Thief

Thief, a stealth title with a release date of 2014-02-24, was measured with an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The combination ranks 703 out of 3,720 tested combos in Thief. The CPU is a 16-core, 22-thread Meteor Lake mobile processor with a 5.10 GHz boost clock; the GPU is a Blackwell 2.0 design with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory. The dataset contains measured FPS rows across a set of resolutions and settings.

How This Combo Ranks

At rank 703 out of 3,720, this combo sits in the upper portion of the Thief benchmark table. The CPU's aggregate standing is the 85th percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU's aggregate standing is the 92nd percentile among all GPUs. Those percentile values are drawn from the CPU and GPU benchmark databases, not from Thief itself.

The CPU's average benchmark score is 35,670. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 at 35,719 with a deltaPct of -0.1, the Intel Core 7 250H at 35,728 with a deltaPct of -0.2, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 at 35,802 with a deltaPct of -0.4, and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X at 35,909 with a deltaPct of -0.7. The GPU's average benchmark score is 79,842. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB at 79,605 with a deltaPct of 0.3, the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB at 79,396 with a deltaPct of 0.6, the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT at 78,940 with a deltaPct of 1.1, and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X at 80,959 with a deltaPct of -1.4.

FAQ

Q: What average frame rates does this combo produce in Thief?

A: At 1920x1080, the averages are 180 on Low, 163 on Medium, 148 on High, and 145 on Ultra. At 2560x1440, the averages are 159 on Low, 139 on Medium, 106 on High, and 101 on Ultra. At 3840x2160, the averages are 108 on Low, 82 on Medium, 62 on High, and 59 on Ultra.

Q: What is the combo's rank in Thief?

A: It ranks 703 out of 3,720 tested combos. The data is marked as measured.

Q: Which component is more highly ranked by aggregate benchmark data?

A: The GPU is at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU is at the 85th percentile among all CPUs. The GPU's average benchmark score is 79,842, and the CPU's is 35,670.

Q: Are min/max frame rates available in the dataset?

A: Yes, but only for Medium settings. At 1080p Medium, the min is 139 and the max is 188. At 1440p Medium, the min is 118 and the max is 160. At 4K Medium, the min is 70 and the max is 94.

Q: How does 4K Ultra compare to 4K High and Medium?

A: 4K Ultra averages 59 FPS, 4K High averages 62 FPS, and 4K Medium averages 82 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

Across the measured rows, moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 lowers the average FPS at every setting. On Low, the average goes from 180 at 1080p to 159 at 1440p and then to 108 at 4K. On Medium, it goes from 163 to 139 to 82. On High, it goes from 148 to 106 to 62. On Ultra, it goes from 145 to 101 to 59.

The pattern is consistent with the GPU becoming the limiting component at 4K. The 1080p Low result of 180 is the highest average in the dataset, while the 4K Ultra result of 59 is the lowest. The 1080p to 4K spread is larger on Medium, High, and Ultra than on Low, which is what happens when pixel throughput becomes the main constraint. If the CPU were the ceiling on frame rate, the lower-resolution rows would be more clustered; instead, the 1080p Ultra row reaches 145 and the 4K Low row reaches 108, showing that the resolution change has a strong effect even when settings are lowered.

Measured FPS Breakdown

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

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 180 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 163 | 139 | 188 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 148 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 145 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 159 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 139 | 118 | 160 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 106 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 101 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 108 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 82 | 70 | 94 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 62 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 59 | — | — |

The rows show a clean progression: every resolution has its highest average on Low and its lowest on Ultra. The only min/max values in the entire dataset belong to Medium, so the Medium rows provide the only direct look at frame-time spread.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is a Mobile segment processor with 16 cores and 22 threads. Its base clock is 3.90 GHz and its boost clock is 5.10 GHz, with a 45 W TDP. It uses the Meteor Lake architecture, is built on an Intel 7 nm process, and is socketed for Intel BGA 2049. The cache hierarchy is 112 KB L1 per core, 2 MB L2 per core, and 24 MB shared L3. Memory support is listed as DDR5 depending on motherboard, dual-channel, with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth. The CPU also integrates Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 128EU and provides PCIe Gen 5 with 8 lanes.

Benchmark results place the CPU at the 85th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 35,670. It scores 17,984.5 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1,810.5 in single-core; 11,657 in Geekbench multicore and 1,794 in single-core; 29,376 in PassMark multithread and 3,697 in PassMark single-thread. Additional PassMark results include 98,302 in integer math, 73,270 in floating point math, and 123 in find prime numbers.

In Thief, the highest measured average is 180 at 1080p Low. That row is well above every 4K row, which indicates that at 1080p the configuration is not being held back to a low frame-rate ceiling. The 22 threads and 5.10 GHz boost clock are the CPU-side numbers most relevant to this result: the processor has both high single-thread capability and a strong multicore result in synthetic tests. No game-specific CPU utilization data is included, so the core and clock relationship is best interpreted through the 1080p rows, where the CPU is more likely to affect the outcome.

Settings Recommendations

Using the measured rows only, the Medium preset is the only setting with min/max FPS values. At 4K, Medium averages 82 FPS, with a minimum of 70 and a maximum of 94. 4K High averages 62 and 4K Ultra averages 59, so Medium has both a higher average and a logged minimum that is higher than the Ultra average. At 1440p, Medium averages 139 with a minimum of 118 and a maximum of 160; High averages 106 and Ultra averages 101. At 1080p, Medium averages 163 with a minimum of 139 and a maximum of 188; Low averages 180, High averages 148, and Ultra averages 145.

Medium therefore provides the only direct evidence of frame-time stability at every resolution. It also keeps the average FPS above the High and Ultra averages at 1440p and 4K, while the 1080p Medium average is above the High and Ultra averages and below only Low. For repeatable frame pacing across the measured rows, the Medium preset is the strongest logged choice.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is built on Blackwell 2.0 with 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die using a TSMC 5 nm process. Its base clock is 2017 MHz and boost clock is 2407 MHz. The memory subsystem is 32 GB GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, with a memory clock of 1750 MHz / 28 Gbps effective and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. The GPU contains 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 170 RT cores, and 680 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 423.6 GPixel/s, texture rate is 1,636.8 GTexel/s, and FP32 throughput is 104.8 TFLOPS. The GPU is listed at 575 W TDP, with a 1x 16-pin power connector and a suggested PSU of 950 W. Its release date is 2025-01-29, after Thief's release date of 2014-02-24.

GPU benchmark results include 18,355 in 3DMark Steel Nomad, 376,728 in Geekbench Vulkan, 334,370 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 39,650 in PassMark G3D. The GPU sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 79,842. Its nearest rivals among all GPUs are the same group listed in the ranking section, including the Radeon Pro Vega 64X at 80,959 with a deltaPct of -1.4.

In Thief, the GPU's role is visible in the resolution scaling. With Low settings, the average drops from 180 at 1080p to 108 at 4K. With Ultra settings, it drops from 145 at 1080p to 59 at 4K. Those are large reductions as the pixel count increases, pointing to the GPU as the component carrying the 4K load. The 32 GB capacity and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are the memory-side figures behind that behavior, although no VRAM usage is recorded in the dataset.