Red Dead Redemption 2

The measured Red Dead Redemption 2 data for the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 includes average-FPS rows across the listed resolutions and settings. The game's release date is 2018-10-25, while the CPU's release date is 2025-04-22 and the GPU's release date is 2022-09-19. The lowest average is 34 fps at 3840x2160 Ultra, and the highest is 152 fps at 1920x1080 Low. This combination ranks 870th out of 3,714 tested combos in the RDR2 benchmark result table.

Resolution Scaling

At High settings, the average FPS moves from 95 at 1920x1080 to 71 at 2560x1440 and then 47 at 3840x2160. The Low preset follows the same path: 152, 114, and 75. Medium goes from 114 at 1920x1080 to 85 at 2560x1440 and 56 at 3840x2160. Ultra goes from 69 to 51 to 34. Every preset shows the same direction: as resolution increases, average FPS decreases.

The Medium rows are the only ones with min and max values in the data. At 1920x1080 Medium, the frame window is 97 to 131 around a 114 average. At 2560x1440 Medium, the window is 72 to 98 around an 85 average. At 3840x2160 Medium, the window is 48 to 65 around a 56 average. Those windows shift downward along with the averages, which reinforces the resolution trend.

Because the CPU and GPU are the same across all rows, the measured drop can be attributed to the resolution change itself. The GPU is the component that processes the increasing number of pixels, and the consistent decline from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 to 3840x2160 indicates a GPU-limited scenario at higher resolutions. The 1920x1080 Low result (152) and the 3840x2160 Low result (75) show how much headroom disappears when the same low-workload preset is pushed to a larger pixel buffer.

GPU Role

The GPU is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD102 chip, manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process with 76,300 million transistors. The base clock is 2235 MHz, and the boost clock is 2520 MHz. Memory runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective. The 24 GB GDDR6X frame buffer uses a 384-bit bus, giving 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. The GPU has 16,384 shading units, 512 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 128 RT cores, and 512 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 443.5 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 1,290.2 GTexel/s.

These specifications sit behind the measured RDR2 rows. At 1920x1080 Low, the GPU is able to produce 152 fps. At 3840x2160 Low, the same GPU produces 75 fps. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average falls to 34 fps. The large memory buffer and high bandwidth are present in every row, so the frame-rate differences are not the result of changing VRAM capacity; they come from the rendering load at each resolution and setting.

The GPU's aggregate benchmark score is 60,347, which places it in the 88th percentile among all GPUs. The nearestRivals list includes Intel Arc Pro A60 with 60,326 and deltaPct 0, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 with 60,140 and deltaPct 0.3, AMD Radeon Pro W6600M with 61,896 and deltaPct -2.5, and AMD Radeon PRO V710 with 58,657 and deltaPct 2.9. These aggregate scores are a general reference; the RDR2 measured rows are the more direct evidence for this game.

The listed GPU TDP is 450 W, the slot width is triple-slot, the power connector is 1x 16-pin, and the suggested PSU is 850 W. The GPU uses PCIe 4.0 x16, with outputs listed as 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. The API list includes DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The GPU is marked End-of-life, with a release date of 2022-09-19; its predecessor is GeForce 30 and its successor is GeForce 50. The launch MSRP is 1,599 USD.

FAQ

Q: Which resolution and settings row has the highest measured average FPS?

A: The 1920x1080 Low row has the highest average at 152 fps. The next highest measured rows are 1920x1080 Medium and 2560x1440 Low, both at 114 fps.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested RDR2 combos?

A: The combo is ranked 870th out of 3,714 tested combinations. The data shows more tested combos finish below this pairing than above it.

Q: Is the 3840x2160 resolution usable with this combo?

A: At 3840x2160, Low averages 75 fps, Medium averages 56 fps, High averages 47 fps, and Ultra averages 34 fps. The data shows Low and Medium are the only two presets above High and Ultra, with Ultra being the slowest measured row in the entire table.

Q: Why does Medium produce a higher average than High?

A: The measured data shows Medium at 114 fps for 1920x1080, 85 fps for 2560x1440, and 56 fps for 3840x2160, while High sits at 95, 71, and 47 respectively. High never beats Medium in any of the three resolutions, so the preset name order does not match the FPS order in this data set.

Q: What does the resolution scaling show about the limiting component?

A: At every preset, increasing the resolution lowers the average FPS. For example, High goes from 95 to 71 to 47, and Low goes from 152 to 114 to 75. Since the CPU and GPU remain unchanged, the FPS loss with resolution points to the GPU as the limiting component at higher resolutions.

Q: What are the GPU memory specifications?

