Red Dead Redemption 2

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a playable but resolution-sensitive experience in Red Dead Redemption 2. The measured frame rates show a clear progression from 1080p to 4K, with the Ultra preset consistently being the most demanding configuration. At 1080p, the combo achieves 110.5 FPS on Low, dropping to 85.1 FPS on Medium, 68.8 FPS on High, and 49.5 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 1440p, the averages fall to 83 FPS on Low, 61.6 FPS on Medium, 52.9 FPS on High, and 37.8 FPS on Ultra. At 4K, the numbers compress further: 55 FPS on Low, 42.5 FPS on Medium, 36.5 FPS on High, and 26.5 FPS on Ultra. These figures indicate that the Ultra preset at 4K is the only fully unplayable scenario, while High at 4K remains borderline.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep but not linear, revealing where the bottleneck shifts. Between 1080p High and 1440p High, the average FPS falls from 68.8 to 52.9, a reduction of 15.9 FPS or roughly 23%. From 1440p High to 4K High, the drop is from 52.9 to 36.5, another 16.4 FPS or 31%. The scaling pattern for Low settings is similar: 110.5 FPS at 1080p, 83 at 1440p, and 55 at 4K. This represents a 50% loss from 1080p to 4K on Low. For Ultra, the decline is more severe: 49.5 at 1080p, 37.8 at 1440p, and 26.5 at 4K, a 46% reduction from 1080p.

The data suggests that pixel throughput becomes the dominant constraint as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the CPU has headroom to feed the GPU, evidenced by the 110.5 FPS ceiling. At 4K Ultra, the GPU is clearly the limiting component, as the 26.5 FPS result is far below what the Ryzen 5 7600 could theoretically support. The intermediate resolutions show a balanced workload, with neither component fully saturated. This is typical for a game like Red Dead Redemption 2, which has heavy draw-call overhead but also substantial pixel shading requirements. The 4K results, particularly the spread from 55 FPS on Low to 26.5 on Ultra, indicate that visual quality settings have a multiplicative effect on render cost, not just an additive one.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture, featuring 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. The memory bandwidth is rated at 272.0 GB/s, which is a critical figure for high-resolution textures. The boost clock of 2460 MHz helps sustain throughput in compute-heavy scenes, while the base clock of 1830 MHz provides a floor for sustained loads. The GPU has 3072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance is 15.11 TFLOPS.

In Red Dead Redemption 2, the GPU’s 8 GB frame buffer is a potential limitation at 4K Ultra, where texture streaming and draw distances can exceed this capacity. The measured 26.5 FPS at 4K Ultra suggests the GPU is both bandwidth-limited and capacity-limited. At 1080p, the 8 GB buffer is sufficient, and the GPU can push 49.5 FPS on Ultra, which is respectable for this title. The RTX 4060’s position in the benchmark database is modest, with a percentile of 66 against all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, which scores 23321 and is 0.6% higher, and the Intel Arc B580, which scores 23021 and is 0.7% lower. This places the RTX 4060 in a tight cluster where small architectural differences matter more than raw capability.

The GPU’s performance in this game is consistent with its overall average benchmark score of 23181. The gap between Low and Ultra settings at each resolution shows that the RTX 4060 has enough raw compute to handle Medium presets comfortably, but High and Ultra require careful tuning. At 1440p Medium, the 61.6 FPS result is smooth, while 1440p High drops to 52.9 FPS. The 4K Medium result of 42.5 FPS is playable but not ideal, and 4K High at 36.5 FPS is marginal. The GPU’s 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is sufficient for this game’s lighting and shadow calculations, but the memory subsystem is the weak link at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Raphael. It operates on a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boosts up to 5.10 GHz. The CPU has a 32 MB shared L3 cache, with 1 MB of L2 per core and 64 KB of L1 per core. It supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, yielding a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s. The CPU’s integrated Radeon Graphics are present but not relevant for this discrete GPU pairing. The 5 nm process node from TSMC contributes to a 65 W TDP, which is low for a desktop chip.

