Palworld

Resolution Scaling

The Palworld benchmark data for this AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination shows a clear pattern of performance scaling across the three tested resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, the average frame rate reaches 242 FPS. Moving to 1440p at the same settings, the average drops to 210 FPS, a 13% reduction. At 4K Low, the average falls further to 140 FPS, which is 33% below the 1440p result and 42% below the 1080p figure.

The scaling behavior shifts significantly when examining higher quality presets. With Medium settings, the 1080p average is 224 FPS, the 1440p average is 195 FPS, and the 4K average is 114 FPS. The percentage drops between successive resolutions are 13% from 1080p to 1440p, and 42% from 1440p to 4K. This larger drop at 4K suggests the GPU is becoming the primary constraint at that resolution, whereas at lower resolutions the CPU has more headroom to push frame rates.

The High preset tells a similar story: 204 FPS at 1080p, 157 FPS at 1440p, and 87 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 23%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 45%. The Ultra preset produces 181 FPS at 1080p, 119 FPS at 1440p, and 66 FPS at 4K. Here the reduction from 1440p to 4K is 45% as well, reinforcing the pattern that the highest resolution demands substantially more GPU throughput.

The data indicates that the RTX 5090 D, with its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 512-bit bus delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, handles the 4K workload well but cannot maintain the very high frame rates seen at lower resolutions. The recorded minimum frame rates, available only for Medium settings, show 96 FPS at 4K, 166 FPS at 1440p, and 190 FPS at 1080p. These minimums suggest that even in demanding scenes, the combination stays comfortably above playable thresholds at Medium quality.

The scaling pattern is typical for a system where the GPU is very powerful relative to the CPU. At 1080p, the frame rates are high but the differences between settings presets are relatively small, with Low at 242 FPS and Ultra at 181 FPS, a 25% spread. At 4K, the spread grows larger, with Low at 140 FPS and Ultra at 66 FPS, a 53% gap. This widening range at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU workload increases disproportionately with resolution, while the CPU becomes less of a limiting factor.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 3000 series, based on the Zen 2 architecture with a 7 nm process node. Its base clock is 3.60 GHz with a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. The CPU has a 32 MB shared L3 cache, with 64 KB L1 and 512 KB L2 per core. This processor supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

In the context of Palworld, the CPU's role becomes evident when comparing frame rates across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system produces 242 FPS, while at 4K Low it produces 140 FPS. If the CPU were the dominant bottleneck, the frame rates would not change as much with resolution, since CPU load remains relatively constant while GPU load increases. The observed 42% drop from 1080p to 4K Low indicates that the GPU is doing the heavy lifting at higher resolutions.

The CPU's benchmark scores provide context for its expected gaming performance. In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 5 3600 scores 15045 points in multicore and 2124 points in single-core tests. Its 3DMark scores show 4605 points for 16 threads, 4603 for max threads, and 696 for single-thread. The PassMark multithread score is 17700, with a single-thread score of 2562. These results place the CPU in the 71st percentile among all CPUs in the database.

The nearest rival comparisons from the database show the Ryzen 5 3600's average benchmark score of 17035 is within 0.2% of the Intel Core i7-1260P (17007) and the AMD EPYC 7742 (16998). It trails the Intel Core i5-11400 (17067) by 0.2% and the AMD EPYC 7573X (17070) by 0.2%. These near-identical scores indicate that the Ryzen 5 3600 delivers compute performance comparable to several other processors, though the gaming results in Palworld are shaped by how this CPU interacts with the RTX 5090 D.

At 1080p, the frame rates plateau around 181 to 242 FPS depending on settings. The relatively small gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution, 61 FPS, suggests that the CPU is starting to limit the maximum achievable frame rate. At 1440p, the spread between Low and Ultra grows to 91 FPS, and at 4K it reaches 74 FPS. The CPU's 12 threads and 4.20 GHz boost clock appear sufficient to feed the GPU at 1440p and 4K, but at 1080p the processor may be preventing the GPU from reaching even higher frame rates.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this pairing. It uses the GB202 chip on a 5 nm process with 92,200 million transistors and a die size of 750 mm². The GPU has 21760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs, along with 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores. Its base clock is 2017 MHz with a boost clock of 2407 MHz, and memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed.

The memory subsystem is substantial: 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus delivers 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This capacity and bandwidth are relevant for Palworld, which can load large textures and world data. The GPU's pixel rate is 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate is 1,636.8 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance of 104.8 TFLOPS.

The benchmark scores for the RTX 5090 D show a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 14326 points, Geekbench OpenCL of 310674, and Geekbench Vulkan of 376915. PassMark G3D scores 44065, while GPU compute scores 28396. The GPU sits in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 77712.

The nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT with a score of 76904 (1.1% lower), the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT at 78940 (1.6% higher), and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 variants at 79396 and 79605 (2.1% and 2.4% higher respectively). These comparisons show the RTX 5090 D performing in a similar range to these other GPUs in synthetic tests, though the Palworld results reveal how it behaves in an actual game workload.

