Thief

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 delivers a specific, measurable performance profile in Thief (2014, Stealth). According to the database, this combo’s measured frame rates span 105–130 FPS at 1080p, 92–115 FPS at 1440p, and 77–96 FPS at 2160p, depending on settings. The RTX 4090 supplies 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus with 1.01 TB/s bandwidth, while the Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 2 part clocked at 3.70 GHz base and 4.20 GHz boost. These specs, combined with the measured results, reveal how the two components interact in this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded with this combo in Thief?

A: The highest average FPS is 130, observed at 1080p with Low settings. The next tier down, 1080p Medium, averages 118 FPS, while 1080p High and Ultra post 106 and 105 FPS respectively.

Q: How does the combo’s ranking compare across all tested system configurations?

A: The combination ranks 1467 out of 3720 tested combos, placing it roughly at the 40th percentile of the database. It is not an outlier either way, but sits well above the bottom quarter of the distribution.

Q: What is the base clock and boost clock of the Ryzen 5 4600G?

A: The APU runs at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and reaches 4.20 GHz under boost. It supports SMT, giving 12 threads across its 6 cores.

Q: How much memory does the RTX 4090 have, and what type is it?

A: The RTX 4090 has 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, with a memory bandwidth of 1.01 TB/s. The memory clock is 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) and the GPU boost clock is 2520 MHz.

Q: Does the 4600G have integrated graphics?

A: Yes, it packs Radeon Vega 7 integrated graphics, but that is irrelevant to this combo because the discrete RTX 4090 handles rendering. The CPU still has a 65W TDP and is unlocked for overclocking.

Q: What are the closest CPU rivals in the database?

A: The nearest CPUs by average benchmark score are the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (avg score 17482, +0.1% relative), AMD Ryzen 3 8300GE (avg score 17614, –0.6%), Intel Core 7 150U (17395, +0.6%), and Intel Core i3-14100T (17648, –0.8%). The 4600G sits essentially between these parts, within 1% of each.

GPU Role

The RTX 4090 is a high-end GeForce 40-series card built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process. Its 24 GB VRAM is far more than Thief requires, but the memory bandwidth (1.01 TB/s) and pixel rate (443.5 GPixel/s) drive the game’s output at high resolutions. The boost clock of 2520 MHz and base of 2235 MHz place the silicon in the top tier of the current database (88th percentile among all GPUs). For Thief, the measured FPS scales inversely with resolution, as one would expect when the GPU is the primary constraint: at 1080p Low the system achieves 130 FPS, but at 4K Ultra it drops to 77 FPS.

At the highest preset (Ultra), the 4K average is 77 FPS, which is 23% lower than the 1080p Ultra score of 105 FPS. This narrow gap suggests the GPU is still capable of handling most of the load without fully saturating the CPU. However, the gap from 4K Low (96 FPS) to 4K High (79 FPS) and 4K Ultra (77 FPS) shows that visual settings influence the GPU’s workload substantially. The RTX 4090’s 24 GB capacity is never strained, but the data does not measure VRAM usage directly. Considering the average from the GPU’s nearest rivals, all four are workstation-oriented releases (Arc Pro A60, Radeon Pro Vega 48, Radeon Pro W6600M, Radeon PRO V710) with similar average benchmark scores (within ±2.9% of the RTX 4090). These rivals are not gaming GPUs, but they indicate that the RTX 4090’s raw compute score is not unique — it runs close to those professional cards.

Settings Breakdown

The measured rows cover four presets across three resolutions. The following exact values are taken from the database:

1080p (1920x1080)

• Low: avg 130 FPS
• Medium: avg 118 FPS (min 100, max 135)
• High: avg 106 FPS
• Ultra: avg 105 FPS

1440p (2560x1440)

• Low: 115 FPS
• Medium: 104 FPS (min 88, max 119)
• High: 94 FPS
• Ultra: 92 FPS

2160p (3840x2160)

• Low: 96 FPS
• Medium: 87 FPS (min 74, max 100)
• High: 79 FPS
• Ultra: 77 FPS

The scaling from Low to Ultra is consistent: each preset tier reduces average FPS by a larger amount as resolution climbs. At 1080p, the drop from Low to Medium is 12 FPS (130→118); from Medium to High is 12 FPS (118→106) and High to Ultra is only 1 FPS, meaning the Ultra preset costs roughly as same as High, likely because the game is heavily GPU-limited at even the highest settings. At 4K, the low-to-Ultra spread is 19 FPS (96→77), and the Medium row includes a minimum of 74 FPS, which is still well above 60 FPS. The database only provides min/max for Medium presets at each resolution, so the variance information is limited to that setting. For Medium at 1080p, the min 100 / max 135 bracket (a 35% spread) suggests frame pacing is occasional, while at 4K Medium the 74–100 range is broader (35% too). The absence of min/max for other presets means we cannot comment on frame consistency beyond the Medium level.

Resolution Scaling

Moving from 1080p to 1440p and then to 4K, the FPS numbers drop by nearly the same percentage regardless of preset. Using the average across all presets per resolution:

• 1080p average: (130+118+106+105)/4 = 114.75
• 1440p average: (115+104+94+92)/4 = 101.25
• 4K average: (96+87+79+77)/4 = 84.75

The drop from 1080p to 1440p is roughly 11.8%, and from 1440p to 4K is about 16.3%. Per-instance, the largest single dip is 1 FPS from 1080p Ultra (105) to 4K Ultra (77), a 26.7% loss. The smallest relative loss is from 1080p Low (130) to 4K Low (96), a 26.2% loss – nearly equal. This uniformity indicates that the GPU scales almost linearly with pixel count, a signature of a system that is not bottlenecked by the CPU at these preset levels. Since the RTX 4090’s bandwidth (1.01 TB/s) and shading power (16384 shading units) are fixed, the 4x pixel increase from 1080p to 4K (1920×1080 vs 3840×2160 is exactly 4×) costs 30% of the frame rate across all settings.

