Overpower

The pairing of the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 in Overpower produces a dataset that reveals significant bottlenecks and surprising scaling behavior. The CPU, a 14-core Meteor Lake mobile part with a 3.60 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost clock, sits at the 81st percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU, an Ada Lovelace flagship with 16 GB of GDDR6X and a 2505 MHz boost, ranks at the 86th percentile among GPUs. Yet the measured frame rates in this Action title suggest the combination is often held back by the processor, especially at lower resolutions, while the GPU’s immense memory bandwidth and compute throughput only fully manifest at 4K. The data shows a complex interaction where settings presets matter more than raw hardware potential.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows provide a clear hierarchy for optimizing the experience in Overpower. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 194 FPS average, which is the highest frame rate recorded for this combo across any resolution or settings level. However, Ultra at 1080p drops to 93 FPS, a reduction of 101 FPS or roughly 52% from Low, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a heavy load that the CPU cannot fully feed at this resolution. The Medium preset at 1080p yields 121 FPS with a min of 103 and max of 140, offering a balanced 28 FPS improvement over High (113 FPS) while maintaining smoother minimums than the 103 FPS floor suggests. For competitive play or high-refresh monitors, Low is the obvious choice, but for visual fidelity without sacrificing responsiveness, Medium provides the best compromise — it keeps the average above 120 FPS while the min FPS of 103 ensures no severe stutters.

At 1440p, the pattern shifts. Low delivers 173 FPS, still excellent, but Medium drops to 108 FPS with a min of 92 and max of 124. High sits at 100 FPS, and Ultra falls to 83 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is only 8 FPS, whereas the jump from High to Ultra costs 17 FPS. This suggests that Medium is the sweet spot at 1440p, as it maintains a 108 FPS average with a minimum of 92, which is above the 90 FPS threshold many users consider playable. Ultra at 1440p (83 FPS) is still fluid, but the 25 FPS loss from Medium to Ultra is disproportionate to the graphical gains implied by the preset name. For 4K, the data tells a different story: Low produces 147 FPS, Medium 92 FPS, High 85 FPS, and Ultra 71 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium is 55 FPS, a massive 37% reduction, while Medium to High only loses 7 FPS and High to Ultra loses 14 FPS. Given that the GPU has 16 GB of VRAM and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth, the 4K Medium setting (92 FPS) is the recommended starting point, as it delivers a near-90 FPS experience with better visual quality than Low, and the min FPS of 78 remains acceptable.

Overall, the data indicates that Medium is the most efficient preset across all resolutions. At 1080p, it offers 121 FPS (62% of Low’s performance but with better visuals), at 1440p it hits 108 FPS, and at 4K it achieves 92 FPS. The Ultra preset, while playable, shows diminishing returns — at 4K it only reaches 71 FPS, which is 21 FPS below Medium, and at 1080p it falls to 93 FPS, a 28 FPS deficit. Users prioritizing frame rate should always select Low, but for a balanced experience, Medium is the data-backed recommendation.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 in this combo is a data center in a laptop chassis — 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, with a base clock of 2205 MHz and boost of 2505 MHz. In Overpower, the GPU’s role becomes evident when examining resolution scaling. At 1080p, the GPU is underutilized: Low preset yields 194 FPS, but increasing to Ultra only drops to 93 FPS, suggesting the CPU is the limiting factor since the GPU has headroom. However, at 4K, the GPU’s capabilities shine — Low still manages 147 FPS, but Ultra falls to 71 FPS, indicating the GPU is now the bottleneck as the resolution increases. The 16 GB VRAM is never stressed in this game, as even at 4K Ultra, the frame rates are limited by compute rather than memory capacity. The GDDR6X memory clock of 1400 MHz (22.4 Gbps effective) contributes to the 716.8 GB/s bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for 4K textures, but the data shows that the RTX 4080’s 48.74 TFLOPS FP32 performance is the key factor. At 4K, the GPU’s pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s are heavily taxed, as evidenced by the 71 FPS Ultra result. The GPU’s benchmark scores — 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 at 6567 and Passmark G3D at 34457 — place it at the 86th percentile, but in Overpower, the GPU only becomes the primary constraint at 4K, where its raw throughput determines the frame rate ceiling.

