The Medium

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT combination delivers playable performance in The Medium, but the measured frame rates reveal a clear hierarchy among the four available presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces an average of 107 FPS, while Medium drops to 73.3 FPS and High to 53.1 FPS. The Ultra preset is the most demanding, yielding just 40.4 FPS at this resolution. Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern continues: Low averages 95.8 FPS, Medium 58.9 FPS, High 43.8 FPS, and Ultra falls to 32.5 FPS. At 3840x2160, the numbers compress further, with Low at 74.8 FPS, Medium at 49.5 FPS, High at 34.7 FPS, and Ultra at 29.3 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

The data indicates that the Medium preset is the optimal balance for this combination. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 73.3 FPS, which is 20 FPS higher than High and nearly double the Ultra result of 40.4 FPS. The margin between Low and Medium is substantial—33.7 FPS at this resolution—but Medium preserves more visual fidelity while still maintaining a smooth experience. At 2560x1440, Medium holds at 58.9 FPS, which is a comfortable margin above the 43.8 FPS of High. Even at 3840x2160, Medium produces 49.5 FPS, a playable figure for a horror title where atmospheric pacing is more important than twitch reflexes.

For users prioritizing maximum smoothness, Low is the fallback option, offering 107 FPS at 1080p and 95.8 FPS at 1440p. However, the step from Medium to Low costs more than 30 FPS at both resolutions, suggesting that Medium is the better trade-off unless the user has a high-refresh-rate display. Ultra is difficult to recommend; the 40.4 FPS at 1080p and 29.3 FPS at 4K place it below the threshold where most gamers consider a title responsive. The data suggests that the visual uplift from High to Ultra does not justify the performance penalty, which is 12.7 FPS at 1080p and 11.3 FPS at 1440p.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 6750 XT is the primary driver of frame rate in The Medium, and its specifications explain the scaling pattern observed. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s. Memory clocks run at 2250 MHz, translating to 18 Gbps effective. This capacity is sufficient for the game’s textures at all four presets, as evidenced by the consistent performance deltas between settings rather than sudden drops that would indicate memory swapping.

The GPU’s boost clock of 2600 MHz and game clock of 2495 MHz are relatively high figures for the RDNA 2.0 architecture, and they contribute to the measured throughput. The shading units number 2560, with 160 TMUs and 64 ROPs, producing a pixel rate of 166.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 416.0 GTexel/s. These figures support the observed frame rates: at 1080p Medium, the GPU is pushing 73.3 FPS, which equates to roughly 158 million pixels per second—well within its pixel rate capability. The FP32 throughput of 13.31 TFLOPS is the raw compute budget, and the game’s horror lighting effects likely draw on this resource.

The GPU’s benchmark profile shows a PassMark G3D score of 20700, placing it at the 79th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rival in aggregate score is the AMD Radeon RX 5600M, which trails by 0.2%, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 leads by 1.3%. This data indicates that the RX 6750 XT is positioned in the upper-midrange tier, which aligns with the measured performance in The Medium—capable of 60+ FPS at 1080p Medium but not a 4K Ultra powerhouse.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 provides the processing backbone for this combination, and its six cores and twelve threads are adequate for The Medium’s demands. The CPU runs at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosts to 4.20 GHz, with a 65W TDP. The Zen 2 architecture on the 7nm process delivers a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15045 and a single-core score of 2124. These figures suggest that the CPU is not the limiting factor at lower presets, but it may contribute to the ceiling at higher settings.

In The Medium, the CPU’s role becomes more apparent when comparing resolution scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 107 FPS, which is a significant jump from the 74.8 FPS at 4K Low. The 32.2 FPS difference at the same preset is primarily due to GPU load reduction at lower resolutions, but the CPU must feed frames fast enough to hit 107 FPS. The Ryzen 5 3600’s PassMark multithread score of 17700 and single-thread score of 2562 indicate it can sustain this level of output without bottlenecking.

The CPU’s 3DMark scores further contextualize its performance: 4605 in the 16-thread test and 696 in the single-thread test. These are modest figures compared to newer processors, but the 12 threads handle the game’s background tasks (streaming, AI, physics) while the six cores manage the main rendering thread. The CPU’s percentile rank of 76 among all CPUs confirms it is above average, though its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-11400 with a delta of -0.1% and the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS at +0.2%. This tight grouping means the 3600 is not a performance outlier in either direction.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 5 3600 and RX 6750 XT holds the 859th position out of 1689 tested combinations in The Medium. This places it in the 51st percentile, meaning roughly half of all tested combos perform better and half perform worse. Given that the GPU is at the 79th percentile and the CPU at the 76th percentile individually, the combo’s mid-pack ranking suggests that The Medium is particularly sensitive to one component over the other, or that the pairing creates a slight imbalance.

The data shows that the combo’s performance is more closely tied to the GPU’s tier than the CPU’s. At 1080p Low, the 107 FPS result is respectable but not exceptional, and it falls short of what a top-tier GPU might achieve with the same CPU. Conversely, the CPU’s single-thread score of 2124 in Cinebench R23 is sufficient for the game’s logic, but it does not provide headroom for extremely high frame rates (above 120 FPS) that would require a stronger processor. The rank of 859 indicates that this is a solid mid-range pairing—not a bottlenecked system, but also not one that excels in this specific title.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1920x1080 with this combo?

A: The Medium preset yields 73.3 FPS, which is the highest frame rate that maintains a reasonable visual quality. Low offers 107 FPS but sacrifices fidelity, while High drops to 53.1 FPS and Ultra to 40.4 FPS.

Q: Can this combo handle 3840x2160 resolution?

A: Yes, but only at Low settings, which produces an average of 74.8 FPS. Medium drops to 49.5 FPS, High to 34.7 FPS, and Ultra to 29.3 FPS, so higher presets are not recommended for 4K.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The RX 6750 XT has an average benchmark score of 35327. The AMD Radeon RX 5600M is 0.2% lower, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is 0.3% higher, and the AMD Radeon 880M is 0.9% higher. The RTX 3080 leads by 1.3%.

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck in this game?

A: The data suggests it is not a severe bottleneck. The Ryzen 5 3600 achieves a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15045 and a single-core score of 2124, which are adequate for the 107 FPS ceiling at 1080p Low. At higher presets, the GPU becomes the limiting factor.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Medium at 2560x1440?

A: Low averages 95.8 FPS, while Medium averages 58.9 FPS. The 36.9 FPS gap indicates that Medium places substantially more load on the GPU.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations?

A: It ranks 859th out of 1689 combos, placing it in the middle of the distribution. This reflects a balanced pairing where neither component fully dominates the game’s performance profile.