Red Dead Redemption 2

# Red Dead Redemption 2 with AMD Ryzen 7 5700G + Intel Arc B370

This combination of AMD's 8-core Ryzen 7 5700G and Intel's integrated Arc B370 graphics produces unplayable frame rates across all tested settings in Red Dead Redemption 2, with the system ranking in the bottom 8% of all tested combos. The data shows a hard GPU-bound scenario where even the lowest settings at 1080p yield only 47 FPS average, and 4K Ultra drops to a slideshow-like 10 FPS. This pairing is fundamentally mismatched for this title, as the integrated graphics solution cannot keep pace with the CPU's capability.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate collapse from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent, revealing that the Intel Arc B370 is the overwhelming bottleneck. At Low settings, average FPS drops from 47 at 1920x1080 to 35 at 2560x1440, then to 23 at 3840x2160 — a cumulative reduction of approximately 51% from 1080p to 4K. The scaling pattern is nearly linear with pixel count, which is the signature of a GPU that is saturated at every resolution.

At Medium settings, the same trend emerges: 35 FPS at 1080p, 26 FPS at 1440p, and 17 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 9 FPS, and from 1440p to 4K is another 9 FPS, showing no signs of CPU limiting even at the highest pixel counts. High settings follow suit with 29, 22, and 14 FPS across the three resolutions, respectively. Ultra settings produce the most dramatic scaling, falling from 21 FPS at 1080p to 16 FPS at 1440p and finally 10 FPS at 4K.

The fact that 4K Ultra yields 10 FPS while 1080p Low yields 47 FPS — a 4.7x difference — indicates that the Arc B370's limited shading units (1280) and texture units (40) are fully occupied even at 1080p. The GPU's pixel rate of 48.00 GPixel/s and texture rate of 96.00 GTexel/s are simply insufficient for Red Dead Redemption 2's rendering demands. The data suggests that lowering resolution provides proportionally more headroom for the GPU, but even at the lowest settings, the frame rates remain marginal for playable action-adventure gameplay.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) with a 25 W TDP, built on Intel's 3 nm process with the Xe3-LPG architecture. Its boost clock reaches 2400 MHz, but the base clock is just 300 MHz, and memory is system-shared with bandwidth described as "System Dependent." This shared-memory arrangement is a critical weakness for Red Dead Redemption 2, a game known for large texture data sets. The GPU's 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 12.29 TFLOPS FP16 performance are the only compute metrics available, and they translate into the observed frame rates.

Benchmark results place this GPU in the 5th percentile of all GPUs, with a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1184. Its nearest rivals are ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (score 1186, deltaPct -0.2), ATI Radeon HD 5770 (score 1190, deltaPct -0.5), AMD Radeon HD 7650M (score 1192, deltaPct -0.7), and AMD FirePro M2000 (score 1168, deltaPct 1.4). This places the Arc B370 in the company of legacy integrated and low-end discrete GPUs from over a decade ago, none of which would be considered viable for modern action-adventure titles at playable settings.

The VRAM situation is unique: the memory size, type, and bus width are all listed as "System Shared," meaning the GPU draws from the CPU's DDR4 memory. This introduces latency and bandwidth contention that a dedicated VRAM buffer would avoid. In Red Dead Redemption 2, where texture streaming is aggressive, this shared-memory architecture likely contributes to the severe frame rate limitations. The GPU's 20 ROPs and 10 ray tracing cores are present but clearly overwhelmed, as even the lowest settings at 1080p cannot reach 60 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and Intel Arc B370 ranks 2670 out of 2902 tested combos in Red Dead Redemption 2, placing it in the bottom 8% of all configurations. This rank is a direct consequence of the GPU's limitations, as the CPU itself is a mid-range performer. The combo's measured FPS data shows no configuration reaching even 50 FPS average, with the best case being 47 FPS at 1080p Low.

The ranking context becomes clearer when examining the CPU's standalone performance. The Ryzen 7 5700G has an average benchmark score of 27051, placing it in the 79th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-9900K (score 27097, deltaPct -0.2), AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 (score 26936, deltaPct 0.4), Intel Core i5-14400T (score 27166, deltaPct -0.4), and Intel Core i7-1370P (score 26900, deltaPct 0.6). The CPU is competitive with these parts, yet the combo rank is near the bottom because the GPU is in the 5th percentile. This is a textbook case of a high-performing CPU being held back by inadequate graphics hardware.

The delta between the CPU's 79th percentile ranking and the combo's 8th percentile ranking highlights a severe imbalance. In a game like Red Dead Redemption 2, which is heavily GPU-dependent, the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads provide ample processing power, but the Arc B370 cannot convert that potential into frame rate. The combo's rank would likely improve dramatically with a discrete GPU, but as configured, it sits among the lowest-performing systems in the database.

