Red Dead Redemption 2

# Red Dead Redemption 2 with AMD Ryzen 5 7400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

The measured performance data for Red Dead Redemption 2 with the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 reveals a combination that handles the game's demanding open world with notable scaling patterns across resolutions and settings. The combo ranks 1206th out of 2902 tested combinations, placing it in the upper-middle tier of tested systems for this title. The data shows clear trends in how the GPU becomes the dominant factor as resolution increases, while the CPU's six Zen 4 cores provide sufficient headroom at lower resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K tells a compelling story about where the bottleneck lies in this system. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 78 FPS at 1920x1080 to 58 FPS at 2560x1440, then further to 38 FPS at 3840x2160. That represents a 26% decline from 1080p to 1440p and a 51% decline from 1080p to 4K. The scaling pattern is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario, where the RTX 3070's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are increasingly taxed as pixel count rises.

Looking at Low settings, the drop is even more pronounced in absolute terms: from 125 FPS at 1080p down to 93 FPS at 1440p and 61 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 51%, identical to High settings, suggesting the scaling penalty is resolution-driven rather than settings-driven. Medium settings show 93 FPS at 1080p, 70 FPS at 1440p, and 46 FPS at 4K, with the 1080p-to-4K reduction at 51% again. Ultra settings produce 56 FPS at 1080p, 42 FPS at 1440p, and 28 FPS at 4K, a 50% drop from 1080p to 4K.

The consistent ~50% reduction from 1080p to 4K across all settings strongly indicates the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The RTX 3070's pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 317.4 GTexel/s are being saturated by the 4K workload, while the Ryzen 5 7400F's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 12 threads appear sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the 125 FPS Low result hints that the CPU could push even higher frame rates if the GPU were stronger, but the RTX 3070's 20.31 TFLOPS of FP32 performance becomes the ceiling as resolution climbs.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's position at 1206 out of 2902 tested combinations for Red Dead Redemption 2 places it in the 58th percentile of tested systems. This is a solid mid-tier ranking, though the data suggests the RTX 3070 is the primary factor holding the combo back from higher placement. The GPU's percentile vs all GPUs is 61, while the CPU's percentile vs all CPUs is 83 — a meaningful gap that indicates the CPU is comparatively stronger than the GPU in this pairing.

Benchmark results for the individual components support this interpretation. The Ryzen 5 7400F achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 and a single-core score of 3072, with an average benchmark score of 32750. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-14600T at 32707 (0.1% ahead), the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H at 32697 (0.2% ahead), the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H at 32812 (0.2% behind), and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 at 32662 (0.3% ahead). These tiny deltas show the 7400F sits in a tightly clustered performance band, with no rival more than 0.3% away.

The RTX 3070, meanwhile, has an average benchmark score of 17208 with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT at 17083 (0.7% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 at 17037 (1% behind), the AMD Radeon HD 7970M at 17019 (1.1% behind), and the NVIDIA Tesla K40c at 17468 (1.5% ahead). The GPU's 61st percentile ranking and its proximity to much older parts like the GTX 690 and HD 7970M in the aggregate benchmark suggest its 8 GB memory capacity is a limiting factor in modern titles like Red Dead Redemption 2.

GPU Role

The RTX 3070's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is the most likely constraint in this game's higher settings. The measured FPS data shows Ultra settings at 4K producing just 28 FPS average, which is below playable thresholds for most users. Even at 1440p Ultra, the 42 FPS average suggests the GPU is struggling with the combination of high resolution and maximum settings.

The GPU's clock behavior — 1500 MHz base and 1725 MHz boost — provides a modest overclocking headroom, but the architecture's 5888 shading units and 184 texture mapping units are what actually drive the rasterization workload. The 96 ROPs handle pixel output, and the 165.6 GPixel/s pixel rate explains why 4K resolutions cause such significant frame rate drops: rendering four times the pixels of 1080p requires proportionally more pixel throughput.

The 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores are present for ray tracing and DLSS workloads, though the measured data for this game does not include ray tracing results. The PassMark GPU compute score of 11195 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 112821 indicate strong general compute capability, but Red Dead Redemption 2's rasterization-heavy rendering appears to stress the memory subsystem more than compute units. The 14 Gbps effective memory speed on GDDR6 provides the bandwidth, yet 8 GB capacity likely causes texture thrashing at 4K Ultra, contributing to the 28 FPS result.

FAQ

Q: Why does the FPS drop by roughly half from 1080p to 4K at every settings level?

A: The consistent 50-51% reduction across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings indicates the GPU is the bottleneck at 4K. The RTX 3070's 165.6 GPixel/s pixel rate and 8 GB memory capacity are insufficient to maintain frame rates when pixel count quadruples, regardless of quality settings.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7400F strong enough for this game?

