Red Dead Redemption 2

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the Intel Arc B580 delivers a playable but constrained experience in Red Dead Redemption 2, ranking in the 21st percentile of tested combos. The data shows this combination is best suited for 1080p gaming, where it can achieve smooth frame rates at Medium and High settings, but it struggles significantly at higher resolutions and Ultra presets.

FAQ

Q: What is the overall ranking of this CPU and GPU combo for Red Dead Redemption 2?

A: The combo ranks 1328 out of 1687 tested combinations, placing it in the lower-middle tier of performance for this game.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo?

A: The data shows 1920x1080 is the only resolution where the combo consistently delivers playable frame rates above 50 FPS, with the Low preset achieving 87 FPS and High reaching 56.9 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G is statistically tied with the Intel Core i7-11600H, trailing by only 0.2% in average benchmark score, and sits within 0.3% of the AMD EPYC 7713P and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX.

Q: How does the GPU compare to the GeForce RTX 4060?

A: The Arc B580 trails the RTX 4060 by 0.7% in average benchmark score, while leading the AMD Radeon 760M by 0.1% and the NVIDIA P106-100 by 0.3%.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 64.3 FPS, while Ultra drops to 28.8 FPS — a substantial 35.5 FPS reduction that makes Ultra unplayable at this resolution.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the frame rates range from 22.4 FPS (Ultra) to 43.4 FPS (Low), indicating the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor at this resolution, as the CPU's performance headroom cannot compensate for the GPU's workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 5 5600G and Arc B580 sits at rank 1328 out of 1687 total combos tested for Red Dead Redemption 2. This places it in the 21st percentile, meaning roughly 79% of other CPU-GPU pairings deliver higher average frame rates in this title. The ranking reflects a fundamental imbalance: the CPU's average benchmark score of 19983 places it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU's average score of 23021 lands in the 66th percentile of all GPUs. However, the game's demanding rendering workload means this pairing falls behind many others.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-11600H (0.2% higher score) and the Intel Core i7-11800H (0.2% lower score), showing the Ryzen 5 5600G is well-matched against those mobile processors. The GPU's closest competitor is the RTX 4060, which edges ahead by 0.7%, while the Arc B580 leads the Radeon 760M by 0.1%. These margins are negligible in synthetic benchmarks, yet the measured FPS data reveals that Red Dead Redemption 2's optimization favors some architectures over others. The 1080p High preset result of 56.9 FPS suggests the combo can handle the game's open-world demands, but the Ultra preset's 40.3 FPS at the same resolution indicates the GPU's 2560 shading units and 80 ROPs are stretched thin by the game's highest quality settings.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 brings 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth — a figure that proves critical for Red Dead Redemption 2's large texture streaming needs. The GPU's base and boost clocks are both fixed at 2670 MHz, with memory running at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective). The architecture, Xe2-HPG on a 5 nm process, contains 160 texture mapping units and 20 ray tracing cores, though the game's traditional rasterization workload means the FP32 compute of 13.67 TFLOPS is the more relevant specification.

The measured FPS data shows the GPU's performance scales predictably with settings. At 1080p, dropping from Ultra to Low improves frame rates from 40.3 to 87 FPS — a 116% increase. At 1440p, the same settings change yields 28.8 to 64.3 FPS, a 123% improvement. The 4K results are more sobering: even at Low settings, the GPU only manages 43.4 FPS, and Ultra dips to 22.4 FPS. This indicates the Arc B580's 80 ROPs and 427.2 GTexel/s texture rate become the bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the pixel fill rate of 213.6 GPixel/s cannot sustain 60 FPS at 3840x2160 under any tested preset.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its most usable results. The Low preset achieves 87 FPS, Medium reaches 68.3 FPS, and High hits 56.9 FPS. The Ultra preset falls to 40.3 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay but still technically playable.

At 2560x1440, performance drops noticeably. Low delivers 64.3 FPS, Medium yields 51.5 FPS, and High manages 39.8 FPS. The Ultra preset plummets to 28.8 FPS, making it unsuitable for serious play. The gap between Low and High at this resolution is 24.5 FPS, showing how much headroom the GPU sacrifices for visual quality.

