Thief

FAQ

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combo well-suited for Thief at 1080p?

A: Yes. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers an average of 200.7 FPS on Low settings, 180.7 FPS on Medium, 157.3 FPS on High, and 150.2 FPS on Ultra. The smallest gap between settings is 7.1 FPS (High to Ultra), indicating the CPU is keeping up well even at lower resolutions.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations in Thief?

A: The combo ranks 184th out of 1,642 tested combinations. This places it in the top 11.2% of all tested combos, indicating strong overall performance for this game.

Q: What is the performance difference between the RTX 5070 and its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 5070's average benchmark score is 41,687. It sits 0.2% above the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (41,610) and 0.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (41,441). It trails the NVIDIA Tesla M40 by 0.5% (41,897) and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X by 0.7% (41,991).

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 7700 compare to its closest CPU competitors?

A: The Ryzen 7 7700's average benchmark score is 40,468. It leads the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 by 0.5% (40,262) and the Intel Core Ultra 5 235T by 1.2% (39,995). It is 0.1% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (40,431) and 0.6% behind the Intel Core i9-13905H (40,712).

Q: Does the GPU become a bottleneck at 4K resolution?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the average FPS drops to 61.0 on Ultra and 66.1 on High settings. The gap between 1440p High (109.2 FPS) and 4K High (66.1 FPS) is 43.1 FPS, a 39.5% reduction, indicating the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions.

Q: What memory configuration does the RTX 5070 use, and how does it affect performance?

A: The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This configuration supports the high frame rates observed in Thief, even at 4K Ultra where the combo still maintains 61.0 FPS average.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination achieves a rank of 184 out of 1,642 tested combos in Thief. This places the configuration in the 88.8th percentile of all tested combinations, a strong result that reflects balanced component pairing.

Contextualizing this rank requires examining both components' standing in their respective benchmark pools. The Ryzen 7 7700 sits in the 91st percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 40,468. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H scores 40,431 (0.1% higher), while the Intel Core i9-13905H scores 40,712 (0.6% higher). The CPU's margin over the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (40,262, +0.5%) and Intel Core Ultra 5 235T (39,995, +1.2%) shows that the 7700 is competitive within a narrow performance band.

The RTX 5070, meanwhile, holds the 83rd percentile among all GPUs with an average score of 41,687. Its rival cluster is similarly tight: the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (41,610, +0.2%) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (41,441, +0.6%) are marginally behind, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 (41,897, -0.5%) and AMD Radeon Pro 580X (41,991, -0.7%) are slightly ahead.

The combo's 184th rank out of 1,642 suggests that while both components are individually strong, the pairing in Thief yields performance that exceeds the vast majority of tested configurations. The data indicates that neither component is dramatically underperforming relative to its peers, and the combination achieves frame rates that are consistently playable across all tested settings and resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 200.7 FPS on Low, 180.7 FPS on Medium, 157.3 FPS on High, and 150.2 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, these figures drop to 176.5, 144.2, 109.2, and 105.7 FPS respectively. At 3840x2160, the numbers fall further to 111.2, 85.4, 66.1, and 61.0 FPS.

The resolution scaling is not uniform across settings. On Low settings, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 24.2 FPS (12.1% reduction), while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 65.3 FPS (37.0% reduction). This accelerating decline with resolution is characteristic of GPU-bound workloads. On Ultra settings, the 1080p-to-1440p drop is 44.5 FPS (29.6%), and the 1440p-to-4K drop is 44.7 FPS (42.3%).

The data strongly indicates that the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the combo achieves 61.0 FPS, which is barely above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, is capable of feeding the GPU adequately at lower resolutions where frame rates exceed 200 FPS. The fact that 1080p Low (200.7 FPS) is 3.3 times faster than 4K Ultra (61.0 FPS) confirms that the RTX 5070's rendering capacity, not the Ryzen 7 7700's processing power, defines the performance ceiling at higher resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 200.7 FPS. Medium settings yield 180.7 FPS, a 20.0 FPS reduction from Low. High settings average 157.3 FPS, and Ultra settings achieve 150.2 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 50.5 FPS, indicating that Thief's settings scaling is moderate at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the performance hierarchy remains consistent but with larger absolute drops. Low settings average 176.5 FPS, Medium 144.2 FPS, High 109.2 FPS, and Ultra 105.7 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread widens to 70.8 FPS, showing that higher resolutions amplify the impact of graphics settings.

At 3840x2160, the combo still maintains playable frame rates across all settings. Low averages 111.2 FPS, Medium 85.4 FPS, High 66.1 FPS, and Ultra 61.0 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread is 50.2 FPS, similar to 1080p in absolute terms but representing a much larger percentage of the total frame rate (45.1% reduction from Low to Ultra at 4K, versus 25.2% at 1080p).

Across all resolutions, the gap between High and Ultra is notably small: 7.1 FPS at 1080p, 3.5 FPS at 1440p, and 5.1 FPS at 4K. This suggests that Ultra settings in Thief have diminishing returns relative to High, and that the combo can effectively run Ultra at 1080p and 1440p without substantial performance penalties.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 plays the dominant role in determining Thief's performance, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture using TSMC's 5 nm process. It contains 31,100 million transistors across a 263 mm² die.

Memory bandwidth is a critical factor for Thief's performance. The RTX 5070's 12 GB of GDDR7 memory runs at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) across a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration supports the high texture loads and asset streaming typical of a stealth game with dense environments.

The GPU's compute resources are substantial: 6,144 shading units, 192 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. The pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 482.3 GTexel/s provide the fill rates needed to sustain the frame rates observed in the measured data. The 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores, while not directly utilized by Thief's traditional rendering pipeline, indicate the GPU's broader capability for modern workloads.

The measured FPS data shows that the RTX 5070's performance ceiling is reached at 4K Ultra, where the combo achieves 61.0 FPS. At this resolution, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, as evidenced by the substantial frame rate drops from 1440p to 4K: 44.7 FPS on Ultra and 43.1 FPS on High. The GPU's benchmark percentile of 83rd among all GPUs, with an average score of 41,687, aligns with this observed behavior — it is a strong performer that still has limits at the highest resolutions.

In contrast, the CPU's role diminishes as resolution increases. At 1080p, where the GPU has less work per frame, the Ryzen 7 7700's 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz ensures that frame rates can exceed 200 FPS. The CPU's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth provide sufficient data throughput to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at lower resolutions.