Red Dead Redemption 2

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a high-end desktop combination for Red Dead Redemption 2. In this benchmark database, the measured results show that the system delivers 121 FPS average at 1080p High, scaling up to 60 FPS at 4K High. The combo holds the 260th position out of 3714 tested configurations, placing it within the top 7% of all recorded setups for this game. The data indicates a CPU with six cores and twelve threads, and a 16 GB GPU, stepping through resolution and preset scaling below.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, built on a 5 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, with 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The processor supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel bus and a peak memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s. These specifications position the CPU to handle Red Dead Redemption 2's threading model, which spooled up to 12 threads (one per thread) without obvious saturation.

In the benchmark pool, the Ryzen 5 7600 achieves a combined CPU benchmark score (the average benchmark score) of 26,324. This score places it at the 78th percentile when compared to all CPUs considered in the database. Its nearest rivals, by average score, are the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (26,274, delta 0.2%), the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26,212, delta 0.4%) and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (26,187, delta 0.5%). The marginally negative delta of the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (-0.3%) leaves the 7600 essentially tied with the top of that cluster. This means that the CPU is not a limiting factor in Red Dead Redemption 2 when paired with the RTX 4080.

At the lowest resolution and preset—1080p Low—the combination yields an average of 194 FPS. The wide margin between 1080p Low and the 1080p High preset (194 vs 121 FPS) demonstrates that the CPU can push well beyond 100 FPS for this title, and the 6-core/12-thread setup will not struggle with typical gameplay. Since the measured FPS scale does not present min/max values for the Low and High settings, only the average, but all other presets provide min/max at Medium where the 1080p Medium gave 145 average with min 123 and max 167. This spread suggests that CPU time does not dramatically influence the lower bound at high refresh rates.

Thread scaling is not directly measured per thread, but the sensitivity to resolution (which is a GPU load) indicates that the CPU remains far from its ceiling. The single-thread benchmark score for the Ryzen 5 7600 is 3,910 (PassMark Single Thread), and its multi-thread score is 27,058 (PassMark Multi Thread). These numbers place it in a high-mid tier, enough to feed the RTX 4080 without motion stall. The processor’s 5.10 GHz boost clock is high, which is beneficial for the game’s executive instruction and path finding, though the overall FPS scaling at higher presets is primarily the effect of the GPU.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 uses 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus with 716.8 GB/s memory bandwidth. It has a base clock of 2205 MHz and a boost clock of 2505 MHz. The 9728 mainstream shading units and 112 raster output units (ROPs) provide a high geometric and fill workload. In the general GPU benchmark set, this card scores 34,457 in Passmark G3D (and a full GPU compute score of 20,671), with an average benchmark score of 54,247. The percentile place is the 86th across all GPUs, meaning it sits above nearly all consumer graphics cards.

Its closest rival without specified delta is the RTX 4080 SUPER (avg score 54,209, delta 0.1%)—a near tie. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (avg 54,828, delta -1.1%) and other entries trail notably. The result is consistent that the RTX 4080 shows a tight grouping at this performance point, and the RTX 4080 is just 0.1% off the SUPER variant.

In Red Dead Redemption 2, the 16 GB VRAM is enough for all tested settings. No memory truncation at 4K Ultra is observed; the GPU simply hits its raw compute envelope. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is only 43, which is a dramatic loss from the 4K High preset (60 FPS). The medium preset yields 72 FPS with a minimum of 61. The difference between medium and high amounts to a runtime gap of ~12 FPS (72 vs 60), which indicates that the preset is heavy on the pipeline. At 1440p, the same jump from Ultra (65 FPS) to High (90 FPS) is +25 FPS. This data follows the typical signature: the RTX 4080 is strong at all three resolutions, but in the most demanding Ultra preset it is not enough for 60FPS at 4K. The card’s core features—the 48.74 TFLOPS FP32 compute and pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s—are still room for a 45-70 FPS range across 1440–4K.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

Looking at the measured winners, we can track theaverage FPS across the three presets that have min/max and for each physical resolution:

• At Low: 1080p 194 -> 1440p 145 -> 4K 96. Percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is 25.1% (194 to 145), from 1440p to 4K is 33.8% (145 to 96). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 50.5% (194 to 96).
• At Medium: 1080p 145 -> 1440p 108 -> 4K 72. Drop: 1080 to 1440 is -25.5%, 1440 to 4K is -33.3%, total -50.3%.
• At High: 1080p 121 -> 1440p 90 -> 4K 60. Drop: -25.6%, -33.3%, total -50.4%.
• At Ultra: 1080p 87 -> 1440p 65 -> 4K 43. Drop: -25.3%, -33.8%, total -50.6%.

Consistently, the step from 1080p to 1440p reduces FPS by about a quarter (25–26%) ae; the step from 1440p to 4K reduces by about one-third (33–34%). This pattern is a classic, resolution-limited scaling, as the pixel count (from 1080p to 1440p) grows 1.78x, while 1440p to 4K grows 2.25x, but the FPS decline is less than pixel growth, reflecting that the GPU is only partially fill‑rate limited and partly shader‑limited. The distinct similarity in the three presets indicates that scale is not affected by the preset load; the CPU remains off the critical path. The absence of a min/max dataset for some presets prevents an exact spike at 4K, but the observed 4K High average of 60 FPS is exactly the refresh-rate boundary for standard monitors, while 4K Medium at 72 gives a comfortable headroom.