A: Yes. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 place it well above the GPU's 61st percentile. The 6-core, 12-thread configuration with 32 MB L3 cache provides ample processing power, evidenced by the 125 FPS result at 1080p Low where the CPU is more likely to be the limiting factor.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Red Dead Redemption 2?

A: At 1440p, the combo achieves 58 FPS on High and 70 FPS on Medium, both playable. The 1080p results are stronger (78 FPS High, 93 FPS Medium), but 4K results (38 FPS High, 46 FPS Medium) fall below smooth gameplay thresholds.

Q: How does the RTX 3070 compare to its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3070's average benchmark score of 17208 is 0.7% ahead of the RX 7600 XT, 1% ahead of the GTX 690, and 1.1% ahead of the HD 7970M, but 1.5% behind the Tesla K40c. These are very small margins, indicating the GPU sits in a competitive but not dominant position.

Q: Does the combo's rank of 1206 out of 2902 reflect CPU or GPU limitations?

A: The rank appears GPU-limited. The CPU's 83rd percentile versus the GPU's 61st percentile, combined with the ~50% FPS drop at 4K across all settings, points to the RTX 3070 as the primary constraint on this combo's overall ranking.

Q: What do the min and max FPS values at Medium settings tell us?

A: At 1080p Medium, the 79-107 FPS range and 93 FPS average show good frame pacing. At 1440p Medium, the 59-80 FPS range and 70 FPS average maintain consistency. At 4K Medium, the 39-53 FPS range with 46 FPS average indicates more variance, suggesting the GPU is under heavier load.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear sweet spot for this combo: Medium settings at 1440p. The 70 FPS average with a 59-80 FPS range provides smooth gameplay while maintaining visual quality above Low. At 1080p, Medium settings deliver 93 FPS with a 79-107 FPS range, which is excellent for high-refresh displays, but the visual fidelity gain from 1440p Medium may be worth the 23 FPS trade-off.

High settings at 1440p produce 58 FPS average, which is borderline for smooth play on standard 60Hz displays. The 38 FPS at 4K High is not recommended for anything but cinematic viewing. Ultra settings should be avoided entirely — even at 1080p, the 56 FPS average fails to reach 60 FPS, and at 1440p the 42 FPS and 4K's 28 FPS are well below acceptable thresholds.

Low settings at 1080p achieve 125 FPS, which could benefit competitive players, but the visual downgrade is substantial. The data suggests that Medium at 1440p offers the best balance of the measured configurations: 70 FPS average maintains fluidity, and the 59 FPS minimum stays above common V-sync thresholds. For users prioritizing frame rate over fidelity, Low at 1080p is the only configuration that consistently exceeds 120 FPS.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 7400F's 6 cores and 12 threads, running at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz, provide robust processing power for Red Dead Redemption 2. The Zen 4 architecture on TSMC's 5 nm process node delivers strong single-thread performance, evidenced by the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3072 and PassMark single-thread score of 3689. The 32 MB shared L3 cache helps reduce memory latency for game data that benefits from larger cache footprints.

The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking versus all CPUs and its tight clustering with rivals — all within 0.3% in average benchmark score — indicate the 7400F performs near the top of its class. The PassMark multithread score of 25645 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 show solid multi-threaded capability for a 6-core part, though the game's engine appears to favor single-thread performance given the 125 FPS result at 1080p Low.

At higher resolutions, the CPU's role diminishes as the GPU becomes the bottleneck. The fact that 4K Low (61 FPS) is more than double 4K Ultra (28 FPS) while using the same CPU workload demonstrates that the GPU, not the CPU, determines performance at 4K. The 7400F's DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth and dual-channel configuration ensures the CPU can feed data to the GPU without creating a memory bandwidth bottleneck.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results across all settings. Low settings achieve 125 FPS average, Medium settings reach 93 FPS (79-107 FPS range), High settings hit 78 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 56 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 55% reduction in frame rate, with each settings tier costing roughly 20-25 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the performance scales down noticeably. Low settings produce 93 FPS, Medium settings deliver 70 FPS (59-80 FPS range), High settings reach 58 FPS, and Ultra settings fall to 42 FPS. The 1440p results are approximately 25-26% lower than their 1080p counterparts across all settings, consistent with the increased pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become pronounced. Low settings achieve 61 FPS, Medium settings deliver 46 FPS (39-53 FPS range), High settings reach 38 FPS, and Ultra settings bottom out at 28 FPS. The 4K results are roughly half of the 1080p results at every settings level, confirming the GPU-bound nature of the combo at this resolution.

The Medium settings data provides the only complete min/max FPS measurements across all three resolutions: 79-107 at 1080p, 59-80 at 1440p, and 39-53 at 4K. These ranges show consistent frame pacing at lower resolutions, with the 4K range indicating more variance under heavy GPU load. The absence of min/max data for Low, High, and Ultra settings means only average FPS can be compared for those configurations, but the pattern is clear: this combo performs best at 1080p Medium or 1440p Medium, with 4K reserved for Low settings on 60Hz displays.