The fact that the 1440p to 4K jump is larger than 1080p to 1440p (15% vs 11.9%) hints that at 1440p the CPU still supplies enough frames to avoid bottlenecking, but at 4K the GPU spends more time filling pixels, exacerbating the gap. Zooming into the High preset: 106 (1080p) → 94 (1440p) → 79 (4K) suggests that the 4090 sustains above 60 FPS at 4K Ultra but barely touches 60 in the worst minimum (74 at 4K Medium). In practice, users targeting 4K on a 60Hz display will always be above refresh average, but only at High and Low does the average clear 75 FPS, giving some headroom for V-sync or high refresh.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core/12-thread part from the 4000 series, built on a 7 nm Zen 2 process with 8 MB of shared L3 cache. Its base clock is 3.70 GHz and boost 4.20 GHz. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 17537, placing it in the 71st percentile of all CPUs in the database. The nearest rivals by score all sit within ±0.8% of the 4600G, so it performs as a middle-upper mainstream processor.

How does that affect Thief? The game’s engine is not CPU-bottlenecked at 1080p because the 4600G only delivers 106–130 FPS, which is far below the theoretical capacity of the RTX 4090. The CPU’s 6 cores are sufficient for a 2014 title; Thief is not shown to be multi-thread heavy, but the game does not use more than a handful of threads. The 4600G’s 12 threads can easily keep up with the logic at these frame rates. Even at 4K, the CPU utilization would be low because the GPU is the primary limiting factor. The data from the measured rows supports this: the FPS decline from 1080p to 4K is nearly constant, which indicates no point where the CPU saturates and fails to feed the GPU.

The CPU’s integrated Vega 7 graphics is present, but with the RTX 4090 it does not affect gaming performance. The Ryzen 5's memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s via dual-channel DDR4, which is a fraction of the GPU’s VRAM bandwidth, but that does not matter because the render pipeline is entirely on the graphics card. In synthetic multi-thread tests the 4600G scores 15,937 in PassMark multithread, and 2,653 in single-thread, which aligns with its position among rivals. However, those scores are not directly related to Thief frame rates; the game’s performance is dominated by the GPU.

How This Combo Ranks

Tying the pieces together, the Ryzen 5 4600G + RTX 4090 system obtains an overall rank of 1467 out of 3720 measured combinations in Thief. That places it at the 39th percentile of the database, which is below the median (the midpoint would be 1860). The CPU is not among the top single-thread performers (71st percentile in all CPUs), but the GPU is at the 88th percentile. Combined, they produce a score that is surprisingly lower than one might expect from a top-tier GPU alone, because the CPU is a mid-range part. In practice, the low FPS at all settings indicates that the RTX 4090 is held back by the 4600G at 1080p, but at 1440p and 4K it behaves like a strong GPU although still not reaching the 120+ FPS the RTX 4090 can achieve in other games on its own.

Looking at the nearest terminal rivals, the CPU’s comparisons are within 1% of each other, meaning the 4600G is not a standing outlier. For the GPU, the nearest benchmark scores are within ±2.9% of the RTX 4090, but those rival GPUs (Arc Pro A60, Radeon Pro Vega 48, etc.) are not mainstream gaming cards. The fact that the game’s rank is only near the middle of the distribution suggests that most other combinations in the database pair more balanced CPUs with high-end GPUs. The data points to the CPU as the constraint: the single-thread score of the 4600G is just 2653 in PassMark, which is not low, but the Ryzen 5 4000 series is designed more for efficiency than raw gaming performance. In this rig, the 4600U (sic) powering a top GPU results in a system that delivers smooth gameplay at 1080p and 1440p, and playable 4K, but it cannot push the RTX 4090 to its maximum potential that would appear if the CPU were faster.

The overall rank of 1467 of 3720 means that, within the database, this particular pairing sits almost 40% from the top, but it is far from the poorest combinations. The lacking is not in GPU firepower but in CPU throughput. Users who play at 1080p with Low settings will get 130 FPS, which is excellent, but at 4K Ultra the 77 FPS average is still high enough for smooth play on a 60 Hz monitor. The conclusion from the measured data is that the 4600G + 4090 is a well-balanced combo for 1440p or 4K, while at 1080p the CPU is the limiting factor. The GPU-headroom argument is visible: the 4090 delivers 130 FPS at 1080p Low versus 105 at Ultra, but the CPU never forces the frame rate down from those numbers. The rank reflects a mixture of CPU-bound and GPU-bound behavior, and in the database, this grouping lands in the upper-mid tier.

The database entry includes a flag “dataIsMeasured: true,” which means these FPS rows come from actual test observations, not estimations. That adds confidence in the interpretation. The final takeaway: if you own this combination, Thief runs smoothly at all tested settings and resolutions, with 1080p offering up to 130 FPS at the lowest preset and 4K Ultra still averaging 77 FPS, all at or above the typical 60 FPS threshold. The limiting factor is neither VRAM nor bandwidth, but the CPU’s ability to keep up with the 4090’s frame generation at lower resolutions. The measured results fully support the conclusion that this is of a high-end GPU with a mid-range CPU yields a medium-place ranking in the entire database.