The Medium

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate for this combo in The Medium at 1080p with High settings?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 delivers an average of 73.4 FPS at 1920x1080 on High settings. At the same resolution, the Low preset reaches 135.6 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 57.2 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in terms of average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600 has an average benchmark score of 21765. The closest competitor, the Intel Xeon D-1746TER, scores 21635, which is 0.6% lower. The AMD EPYC 9554P scores 21899, putting it 0.6% ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The RTX 5070 sits at the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, indicating it outperforms the majority of tested graphics cards. Its average benchmark score is 41687, and it ranks close to the AMD Radeon Pro 5300, which is only 0.2% behind.

Q: How does the frame rate scale from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: At Medium settings, the combo produces 104 FPS at 1920x1080, 83.7 FPS at 2560x1440, and 66.1 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 36.4% drop from 1080p to 4K, showing a relatively smooth scaling curve across resolutions.

Q: What are the CPU's core and thread counts, and what is its boost clock?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It belongs to the 5000 series and uses the Zen 3 architecture, built on a 7 nm process by TSMC.

Q: Does the RTX 5070 support modern API features that could impact The Medium?

A: Yes, the GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. It also includes 48 ray-tracing cores and 192 tensor cores, which are relevant for a horror title that may use advanced rendering techniques.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 5000 series, based on the Zen 3 architecture (codename Vermeer) and manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC. Its base clock is 3.50 GHz, and it boosts up to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration, offering 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and it connects via PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes from the CPU itself.

In this game, the CPU's performance data shows a strong single-thread capability: the Cinebench R23 single-core score is 2584, while the multi-core score reaches 18309. The 3DMark single-thread score is 882, and the 16-thread score is 5641, indicating that the processor scales reasonably well with additional threads. The PassMark single-thread score of 3256 and multithread score of 21541 reinforce that the CPU can handle both lightly-threaded and fully-loaded workloads.

The Ryzen 5 5600 ranks at the 79th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 21765. Its nearest rival, the Intel Xeon D-1746TER, scores 21635, which is 0.6% lower. The AMD EPYC 9554P and EPYC 9534 both score around 21899-21900, placing them 0.6% ahead. The Intel Core i7-11700F completes the rival group with a score of 21957, a 0.9% advantage over the Ryzen 5 5600.

For The Medium, a horror title that often relies on consistent frame pacing, the Zen 3 architecture's per-core efficiency is beneficial. The L3 cache is 32 MB shared, and each core has 64 KB of L1 and 512 KB of L2 cache. This cache hierarchy helps reduce memory latency, which can be critical for maintaining stable frame times in scenes with complex scripting or AI. The CPU's 12 threads provide enough parallelism for the game's background tasks without becoming a bottleneck at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB205 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It has 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units, along with 48 ray-tracing cores and 192 tensor cores. The GPU's base clock is 2325 MHz, boosting to 2512 MHz, and it operates with a 250 W TDP.

Memory configuration is a key strength: 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock is 1750 MHz, with an effective speed of 28 Gbps. The pixel rate is 201.0 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 482.3 GTexel/s, while FP32 performance reaches 30.87 TFLOPS. These specifications position the GPU well for high-resolution gaming.

The RTX 5070 ranks at the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41687. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (score 41610, 0.2% lower), the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (score 41897, 0.5% higher), the GeForce RTX 3090 (score 41441, 0.6% lower), and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (score 41991, 0.7% higher). This places the RTX 5070 in a competitive position against both workstation and previous-generation enthusiast cards.

In The Medium, the GPU's role is significant, especially at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low settings, the combo reaches 135.6 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it falls to 36.9 FPS. The 12 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for the game's textures, and the GDDR7 memory bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s helps maintain throughput in scenes with heavy visual effects. The RTX 5070's support for DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4 means it can handle modern rendering paths, while the ray-tracing cores may be utilized for lighting and reflections in this horror title.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 ranks 360th out of 1689 tested combos in The Medium, placing it in the top 21.3% of all configurations. This rank reflects the balanced nature of the pairing: the CPU is mid-range with strong single-thread performance, while the GPU is a high-end part that excels at rasterization and modern API features.

The data shows that this combo is not at the very top of the leaderboard, which is expected given the CPU's position in the 79th percentile and the GPU's 83rd percentile. However, the rank of 360 out of 1689 suggests that the combo outperforms most systems, likely due to the GPU's ability to push high frame rates at mainstream resolutions. At 1080p High settings, the combo achieves 73.4 FPS, which is playable, and at 1440p High, it maintains 59.5 FPS. These figures indicate that the pairing is well-suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming.

The gap between the CPU and GPU percentiles is modest, meaning neither component is dramatically outclassing the other. The Ryzen 5 5600's 6-core, 12-thread configuration provides enough processing power to feed the RTX 5070 at lower resolutions, while the GPU takes over at higher resolutions where pixel throughput becomes the limiting factor. This balanced profile explains why the combo ranks in the upper quartile rather than near the bottom or the very top.

Resolution Scaling

Examining the measured frame rates across resolutions reveals a clear pattern. At 1080p, the combo delivers 135.6 FPS on Low, 104 FPS on Medium, 73.4 FPS on High, and 57.2 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 1440p, the frame rates drop to 129.6 FPS on Low, 83.7 FPS on Medium, 59.5 FPS on High, and 45.4 FPS on Ultra. At 4K, the performance further declines to 107.5 FPS on Low, 66.1 FPS on Medium, 48 FPS on High, and 36.9 FPS on Ultra.

The scaling from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings shows a drop from 104 FPS to 66.1 FPS, a 36.4% reduction. At High settings, the drop is from 73.4 FPS to 48 FPS, a 34.6% reduction. This relatively consistent percentage decrease across settings suggests that the GPU is the primary limiting component as resolution increases. The RTX 5070's memory bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s and 12 GB VRAM are being taxed more heavily at higher resolutions, but the frame rate reductions are not catastrophic, indicating that the GPU has headroom.

At 1080p Low, the measured 135.6 FPS is close to the GPU's maximum output in this title, and the CPU's 12 threads appear sufficient to avoid bottlenecking. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5641 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18309 suggest that the processor can keep up with the GPU at this resolution. As resolution increases, the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens, with the Ultra preset at 4K (36.9 FPS) being the most demanding scenario. This indicates that for users targeting 4K, the RTX 5070 is the component that will determine playability, while the Ryzen 5 5600 remains a capable partner that does not introduce major frame pacing issues.