Thief

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 delivers a measured performance in Thief that ranks 2,674th out of 3,720 tested device combinations. At 1080p, the pair produces a prolific frame rate: 150 FPS on Low, 118 FPS on Medium, 90 FPS on High, and 86 FPS on Ultra. The upper resolutions are drastically different—4K yields only 63 FPS on Low, 48 FPS on Medium, 36 FPS on High, and 35 FPS on Ultra. The following sections parse the setup’s strengths, its measured contingency for various settings, and how the two components interact in this game.

Settings Recommendations

The standard rule for a stable 60 FPS baseline is that the average frame rate must exceed 60 while the minimum also stays above it. The dataset includes minimum FPS only for the Medium preset, which provides direct insight into the safest configuration tier.

At 1920×1080, the Medium preset runs at an average 118 FPS with a minium of 101, giving a headroom that High (90) and Ultra (86) cannot match. The Low preset reaches 150 FPS, but with no minimum data in the measurable set, Medium is the best choice to guarantee a smooth experience. The 1080p High and Ultra are still safely north of the 60 FPS boundary, but the margin is narrower. For 2560×1440, Medium still holds up well: averaging 81 FPS with a minimum of 69, it comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS floor. The High preset at 1440p averages 62, and Ultra drops to 59—a borderline figure that will dip below 60 in demanding scenes. At 3840×2160, the only setting that reaches 60+ is Low (63 FPS average); Medium (48), High (36), and Ultra (35) all remain below the threshold. Therefore, the recommended preset to balance quality and measured performance is Medium for all resolutions, and at 4K, only the lowest setting offers a playable frame rate.

If a player prioritizes visual fidelity over the 60 FPS target, the Ultra settings at 1080p yield an average of 86 FPS, which still appears fluid on typical displays. At 1440p, the Ultra’s 59 FPS is borderline; players sensitive to tearing may prefer High’s 62 FPS. But the data underlines that the Medium preset is the most universally safe choice—it only the preset with both average and minimum frame numbers in the measured set, and it sits well within the playable envelope for all three resolutions.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built around the Navi 33 chip on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, using a 6 nm process. Its memory configuration is 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s. The chip’s base clock is 1720 MHz, with a boost of 2655 MHz; the memory runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). With 2048 shading units, 128 texture units, and 64 ROPs, the card produces 169.9 GPixel/s and 339.8 GTexel/s, plus 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput.

These specs translate to a Wide, but not unlimited, envelope for Thief. The 2014 title is not a modern NVIDIA DLSS-era shooter, and the 8 GB frame buffer is sufficient for its assets at any of the presets. The resolution scaling matrix associates the decline in FPS with the fill rate and bandwidth demands of higher fractal work. At 1080p, the card is the one that’s performing a 150 FPS output on about 16 million pixels per frame, but doubling the pixel count more than halves the frame rate on average (e.g., from 150 to 107 on Low). At 4K, the pixel load quadruples from 1080p, and the average outputs of ranged from 35 to 63 across presets, indicating a strong GPU-bound saturation.

Considering its standing in the broader GPU landscape, the RX 7600 hits a percentile of 57, meaning 57% of all component GPUs rank below it. The nearest rivals in average score include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (with a delta of +0.2% relative to the 7600’s score of 15171) and the AMD Radeon 680M (+0.7%).

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 3,720 evaluated combinations in Thief, this CPU+GPU pair occupies position 2674—that is, 2,674 other combos yield a higher combined performance score for this game. That places the configuration below the median; the rank is roughly in the 72nd percentile of the database, meaning about 72% of tested hardware pairings beat it in this specific title.

The modest rank arises partially from the GPU’s percentile rank of 57, which itself lags the CPU’s percentile of 73. The CPU, the Ryzen 5 5500, rankings put it in the top 27% among all processors, while the GPU is only in the top 43% (57th percentile). The gap suggests that the GPU is the limiting side of this ensemble for Thief, although the rank also factors in the framework of competitor results.