A: The GPU has 24 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus with 1.01 TB/s bandwidth. Memory clock is 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed. The 3840x2160 average of 34 fps at Ultra occurs with this memory configuration, indicating that raw memory capacity alone does not determine the frame rate.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below lists the measured FPS rows exactly as recorded. Empty min/max cells indicate that no minimum or maximum value was reported for that settings row.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | Low | 75 | | |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 56 | 48 | 65 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 47 | | |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 34 | | |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 114 | | |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 85 | 72 | 98 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 71 | | |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 51 | | |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 152 | | |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 114 | 97 | 131 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 95 | | |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 69 | | |

The pattern is consistent: every settings row sees a lower average as the resolution moves from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 to 3840x2160. The only rows with recorded min/max are Medium, and those min/max values also decrease with resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

In the RDR2 result table, this CPU+GPU combination has a combo rank of 870 out of 3,714. The database therefore contains more combos that are slower than this one than combos that are faster. This is a strong result, though not near the very top of the list.

The CPU's standalone percentile is 95, and the GPU's standalone percentile is 88. The game-specific combo rank of 870 of 3,714 is a separate measurement that depends on the actual tested frame rates in RDR2, so the aggregate hardware percentiles do not automatically predict the exact game ranking.

The measured FPS table supports the interpretation that this combo is strongest when the GPU workload is moderate. The highest averages come from Low and Medium settings across the three resolutions, while the lowest averages come from Ultra at higher resolutions. That puts the combo's rank in the game in the context of a system that can run RDR2 smoothly at lower presets, but loses ground when every Ultra feature is enabled.

Settings Recommendations

Low is the fastest preset in every resolution row: 152 fps at 1920x1080, 114 fps at 2560x1440, and 75 fps at 3840x2160. Ultra is the slowest: 69, 51, and 34 fps. The data suggests Low for maximum smoothness, especially at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 where the FPS margin is larger.

Medium is the strongest non-Low preset in the measured data. It reaches 114 fps at 1920x1080, 85 fps at 2560x1440, and 56 fps at 3840x2160. High is slower than Medium at every resolution, so High appears to offer no measured FPS benefit in this data set. Ultra is the most expensive preset; at 3840x2160 it drops to 34 fps, which is the lowest measured value anywhere in the table.

At 1920x1080, Ultra still records 69 fps, making it the only Ultra row above the 2560x1440 Ultra average of 51 and the 3840x2160 Ultra average of 34. But Medium at 114 fps provides a much larger performance cushion. At 2560x1440, the choice between Low (114) and Medium (85) is clearer if smoothness is the priority. At 3840x2160, Medium (56) is the only non-Low preset above High (47), so Medium is the highest-quality preset that stays ahead of High in the data.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX is a 16-core, 32-thread processor from the 8000 series, using the Zen 4 architecture and Dragon Range codename. It was built on TSMC's 5 nm process, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. The TDP is 55 W, the socket is AMD Socket FL1, and the CPU is marked Active with a release date of 2025-04-22. The cache layout is 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 64 MB L3. Memory support is DDR5 over a dual-channel bus at 83.2 GB/s, with PCIe Gen 5 and 28 CPU lanes. The integrated GPU is Radeon 610M, and the part number is 100-000001848.

The CPU benchmark values give a picture of its processing power. Cinebench R23 multicore is 42713 and single-core is 6030. Cinebench R20 multicore is 17939 and single-core is 2532. Cinebench R15 multicore is 4305 and single-core is 607. PassMark multithread is 51405 and single-thread is 3907. Other PassMark results include integer math at 195180, floating point math at 117453, extended instructions at 49823, data encryption at 40836, data compression at 677755, random string sorting at 78781, physics at 2168, and find prime numbers at 262.

The CPU's aggregate average benchmark score is 76212, placing it in the 95th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearestRivals list includes Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX at 76155 with deltaPct 0.1, AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P at 76492 with deltaPct -0.4, AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX at 76513 with deltaPct -0.4, and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D at 75779 with deltaPct 0.6. That places the 8945HX in a close group around the 76212 mark.

In RDR2, the CPU's contribution is most visible in the 1920x1080 Low row. That row reaches 152 fps, the highest number in the measured set, meaning the CPU can supply frames fast enough to let the RTX 4090 run at a very high rate when pixel work is low. The same CPU is present in the 3840x2160 Ultra row, but that row averages 34 fps. The CPU is not the variable changing between those rows; the GPU has to handle a much larger render workload at 3840x2160 Ultra. The CPU's 32 threads and 64 MB L3 are high-capacity features, and the combo rank of 870 out of 3,714 shows the full pairing still finishes above the majority of tested RDR2 systems.