Red Dead Redemption 2

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combination delivers a mid-pack result in Red Dead Redemption 2, ranking 961 out of 1687 tested combos. The CPU, an 8-core 16-thread Zen 3 part with a 4.60 GHz boost clock, sits at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU, an Ada Lovelace chip with 8 GB of GDDR6, sits at the 66th percentile. Measured frame rates show the pairing is comfortable at 1080p and 1440p, but 4K Ultra drops to 23.9 fps.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 961 out of 1687 places this pairing in the lower-middle of the database. That means 960 tested combinations produce higher average frame rates in this game, while 726 produce lower ones. The CPU is the stronger component in this pairing: its average benchmark score of 26214 puts it at the 83rd percentile, and its nearest rivals are tightly clustered. The Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26196, just 0.1% behind, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X scores 26272, 0.2% ahead. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 5500GT are also within 0.2% of the 5700X's score. This tight grouping indicates that the CPU is not the differentiator in this combo's rank.

The GPU, by contrast, sits at the 66th percentile with an average benchmark score of 23181. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at 23321 (0.6% ahead) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti at 23338 (0.7% ahead), while the Intel Arc B580 at 23021 (0.7% behind) and AMD Radeon 760M at 22999 (0.8% behind) trail slightly. The GPU's lower percentile relative to the CPU explains why the combo rank is not higher: the graphics card is the limiting factor in Red Dead Redemption 2. The data shows that the CPU has headroom, but the GPU cannot translate that into higher frame rates at demanding settings.

GPU Role

The RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It packs 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, with a transistor density of 118.9M per mm². The chip runs at a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with memory clocked at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory sits on a 128-bit bus, delivering 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is a key factor in the game's performance: at 4K Ultra, the combo manages only 23.9 fps, while at 4K Low it reaches 52.3 fps. The 8 GB capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 128-bit bus limits bandwidth at higher resolutions.

The GPU's compute resources include 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 118.1 GPixel/s, texture rate is 236.2 GTexel/s, and FP32 throughput is 15.11 TFLOPS. These figures are moderate for a 40-series card, and the data reflects that in the game's frame rates. The GPU's TDP is 115 W, with a suggested PSU of 300 W, and it uses a single 12-pin power connector. The card is dual-slot, measuring 240 mm in length, 111 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, which covers Red Dead Redemption 2's API requirements.

The GPU's benchmark results show a Passmark G3D score of 19545 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302. Its Geekbench OpenCL score is 101030 and Vulkan score is 98095. These numbers place it at the 66th percentile, which is below the CPU's 83rd percentile. In this game, the GPU's role is to render the open-world environments, and the measured FPS shows that it becomes the bottleneck as resolution and settings increase.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings for 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low settings produce 110.5 fps, Medium 81.7 fps, High 67.7 fps, and Ultra 47.5 fps. Low is the only setting that exceeds 100 fps, while Ultra remains above 45 fps.

Q: How does the combo perform at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low yields 83.6 fps, Medium 63.8 fps, High 53.7 fps, and Ultra 38.1 fps. High is playable, but Ultra dips below 40 fps.

Q: Is 4K viable?

A: At 3840x2160, Low gives 52.3 fps, Medium 39.4 fps, High 35.8 fps, and Ultra 23.9 fps. Only Low approaches 60 fps, so 4K requires reduced settings.

Q: What is the CPU's launch MSRP?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has a launch MSRP of $299.

Q: What is the GPU's launch MSRP?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has a launch MSRP of 299 USD.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X scores 26214 on average, with the Intel Core i9-11900KF at 26196 (0.1% behind) and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X at 26272 (0.2% ahead). The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 5500GT are also within 0.2% of the 5700X's score.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data covers three resolutions and four settings, for a total of twelve data points. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 110.5 fps on Low, 81.7 fps on Medium, 67.7 fps on High, and 47.5 fps on Ultra. At 2560x1440, the results are 83.6 fps on Low, 63.8 fps on Medium, 53.7 fps on High, and 38.1 fps on Ultra. At 3840x2160, the results are 52.3 fps on Low, 39.4 fps on Medium, 35.8 fps on High, and 23.9 fps on Ultra.

The spread between Low and Ultra is consistent across resolutions. At 1080p, the range runs from 110.5 fps down to 47.5 fps. At 1440p, it runs from 83.6 fps down to 38.1 fps. At 4K, it runs from 52.3 fps down to 23.9 fps. The narrowing range at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is running out of headroom; the difference between settings becomes smaller as the resolution increases. The 4K Low result of 52.3 fps is actually higher than the 1080p Ultra result of 47.5 fps, which shows that settings have a larger impact than resolution in this pairing.

Resolution Scaling

Moving from 1080p to 4K produces a substantial frame rate drop at every setting. For Low, the 1080p result of 110.5 fps falls to 52.3 fps at 4K. For Medium, 81.7 fps falls to 39.4 fps. For High, 67.7 fps falls to 35.8 fps. For Ultra, 47.5 fps falls to 23.9 fps. In each case, the 4K result is less than half of the 1080p result, which points to the GPU as the limiting component. The CPU's 16 threads and 32 MB of shared L3 cache are more than sufficient for this game's CPU load; the bottleneck is the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus.

The data also shows that the drop from 1080p to 1440p is smaller than the drop from 1440p to 4K. For example, on High settings, 1080p yields 67.7 fps, 1440p yields 53.7 fps, and 4K yields 35.8 fps. The 1440p result is a modest reduction, while the 4K result is a much steeper decline. This pattern is consistent across all settings, indicating that the GPU's memory bandwidth becomes increasingly strained as pixel count grows. The RTX 4060's 272.0 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for 1080p, but at 4K the 128-bit bus cannot keep up with the demand.

The CPU's strong single-thread performance — 3193 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 3385 in Passmark single-thread — ensures that the game's main thread is not a bottleneck. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (110.5 fps) shows that the CPU can feed the GPU well beyond the GPU's capabilities at higher resolutions. The limiting component is clearly the GPU, and the resolution scaling data confirms this.