Revolution Idle

Revolution Idle is not a demanding title, but the benchmark data for the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination reveals a clear performance curve across resolutions. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo delivers 214 FPS, which drops to 169 FPS at High and 108 FPS at Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates scale down: 148 FPS at Low, 112 FPS at Medium, 107 FPS at High, and 68 FPS at Ultra. At 3840x2160, the numbers compress significantly: 78 FPS at Low, 59 FPS at Medium, 56 FPS at High, and just 36 FPS at Ultra.

The scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K indicates a shift in bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the system is clearly CPU-limited, as the RTX 4080 is capable of far more than 214 FPS in an idle game. The gap between 1080p Low (214 FPS) and 1080p Ultra (108 FPS) is roughly 2x, showing that even at the lowest resolution, settings changes have a massive impact. By 4K Ultra, the GPU is fully engaged, with the frame rate dropping to 36 FPS — a 6x reduction from the 1080p Low result. This suggests that the RTX 4080, while powerful, is not immune to the demands of Revolution Idle at maximum settings and 4K resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling data shows a predictable but steep decline as pixel count increases. From 1920x1080 to 2560x1440, the average FPS at High settings drops from 169 to 107, a 37% reduction. Scaling further to 3840x2160 at High yields 56 FPS, another 48% drop from 1440p. This is a classic sign of GPU-bound performance at higher resolutions, where the pixel throughput becomes the limiting factor. At Low settings, the same progression is visible: 214 FPS at 1080p, 148 FPS at 1440p, and 78 FPS at 4K.

The medium settings row provides the only complete min/max data across all resolutions. At 1920x1080 Medium, the frame rate ranges from 151 to 204 FPS, with an average of 178 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, the range tightens to 95–129 FPS (average 112 FPS), and at 3840x2160 Medium, it narrows further to 50–67 FPS (average 59 FPS). The shrinking variance at higher resolutions reinforces that the GPU is becoming the primary constraint — at 1080p, the CPU can feed frames quickly, but at 4K, the GPU’s rendering time dominates the frame pacing.

What is striking is the 4K Ultra result of 36 FPS. This is below the 60 FPS threshold that most users consider smooth, and it indicates that even a flagship-tier GPU like the RTX 4080 cannot brute-force Revolution Idle at maximum settings in 4K. The data suggests that players targeting 4K should stick to High or Medium settings, where the frame rate ranges from 56 to 59 FPS — marginal but playable. The jump from Ultra to High at 4K is a 56% improvement in average FPS, making High the sensible ceiling for 4K gameplay.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of the Ryzen 5 7600 and RTX 4080 places 257th out of 3,712 tested combos for Revolution Idle. That top-7% ranking is strong, but it is not the absolute best. The percentileVsAllCpus for the Ryzen 5 7600 is 78, meaning the CPU outperforms 78% of all tested processors. The GPU’s percentileVsAllGpus is 86, placing it above 86% of all GPUs. Together, they form a high-tier pairing, but the game’s idle nature means that many other combos — likely those with even faster CPUs or more optimized GPU configurations — can achieve higher frame rates at lower resolutions.

The combo’s rank of 257 out of 3,712 puts it in the upper echelon, but the data shows that the RTX 4080 is not the single best GPU for this title. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores 54,209 in average benchmark score versus the 4080’s 54,247, a delta of just 0.1%. That negligible difference suggests that swapping to the SUPER variant would not meaningfully change the ranking. On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 7600’s average benchmark score of 26,324 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (26,274, delta 0.2%) and the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26,212, delta 0.4%). This indicates that the CPU is not the differentiator in this pairing — the GPU does most of the heavy lifting at higher resolutions.

Interestingly, the combo ranks higher than many would expect given the CPU’s modest core count. With 6 cores and 12 threads, the Ryzen 5 7600 is not a high-core-count part, but its single-thread performance (3,910 in Passmark single-thread) is excellent for an idle game that likely relies on a few fast threads. The ranking suggests that Revolution Idle is more sensitive to raw single-core speed than to multi-core throughput, which aligns with the genre’s typically low thread utilization.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain the observed frame rates. With 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, the card offers 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth — more than enough for a game like Revolution Idle, which does not appear to be memory-bandwidth constrained. The GPU’s boost clock of 2505 MHz and base clock of 2205 MHz are high, and its 9,728 shading units provide substantial compute throughput. The FP32 performance of 48.74 TFLOPS is massive, but the benchmark results show that raw compute is not the limiting factor at 1080p.

The GPU’s role becomes clearer when examining the 4K results. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 36, which is a 67% reduction from 4K Low (78 FPS). This steep drop is not due to VRAM capacity — 16 GB is ample for any current game — but rather to the fill-rate and pixel-processing demands of 4K Ultra settings. The pixel rate is 280.6 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 761.5 GTexel/s, yet the game still struggles to maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra. This suggests that Revolution Idle’s Ultra preset may enable computationally expensive effects that disproportionately impact the GPU at high resolutions.