No matter which setting we take, the net FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is roughly −50%, showing the RTX 4080 is consistently the decisive factor. If the CPU had been a limit, the drop from 1080p to 1440p would be smaller than 25%, given that the GPU load stays low. The interpretation is that the Ryzen 5 7600 is enough to avoid CPU bottleneck even at 4K Ultra.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

The objective target is smoothness with a minimum safe margin. All measured presets at 1080p and 1440p exceed 60 FPS except the 4K preset, so the recommendation must separate that.

1080p: If a 108Hz or 144Hz monitor is used, Medium Preset is the optimum. It holds an average of 145 FPS (min 123, max 167), giving a high-confidence frame. The Low hits 194 but sacrifices visual quality; High (121) is still above the 60 target but has no min guaranteed (max not measured) and is 24% slower than Medium. Ultra (87) is playable but has no min data and yields only a 45% headroom over 1080p Medium. Hence: Medium yields best framing with quality gains or step down to High for comfort.

1440p: For 1440p, High presents an average of 90 FPS. Medium gives 108 (min 92, max 125) and is still above 90. If protection against drops is desired, Medium with a min of 92 is extremely safe. Ultra does 65 FPS but a 56% overhead that is less than the 90 achieved, while its exact minimum is not given. Therefore, Medium is recommended for the frame‑time stability at 1440p; High is a second option for 125Hz/120Hz displays.

4K: Here, the decisive point is the 60 FPS target. High preset reaches exactly 60 average, but the absence of min/max means we cannot attest to frame hits. The Medium preset achieves 72 (min 61, max 82) and the minimum is already above 60, making it the only preset at 4Kp that guarantees a 60+ min. Ultra is 43 average, clearly not targeting 60. For a living room 60Hz TV, High is barely at the target; for any variability, Medium is the preset. So the database-recommended preset to be the sweet spot is Medium at 4K, Medium at 1440p, Medium at 108p—based on measured min-max stability.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The comboRankInGame specifies this exact permutation (AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + RTX 4080) as rank 260 out of 3714 total configurations. That means it beats 94% of the tested combos in the database for Red Dead Redemption 2 (since 3714-260=3454 combo ahead it). The top 7% placement (for a rank of 260) shows that this mix is above-average high-end; it is not the absolute best, but it is a representative combo that will hit 60+ FPS at 4K High‑Preset.

The rank is a composite of the CPU and GPU, as per the database’s full tested set. The high CPU percentile (78) and GPU percentile (86) place it within the top tier. Note that the database includes many other combinations in the low-resolution settings, so rank 260 is a very strong outcome and will be nearly identical to a 4080‑Super. The measured fps (average of all four presets) is not provided, but the rank’s normalized fineness ensures the combination is suitable for 60 FPS 4K in most titles.

FAQ

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck at 1080p when running Red Dead Redemption 2?

A: The 1080p Low preset hits 194 FPS, and 1080p Medium hits 145 FPS. The FPS only falls by ~25% when moving to 1440p, while the pixel count increases by 78%. That pattern indicates the GPU is the limiting factor even at 1080p, so the Ryzen 5 7600 has enough capability.

Q: What is the maximum FPS measured for this combo in this game?

A: The highest average FPS is 194 at 1080p Low. The highest recorded metric for FPS is that 194 FPS average. Max FPS is not given for that preset, but the Medium preset shows a maximum of 167 at 1080p.

Q: Does the combo achieve 60 FPS at 4K?

A: Yes. At 4K High, the average is 60 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average is 72 FPS with a guaranteed minimum of 61 FPS. The Ultra preset dips to an average of 43 FPS and should be avoided.

Q: How close is the RTX 4080 to the RTX 4080 SUPER in this game?

A: Based on benchmark scores, the RTX 4080 is 0.1% above the RTX 4080 SUPER in the general GPU benchmark (average score 54,247 vs 54,209). This difference is within measurement error, so operationally they perform the same in this game.

Q: How many CPU cores and threads does the Ryzen 5 7600 have for this game?

A: It has 6 cores and 12 threads (6-core / 12-thread). With the boost clock up to 5.10 GHz, Red Dead Redemption captures movement across all threads at over GPU saturation.

Q: Is 16 GB VRAM enough for Red Dead Redemption 2?

A: In the measured presets, the game uses only the settings and running at max 4K Ultra; no memory capacity issue is observed. The GPU HR included 16 GB GDDR6X, which is above the typical graphics load.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, preset by present, exact numbers

All data below comes from the repository measuredFps matrix. The "min fps" (the first?) is shown only when a valid minimum was recorded.

| Resolution | Preset | AverageFPS | MinFPS | MaxFPS |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 87 | – | (empty) |

| 1920x1080 | High | 121 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 145 | 123 | 167 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 194 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 65 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | High | 90 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 108 | 92 | 125 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 145 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 43 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | High | 60 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 72 | 61 | 82 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 96 | – | – |

The FPS row values are averages within each cell. The game is clearly playable at 60+ for all presets except 4K Ultra. The minimum framerates show that Medium at 1440p (min 92) and at 4Kp (min 61) offer the best balance, while Ultra shows no min/max so a smooth experience is not guaranteed.

The described data reveals the following: The appearance of 60 FPS on 4K High is exactly at the target, Medium gives high margin, and the 1080p Medium provides 145 FPS with relaxing min 123. The combination of 6-core 7600 and RTX 4080 is a well-matched pair for both CPU-bound and GPU-bound scenes, staying in the top 260 out of 3714 tested in this game.