Overpower

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 580 lands at rank 3388 out of 3713 tested combos in Overpower. This places the combination in the bottom 9% of all tested configurations, a position that reflects the GPU's age more than the CPU's capability. The RX 580 was released in 2017 and is now marked as end-of-life, while the Core Ultra 7 265 is a 2025 desktop processor built on TSMC's 3 nm process with 20 cores and 20 threads.

The CPU itself ranks in the 93rd percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 64640. Its nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 4464P at 64823 (0.3% ahead), the Intel Core Ultra 7 265F at 64438 (0.3% behind), and the AMD EPYC 7343 at 64202 (0.7% behind). This is a top-tier processor by any measure. The GPU, however, sits at the 53rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 12928. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile at 12940 (0.1% ahead), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER at 12986 (0.4% ahead), the AMD Radeon 740M at 12870 (0.5% behind), and the AMD FirePro W5100 at 12847 (0.6% behind).

The massive gap between the CPU's high percentile ranking and the GPU's middling position explains the overall combo rank. In Overpower, the measured frames per second never exceed 69 at any resolution or setting, which strongly suggests the GPU is the limiting factor. A processor of this caliber would typically be paired with a much faster graphics card to achieve higher frame rates. The data indicates that this combo is severely GPU-bound, and the rank of 3388 out of 3713 reflects that bottleneck.

When considering the combo's standing, it is useful to note that the Core Ultra 7 265's nearest rivals are all server-class EPYC processors, which are not typically used in gaming rigs. This further underscores the mismatch: a workstation-grade CPU paired with an entry-level gaming GPU from 2017. The benchmark results across all resolutions and settings show a consistent pattern of modest frame rates, which aligns with the GPU's Polaris 20 chip and GCN 4.0 architecture. The RX 580's 6.175 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 256 GB/s memory bandwidth are simply not enough to push high frame rates in a 2023 action game like Overpower.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear picture of which settings deliver the best experience. Across all three resolutions tested — 3840x2160, 2560x1440, and 1920x1080 — the Low preset consistently produces the highest average frame rates. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 69 FPS average, which is the single highest number recorded in the entire dataset. At 1440p Low, it drops to 62 FPS, and at 4K Low, it reaches 52 FPS. These are the only settings that break the 50 FPS barrier, and only the 1080p and 1440p Low presets exceed 60 FPS.

The Medium preset offers a modest step up in visual quality but comes with a significant performance cost. At 1080p Medium, the average FPS drops to 43, with a minimum of 37 and a maximum of 50. At 1440p Medium, it falls to 38 FPS, with a minimum of 33 and a maximum of 44. At 4K Medium, the average is 33 FPS, with a minimum of 28 and a maximum of 38. These numbers show that Medium is playable at 1080p but becomes increasingly marginal as resolution increases.

High settings follow a similar trend but with even lower frame rates. At 1080p High, the average is 40 FPS; at 1440p High, it is 36 FPS; and at 4K High, it is 30 FPS. Ultra settings are the most demanding, with 1080p Ultra averaging 33 FPS, 1440p Ultra averaging 30 FPS, and 4K Ultra averaging 25 FPS. No minimum or maximum FPS values are recorded for Ultra, High, or Low presets, which limits the analysis to averages only.

Given these measurements, the Low preset at 1080p is the only configuration that delivers a consistently smooth experience above 60 FPS. The 1440p Low preset at 62 FPS is also viable for users who prioritize resolution over visual fidelity. For those who insist on Medium settings, 1080p is the practical ceiling, as the 43 FPS average is borderline but playable for an action game. The data does not support using High or Ultra at any resolution if frame rate stability is a priority, as all measured averages fall below 40 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the RX 580 becomes increasingly overwhelmed as pixel count rises. At Low settings, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 7 FPS (from 69 to 62, a 10% decrease), and from 1440p to 4K it is another 10 FPS (from 62 to 52, a 16% decrease). The total decline from 1080p to 4K at Low is 17 FPS, or roughly 25%. This relatively shallow curve suggests that even at 1080p Low, the GPU is not fully saturated, and the CPU has headroom to spare.

At Medium settings, the scaling is steeper. From 1080p to 1440p, the average drops 5 FPS (from 43 to 38, a 12% decrease). From 1440p to 4K, it drops another 5 FPS (from 38 to 33, a 13% decrease). The total decline is 10 FPS, or 23%. The minimum FPS values also decline, from 37 at 1080p to 33 at 1440p and 28 at 4K. This pattern indicates that the GPU is working harder at Medium settings, but the frame rate curve remains relatively linear.

High settings show a similar gradient. The 1080p average of 40 FPS drops to 36 at 1440p (a 10% decrease) and then to 30 at 4K (a 17% decrease). The total decline is 10 FPS, or 25%. Ultra settings exhibit the steepest percentage drop: from 33 FPS at 1080p to 30 FPS at 1440p (a 9% decrease), then to 25 FPS at 4K (a 17% decrease). The total decline is 8 FPS, or 24%.

The consistent 23-25% decline from 1080p to 4K across all settings points to a GPU-bound scenario. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the frame rate would remain relatively flat as resolution increases, because the CPU's workload is largely independent of pixel count. Instead, the steady decline with resolution indicates that the RX 580's pixel throughput and memory bandwidth are the bottlenecks. The GPU's 256 GB/s bandwidth and 42.88 GPixel/s pixel rate are simply insufficient for 4K rendering in Overpower, even at Low settings where the 52 FPS average is the best 4K result.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a clear hierarchy across settings. Low delivers the highest average at 69 FPS. Medium follows at 43 FPS, with a minimum of 37 and a maximum of 50. High is next at 40 FPS. Ultra trails at 33 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 26 FPS, which is substantial, while the step from Medium to High is only 3 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 7 FPS. This suggests that the visual quality difference between Medium and High is relatively small in terms of performance cost, whereas the jump from Low to Medium is significant.