At 3840x2160, the results are marginal. Low produces 43.4 FPS, Medium drops to 34.4 FPS, High falls to 28.7 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 22.4 FPS. None of these settings reach 60 FPS, and even the best case (Low) falls below the 45 FPS that many players consider the minimum for an acceptable experience in an action-adventure title.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600G provides 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. The CPU's 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support (51.2 GB/s bandwidth) are adequate for Red Dead Redemption 2's CPU demands, which are moderate compared to the GPU load.

Synthetic benchmarks show the CPU's strengths: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 16758 points, and single-core performance hits 2365 points. The 3DMark single-thread test scores 872, while the max-thread test reaches 5455, indicating strong scaling across its 12 threads. The CPU's percentile rank of 78 among all CPUs means it outperforms most processors on the market, which explains why the combo's frame rates at 1080p Low (87 FPS) approach what the GPU can physically render.

However, the CPU's PCIe Gen 3 interface (16 lanes) may slightly constrain the Arc B580, which uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 bus. The data does not isolate this effect, but the measured FPS at 1080p Ultra (40.3 FPS) versus 1440p Ultra (28.8 FPS) shows a 28.5% drop when resolution increases by 78% in pixel count — a pattern that suggests the GPU, not the CPU, is the limiting component in most scenarios.

Settings Recommendations

For a 60 FPS target at 1920x1080, the Medium preset is the optimal choice, delivering 68.3 FPS with a comfortable margin. The High preset at 56.9 FPS is also viable, offering better visual fidelity at the cost of a 16.7% frame rate reduction. The Ultra preset's 40.3 FPS is too low for consistent smoothness, and Low's 87 FPS sacrifices too much visual quality for the extra headroom.

At 2560x1440, only the Low preset (64.3 FPS) achieves a playable frame rate above 60. Medium at 51.5 FPS is acceptable for players who prioritize visuals over smoothness, but High (39.8 FPS) and Ultra (28.8 FPS) fall below the threshold for comfortable gameplay. For 4K, none of the presets reach 45 FPS, so players should either lower their resolution or accept the Low preset's 43.4 FPS as the best achievable result.

The data suggests the Medium preset at 1080p offers the best balance of visual quality and performance, delivering 68.3 FPS — a 71% improvement over Ultra's 40.3 FPS while maintaining a noticeable upgrade over Low's 87 FPS but with significantly better graphics.

Resolution Scaling

Scaling from 1080p to 1440p, the frame rates drop by an average of 27.5% across all presets. At High settings, the drop is from 56.9 to 39.8 FPS (30.1% reduction); at Low, from 87 to 64.3 FPS (26.1%); at Medium, from 68.3 to 51.5 FPS (24.6%); and at Ultra, from 40.3 to 28.8 FPS (28.5%). These consistent reductions indicate the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as a CPU-limited scenario would show much larger drops when pixel count increases.

Scaling from 1440p to 4K shows even more severe drops. High falls from 39.8 to 28.7 FPS (27.9% reduction), Low from 64.3 to 43.4 FPS (32.5%), Medium from 51.5 to 34.4 FPS (33.2%), and Ultra from 28.8 to 22.4 FPS (22.2%). The larger percentage drops at 4K, particularly for Low and Medium, reinforce that the Arc B580's 456.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 213.6 GPixel/s pixel rate cannot keep pace with the 8.3 million pixels of 3840x2160.

The overall pattern — where frame rates decrease roughly proportionally with resolution increase — points to a GPU-bound configuration. The Ryzen 5 5600G's 12 threads and 4.40 GHz boost clock provide sufficient CPU headroom, as evidenced by the 1080p Low result of 87 FPS, which approaches the GPU's theoretical maximum in this title. Players seeking higher frame rates at 1440p or 4K would need a more powerful GPU, while the current CPU would not bottleneck such an upgrade.