The Medium

The Medium, a horror title released in 2021, presents a demanding visual workload. The tested configuration pairs the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Measured frame rates span 44.6 to 111.6 fps across four presets and three resolutions, with the combo ranking 358th out of 1689 tested combinations.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows show a clear pattern: Medium is the most balanced preset. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 92.9 fps, while High drops to 84.6 and Ultra to 62.7. At 2560x1440, Medium holds 88.6 fps, with High at 72.2 and Ultra at 56. At 3840x2160, Medium still manages 74.3 fps, whereas High falls to 57.2 and Ultra to 44.6. Low is the only preset that exceeds 98 fps at every resolution — 111.6 at 1080p, 104.8 at 1440p, and 98.3 at 4K — but it sacrifices the visual fidelity that a horror game relies on for atmosphere. The step from Medium to Ultra at 1080p drops from 92.9 to 62.7 fps, and at 4K from 74.3 to 44.6 fps. The step from Medium to High at 1080p drops from 92.9 to 84.6 fps, and at 4K from 74.3 to 57.2 fps. For a smooth experience, Medium at 4K (74.3) and Medium at 1440p (88.6) are the strongest choices. Ultra at 1080p (62.7) is playable but offers diminishing returns over Medium. The data indicates that Medium provides the best experience per the measured rows, balancing frame rate and visual quality across all three resolutions. The gap between Low and Medium at 4K — 98.3 vs 74.3 fps — is 24 fps, while the gap between Medium and Ultra at 4K is 29.7 fps, showing that the preset scaling is steep at the high end.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing. It carries 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The base clock is 2295 MHz with a boost of 2452 MHz, and the memory clock is 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective data rate. The GPU has 8960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, 96 raster output units, 70 ray tracing cores, and 280 tensor cores. Its FP32 throughput is 43.94 TFLOPS, with a pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s. The TDP is 300 W, and the GPU uses a dual-slot design with a 16-pin power connector, requiring a 700 W suggested PSU. The bus interface is PCIe 5.0 x16, and display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The GPU measures 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 48 mm in width. It was released on 2025-02-19, succeeding the GeForce 40 series, and is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die. The GPU's benchmark percentile is 87, with an average benchmark score of 52086. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, scores 52085 — a delta of 0%. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S scores 52505 (-0.8%), the NVIDIA RTX A1000 scores 50826 (+2.5%), and the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores 53414 (-2.5%). The launch MSRP is 749 USD.

In The Medium, the GPU's 16 GB VRAM is more than sufficient; even the 4K Ultra preset, which produced 44.6 fps, is unlikely to be memory-limited. The 896.0 GB/s bandwidth supports high-resolution textures without stutter. The 43.94 TFLOPS FP32 compute is the primary driver of frame rates. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K — 98.3 vs 44.6 fps — shows that the GPU's compute scales with the preset's shading load. The 70 RT cores are relevant for the game's fixed-camera horror scenes, which use volumetric effects and reflections. The GPU's Passmark G3D score of 32974 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6604 place it in the top tier, and the 87th percentile confirms it outperforms the vast majority of tested GPUs. The boost clock of 2452 MHz is the sustained frequency under load, and the 300 W TDP indicates the power envelope required to maintain it. The 28 Gbps effective memory rate, combined with the 256-bit bus, delivers the bandwidth needed for the game's high-resolution texture streaming.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 4000 series, based on Zen 2 (Renoir) architecture on a 7 nm TSMC process. It runs at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boosts to 4.20 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The L3 cache is 8 MB shared, and memory support is DDR4 dual-channel with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU is built with 9,800 million transistors on a 156 mm² die, and it supports PCIe Gen 3 with 20 lanes (CPU only). It includes integrated Radeon Vega 7 graphics, though these are irrelevant when the discrete GPU is installed. The memory bus is dual-channel, and ECC memory is not supported. The CPU was released on 2020-07-20 and has an unlocked multiplier, with the part number 100-000000147. The CPU's benchmark percentile is 75, with an average score of 17489. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE scores 17482 (0% delta), the Intel Core i5-12450H scores 17475 (+0.1%), the Intel Core i3-14100T scores 17636 (-0.8%), and the Intel Core i3-13100F scores 17665 (-1%). The launch MSRP is $154.

In The Medium, the CPU's role is secondary but not negligible. At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 111.6 fps, which suggests the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at lower settings. The single-thread performance — Cinebench R23 single-core 1919, Geekbench single-core 1575 — is moderate, and the multi-thread scores (Cinebench R23 multi 13593, Geekbench multi 6093, Passmark multi 15992) reflect the 6-core/12-thread configuration. The 8 MB L3 cache is small by modern standards, but The Medium's fixed-camera design limits the number of on-screen entities, reducing cache pressure. The 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth is a potential constraint at high frame rates, but the measured data shows that even at 1080p Low, the CPU sustains 111.6 fps. The 75th percentile places it above the median CPU, and the nearest rivals are within 1% of its average score, indicating that CPU choice has a minor impact on this game's results. The 3.70 GHz base clock and 4.20 GHz boost clock provide adequate headroom for the game's CPU-bound scenes, which are limited by the fixed-camera perspective.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 358th out of 1689 tested combinations. This places it in the top quartile of all tested combos. The GPU's 87th percentile and the CPU's 75th percentile suggest that the GPU is the stronger contributor to this ranking. The GPU's nearest rival, the RTX 4080, is within 0% delta, meaning the 5070 Ti is effectively tied with a previous-generation flagship. The CPU's nearest rivals are all within 1% of its average score, so the CPU contributes little differentiation. The combination of a top-tier GPU with a mid-range CPU produces a system that excels at high resolutions where the GPU is the bottleneck. At 4K Medium, the combo delivers 74.3 fps. At 1440p Ultra, it drops to 56 fps, and at 4K Ultra to 44.6 fps. The ranking of 358 out of 1689 reflects the GPU's strength; a weaker GPU would push this combo significantly lower. The data shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor at 4K, where the GPU's compute is the primary constraint. At 1080p Low, the 111.6 fps result indicates the CPU can keep up with the GPU's output at lower settings, but the gap between the CPU's 75th percentile and the GPU's 87th percentile implies that at very high frame rates, the CPU would become the bottleneck. The GPU's average benchmark score of 52086 is substantially higher than the CPU's average of 17489, underscoring the GPU's dominance in this pairing. The combo's position in the upper portion of the ranking is driven almost entirely by the RTX 5070 Ti's compute and memory bandwidth.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 4K gaming on this combo?

A: Medium is the best choice, delivering 74.3 fps at 3840x2160. High drops to 57.2 fps, and Ultra falls to 44.6 fps.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti compare to the RTX 4080?

A: The two GPUs are effectively tied. The RTX 5070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 52086, while the RTX 4080 scores 52085, a delta of 0%.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 4600G a bottleneck for the RTX 5070 Ti?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 111.6 fps, indicating the CPU can feed the GPU at lower settings. The CPU's 75th percentile versus the GPU's 87th percentile suggests the CPU becomes the limiting factor only at very high frame rates.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have, and is it enough?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory. This is sufficient for The Medium; even the 4K Ultra preset, which produced 44.6 fps, is not memory-limited.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking?

A: The combo ranks 358th out of 1689 tested combinations, placing it in the top quartile of all tested combos.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance?

A: The Ryzen 5 4600G scores 1919 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 1575 in Geekbench single-core, which is moderate and adequate for The Medium's fixed-camera gameplay.