FAQ

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

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 47 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. No other configuration exceeds this, with Medium at 1080p reaching 35 FPS and High at 1080p reaching 29 FPS.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The Arc B370 scores 1184 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, which is within 1.4% of the AMD FirePro M2000 (1168), 0.2% of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1186), 0.5% of the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1190), and 0.7% of the AMD Radeon HD 7650M (1192). These are all legacy parts, indicating the Arc B370's performance tier.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700G a bottleneck in this configuration?

A: No. The CPU ranks in the 79th percentile with an average benchmark score of 27051, and its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-9900K, scores 27097 (deltaPct -0.2). The GPU is the limiting factor, as evidenced by the CPU's strong standalone scores versus the combo's bottom-8% ranking.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low settings average 47 FPS while Ultra settings average 21 FPS, a reduction of 26 FPS. This 55% drop from Low to Ultra demonstrates the GPU's sensitivity to graphical settings.

Q: Does 4K resolution produce any playable results?

A: No. The best 4K result is 23 FPS at Low settings, with Medium at 17 FPS, High at 14 FPS, and Ultra at 10 FPS. None of these approach playable frame rates for an action-adventure title.

Q: How does the combo's rank compare to its total combination count?

A: The combo ranks 2670 out of 2902 tested combos, placing it in the 8th percentile overall. This is far below the CPU's 79th percentile ranking, confirming the GPU as the primary constraint.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are 47 for Low, 35 for Medium, 29 for High, and 21 for Ultra. The Medium setting also records a minimum FPS of 30 and maximum of 40, showing a 10 FPS variance during testing. These numbers reveal that even at the lowest resolution tested, the Arc B370 cannot maintain 60 FPS under any settings configuration.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop to 35 FPS at Low, 26 FPS at Medium, 22 FPS at High, and 16 FPS at Ultra. The Medium setting again has additional data with a minimum of 22 FPS and maximum of 30 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows from 26 FPS at 1080p to 19 FPS at 1440p, suggesting that the GPU is becoming more uniformly saturated as pixel count increases.

At 3840x2160, the results are 23 FPS for Low, 17 FPS for Medium, 14 FPS for High, and 10 FPS for Ultra. The Medium setting records a minimum of 15 FPS and maximum of 20 FPS, the narrowest band of all settings tested. Across all resolutions, the Low-to-Ultra spread shrinks as resolution increases, from 26 FPS at 1080p to 19 FPS at 1440p to 13 FPS at 4K, indicating that the GPU is fully utilized at higher pixel counts regardless of graphical quality settings.

The data shows a consistent pattern: dropping settings from Ultra to Low provides approximately a 2.2x frame rate improvement at any given resolution, but dropping resolution from 4K to 1080p provides a similar improvement at any given settings level. This means users cannot compensate for the GPU's weakness through settings alone — even the lowest settings at 1080p fail to reach 60 FPS, and the highest settings at 4K produce single-digit-to-low-teen frame rates.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is a Zen 3 architecture processor built on TSMC's 7 nm process, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads with base and boost clocks of 3.80 GHz and 4.60 GHz respectively. It has 16 MB of L3 cache, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 64 KB of L1 cache per core. The CPU's 65 W TDP and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth provide a solid foundation, but in this combo, that foundation is wasted on an IGP that cannot utilize it.

Benchmark results for the CPU show a strong multi-threaded profile: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 12830.5 and singlecore scores 1494, while Geekbench multicore and singlecore scores are 9950 and 1894 respectively. PassMark multithread and single thread scores are 24419 and 3283. The CPU's average benchmark score of 27051 places it at the 79th percentile, and its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-9900K, is only 0.2% ahead with a score of 27097. Other rivals include the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 (26936, deltaPct 0.4), Intel Core i5-14400T (27166, deltaPct -0.4), and Intel Core i7-1370P (26900, deltaPct 0.6).

In Red Dead Redemption 2, the CPU's role is diminished because the GPU cannot sustain high frame rates. At 1080p Low, where the GPU has the least work, the 47 FPS average suggests the CPU can feed frames at that rate, but the inability to reach 60 FPS indicates the GPU still limits. The fact that 1080p Ultra produces 21 FPS while 4K Low produces 23 FPS — nearly identical — further confirms that the GPU is the sole constraint, as a CPU bottleneck would show frame rates that scale poorly with resolution but better with settings changes. The Ryzen 7 5700G's 8 cores and 16 threads are more than adequate for this game's CPU demands, and the data shows no evidence of the CPU becoming a limiting factor at any tested resolution or settings level.