The Medium

The Medium, a horror game released on 2021-01-27, was measured with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile GPU. The data covers 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 at Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. The central finding is that resolution moves the frame rate far more than the CPU’s headroom would suggest: this pairing runs 107 FPS at 1920x1080 Low but only 25 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra. The measured curve is GPU-driven, and the game-specific rank of 2057 out of 3724 combos confirms a mid-pack result despite strong synthetic CPU scores.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate falls consistently at every resolution step. At Low, the average drops from 107 FPS at 1920x1080 to 90 FPS at 2560x1440, then to 71 FPS at 3840x2160. Medium follows the same shape: 67 FPS at 1920x1080, 56 FPS at 2560x1440, and 44 FPS at 3840x2160. High goes from 48 FPS to 40 FPS to 32 FPS. Ultra goes from 38 FPS to 32 FPS to 25 FPS. Every preset loses average frame rate as the pixel count rises, and the pattern is clean enough to identify the rendering load as the active constraint.

This behavior says the GPU is the limiting component in this combo. If the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 were the primary limiter, changing resolution would not produce such consistent FPS loss across all four presets. The CPU has enough measured throughput to feed the GPU at lower resolutions; the GPU response to resolution is what controls the final frame rate. At 1920x1080, Low produces 107 FPS and Ultra produces 38 FPS. At 3840x2160, Low produces 71 FPS and Ultra produces 25 FPS. The spread shrinks as the resolution climbs, which is another sign that the GPU is running out of rendering capacity before the CPU becomes a factor.

The shape of the scaling curve also shows that the cheapest rendering load is the most favorable. Low at 3840x2160 still averages 71 FPS, meaning the GPU can handle a large pixel count when the shading workload is light. Ultra at 1920x1080 only averages 38 FPS, so the preset’s shading cost, not resolution alone, drives the frame rate. The data points toward a GPU-bound result at high settings and a mostly GPU-bound result even at Low.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile is a 50 W part with an IGP slot width and no power connectors, according to the measured specifications. It has 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, giving 384.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The base clock is 907 MHz, the boost clock is 1425 MHz, and the memory clock is 1500 MHz with 24 Gbps effective transfer. The GPU also has 4608 shading units, 144 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 36 RT cores, and 144 tensor cores, with FP32 throughput of 13.13 TFLOPS.

These specifications line up with the measured frame rates. The 8 GB frame buffer and 384.0 GB/s bandwidth are not an obvious wall at 1920x1080 Low, where the combo reaches 107 FPS. At 3840x2160 High, the average is 32 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Ultra it drops to 25 FPS. That is the GPU being stressed by both resolution and preset complexity. The boost clock of 1425 MHz is the ceiling this mobile part can reach, and the 4K results show that it cannot overcome the combined load of 3840x2160 and the higher presets.

Synthetic benchmarks place the RTX 5070 Mobile at the 75th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29928. Its nearest rivals in synthetic score are close: it is 0.1% lower than the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, 0.5% higher than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 0.6% lower than the Radeon RX 6800, and 1.7% lower than the Radeon RX 6700. Those are aggregate GPU benchmark comparisons, not The Medium-specific results, but they show a GPU sitting in the upper-middle part of the database. The in-game 4K High average of 32 FPS and 4K Ultra average of 25 FPS reflect a GPU that is capable at moderate loads but plainly not a top-tier performer in this title’s hardest settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 2057 out of 3724 tested combos in The Medium. That is a below-median result, meaning most recorded combinations in the database produce higher measured frame rates in this game. The CPU alone is much stronger in aggregate terms than the game rank would suggest: it sits at the 95th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 77740. The GPU is at the 75th percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 29928. The distance between those component-level standings and the game-specific rank indicates that The Medium’s measured result is not just a simple sum of strong CPU and decent GPU numbers.

