The Medium

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers a highly capable experience in The Medium, with benchmark results showing a clear performance hierarchy across resolutions and settings. The data places this combo in the 295th position out of 1,689 tested configurations, indicating strong overall standing. The pairing of a six-core Zen 3 processor with a 12 GB Ada Lovelace GPU produces significant variation in frame rates, primarily dictated by the graphics settings and resolution, with the system demonstrating a robust ability to handle the game's demands.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the system achieves an average of 59.7 FPS. This is the most demanding setting at the lowest resolution tested.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its nearest rival?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT scores 17,272 points in the Cinebench R23 multi-core test. Its average benchmark score of 20,740 is essentially identical to the Intel Core i7-10700, which has an average score of 20,746, resulting in a deltaPct of 0.

Q: What is the boost clock speed of the processor in this configuration?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT has a maximum boost clock of 4.60 GHz. Its base clock is 3.60 GHz, and it has a 65 W TDP.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth of the GPU in this setup?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s.

Q: What is the biggest performance gap between settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the difference between Low and Ultra settings is substantial. The average frame rate drops from 133.2 FPS on Low to 50 FPS on Ultra, a decrease of 83.2 FPS.

Q: How does the GPU's benchmark score compare to the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 42,576. The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 42,723, which is a deltaPct of -0.3, indicating the RX 7650 GRE is a marginal 0.3% faster on average.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is the primary driver of performance in this configuration, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth proving critical for the game's asset streaming. The GPU's 7,168 shading units and 56 RT cores are well-suited for the horror title's visual effects, and its 1980 MHz base and 2475 MHz boost clocks provide the raw throughput needed to render scenes. The data shows that the GPU's capabilities are the deciding factor in the highest-fidelity settings, where frame rates scale inversely with graphical complexity.

The GPU's performance profile is strong, sitting in the 84th percentile of all tested GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 42,576 places it in close competition with the NVIDIA RTX A6000, which scores 42,653, a deltaPct of -0.2, and the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE, which scores 42,723, a deltaPct of -0.3. The RTX 4070 SUPER's 35.48 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power and 554.4 GTexel/s texture rate directly influence how the game handles high-resolution textures and complex shaders, making it a central component for achieving playable frame rates at 4K with High settings. The memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s is a key attribute, as it allows the GPU to quickly access the large texture sets that The Medium uses to create its atmospheric environments.

Resolution Scaling

The benchmark data reveals a predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases from 1080p to 4K, with the GPU becoming the increasingly dominant limiting factor. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 73.9 FPS at 1920x1080 to 65.3 FPS at 2560x1440, and finally to 51.1 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 30.8% reduction in performance from 1080p to 4K, indicating that the rendering load is scaling significantly with pixel count. The trend is more pronounced at Ultra settings, where the frame rate falls from 59.7 FPS at 1080p to 50 FPS at 1440p and then to 40.1 FPS at 4K.

This scaling behavior points to the GPU being the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The 12 GB of VRAM and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle the data requirements, but the sheer number of pixels at 3840x2160 strains the GPU's compute resources. The frame rate differences between settings also widen at higher resolutions, suggesting that the CPU has ample headroom to feed the GPU, and the performance ceiling is defined by the graphics card's ability to process the increasing workload. The data indicates that for maximum fidelity at 4K, users may need to adjust settings, as the average frame rate at Ultra falls below 60 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates provide a detailed look at the system's performance across all tested configurations. At 1920x1080, the system shows a wide range of performance, from a highly playable 142.9 FPS on Low settings to a more moderate 59.7 FPS on Ultra. The Medium setting yields an average of 103.3 FPS, while High settings produce 73.9 FPS. This shows that even at the lowest resolution, Ultra settings demand significantly more from the GPU, resulting in a 58.2% performance drop compared to Low.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales down as expected. The Low setting still provides a high average of 133.2 FPS, but Medium drops to 87.5 FPS, and High averages 65.3 FPS. Ultra settings at this resolution produce an average of exactly 50 FPS, which is a substantial 62.5% decrease from Low. At 3840x2160, the system's limits are more apparent. The Low setting manages an average of 109.6 FPS, but Medium falls to 67.9 FPS, High to 51.1 FPS, and Ultra to 40.1 FPS. The data shows a clear and consistent trend: the gap between Low and Ultra settings is consistent across resolutions, but the absolute frame rates are heavily influenced by the resolution and the GPU's ability to handle the pixel throughput.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, provides a solid foundation for this gaming configuration. Its 3.60 GHz base clock and 4.60 GHz boost clock, combined with a 16 MB L3 cache, ensure that the processor can keep up with the game's logic and physics. The CPU's performance is well-established, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 17,272 and a single-core score of 2,438. Its average benchmark score of 20,740 places it in the 78th percentile of all CPUs, putting it in a tie with the Intel Core i7-10700 (20,746, deltaPct 0) and slightly ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (20,680, deltaPct 0.3).

The benchmark results show that the CPU is not the limiting factor in most scenarios, as frame rates scale consistently with resolution and settings, which are GPU-bound workloads. The processor's 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth and support for DDR4 memory are sufficient for the game. Even at 1080p with Low settings, where the CPU has the most influence, the system achieves 142.9 FPS, indicating that the 5600GT's processing power is more than adequate to feed the RTX 4070 SUPER. The data suggests that the CPU's role is secondary in this configuration, with the GPU dictating the overall performance envelope, particularly at higher resolutions and graphical presets.