In Red Dead Redemption 2, the CPU’s single-thread performance is crucial for game logic and draw-call submission. The Ryzen 5 7600 scores 3246 in Cinebench R23 single-core, which is strong for this title. Multi-threaded performance is also solid, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22992. The 3DMark single-thread score is 999, and the 3DMark max-threads score is 6503. These figures suggest that the CPU can keep up with the GPU at lower resolutions, but at 1080p Low, the 110.5 FPS result may be approaching the CPU’s limit for this game engine. The CPU’s percentile against all CPUs is 83, and its average benchmark score is 26617.

The nearest CPU rivals show how close this chip is to the competition. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D scores 26574, just 0.2% lower, while the Intel Core i9-12900HK scores 26672, 0.2% higher. This tight grouping indicates that the Ryzen 5 7600 is not a performance outlier; it is a well-rounded mid-range processor. In this game, the CPU’s 12 threads are sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at most settings, but at 1080p Low, the frame rate may be constrained by CPU physics and AI calculations rather than pure rasterization. The memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s is adequate for the game’s open-world streaming, but it is not generous, so higher resolutions that rely on faster storage and memory access could expose this as a secondary bottleneck.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank for this pairing in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 920 out of 1687 tested combinations. This places it in the 55th percentile of all tested combos, meaning it outperforms slightly more than half of the systems in the database. This rank is lower than what the individual component percentiles might suggest, indicating that the pairing is not optimal for this specific game. The CPU’s 83rd percentile and GPU’s 66th percentile do not translate to a top-half ranking because the game’s demands are skewed toward GPU throughput at high resolutions and CPU single-thread at low resolutions.

The rank of 920 suggests that while this combo is competent, many other pairings offer better frame rates for this title. The data shows that at 1080p High, the combo achieves 68.8 FPS, which is solid but not exceptional. At 1440p High, the 52.9 FPS is playable but below the 60 FPS target many players prefer. The 4K High result of 36.5 FPS is the weakest link, and it drags the overall rank down. Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing is likely held back by the GPU’s 8 GB memory capacity at 4K, where higher-end cards with more memory would score significantly better.

The measured data confirms that this combo is best suited for 1080p or 1440p gaming with Medium to High settings. The 1080p Medium result of 85.1 FPS and 1440p Medium result of 61.6 FPS are the sweet spots. The rank of 920 out of 1687 is a fair representation of this performance envelope. It is not a low-end pairing, but it is also not a high-end one; it sits in the middle of the pack, where compromises between resolution and quality are necessary.

FAQ

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

A: The data shows 1080p Medium at 85.1 FPS and 1440p Medium at 61.6 FPS are the most balanced settings. 1080p Ultra is playable at 49.5 FPS, but 4K Ultra drops to 26.5 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26617, which is 0.2% higher than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D’s 26574. The performance difference is negligible in synthetic tests.

Q: Is 8 GB of VRAM enough for this game?

A: At 1080p and 1440p, the 8 GB GDDR6 memory is sufficient for High settings. At 4K Ultra, the 26.5 FPS result suggests the frame buffer is a limitation, as the GPU’s memory bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s is also constrained.

Q: What is the GPU’s ranking among all tested GPUs?

A: The RTX 4060 falls in the 66th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 23181. It is 0.6% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 6600M and 0.7% faster than the Intel Arc B580.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 110.5 FPS, which is high enough that the CPU’s 6 cores and 12 threads may start to limit frame rates. The CPU’s single-thread score of 3246 in Cinebench R23 is strong, but the game’s draw-call overhead can still become a factor.

Q: How does this combo rank overall in the database?

A: It ranks 920 out of 1687 tested combos for Red Dead Redemption 2. This places it in the 55th percentile, indicating average performance relative to other system pairings.