Overpower

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 pairing lands in the 780th spot out of 2,980 tested combinations for Overpower, placing it comfortably in the top quarter of all recorded configs. That rank reflects a balanced system that leans on the CPU’s strong synthetic numbers and the GPU’s mature Ampere architecture, though the measured frame rates reveal where each component flexes and where it stalls. The combo’s position is not a fluke; it stems from a 14-core, 14-thread processor with a 5.10 GHz boost clock paired with a 10 GB GDDR6X buffer that handles Overpower’s demands across all tested presets and resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 780 out of 2,980 tested combinations puts it in the 73rd percentile overall, meaning roughly three-quarters of all recorded pairings fall below this setup. That is a strong showing for a mid-generation CPU paired with a previous-generation GPU, and the data indicates the processor is doing more heavy lifting than the graphics card at lower resolutions. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245’s average benchmark score of 48,995 places it in the 90th percentile among all CPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G (49,196, 0.4% higher) and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (49,228, 0.5% higher). The delta is razor-thin; the Ultra 5 245 trails those two by less than a single percentage point, while it edges out the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (48,698, 0.6% lower) and the Intel Core i5-14600K (48,618, 0.8% lower). In practical terms, the CPU sits in a performance dead heat with a broad set of rivals, so the rank is more about the GPU pairing than the processor alone.

The GPU side tells a different story. The RTX 3080’s average benchmark score of 23,172 places it in the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with nearest rivals like the NVIDIA P106-100 (23,249, 0.3% higher) and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 (23,250, 0.3% higher) essentially matching it. The RTX 3080 is not a top-tier card by modern standards, but its 68th percentile is respectable for a part that launched in 2020. The combination of a 90th-percentile CPU and a 68th-percentile GPU yields a system that ranks higher than the GPU alone would suggest, because Overpower’s engine appears to reward strong single-threaded and multi-threaded CPU performance. The Core Ultra 5 245’s Cinebench R23 scores of 32,924 multi-core and 4,648 single-core are solid mid-pack numbers, and those translate into consistent frame delivery across the tested scenarios.

The rank also benefits from the fact that the combo is being evaluated against all other CPU-GPU pairings, many of which use weaker processors. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo hits 203 FPS average, which is a CPU-bound scenario where the GPU is barely breaking a sweat. At 4K Ultra, it drops to 74 FPS average, a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 3080’s 10 GB frame buffer and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth become the limiting factors. The rank is thus a composite of both components, and the measured FPS breakdown confirms that the system is flexible enough to play at high refresh rates on lower presets or at playable rates on max settings at 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is built on the GA102 chip using Samsung’s 8 nm process, with 28,300 million transistors packed into a 628 mm² die. Its base clock runs at 1440 MHz and boosts to 1710 MHz, while the memory clock operates at 1188 MHz, translating to 19 Gbps effective on 10 GB of GDDR6X across a 320-bit bus. That configuration yields a memory bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s, which is the key spec for Overpower’s high-resolution performance. The card’s 8,704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output pipelines give it a pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s. Floating-point performance sits at 29.77 TFLOPS for FP32, matching the FP16 rate at a 1:1 ratio, and the 68 RT cores and 272 tensor cores handle ray tracing and DLSS workloads, though the measured FPS data does not include any ray tracing or upscaling scenarios.

The GPU’s 10 GB memory capacity is the most contentious aspect. At 1080p and 1440p, 10 GB is sufficient for all four tested presets, but at 4K Ultra, the card’s frame rate drops to 74 FPS average, which suggests the memory bus and capacity are being stressed. The 320-bit bus with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth is a generation-old design, and Overpower’s texture-heavy scenes at 4K Ultra likely push the buffer close to its limit. The GPU’s 68th percentile rank among all GPUs is modest, and the nearest rivals are all older or lower-tier parts, indicating that the RTX 3080 is a mid-pack performer in 2025. However, the measured FPS shows that the card still delivers playable frame rates even at 4K, which is more than can be said for many cards with higher synthetic scores but less mature drivers.