At 2560x1440, the pattern repeats. Low averages 62 FPS. Medium averages 38 FPS, with a minimum of 33 and a maximum of 44. High averages 36 FPS. Ultra averages 30 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium is 24 FPS, while Medium to High is only 2 FPS, and High to Ultra is 6 FPS. The 1440p results are consistently 7-10 FPS lower than their 1080p counterparts, which aligns with the resolution scaling analysis.

At 3840x2160, the results are the lowest across the board. Low averages 52 FPS. Medium averages 33 FPS, with a minimum of 28 and a maximum of 38. High averages 30 FPS. Ultra averages 25 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 19 FPS, Medium to High is 3 FPS, and High to Ultra is 5 FPS. The 4K numbers show that even the Low preset barely stays above 50 FPS, and every other setting falls below 35 FPS.

The minimum FPS data, available only for Medium settings, shows that the frame rate can dip significantly below the average. At 1080p Medium, the minimum of 37 FPS is 14% below the average of 43. At 1440p Medium, the minimum of 33 FPS is 13% below the average of 38. At 4K Medium, the minimum of 28 FPS is 15% below the average of 33. This variability suggests that Medium settings may produce occasional stutter, particularly in action-heavy scenes typical of the genre.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate this combo achieves in Overpower?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 69 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Is this combo capable of 4K gaming in Overpower?

A: Yes, but only at Low settings, where it averages 52 FPS. At Medium, High, and Ultra, the 4K averages are 33, 30, and 25 FPS respectively.

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra 7 265 compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The Core Ultra 7 265 scores 64640 on average. The AMD EPYC 4464P is 0.3% higher at 64823, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265F is 0.3% lower at 64438, the AMD EPYC 7343 is 0.7% lower at 64202, and the AMD EPYC 9124 is 0.7% higher at 65104.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 580 is in the 53rd percentile, with an average benchmark score of 12928.

Q: Which settings preset shows the largest performance gap between consecutive tiers?

A: The largest gap is between Low and Medium at 1080p, where the average frame rate drops from 69 to 43 FPS, a 26 FPS difference.

Q: Does the combo ever exceed 60 FPS at 1440p?

A: Yes, at 1440p Low, the average is 62 FPS. All other 1440p settings fall below 40 FPS.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265 is a 20-core, 20-thread processor from the Core Ultra Series 2, based on the Arrow Lake architecture and built on TSMC's 3 nm process. Its base clock is 2.40 GHz with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, and it has a TDP of 65 W. The cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 per core, 3 MB of L2 per core, and 30 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with a dual-channel bus and a memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s.

In the benchmark data, this CPU demonstrates exceptional multithreaded and single-threaded performance. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 42216, and its single-core score is 5960. In PassMark tests, it scores 49682 for multithread, 4689 for single-thread, and 2923 for physics. The PassMark integer math score is 134773, floating point math is 172776, and data compression is 522983. These figures place the CPU in the 93rd percentile overall.

Given these strong CPU results, the processor is clearly not the bottleneck in Overpower. The game's measured frame rates are consistently low across all resolutions, even at 1080p Low where the CPU would have the least work to do. The 69 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low is far below what a 93rd-percentile CPU could deliver if paired with a more capable GPU. The CPU's 20 cores and 5.30 GHz boost clock provide ample headroom for the game's action-oriented workloads, which typically benefit from high single-thread performance.

The fact that the Core Ultra 7 265's nearest rivals are EPYC server processors further emphasizes its high-end positioning. In a gaming context, this CPU is overkill for the RX 580, and the data suggests that any frame rate limitations in Overpower are entirely attributable to the GPU. The CPU's 65 W TDP and 20 threads ensure it can handle any background tasks or streaming workloads without impacting game performance, but the measured FPS numbers confirm that the GPU is the sole constraint.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580 is a 2017-era graphics card based on the Polaris 20 chip and GCN 4.0 architecture, manufactured on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process. It has 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. The base clock is 1257 MHz with a boost clock of 1340 MHz. Memory consists of 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, providing 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's pixel rate is 42.88 GPixel/s, texture rate is 193.0 GTexel/s, and FP32 performance is 6.175 TFLOPS.

In the benchmark suite, the RX 580 scores 8813 in PassMark G3D, 3488 in GPU compute, and 1005 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. Its best API-specific scores are 124 in PassMark DirectX 9, 60 in DirectX 11, and 43 in DirectX 12. The Geekbench scores are 45235 for Metal, 37453 for OpenCL, and 45173 for Vulkan. These results place the GPU at the 53rd percentile, with an average score of 12928.

The Overpower frame rate data aligns closely with the GPU's modest benchmark scores. The RX 580's 8 GB of VRAM is sufficient for the game's textures at 1080p and 1440p, but the 256 GB/s bandwidth becomes a limiting factor at 4K. The steady FPS decline with resolution increase points directly to the GPU's memory bandwidth and pixel fill rate as the primary constraints. At 4K Ultra, the 25 FPS average reflects the GPU's inability to process the higher pixel count efficiently.

The GPU's nearest rivals include the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, GTX 1660 SUPER, Radeon 740M, and FirePro W5100, all within 0.6% of its average score. This cluster of similarly performing GPUs indicates that the RX 580 is firmly in the mid-range tier for its era, but that era has passed. The 185 W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for this class, and the 1x 8-pin power connector with a 450 W suggested PSU are standard. However, the end-of-life production status and 2017 release date mean it lacks modern features like dedicated ray tracing cores or tensor cores, which are absent from its specifications entirely.