The GPU's role in Palworld becomes clear through the resolution scaling data. At 4K Ultra, the system averages 66 FPS, which is the lowest recorded result. At 4K Low, it reaches 140 FPS. The difference between these settings, 74 FPS, illustrates how much the GPU workload changes with quality presets. The RTX 5090 D's 32 GB of VRAM ensures that memory capacity is not a limiting factor in this game, even at 4K with Ultra settings. The bottleneck at 4K Ultra is likely raw shader throughput, given the game's rendering demands.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 209th out of 3711 tested combos in Palworld. This places it in the top 5.6% of all combinations in the database for this specific game. The rank reflects how the CPU and GPU work together in Palworld's workload, which is a survival game that typically benefits from both strong single-thread performance and high GPU throughput.

Given that the GPU is in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs and the CPU is in the 71st percentile, the combo ranking of 209 out of 3711 indicates that the pairing is more effective than the CPU's percentile alone would suggest. The RTX 5090 D's massive compute resources compensate for the Ryzen 5 3600's more modest capabilities in this game. The CPU's 12 threads are adequate for Palworld's simulation and world logic, while the GPU handles the rendering at high resolutions.

The rank also reflects the balance between components. A weaker GPU would likely drop this combo's ranking significantly, as the CPU would then become less relevant to overall frame rates. A stronger CPU might improve the rank slightly, but the data shows that at 1440p and 4K, the GPU is the primary driver of performance. The 209th rank out of 3711 combos suggests that this specific pairing is well suited to Palworld, delivering high frame rates across all tested settings and resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of which settings presets deliver the best experience. At 1080p, all four presets produce average frame rates above 180 FPS. The Low preset reaches 242 FPS, Medium 224 FPS, High 204 FPS, and Ultra 181 FPS. Even the Ultra preset maintains an average above 180 FPS, which is well within the range of high refresh rate displays.

At 1440p, the results are similarly strong. Low averages 210 FPS, Medium 195 FPS, High 157 FPS, and Ultra 119 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p delivers 195 FPS with a minimum of 166 FPS, which provides smooth gameplay even in demanding scenes. For users with 1440p displays running at 144 Hz or 165 Hz, the Medium preset is the best match, as it stays above the refresh rate for most of the session while offering improved visual quality over Low.

At 4K, the settings choice becomes more consequential. Low averages 140 FPS, Medium 114 FPS with a minimum of 96 FPS, High 87 FPS, and Ultra 66 FPS. For 60 Hz displays, the Ultra preset at 66 FPS is playable, though the Medium preset at 114 FPS offers a substantial margin and a higher minimum of 96 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K provides the best balance in the recorded data: it keeps the average above 100 FPS and the minimum above 90 FPS, which maintains smooth motion on most displays.

The measured data indicates that the Medium preset is the sweet spot across all resolutions. At 1080p, it delivers 224 FPS with a minimum of 190 FPS. At 1440p, it delivers 195 FPS with a minimum of 166 FPS. At 4K, it delivers 114 FPS with a minimum of 96 FPS. The High preset offers higher visual quality but the frame rate drops become noticeable at 4K, where it falls to 87 FPS. The Ultra preset is only recommended for 1080p and 1440p displays where the average stays above 119 FPS, but at 4K the 66 FPS average may feel less fluid.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured results for Palworld with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is as follows.

At 3840x2160 (4K), the High preset averages 87 FPS. The Low preset averages 140 FPS. The Medium preset averages 114 FPS, with a minimum of 96 FPS and a maximum of 131 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 66 FPS.

At 2560x1440 (1440p), the High preset averages 157 FPS. The Low preset averages 210 FPS. The Medium preset averages 195 FPS, with a minimum of 166 FPS and a maximum of 224 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 119 FPS.

At 1920x1080 (1080p), the High preset averages 204 FPS. The Low preset averages 242 FPS. The Medium preset averages 224 FPS, with a minimum of 190 FPS and a maximum of 258 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 181 FPS.

The data shows that at every resolution, the Low preset produces the highest average frame rate, followed by Medium, then High, with Ultra producing the lowest. The minimum and maximum values are only recorded for Medium settings, providing a window into frame time consistency. At 1080p Medium, the range from minimum to maximum is 68 FPS, at 1440p Medium it is 58 FPS, and at 4K Medium it is 35 FPS. This tightening range at higher resolutions suggests the GPU workload becomes more consistent, with fewer large frame time spikes.

The differences between presets at each resolution reveal the scaling efficiency. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 61 FPS, representing a 25% reduction. At 1440p, the gap is 91 FPS, a 43% reduction. At 4K, the gap is 74 FPS, a 53% reduction. The percentage reduction grows with resolution, indicating that each quality tier adds a proportionally larger GPU workload at higher pixel counts. This is consistent with the RTX 5090 D's architecture, where the shading units and ROPs are more heavily taxed at 4K, particularly with the Ultra preset's additional effects and draw distances.