The RTX 4080’s nearest rivals in benchmark averages include the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% delta) and AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (-2.6% delta), but in this game, the GPU’s performance is modulated by the CPU. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra (194 vs 93 FPS) is 101 FPS, which is a 52% drop, while at 4K the same comparison (147 vs 71 FPS) is a 76 FPS drop (52% as well). This consistency suggests the GPU handles the settings load proportionally, but the absolute numbers reveal that the CPU cannot keep up at lower resolutions. The GPU’s 76 ray tracing cores and 304 tensor cores are not explicitly tested in the FPS data, but their presence in the architecture does not prevent the 4K Ultra result from dipping to 71 FPS, indicating that Overpower is more rasterization-bound than ray-tracing-bound at these settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with this combo in Overpower?*

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 194, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low preset. This is the only setting that breaks the 190 FPS barrier across all measured rows.

Q: Does the Ultra preset provide a playable experience at 4K?

A: Yes, but barely. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo averages 71 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, but it is the lowest average in the entire dataset. The min FPS for this setting is not recorded, but the average suggests occasional dips below 60 are possible.

Q: How much FPS is lost when going from 1080p to 4K at the same settings?

A: The loss varies by preset. At Low, 1080p yields 194 FPS and 4K yields 147 FPS, a drop of 47 FPS (24%). At Medium, the drop is from 121 to 92 FPS, a 29 FPS loss (24%). At High, it drops from 113 to 85 FPS, a 28 FPS loss (25%). At Ultra, it falls from 93 to 71 FPS, a 22 FPS loss (24%). The consistency suggests a scaling factor of roughly 0.76 from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck at 1440p?

A: The data suggests the CPU is the primary bottleneck at 1440p. When moving from 1440p to 1080p at Low settings, FPS increases from 173 to 194, only an 11% gain, but when moving from 1440p to 4K at Low, FPS drops from 173 to 147, a 15% loss. This indicates the GPU has headroom at 1440p, but the CPU limits the frame rate ceiling.

Q: What is the min FPS recorded for the Medium preset across all resolutions?

A: The Medium preset is the only one with min/max data provided. At 1080p, min FPS is 103 and max is 140. At 1440p, min is 92 and max is 124. At 4K, min is 78 and max is 106. This shows a consistent pattern where the min FPS is about 85% of the average.

*Q: How does this combo rank against other tested configurations in Overpower?*

A: This combo ranks 911th out of 2980 tested combos, placing it in the 69.4th percentile of all systems tested in this game. This rank is lower than the individual hardware percentiles (CPU 81st, GPU 86th), indicating that the pairing is suboptimal for this title.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this configuration at 911 out of 2980 combos, which means it outperforms approximately 69.4% of all tested systems in Overpower. This is a surprising result given the hardware’s individual strengths. The CPU’s 81st percentile and GPU’s 86th percentile would suggest a higher rank, but the measured FPS data reveals why the combo underperforms. At 1080p, the CPU bottleneck caps frame rates at 194 FPS on Low, but other combos with faster CPUs likely achieve higher numbers. The rank of 911 indicates that while this system is powerful, it is not optimized for Overpower’s specific workload. The nearest CPU rivals — AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (-0.1% delta) and Intel Core i5-13500HX (-0.6% delta) — have similar average benchmark scores, but the 135H’s 14 cores and 18 threads may not translate to gaming performance. The GPU’s rivals, including the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% delta), show that the GPU is not the limiting factor in ranking. Instead, the CPU’s 18 MB of L3 cache and 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth may be insufficient for Overpower’s engine, which likely favors higher single-thread performance. The rank of 911 out of 2980 means there are 2069 combos that perform worse, but also 910 that perform better, suggesting that users with this hardware should consider tweaking settings to improve their standing.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K in Overpower follows a consistent pattern across all settings, but the absolute numbers reveal the limiting component. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 194 FPS at 1080p to 173 FPS at 1440p (a 21 FPS or 10.8% decrease), then to 147 FPS at 4K (a further 26 FPS or 15.0% decrease). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 47 FPS, or 24.2%. At Medium, the progression is 121 → 108 → 92 FPS, with drops of 13 FPS (10.7%) and 16 FPS (14.8%) respectively. High settings show 113 → 100 → 85 FPS, with drops of 13 FPS (11.5%) and 15 FPS (15.0%). Ultra settings show 93 → 83 → 71 FPS, with drops of 10 FPS (10.8%) and 12 FPS (14.5%). The percentage drop from 1440p to 4K is consistently around 15% for all presets, while the drop from 1080p to 1440p is around 11%. This asymmetry suggests that the GPU is becoming more of a bottleneck at higher resolutions, but the fact that the 1080p to 1440p drop is smaller indicates the CPU is still limiting at 1440p. If the GPU were the sole bottleneck, the scaling from 1440p to 4K would be larger (since 4K has 2.25x the pixels of 1440p). The observed 15% drop is much less than the pixel increase, implying that the CPU is still providing some headroom at 1440p, but at 4K, the GPU’s 16 GB of GDDR6X and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth are fully utilized. The data indicates that the CPU bottleneck is most severe at 1080p, where the GPU has ample resources but the CPU cannot feed it fast enough, and gradually shifts to a GPU bottleneck at 4K, where the RTX 4080’s 48.74 TFLOPS becomes the limiting factor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for this combo in Overpower is as follows:

