Red Dead Redemption 2

# Red Dead Redemption 2 with AMD Ryzen 5 7600X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 delivers a mid-range 1080p experience in Red Dead Redemption 2, with the data showing this combo ranking 968th out of 1,687 tested configurations. The CPU, a 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 part with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, ranks at the 66th percentile among all GPUs. Measured frame rates reveal that this pairing is consistently GPU-limited at higher settings and resolutions, though the CPU's strong single-thread performance (3,406 in Cinebench R23 single-core) keeps 1080p Low playable at over 112 FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average frame rate this combo achieves in Red Dead Redemption 2?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system delivers an average of 112.6 FPS, which is the highest measured frame rate across all tested resolution and settings combinations.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in this game?

A: The combo ranks 968th out of 1,687 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the overall distribution for Red Dead Redemption 2 performance.

Q: Is the RTX 4060 more comparable to the Intel Arc B580 or the AMD Radeon RX 6600M?

A: Benchmark data shows the RTX 4060's average score of 23,181 is only 0.7% higher than the Intel Arc B580 (23,021) and 0.6% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23,321), indicating near-identical overall GPU compute performance among these three.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded performance relative to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600X scores 24,128 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, which is 0.2% ahead of the Ryzen 7 5700X's 26,214 average in the nearestRivals data, though the 5700X has a higher average benchmark score overall.

Q: Does the GPU have enough memory for 4K Ultra settings?

A: The RTX 4060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the measured average FPS drops to 26.0, which is below playable thresholds, though the GPU's 272.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is the same across all resolutions.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread score compare to its multi-thread score?

A: The CPU achieves 3,406 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 24,128 in multi-core, with the multi-core score being roughly 7.1 times higher, reflecting efficient scaling from 6 cores with 12 threads.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is the primary performance bottleneck in this pairing for Red Dead Redemption 2. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, paired with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory running at an effective 17 Gbps on a 128-bit bus, yielding 272.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The GPU's 3,072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute rated at 15.11 TFLOPS.

At 1080p Low, the GPU's limits are less binding, allowing the CPU's strong single-thread performance to push frame rates to 112.6 FPS. However, as settings increase, the GPU's workload grows substantially. The measured data shows that at 1080p, average FPS falls from 112.6 at Low to 79.6 at Medium, 70.9 at High, and 49.4 at Ultra. This pattern indicates that the GPU's shading and memory subsystems become progressively more saturated with each setting tier.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity, while modest by modern standards, does not appear to cause catastrophic drops at 4K — the lowest measured average is 26.0 FPS at 4K Ultra. The GPU's 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores are present but their impact on this particular title's rasterized workload is secondary to raw shader throughput. The 115 W TDP and 300 W suggested PSU indicate this is a power-efficient part, though such figures are not directly reflected in frame rate outcomes.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 1,687 combos tested in Red Dead Redemption 2, this CPU-GPU pairing sits at rank 968, placing it in the 57th percentile of tested configurations. This ranking reflects a combination where the CPU is notably stronger than the GPU on a percentile basis — the Ryzen 5 7600X sits at the 83rd percentile among CPUs, while the RTX 4060 sits at the 66th percentile among GPUs. The performance ceiling is therefore set by the GPU, and the rank reflects that constraint.

The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scoring include the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U (26,262 average, 0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 7 7735U (26,305 average, -0.1% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655GE (26,320 average, -0.2% delta). The Ryzen 7 5700X (26,214 average, 0.2% delta) is the only rival with a positive delta, but even that 0.2% difference is negligible in practical terms. This indicates the 7600X delivers compute performance essentially identical to a range of mobile and desktop parts, but its gaming results in this title are governed by GPU throughput rather than CPU compute headroom.

The GPU's nearest rivals tell a similar story: the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23,321 average, -0.6% delta) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (23,338 average, -0.7% delta) score slightly higher, while the Intel Arc B580 (23,021 average, 0.7% delta) and AMD Radeon 760M (22,999 average, 0.8% delta) score slightly lower. The tight clustering of these scores — all within 0.8% of each other — suggests that the RTX 4060's position in the overall combo ranking is not due to a uniquely weak or strong GPU, but rather the expected result of pairing a high-percentile CPU with a mid-percentile GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its most playable results. Low settings produce an average of 112.6 FPS, which is the only configuration exceeding 100 FPS. Medium settings drop to 79.6 FPS, High to 70.9 FPS, and Ultra to 49.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 33.0 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 8.7 FPS, and High to Ultra is 21.5 FPS. This non-linear scaling suggests that Low settings remove a significant GPU workload, while Medium and High are closer in demand.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates decline across all settings. Low yields 82.2 FPS, Medium drops to 59.2 FPS, High to 48.6 FPS, and Ultra to 34.9 FPS. The relative ordering remains consistent with 1080p, but the absolute values are lower. The gap between Low and Medium here is 23.0 FPS, Medium to High is 10.6 FPS, and High to Ultra is 13.7 FPS. Notably, the High-to-Ultra drop at 1440p (13.7 FPS) is smaller than at 1080p (21.5 FPS), suggesting that at higher resolution, the GPU is already saturated and additional settings changes have a reduced marginal impact.

At 3840x2160, the system is firmly below 60 FPS in all settings. Low produces 53.1 FPS, Medium 43.3 FPS, High 36.3 FPS, and Ultra 26.0 FPS. The Low-to-Medium drop is 9.8 FPS, Medium-to-High is 7.0 FPS, and High-to-Ultra is 10.3 FPS. These results indicate that 4K gaming with this combo is limited to Low settings for a 50+ FPS experience, while Ultra is only suitable for 30 FPS-class targets.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear GPU-bound pattern. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 112.6 at 1080p to 82.2 at 1440p (a 30.4 FPS decrease) and then to 53.1 at 4K (a further 29.1 FPS decrease). The total drop from 1080p to 4K at Low is 59.5 FPS, representing a 52.8% reduction. At Medium settings, the progression is 79.6 to 59.2 to 43.3 FPS, with total drop of 36.3 FPS (45.6% reduction). At High, it goes from 70.9 to 48.6 to 36.3 FPS, a total drop of 34.6 FPS (48.8% reduction). At Ultra, the sequence is 49.4 to 34.9 to 26.0 FPS, a total drop of 23.4 FPS (47.4% reduction).

The percentage reduction from 1080p to 4K is remarkably consistent across settings, ranging from roughly 45% to 53%. This consistency indicates that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are the dominant constraints, as doubling the pixel count (from 1080p to 4K is a 4x increase in pixels) produces a roughly halving of frame rate across all settings. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the percentage drop would be much smaller at higher resolutions, as the CPU workload does not scale with resolution. The data shows the opposite: the CPU, with its 83rd percentile ranking and strong 3,406 single-core Cinebench score, is never the limiting factor in this game at these settings.

The 1440p-to-4K transition shows a particularly steep decline at High settings, where FPS drops from 48.6 to 36.3 (a 25.3% decrease) compared to the 1080p-to-1440p drop from 70.9 to 48.6 (a 31.5% decrease). This suggests that at 4K, the GPU is operating beyond its comfortable efficiency range, and the 8 GB VRAM capacity may contribute to the lower Ultra result of 26.0 FPS. The memory bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s, while adequate for 1080p, appears to be a limiting factor at 4K Ultra where the frame rate approaches single-digit territory only at the lowest quality preset.