Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti delivers a compelling 1440p and 4K experience in Overpower, an action title released in August 2023. The benchmark data shows a system that scales predictably with resolution and settings, though the performance curve reveals where each component’s influence begins and ends. This combination ranks 393rd out of 1,744 tested combos, placing it comfortably in the top quarter of all pairings in the database.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but not catastrophic, indicating a well-balanced pairing that leans on the GPU at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 121.1 FPS at 1920x1080 to 110.3 FPS at 2560x1440, a modest 8.9% reduction. Moving to 3840x2160, the average drops further to 94.8 FPS, representing a 21.7% decline from the 1080p figure. This pattern suggests that while the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, the CPU still has enough headroom to keep pacing solid.

The scaling story changes dramatically at Low settings, where the CPU’s influence becomes more apparent. At 1080p Low, the system hits 211.2 FPS, but at 1440p Low it drops to 190.6 FPS, and at 4K Low it settles at 161 FPS. The 23.8% gap between 1080p and 4K Low is smaller than the 26.2% gap seen at High settings, indicating that the RTX 3080 Ti’s raw throughput is the limiting factor even when graphical load is reduced. The data also shows that resolution scaling is not linear; the jump from 1440p to 4K costs roughly 14% performance at High settings, while the jump from 1080p to 1440p costs only 8.9%.

Ultra settings amplify the GPU’s role further. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS falls to 78.4, which is 24.7% lower than the 104.1 FPS recorded at 1080p Ultra. This 25.7 FPS absolute difference between the two resolutions is the largest of any settings preset, confirming that Overpower’s Ultra preset heavily taxes the graphics pipeline. For gamers targeting 60 FPS minimums, the 4K Ultra result of 78.4 FPS provides margin, but the 4K High result of 94.8 FPS offers more comfort for high-refresh displays.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 9600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture, built on TSMC’s 4 nm process. It boosts up to 5.40 GHz from a 3.90 GHz base clock, and its single-thread performance is exceptional, as evidenced by a 3DMark single-thread score of 1,253 and a Geekbench single-core score of 3,363. In Overpower, this single-core strength matters because the game’s Low preset at 1080p still manages 211.2 FPS, a figure that would be unattainable with a weaker CPU.

The processor’s multi-threaded capabilities are also respectable, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25,525 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 7,590. These numbers place the 9600X at the 85th percentile among all CPUs, just 0.3% ahead of the Intel Core i5-13490F and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 230 in average benchmark scores. The deltaPct values against the Ryzen 7 8845HS (-0.4%) and Core i5-14500T (-0.5%) are negligible, meaning the 9600X trades blows with these rivals within a single percentage point.

In practice, the CPU’s role in Overpower is most visible at 1080p Low, where the 211.2 FPS average suggests the processor can feed the GPU with minimal bottlenecking. At 4K Ultra, however, the CPU’s influence wanes; the 78.4 FPS result is clearly GPU-bound. The L3 cache of 32 MB shared across six cores helps maintain consistent frame pacing, while the dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth provides sufficient data throughput for the game’s action sequences.

GPU Role

The RTX 3080 Ti is the dominant partner in this pairing, built on the Ampere architecture with an 8 nm process from Samsung. It packs 10,240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs, alongside 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus delivers 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth, which is crucial for 4K textures in Overpower. The boost clock of 1665 MHz and base clock of 1365 MHz are modest by modern standards, but the sheer compute throughput — 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance — drives the high frame rates seen in the data.

The GPU’s benchmark scores reinforce its position. A 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5,077 and a Passmark G3D score of 26,896 place the 3080 Ti at the 83rd percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the RTX 3090, is only 0.5% faster in average benchmark score, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is 0.9% slower and the RTX 5070 is 1.1% slower. This tight grouping means the 3080 Ti performs within a hair’s breadth of much newer hardware, and in Overpower specifically, the data shows it delivering 94.8 FPS at 4K High and 161 FPS at 4K Low.

The VRAM capacity of 12 GB is sufficient for the game’s Ultra preset at 4K, where the 78.4 FPS average indicates no memory-related stuttering. The memory clock of 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) combined with the 384-bit bus yields that 912.4 GB/s bandwidth, which is more than enough to feed the 10240 shading units. At 1080p Medium, the 133.8 FPS average suggests the GPU is not fully stressed, leaving headroom for higher refresh rates.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific pairing of the Ryzen 5 9600X and RTX 3080 Ti ranks 393rd out of 1,744 tested combos in Overpower. That places it in the top 22.5% of all combinations in the database, a strong result for a mid-range CPU paired with a previous-generation high-end GPU. The rank reflects the balanced nature of the pairing: the CPU’s strong single-thread performance (3,363 Geekbench single-core) complements the GPU’s raw rasterization power (26,896 Passmark G3D) without either component creating a severe bottleneck.

The data suggests this combo outperforms many newer pairings that might feature faster CPUs but weaker GPUs. The 4K High result of 94.8 FPS is particularly notable, as it exceeds the 60 FPS threshold by a wide margin. The combo’s rank of 393 out of 1,744 also implies that roughly 1,350 other combinations are slower, which confirms the RTX 3080 Ti’s enduring capability despite being a 2021 product. The CPU’s 85th percentile ranking and the GPU’s 83rd percentile ranking are closely matched, indicating a well-balanced system where neither component dramatically overshadows the other.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers 211.2 FPS on Low settings, 133.8 FPS on Medium, 121.1 FPS on High, and 104.1 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra is 107.1 FPS, a 50.7% reduction, which shows how heavily the Ultra preset impacts the GPU. Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop to 190.6 FPS on Low, 117 FPS on Medium, 110.3 FPS on High, and 92.3 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p Ultra result remains well above 60 FPS, making this resolution the sweet spot for high-refresh gaming.

At 3840x2160, the system still performs admirably: 161 FPS on Low, 101.6 FPS on Medium, 94.8 FPS on High, and 78.4 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Low result of 161 FPS is particularly impressive, indicating that even at the highest resolution, the GPU has substantial headroom when graphical effects are dialed down. The 4K Ultra result of 78.4 FPS is the lowest figure in the dataset but remains playable on most displays.

The data reveals a consistent pattern: the RTX 3080 Ti scales with resolution more than the CPU does, and the Ryzen 5 9600X provides enough single-thread performance to avoid capping frame rates at 1080p. The difference between 1080p High (121.1 FPS) and 4K High (94.8 FPS) is 26.3 FPS, while the difference between 1080p Low (211.2 FPS) and 4K Low (161 FPS) is 50.2 FPS. This indicates that the GPU’s memory bandwidth and shading throughput are the primary drivers of performance at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s 5.40 GHz boost clock keeps the pipeline fed at lower resolutions.