1920x1080 (1080p):

• Low: 194 FPS average
• Medium: 121 FPS average, 103 min, 140 max
• High: 113 FPS average
• Ultra: 93 FPS average

2560x1440 (1440p):

• Low: 173 FPS average
• Medium: 108 FPS average, 92 min, 124 max
• High: 100 FPS average
• Ultra: 83 FPS average

3840x2160 (4K):

• Low: 147 FPS average
• Medium: 92 FPS average, 78 min, 106 max
• High: 85 FPS average
• Ultra: 71 FPS average

The Medium preset is the only one with min/max data, which provides insight into frame time consistency. At 1080p, the 103 min FPS is 85% of the 121 average, indicating some variance but no severe stutters. At 1440p, the 92 min is also 85% of the 108 average. At 4K, the 78 min is 84.8% of the 92 average. This consistency across resolutions suggests that frame pacing is stable regardless of resolution, which is a positive sign for the GPU’s memory subsystem. The max FPS values show similar patterns: 140 at 1080p (115.7% of average), 124 at 1440p (114.8%), and 106 at 4K (115.2%). The data also reveals that the gap between Low and Medium is substantial — at 1080p, the difference is 73 FPS (194 vs 121), at 1440p it is 65 FPS (173 vs 108), and at 4K it is 55 FPS (147 vs 92). This gap narrows as resolution increases, confirming that the CPU is the bottleneck at lower resolutions. The gap between Medium and High is smaller: 8 FPS at 1080p, 8 FPS at 1440p, and 7 FPS at 4K. The gap between High and Ultra is 20 FPS at 1080p, 17 FPS at 1440p, and 14 FPS at 4K. This suggests that the Ultra preset adds a significant load relative to High, but the Medium to High transition is more efficient.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H is a 14-core, 18-thread processor based on the Meteor Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 7 nm process node. With a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost of 4.60 GHz, it has a TDP of 28 W, which is modest for a gaming laptop CPU. The cache configuration includes 112 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. The memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s via dual-channel DDR5, which is a potential bottleneck for gaming. In Overpower, the CPU’s role is clearly defined by the FPS data. At 1080p, the CPU limits the frame rate to 194 FPS on Low, but this is likely below the CPU’s theoretical maximum — the Passmark multithread score of 22422 and Cinebench R23 multicore score of 11875.5 indicate strong multi-threaded performance, but gaming often depends on single-thread speed. The Passmark single-thread score is 3521, and the Cinebench R23 single-core score is 1700, which are respectable but not top-tier. The CPU’s percentile of 81 means it is better than 81% of all CPUs, but its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (-0.1% delta) and Intel Core i5-13500HX (-0.6% delta), which have similar average scores. However, the 135H’s higher core count (14 vs 8 for the 5800X) does not translate to better gaming performance in Overpower, as evidenced by the 4K Ultra result of 71 FPS, which is likely GPU-bound. The CPU’s L3 cache of 18 MB is shared and may cause contention in gaming workloads, and the memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s is lower than what desktop CPUs offer, potentially starving the GPU at lower resolutions. The data implies that the CPU is the primary bottleneck at 1080p and 1440p, as the FPS scaling from Low to Ultra is more severe than the resolution scaling would suggest. At 1080p, dropping from Ultra (93 FPS) to Low (194 FPS) yields a 101 FPS improvement, but the CPU’s boost clock of 4.60 GHz is not high enough to fully utilize the RTX 4080’s capabilities. The CPU’s 28 W TDP is also limiting — while the data does not include power throttling metrics, the modest TDP likely prevents sustained high clocks under load. For users of this combo, the CPU’s 18 threads are useful for other workloads, but for Overpower, the data suggests that a CPU with higher single-thread performance would unlock the GPU’s full potential, especially at 1080p where the 194 FPS Low result is likely capped by the CPU rather than the GPU.