The RTX 4080’s average benchmark score of 54,247 places it just above the RTX 4080 SUPER (54,209, delta 0.1%) and well above the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55,698, delta -2.6%). However, the GPU’s percentileVsAllGpus of 86 means that 14% of GPUs score higher, and in a game like Revolution Idle, those higher-scoring GPUs may achieve significantly better frame rates at 1080p. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,567 and Geekbench Vulkan score of 263,779 confirm strong synthetic performance, but the real-world FPS data shows that the GPU is only fully utilized at 4K Ultra settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 214 FPS, Medium 178 FPS (with a min/max of 151/204), High 169 FPS, and Ultra 108 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 106 FPS, or roughly 2x, which is substantial for an idle game. The Medium setting’s frame time variance, from 151 to 204 FPS, suggests some CPU-side spikes, but the overall experience is smooth. At 1080p, the RTX 4080 is never the bottleneck — even at Ultra, the frame rate exceeds 100 FPS, indicating that the CPU’s single-thread performance (3,910 Passmark single-thread) is sufficient to drive the GPU.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show the first signs of GPU pressure. Low settings hit 148 FPS, Medium 112 FPS (95–129 range), High 107 FPS, and Ultra 68 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 30% across all settings, which is consistent with the 1.78x increase in pixel count. The Ultra preset takes the largest hit, falling from 108 FPS at 1080p to 68 FPS at 1440p — a 37% reduction. This is the first resolution where Ultra drops below the 100 FPS mark, suggesting that players with 1440p monitors should consider High settings for a smoother experience, though 68 FPS is still playable.

At 3840x2160, the results are more constrained. Low settings average 78 FPS, Medium 59 FPS (50–67 range), High 56 FPS, and Ultra 36 FPS. The 4K Low result of 78 FPS is the only 4K setting that clears 60 FPS, and even that is a 47% drop from 1440p Low. The 4K Ultra result of 36 FPS is the worst in the dataset and falls below the 40 FPS threshold that many consider the minimum for playable frame rates. The Medium setting at 4K, with a min FPS of 50, is the safest choice for maintaining a consistent experience, as the High setting’s average of 56 FPS sits close to the 60 FPS target but may dip below in demanding scenes.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Zen 4 (Raphael) architecture, built on TSMC’s 5 nm process. Its base clock is 3.80 GHz with a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, and it has 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU’s benchmark scores are respectable: 12,735 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1,852 in single-core. In the context of Revolution Idle, the single-core performance is what matters most, and the Passmark single-thread score of 3,910 is strong. The CPU’s percentileVsAllCpus of 78 puts it above the majority of processors, but its nearest rivals — the Ryzen 9 6900HX and Core i9-11900KF — score nearly identically on average.

The CPU’s role is most evident at 1080p, where frame rates exceed 200 FPS at Low settings. At 214 FPS, the CPU is clearly the limiting factor, as the RTX 4080 is capable of far higher frame rates. The data shows that the CPU’s 6 cores are sufficient for this game, as the multi-threaded performance (e.g., 6,503 in 3DMark max threads) is not heavily taxed. The lack of a bottleneck at higher resolutions — where FPS drops are consistent with GPU scaling — confirms that the CPU is not holding back the system at 1440p or 4K.

However, the CPU’s modest core count may explain why this combo ranks 257th rather than higher. With only 6 cores, the Ryzen 5 7600 cannot match the multi-threaded performance of higher-core-count CPUs, even if their single-thread speeds are similar. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 6,499 is nearly identical to the max-threads score of 6,503, indicating that the CPU maxes out around 6-8 threads. In an idle game, this is likely fine, but other combos with 8-core CPUs may edge out this pairing in the rankings.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings depend on the target resolution and frame rate preference. At 1920x1080, all settings are playable, but Ultra at 108 FPS is the only preset that dips below 150 FPS. For a smooth 144 Hz experience, High (169 FPS) or Medium (178 FPS) are the best choices, as they provide ample headroom above the refresh rate. Low (214 FPS) is unnecessary unless chasing maximum frame rates.

At 2560x1440, High (107 FPS) and Medium (112 FPS) are both excellent, offering smooth gameplay on 60 Hz and 120 Hz displays. Ultra (68 FPS) is playable but may not be ideal for fast-paced action, though Revolution Idle is a slower genre. Low (148 FPS) is overkill, but it provides the most headroom. For 1440p, High is the sweet spot — it delivers over 100 FPS while maintaining visual quality.

At 3840x2160, the recommendations narrow. Ultra (36 FPS) is not recommended due to the sub-40 FPS average. High (56 FPS) is marginally above 60 FPS but at risk of dipping below. Medium (59 FPS) is the safest choice, with a min FPS of 50 and an average close to 60. Low (78 FPS) is the only 4K setting that comfortably exceeds 60 FPS, but it sacrifices visual fidelity. For 4K players, Medium provides the best balance of performance and quality, while those prioritizing frame rate should choose Low. The data shows that the RTX 4080 + Ryzen 5 7600 combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K requiring a settings compromise.