Undisputed

The pairing of AMD’s Ryzen 5 2600 with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5070 produces a striking spread of frame rates in Undisputed, ranging from a low of 72.2 FPS at 4K Ultra to a high of 351.7 FPS at 1080p Low. The data reveals a system that is heavily influenced by resolution and preset selection, with the GPU becoming the clear limiting factor only at the highest settings and pixel counts.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate deltas between 1080p and 4K are substantial and reveal a classic GPU-bound progression, though with some surprising headroom at lower settings. At High settings, the transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 drops the average from 241.5 FPS to 176.5 FPS, a reduction of 65 FPS. Pushing further to 3840x2160 at High yields 112.4 FPS, meaning the 4K result is 129.1 FPS lower than the 1080p figure. This steep decline indicates that the RTX 5070’s rendering load scales aggressively with pixel count.

The scaling pattern shifts dramatically when examining Low settings. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 351.7 FPS, but this falls to 290.4 FPS at 1440p and then to 188.5 FPS at 4K. The 4K Low result is still higher than the 1080p High result (188.5 vs. 241.5), showing that the preset choice has nearly as much impact as resolution. Interestingly, the gap between 1440p and 4K at Low settings is 101.9 FPS, which is larger than the 61.3 FPS gap between 1080p and 1440p at the same preset. This suggests that at 4K Low, the GPU’s shading units and memory bandwidth are being pushed harder relative to the CPU’s ability to feed frames.

At Ultra settings, the scaling becomes more punishing. The 1080p Ultra average is 155.9 FPS, dropping to 111.7 FPS at 1440p and then to 72.2 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra figure is less than half of the 1080p Ultra number, a clear sign that the combination of high pixel count and demanding effects saturates the RTX 5070’s capabilities. The data indicates that the Ryzen 5 2600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is not the bottleneck at these higher resolutions; instead, the GPU’s 12 GB of GDDR7 memory and 192-bit bus are working at their limits.

The Medium preset offers a middle ground, with 293.8 FPS at 1080p, 210.6 FPS at 1440p, and 132.7 FPS at 4K. The scaling from 1440p to 4K at Medium (a 77.9 FPS drop) is proportionally similar to the drop from 1080p to 1440p (83.2 FPS), indicating a more linear relationship than at Low or Ultra. This consistency suggests that Medium settings balance the load between CPU and GPU more evenly, preventing either component from becoming a dominant constraint.

GPU Role

The RTX 5070’s specifications play a decisive role in these results. With a boost clock of 2512 MHz and 6144 shading units, the GPU delivers substantial compute throughput, evidenced by its 30.87 TFLOPS FP32 performance. The 12 GB of GDDR7 memory running at 28 Gbps effective provides 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for feeding the 192-bit bus at high resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the 72.2 FPS average suggests that the memory bandwidth and pixel rate (201.0 GPixel/s) are being taxed by the game’s high-resolution textures and effects.

The GPU’s benchmark scores corroborate its strong standing. The Passmark G3D score of 29137 places it in the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, and its average benchmark score of 41687 is nearly identical to that of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which sits at 41441 with a deltaPct of 0.6. This proximity to a previous-generation flagship explains why the combo can push past 300 FPS at 1080p Low, where the GPU’s raw rasterization power is not yet constrained by pixel fill rates.

However, the GPU’s role changes with resolution. At 1080p Low and Medium, the frame rates of 351.7 and 293.8 FPS are so high that the Ryzen 5 2600’s single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1579) may begin to limit the frame pacing, even though the data does not isolate CPU-specific bottlenecks. At 4K Ultra, the GPU is unequivocally the limiting component, as the 72.2 FPS figure aligns with the heavy load on the RTX 5070’s rasterizers and memory subsystem. The 80 ROPs and 192 TMUs are sufficient for most scenes, but the game’s physics and lighting at Ultra settings create a workload that the GPU cannot fully accelerate past the 100 FPS mark at 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Undisputed, this pairing of the Ryzen 5 2600 and RTX 5070 ranks 369th out of 1580 combos. This places it in the top 23.4% of all tested configurations, a respectable position given the CPU’s age. The Ryzen 5 2600 itself holds a 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19616. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-11600KF (19740, deltaPct -0.6) and the Intel Core i7-10700F (19485, deltaPct 0.7), showing that the 2600’s overall compute performance is still competitive with much newer mid-range chips.

The GPU’s ranking is slightly higher, sitting in the 83rd percentile with an average score of 41687. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 5300, scores 41610 with a deltaPct of 0.2, while the NVIDIA Tesla M40 trails at 41897 with a deltaPct of -0.5. This near-tie in average scores suggests that the RTX 5070’s performance is well-established, but the combo’s 369th rank in Undisputed is likely dragged down by the CPU’s older architecture and lower memory bandwidth (46.9 GB/s for the CPU’s DDR4 support). In a game like Undisputed, which is a sports title with potentially CPU-intensive simulation logic, the Ryzen 5 2600’s Zen+ architecture may not feed the RTX 5070 fast enough at lower resolutions, capping the combo’s overall standing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The data provides exact frame rate averages for 12 distinct configurations, spanning four resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 351.7 FPS, which is the highest figure in the entire dataset. Medium follows at 293.8 FPS, High at 241.5 FPS, and Ultra at 155.9 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 195.8 FPS, indicating that the preset has a massive impact on performance when pixel count is low.

Moving to 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 290.4 FPS, Medium drops to 210.6 FPS, High to 176.5 FPS, and Ultra to 111.7 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra here is 178.7 FPS, slightly narrower than at 1080p, as the GPU begins to take on more work. The 1440p Medium result of 210.6 FPS is nearly identical to the 1080p High result of 241.5 FPS, showing that resolution scaling and preset scaling are roughly interchangeable in this range.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset yields 188.5 FPS, Medium 132.7 FPS, High 112.4 FPS, and Ultra 72.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium at 4K is 55.8 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 20.3 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 40.2 FPS. This non-linear degradation indicates that Ultra settings introduce specific effects—likely related to shadows, reflections, or post-processing—that disproportionately tax the GPU at high pixel counts. The 4K Ultra figure of 72.2 FPS is the only result below 100 FPS, making it the sole configuration where a high-refresh-rate monitor would not be fully utilized.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 offers the most balanced experience, delivering 210.6 FPS. This is well above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on gaming monitors, while still providing higher visual fidelity than Low. The 1440p Medium result is 79.9 FPS higher than 4K Medium (132.7 FPS) and only 31.4 FPS lower than 1080p Medium (293.8 FPS), suggesting that the resolution bump to 1440p is a worthwhile trade-off for the visual clarity without sacrificing smoothness.

For 4K users, the High preset at 112.4 FPS is the recommended choice, as it clears the 100 FPS threshold while offering substantial detail over Medium’s 132.7 FPS. The Ultra preset at 72.2 FPS is not ideal for competitive play, but it remains playable on a 60 Hz display. At 1080p, the High preset at 241.5 FPS is preferable to Ultra’s 155.9 FPS, as the latter’s additional effects do not justify the 85.6 FPS penalty. Players seeking maximum frame rates for esports-style play should select the Low preset at 1080p, which achieves 351.7 FPS, though this sacrifices visual quality significantly.

The data shows that the RTX 5070’s performance headroom is best exploited at 1440p Medium or High, where the combo delivers between 176.5 and 210.6 FPS. At 4K, users should avoid Ultra unless they prioritize image quality over frame rate, as the 72.2 FPS result is the only configuration that falls below the 90 FPS mark. The Ryzen 5 2600’s limitations are less apparent at higher resolutions, making the 1440p High preset the sweet spot for this pairing.