The GPU’s synthetic nearest-rival picture reinforces this. The RTX 5070 Mobile is effectively tied with the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, just 0.1% lower in average score, and is 0.5% higher than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. It trails the Radeon RX 6800 by 0.6% and the Radeon RX 6700 by 1.7%. For a GPU in this synthetic class, a combo rank of 2057 out of 3724 suggests that The Medium responds to specific rendering factors rather than raw average benchmark score alone. The measured FPS table shows a playable Low preset at 4K and a comfortable Medium preset at 1080p, but the rank says many other pairings do better overall.

Settings Recommendations

The best measured experience depends on how much visual quality is acceptable. At 1920x1080, Medium is the strongest balance: it averages 67 FPS with a minimum of 57 FPS and a maximum of 77 FPS. Low is the only preset with a higher average, reaching 107 FPS, but it does so at the lowest visual level. High and Ultra average 48 FPS and 38 FPS, respectively, so the data supports Medium as the highest-quality 1080p preset that still maintains a solid average.

At 2560x1440, Medium is again the best non-Low choice. It averages 56 FPS, with a minimum of 48 FPS and a maximum of 65 FPS. Low reaches 90 FPS, but only by using the lowest measured settings. High at 40 FPS and Ultra at 32 FPS are noticeably below Medium’s average, so they are best reserved for image-quality-focused sessions rather than frame rate consistency. The Medium row at 1440p is the only preset other than Low that keeps its average above the High preset’s 40 FPS while also recording a minimum above 48 FPS.

At 3840x2160, Low is the frame-rate choice, averaging 71 FPS. Medium is the quality alternative, averaging 44 FPS with a minimum of 37 FPS and a maximum of 51 FPS. High and Ultra drop to 32 FPS and 25 FPS, which makes them the weakest measured rows in the entire set. The data indicates that 4K users should choose Low for smooth results or Medium as a compromise, while High and Ultra should only be used if visual fidelity takes priority over measured frame rate.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Minimum FPS | Maximum FPS |

| 3840x2160 | High | 32 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 71 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 44 | 37 | 51 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 25 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | High | 40 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 90 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 56 | 48 | 65 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 32 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | High | 48 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 107 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 67 | 57 | 77 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 38 | — | — |

The only rows with both minimum and maximum FPS values in the data are the Medium presets. At 1920x1080 Medium, the range is 57 to 77 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, it is 48 to 65 FPS. At 3840x2160 Medium, it is 37 to 51 FPS. The other presets do not have min/max data, so their averages should be read without the additional information that the Medium rows provide.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 5 processor on a 4 nm process. It has a 3.00 base clock and a 5.10 boost clock, with a 55 W TDP. The cache configuration includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 64 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is quad-channel LPDDR5X with 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The CPU uses AMD Socket FP11 and is a mobile part, with integrated Radeon 8060S graphics included in the specification set.

Synthetic CPU benchmarks show a strong processor. The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 scores 35314 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2044 in Cinebench R23 single-core. Geekbench multi-core is 20992 and single-core is 2464. PassMark multithread is 54934 and PassMark single-thread is 4147. The CPU sits at the 95th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 77740. Against its nearest rivals, it is 1.6% above the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX, 1.6% above the AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P, 1.7% below the Intel Core i9-14900K, and 2% above the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX. These are aggregate CPU scores, not The Medium-specific measurements.

In The Medium, the CPU’s role is visible in the highest frame rate of the set: 1920x1080 Low averages 107 FPS. That high Low-preset result shows the CPU can feed the GPU a large number of frames when the GPU is working at its lightest load. The resolution scaling data reinforces this by showing frame rates that consistently fall as resolution rises. From 2560x1440 Ultra at 32 FPS to 1920x1080 Ultra at 38 FPS, there is a measurable increase when the pixel load drops, which is the expected pattern when the GPU is the main constraint. The CPU’s core count, boost clock, and large L3 cache all support a strong synthetic profile, but the game’s frame rates are governed more by the GPU’s rendering limits than by CPU throughput.