The Medium

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER pairing lands in the 445th spot out of 1,689 tested combos in The Medium, placing it in the top quarter of all configurations. This is a solid mid-pack result that shows the combination is well-balanced for this horror title, though the data reveals some interesting bottlenecks depending on resolution and settings. The RTX 4070 SUPER, with its 84th percentile ranking among all GPUs, is clearly the dominant component, while the Ryzen 5 4600G sits at the 75th percentile among CPUs, making this a GPU-leaning setup that still manages to keep frame rates playable across most scenarios.

How This Combo Ranks

The 445th position out of 1,689 tested combos puts this pairing in the upper 26% of all systems tested for The Medium. That is a respectable showing, but it is not a top-tier result. The ranking reflects a system that can handle the game’s demanding dual-reality rendering at most settings, but it is not going to be pushing extreme frame rates at maximum quality. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 17,489 places it nearly level with the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE, which scores 17,482, a negligible 0% difference. The Intel Core i5-12450H is a 0.1% improvement at 17,475, while the Intel Core i3-14100T is 0.8% behind at 17,636. These tiny deltas mean the 4600G is effectively interchangeable with its closest rivals in raw compute, so the GPU is doing most of the heavy lifting in this combo’s ranking. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 42,576 is just 0.2% below the NVIDIA RTX A6000’s 42,653 and 0.3% below the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE’s 42,723, confirming that the 4070 SUPER is a high-tier performer that drives the overall position.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 SUPER is the engine that makes this combo work in The Medium. It brings 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. That memory configuration is crucial for this game, which frequently loads large textures for its split-screen mechanic. The GPU’s base clock runs at 1980 MHz and boosts up to 2475 MHz, with memory clocked at 1313 MHz, or 21 Gbps effective. These clocks translate into a pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s, which are the raw throughput numbers that determine how quickly the GPU can fill frames. With 7,168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units, the 4070 SUPER has ample resources for the game’s visual effects. The 56 ray tracing cores and 224 tensor cores are also present, though The Medium’s implementation of ray tracing is not the primary performance driver in the measured data. The GPU’s 84th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 42,576, shows it is a high-end part, and its nearest rivals—the RTX A6000 and RX 7650 GRE—are within a fraction of a percent, meaning this GPU is sitting at a performance plateau where minor architectural differences matter more than raw specs.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture, codenamed Renoir, built on a 7 nm process from TSMC. It runs at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boosts to 4.20 GHz, with 8 MB of shared L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 per core. For The Medium, this CPU is sufficient but not exceptional. The game is primarily GPU-bound at higher resolutions, but at lower resolutions and settings, the CPU’s single-thread performance becomes more relevant. The 4600G scores 1,919 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 13,593 in multi-core, which are reasonable numbers for a budget-oriented chip. Its 75th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17,489, places it just above the Intel Core i5-12450H by 0.1% and just below the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE by 0%. The CPU’s 3DMark scores show scaling from 726 in single-thread to 4,889 in max-thread tests, indicating that it can handle multi-threaded workloads but lacks the raw single-core punch of newer architectures. In The Medium, this means the CPU will not hold back the GPU at 4K, but it could be a limiting factor at 1080p with low settings, where frame rates are higher and per-frame CPU work becomes more critical.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates reveal a clear pattern across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 109.8 FPS on Low, 91.3 FPS on Medium, 75.1 FPS on High, and 58.5 FPS on Ultra. These numbers show that the system is comfortably playable at 1080p, even at Ultra settings, though the jump from Low to Ultra costs about 51 FPS. At 2560x1440, the performance drops noticeably: 106.2 FPS on Low, 88.4 FPS on Medium, 60.5 FPS on High, and 50.9 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p results are still solid for most gaming scenarios, with High settings maintaining a smooth 60 FPS. At 3840x2160, the GPU starts to struggle under the load: 99.5 FPS on Low, 72 FPS on Medium, 47.8 FPS on High, and 41.9 FPS on Ultra. The 4K High and Ultra results dip below the 60 FPS threshold, which means players will need to lower settings or use upscaling to get a consistently smooth experience at that resolution. The data shows that the GPU’s 12 GB of VRAM and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the memory bandwidth and raw compute become limiting factors.

Resolution Scaling

The scaling from 1080p to 4K shows where the bottleneck shifts. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 109.8 FPS at 1080p to 106.2 FPS at 1440p, a modest 3.6 FPS decline, then to 99.5 FPS at 4K, a further 6.7 FPS decline. This suggests that at Low settings, the CPU is doing more of the work, and the GPU has headroom even at 4K. At Medium settings, the drop from 1080p (91.3 FPS) to 1440p (88.4 FPS) is only 2.9 FPS, but the jump to 4K (72 FPS) is a 16.4 FPS loss, indicating that the GPU is starting to become the limiting factor. At High settings, the pattern is more pronounced: 75.1 FPS at 1080p, 60.5 FPS at 1440p, and 47.8 FPS at 4K. The 1440p to 4K drop of 12.7 FPS is significant, and the 1080p to 1440p drop of 14.6 FPS is even larger, showing that the GPU is being saturated as resolution increases. At Ultra settings, the frame rates are 58.5 FPS at 1080p, 50.9 FPS at 1440p, and 41.9 FPS at 4K, with a consistent 7-9 FPS drop per resolution step. This scaling behavior confirms that the RTX 4070 SUPER is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, while the Ryzen 5 4600G is adequate at 1080p but cannot fully compensate for the GPU’s limitations at 4K Ultra.

FAQ

Q: Is this combo good for 1080p gaming in The Medium?

A: Yes. The data shows 75.1 FPS at High settings and 58.5 FPS at Ultra, so most players can expect a smooth experience at 1080p with high quality settings.

Q: Can this system handle 4K in The Medium?

A: It depends on settings. At Low, it achieves 99.5 FPS, but at High it drops to 47.8 FPS and Ultra to 41.9 FPS, so 4K requires reduced settings to stay above 60 FPS.

Q: Which component is the limiting factor at 1440p?

A: The GPU. At 1440p High, the combo delivers 60.5 FPS, and the scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a 14.6 FPS drop at High settings, indicating the RTX 4070 SUPER is being pushed hard.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 4600G compare to its closest rivals?

A: It is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (0% delta) and Intel Core i5-12450H (0.1% ahead), with a 0.8% advantage over the Intel Core i3-14100T in average benchmark score.

Q: What is the best settings/resolution combination for a consistent 60 FPS?

A: At 1440p High, it hits 60.5 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra it hits 58.5 FPS. For a strict 60 FPS lock, 1440p High is the closest, while 1080p High gives more headroom at 75.1 FPS.

Q: Does the 12 GB VRAM cause any issues in The Medium?

A: The data does not show VRAM-related stutters, but the 12 GB GDDR6X with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, while 4K Ultra (41.9 FPS) suggests memory bandwidth is a limiting factor.