 1440p Low (203 FPS) are both well above 144Hz refresh rates suggests the CPU is not the limiting factor at these settings. The performance drop at 4K Low (143 FPS) is attributable to GPU load rather than CPU constraints. This is a well-balanced pairing where the CPU provides sufficient headroom without holding back the GPU.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 333rd out of 3,710 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the top 9% of all configurations. This ranking reflects the strong GPU performance but also accounts for the CPU's mid-range positioning. The rank indicates that this combo outperforms the vast majority of tested systems, though there are 332 configurations that achieve higher frame rates in this specific game.

The ranking is consistent with the hardware's capabilities. The RTX 4080's 86th percentile ranking among all GPUs and the Ryzen 5 7500F's 77th percentile among all CPUs combine to produce a system that is well above average but not at the absolute top tier. The delta between this combo and the top-ranked systems likely comes from CPUs with higher single-thread performance or additional cores that provide marginal gains in CPU-light scenarios.

Given that the GPU is the primary bottleneck in most resolutions and settings, the combo rank could potentially be improved by pairing the RTX 4080 with a higher-end CPU. However, the measured results show that the Ryzen 5 7500F is not significantly limiting performance — the frame rates achieved are close to what would be expected from the GPU's capabilities alone. The ranking is therefore a fair representation of the combo's overall gaming performance in Outriders.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured data, the Medium preset at 1440p offers the best balance of visual quality and performance for this combo. The 180 FPS average with a minimum of 153 FPS and maximum of 207 FPS provides a smooth, high-refresh experience that takes advantage of the RTX 4080's capabilities without pushing into diminishing returns. The 1440p Medium result represents a 67% improvement over 4K Medium (104 FPS) while maintaining a resolution that is visually sharp on most displays.

For 4K users, the High preset at 78 FPS is the recommended choice. This provides a playable frame rate that stays above 60 FPS, which is the practical threshold for smooth gameplay in a looter shooter. The jump from High to Ultra at 4K costs 22 FPS (a 28% reduction) for what is likely marginal visual improvement, making Ultra a poor trade-off at this resolution. The Low preset at 4K (143 FPS) sacrifices too much visual fidelity for frame rates that exceed what most 4K displays can show.

At 1080p, the High preset at 189 FPS is the sweet spot. The Ultra preset at 167 FPS offers only a 12% reduction in FPS while presumably adding meaningful visual enhancements, making it a viable alternative for users with 144Hz or lower refresh displays. The Medium preset at 210 FPS and Low at 236 FPS are only recommended for competitive play where maximum frame rates are prioritized over visuals. The measured minimum of 178 FPS at 1080p Medium indicates consistent frame delivery even during intense combat sequences.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the performance envelope spans from 167 FPS at Ultra to 236 FPS at Low. The Medium preset delivers 210 FPS with a minimum of 178 FPS and maximum of 241 FPS, while High achieves 189 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 69 FPS, representing a 41% performance range across settings. This wide spread indicates that Outriders' settings have a substantial impact on GPU load at this resolution.

The 1440p results show a similar pattern with a tighter spread. Ultra produces 108 FPS, High achieves 149 FPS, Medium delivers 180 FPS (minimum 153, maximum 207), and Low reaches 203 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 95 FPS, a 47% range. Notably, the gap between Medium and Low at 1440p is only 23 FPS, suggesting that Low settings provide diminishing returns in frame rate relative to visual quality loss.

At 4K, the performance drops significantly across all settings. Ultra manages only 56 FPS, High achieves 78 FPS, Medium delivers 104 FPS (minimum 88, maximum 119), and Low reaches 143 FPS. The range from Low to Ultra is 87 FPS, a 61% spread that is proportionally larger than at lower resolutions. This indicates that Ultra settings at 4K are particularly demanding, likely due to effects that scale quadratically with pixel count. The Medium preset's minimum of 88 FPS is the only 4K result that dips close to the 60 FPS threshold, while the Low preset's 143 FPS average provides comfortable headroom above 120 FPS.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset shows the most consistent frame delivery as evidenced by the available minimum and maximum values. The 1080p Medium range of 178-241 FPS, 1440p Medium range of 153-207 FPS, and 4K Medium range of 88-119 FPS all indicate stable performance without major frame drops. This consistency, combined with the moderate visual quality of the Medium preset, makes it the most reliable choice for this hardware configuration in Outriders.