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 19,593, within 0.5% of the nearest rivals: the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (score 19,617, delta −0.1%), the Intel Core i7-10700F (score 19,499, delta −0.4%), the Intel Core i5-11600KF (19,723, delta −0.7%), and the Intel Core i5-12500 (19,668, delta −0.4%). The GPU’s score (15,171) likewise falls in a narrow band: the RTX 3050 OEM (score 15,199, delta −0.2%) and the AMD Radeon 680M (score 15,230, delta −0.7%) are almost identical, while the Radeon Pro 560X (15,082, +0.4%) and GTX 660 Ti (15,063, +0.7%) trail slightly. Thus, by overall metrics, the combo sits within a ±0.1–0.7% margin of a cluster of similar hardware, yet the Thief frames are 32% lower of the top 10.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Ultra with the Ryzen 5 5500 and RX 7600?

A: 86 FPS.

Q: Which is the only preset that passes 60 FPS at 4K resolution in the measured data?

A: The Low preset, which averages 63 FPS at 3840×2160.

Q: How many CPU threads does the Ryzen 5 5500 support?

A: It has 12 threads (6 cores with simultaneous multithreading support).

*Q: How does this combination rank among all tested in Thief?*

A: It ranks 2,674th out of 3,720 combinations, placing its below 72% of tested systems.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth of the RX 7600?

A: 288.0 GB/s, over a 128-bit bus with 18 Gbps effective GDDR6.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling pattern across Thief exposes a clear GPU-bound segmentation. Moving from 1080p to 1440p reduces the average FPS for every preset by roughly 30–37% on the absolute page, but the step from 1440p to 4K is even more severe. For example, at Low settings the sequence is 150 FPS (1080p), 107 FPS (1440p), and 63 FPS (4K); the 4K value is only 42% of the bookended 1080p value. Medium settings follow the same pattern: 118 – 81 – 48; High: 90 – 62 – 36; Ultra: 86 – 59 – 35. These drops indicate that pixel fill rate and bandwidth are the dominant limits as resolution climbs.

The contrast between the 1080p Low result of 150 FPS and the 4K version of 63 FPS shows a 2.4× reduction. The 4K step also pushes the frame rate below 60 for all settings but Low. At 1440p, Medium, High, and Low are all above 60, while only Ultra dips to 59; the 1080p column remains above 86 for every preset. The scaling therefore tells us that the RX 7600 can handle this older game at mid-range resolutions with headroom, but the largest drop at 4K confirms that a 4K display demands settings tuned down to the minimal level to keep a playable rate.

Another observation is that the Ultra→High difference is small across all resolutions (at 1080p, 90 vs 86 FPS; at 1440p, 62 vs 59; at 4K, 36 vs 35). This shows that the Ultra setting brings a negligible FPS penalty and can be accepted if visual fidelity is the goal, since the margins are only 3–5 FPS.

CPU Role

The throat of the Radeon card is fed by a Ryzen 5 5500, a 6-core, 12-thread processor running 3.60 GHz base and 4.20 GHz thanks. It’s built in Zen 3 (Cezanne) on a 7 nm process, for the AMD Socket AM4. The CPU packs 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support. In the overall CPU percentile, it sits above 73% of all processors, confirming it is a strong mid-range part by modern standards—far ahead of the necessary base for a 2014 game like Thief. The measured AC are also reflected: its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 16,429; single-core is 2,319, and the Geekbench multi-core is 3,976. The 3DMark single-thread score for this part is 836, and max-thread is 5,411.

For Thief, the CPU’s potential is likely not the limiting factor at any of the test presets. This is inferred from the fact that the FPS at low resolutions and low presets (e.g., 1080p Ultra 86 FPS) is far below the CPU’s theoretical capability, but the GPU is working near its designed range. The near-miss of the 1440p Ultra at 59 FPS is not driven by a lack of CPU cycles; rather, the chart in the GPU’s averages and the 4K drop line that the image is sensitive to route. The single-thread performance of 836 points (3DMark single-thread) and the boost clock of 4.20 GHz are enough for this title. With the 12 threads, the CPU’s 3DMark 8-thread score of 4,593 suggests it can draw on 5.4 GB of LPDDR4 threads, but the game barely uses that headroom.

Thus, the CPU’s role in this combo is to provide a solid absolute foundation—its 73rd percentile rank is only about a negligible margin above the GPU’s 57th.But the results in Thief are dominated by the graphics card, as evidenced by the crisp drop from 118 to 81