The GPU’s PCIe 4.0 x16 interface and DirectX 12 Ultimate support (with Vulkan 1.4 and OpenGL 4.6) mean it is fully compatible with Overpower’s engine, and the 320 W TDP with a suggested 700 W PSU reflects its power appetite. The card’s dual-slot design and 285 mm length make it a standard fit for most cases, but those are physical specs that do not directly affect game performance. What matters in the data is that the RTX 3080’s performance scales predictably with resolution and settings. From 1080p Low to 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops from 203 to 74, a 63.5% reduction that highlights how the GPU becomes the bottleneck at higher pixel counts. The CPU, meanwhile, stays ahead of the GPU’s needs at 1080p, which is why the Low preset at 1080p produces such high frame rates.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested CPU-GPU pairings in Overpower?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination ranks 780th out of 2,980 tested combos, placing it in the top 26% of all configurations.

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

A: The Core Ultra 5 245 has an average benchmark score of 48,995, which is 0.4% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G (49,196) and 0.5% lower than the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (49,228), but 0.6% higher than the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (48,698) and 0.8% higher than the Intel Core i5-14600K (48,618).

Q: What is the GPU’s memory configuration and how does it affect 4K performance?

A: The RTX 3080 has 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus with 760.3 GB/s bandwidth. At 4K Ultra, the combo delivers 74 FPS average, which is the lowest measured result and indicates the memory buffer is a limiting factor at that resolution.

Q: Which resolution and settings produce the highest average FPS?

A: The highest average FPS is 203 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next best is 181 FPS at 2560x1440 with Low settings, followed by 154 FPS at 3840x2160 with Low settings.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo hits 203 FPS average, which is far above the GPU’s typical output, indicating the CPU is the limiting factor. The Core Ultra 5 245’s 5.10 GHz boost clock and 14 cores provide enough headroom to push frame rates high, but the RTX 3080 is not the bottleneck at this resolution.

Q: How does the GPU’s percentile rank compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 3080 sits in the 68th percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 23,172. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA P106-100 (23,249, 0.3% higher), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 (23,250, 0.3% higher), AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23,273, 0.4% higher), and AMD Radeon R9 M290X (23,276, 0.4% higher), all of which are within a fraction of a percent.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings, with average FPS reported for every combination and min/max FPS only for Medium settings. At 1920x1080, the combo starts at 203 FPS average on Low, drops to 127 FPS on Medium (with a min of 108 and max of 146), falls to 117 FPS on High, and bottoms out at 98 FPS on Ultra. The jump from Low to Medium is a 37.4% reduction, while the drop from Medium to High is just 7.9%, and High to Ultra is 16.2%. This pattern indicates diminishing returns as settings increase, with Ultra costing a significant 51.7% performance loss versus Low.

At 2560x1440, the same settings produce 181 FPS on Low, 113 FPS on Medium (min 96, max 130), 105 FPS on High, and 87 FPS on Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium is 37.6%, Medium to High is 7.1%, and High to Ultra is 17.1%. Compared to 1080p, 1440p reduces performance by 10.8% on Low, 11.0% on Medium, 10.3% on High, and 11.2% on Ultra. This consistent ~11% penalty across all settings suggests that the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are scaling linearly with pixel count, and the CPU is not adding a bottleneck at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the numbers are 154 FPS on Low, 96 FPS on Medium (min 82, max 110), 89 FPS on High, and 74 FPS on Ultra. The transition from 1440p to 4K is more severe: Low drops by 14.9%, Medium by 15.0%, High by 15.2%, and Ultra by 14.9%. The 4K Low result of 154 FPS is still high, but the gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 51.9%, which is nearly identical to the 1080p gap. However, the absolute numbers at 4K are much lower, indicating that the GPU is the primary constraint. The min FPS at 4K Medium is 82, which is the lowest recorded min across all Medium settings, while the 1080p Medium min is 108 and the 1440p Medium min is 96.

The data shows a clear hierarchy: Low settings produce frame rates that are 2.1x higher than Ultra at 1080p (203 vs. 98), 2.1x higher at 1440p (181 vs. 87), and 2.1x higher at 4K (154 vs. 74). This consistent ratio indicates that the settings scale is uniform across resolutions, but the absolute performance is tied to the GPU’s rendering capabilities. The Medium settings provide a balanced middle ground, with 4K Medium at 96 FPS average being the only 4K preset that breaks the 90 FPS barrier, while 1440p Medium at 113 FPS and 1080p Medium at 127 FPS are both solid for high-refresh displays.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but predictable. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 203 at 1080p to 181 at 1440p to 154 at 4K, representing a 10.8% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a further 14.9% drop from 1440p to 4K. The cumulative drop from 1080p to 4K is 24.1%, which is less than the 50% reduction one might expect from quadrupling the pixel count. This suggests that at Low settings, the CPU is still contributing to frame generation, and the GPU is not fully saturated until 4K.

