The Technomancer

The Technomancer is an Action RPG released on 2016-06-27. The measured configuration pairs the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile. In the database, this combination ranks 2040 out of 3696 tested combinations for this game, and the FPS data is flagged as measured rather than estimated. The measured rows cover 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep across every preset. At Low settings, the average goes from 166 FPS at 1920x1080 to 109 FPS at 2560x1440 and then to 60 FPS at 3840x2160. At High settings, the same progression moves from 109 FPS to 71 FPS to 39 FPS. Ultra follows a similar curve: 85 FPS at 1080p, 56 FPS at 1440p, and 31 FPS at 4K. Medium is the only preset with reported minimum and maximum values in the dataset, and it also scales down sharply: 128 FPS at 1080p, 83 FPS at 1440p, and 46 FPS at 4K.

The pattern points to the GPU becoming the primary limiting component as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the system is producing 166 FPS, which is a high enough result to suggest the CPU is comfortably feeding frames when the graphics load is low. By 4K, even the Low preset only averages 60 FPS, and Ultra averages 31 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra also changes with resolution: at 1080p the two presets span from 85 to 166 FPS, while at 4K they span from 31 to 60 FPS. The shrinking absolute difference at higher resolutions indicates that pixel count is dominating the performance picture and that settings choices matter less once the GPU is already heavily loaded.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX is a 16-core, 32-thread mobile processor from the AMD 8000 series, based on Zen 4 with the Dragon Range codename. Its base clock is 2.50 GHz and its boost clock is 5.40 GHz. The cache layout includes 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 64 MB of L3. The CPU supports DDR5 dual-channel memory with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth and connects over PCIe Gen 5 with 28 CPU lanes. The chip is manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process with 13,140 million transistors across a 2x 71 mm² die.

In aggregate CPU benchmarks, it scores 76212 and sits in the 95th percentile of all CPUs. That aggregate score places it 0.1% above the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX (76155), 0.6% above the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (75779), 0.4% below the AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P (76492), and 0.4% below the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX (76513). Dedicated tests show a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 42713 and a single-core score of 6030, with Cinebench R20 scoring 17939 multi-core and 2532 single-core.

For The Technomancer, the measured results suggest that this CPU is not the main bottleneck at lower resolutions. The 1080p Low result reaches 166 FPS, and 1080p High still averages 109 FPS. Those numbers indicate that the processor's core count, clock speed, and cache configuration are enough to keep a fast mobile GPU fed when the resolution is modest. At 4K, the CPU becomes less relevant because the GPU is clearly the constraint.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows suggest that Medium provides the most balanced experience at 1080p and 1440p. At 1920x1080, Medium averages 128 FPS with a reported minimum of 108 FPS and a maximum of 147 FPS. High averages 109 FPS, Low averages 166 FPS, and Ultra averages 85 FPS. The Medium minimum of 108 FPS is higher than the average of several other presets, making it a smooth option for 1080p play.

At 2560x1440, Medium averages 83 FPS with a minimum of 71 FPS and a maximum of 96 FPS. High averages 71 FPS, Low averages 109 FPS, and Ultra averages 56 FPS. The Medium row is particularly useful because it carries a reported minimum that stays above 71 FPS, while Ultra drops to 56 FPS. For a 60 FPS target, 1440p Medium is the strongest measured compromise: the average sits at 83 FPS and the minimum is 71 FPS.

At 4K, the situation changes. Low is the only preset whose measured average reaches 60 FPS. Medium averages 46 FPS with a minimum of 39 FPS, High averages 39 FPS, and Ultra averages 31 FPS. So the data supports different recommendations by resolution: Medium at 1080p and 1440p for a balance of quality and frame rate, and Low at 4K for a playable frame rate.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination's rank in The Technomancer is 2040 out of 3696 tested combinations. That rank places the pairing in the lower half of the database for this specific game. The component-level percentiles are much higher: the CPU sits in the 95th percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU sits in the 75th percentile of all GPUs. Yet the in-game rank is more modest than those component scores might suggest.

The discrepancy raises a question about how The Technomancer responds to this hardware. The CPU is essentially tied with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX in aggregate score, with a 0.1% delta, and the GPU is within 0.1% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Those are strong aggregate positions, but the measured rank of 2040 indicates that raw component statistics do not automatically translate into a top-tier in-game result. The FPS data shows a playable setup at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K requiring Low settings to reach 60 FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the measured combination's rank in The Technomancer?

A: It is ranked 2040 out of 3696 tested combinations, and the FPS data is flagged as measured.

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX compare with its nearest rivals?

A: Its average benchmark score is 76212. It is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX (76155), 0.6% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (75779), 0.4% lower than the AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P (76492), and 0.4% lower than the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX (76513).

Q: How does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile compare with its nearest rivals?

A: Its average benchmark score is 29928. It is 0.5% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (29783), 0.1% lower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (29945), 0.6% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (30095), and 1.7% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 6700 (30433).

Q: What are the highest and lowest measured FPS averages in the dataset?

A: The highest average is 166 FPS at 1920x1080 Low. The lowest average is 31 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra.

Q: What is the memory configuration of the RTX 5070 Mobile?

A: It has 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, with a memory clock of 1500 MHz (24 Gbps effective) and 384.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 166 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 128 | 108 | 147 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 109 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 85 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 109 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 83 | 71 | 96 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 71 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 56 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 60 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 46 | 39 | 53 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 39 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 31 | — | — |

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile is built on the GB206 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture and is manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process. The die contains 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² area. It has 4608 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, 48 ROPs, 36 RT cores, and 144 tensor cores. Its FP32 compute rating is 13.13 TFLOPS, with listed pixel rate of 68.40 GPixel/s and texture rate of 205.2 GTexel/s. The base clock is 907 MHz and the boost clock is 1425 MHz. The GPU is paired with 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, running at 1500 MHz (24 Gbps effective) for 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

In aggregate GPU benchmarks, the RTX 5070 Mobile scores 29928, placing it in the 75th percentile of all GPUs. Its Passmark G3D score is 20355 and its GPU compute score is 8279. The nearest rival group shows a tight cluster: it is 0.5% above the RTX 2080 Ti, 0.1% below the RTX 3070 Ti, 0.6% below the RX 6800, and 1.7% below the RX 6700.

The measured The Technomancer data shows the GPU’s influence growing with resolution. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 85 FPS. At 4K Ultra, it falls to 31 FPS. The 4K Low result of 60 FPS suggests that the GPU has enough throughput to offer a playable frame rate at 4K only when the settings preset is lowered. The 8 GB frame buffer and 384.0 GB/s bandwidth are the specifications most relevant to those high-resolution rows, although the measured data does not directly report VRAM usage. The GPU also lists DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 support, which defines the available rendering paths for the game.