At Medium settings, the progression is 127 FPS at 1080p, 113 FPS at 1440p, and 96 FPS at 4K, with drops of 11.0% and 15.0% respectively, for a total 24.4% reduction. High settings show 117 FPS at 1080p, 105 FPS at 1440p, and 89 FPS at 4K, with drops of 10.3% and 15.2%, totaling 23.9%. Ultra settings show 98 FPS at 1080p, 87 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K, with drops of 11.2% and 14.9%, totaling 24.5%. The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings is striking; every preset loses roughly 10-11% going from 1080p to 1440p and another 15% going from 1440p to 4K. This uniform scaling indicates that the bottleneck is the GPU’s memory bandwidth and pixel throughput, not the CPU.

The data also reveals that the limiting component shifts with resolution. At 1080p, the CPU’s 5.10 GHz boost clock and 14 cores are capable of feeding the GPU well beyond 200 FPS, but the GPU’s 29.77 TFLOPS of FP32 performance caps the frame rate at 203 FPS on Low. At 4K, the GPU’s 10 GB memory buffer and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth become the primary constraints, especially on Ultra where the average drops to 74 FPS. The Core Ultra 5 245’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32,924 suggests it has ample headroom for game logic, and the PassMark single-thread score of 4,394 confirms it can handle the per-core demands of Overpower’s engine without becoming a bottleneck at any tested resolution.

The min FPS data from Medium settings further illustrates the scaling. At 1080p Medium, the min FPS is 108, which is 85% of the average. At 1440p Medium, the min is 96, also 85% of the average. At 4K Medium, the min is 82, which is 85.4% of the average. This consistent 85% ratio indicates that frame pacing is stable across resolutions, with no sudden hitches or stutters. The max FPS values—146 at 1080p, 130 at 1440p, and 110 at 4K—also scale proportionally, reinforcing that the system is delivering smooth performance without CPU-related frame drops.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting the highest refresh rates, the Low preset at 1080p delivers 203 FPS average, which is ideal for a 144Hz or 240Hz monitor. The drop to Medium at 1080p costs 76 FPS (from 203 to 127), which is a 37.4% reduction that may not be worth the visual gains if competitive play is the priority. The data shows that Low settings at 1440p still produce 181 FPS average, which is sufficient for most high-refresh displays, and 4K Low at 154 FPS is surprisingly high, suggesting that Overpower is not particularly demanding on the GPU at lower presets.

For a balanced visual experience, the Medium preset is the sweet spot across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo hits 127 FPS average with a min of 108, which is smooth and responsive. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 113 FPS with a min of 96, still comfortably above 90 FPS for most gamers. Even at 4K Medium, the combo manages 96 FPS average with a min of 82, which is playable on a 60Hz or 120Hz display. The min FPS values at Medium are all above 80, meaning the system avoids severe frame dips during intense action sequences.

The High preset offers a marginal improvement over Medium in visual quality but costs 7-8% performance at each resolution. At 1080p High, the average is 117 FPS, which is only 10 FPS lower than Medium, but at 4K High, the average drops to 89 FPS, which is below the 90 FPS threshold that many consider the minimum for smooth gameplay. The Ultra preset is the most demanding, with 1080p Ultra at 98 FPS, 1440p Ultra at 87 FPS, and 4K Ultra at 74 FPS. These numbers are all playable, but the gap between Ultra and High is significant, especially at 4K where the 15 FPS difference (89 vs. 74) represents a 16.9% performance loss.

The recommendation based on the measured data is to use Medium settings for the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate. At 1440p Medium, the 113 FPS average is ideal for a 120Hz display, and the 96 FPS minimum ensures consistent pacing. At 4K, Medium’s 96 FPS average is the only preset that stays above 90 FPS, making it the clear choice for 4K gaming on this combo. High settings are viable at 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the 89 FPS average is borderline. Ultra settings should only be used at 1080p, where the 98 FPS average is still acceptable for a 100Hz display, but at higher resolutions, the performance cost outweighs the visual benefits. Low settings are reserved for competitive play where frame rate trumps graphics, and the 203 FPS at 1080p Low is the maximum this combo can achieve.