Undisputed

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 lands at rank 2220 out of 2813 tested combos in Undisputed. That places this configuration in the lower-mid tier of the database, sitting at roughly the 21st percentile of all tested combinations. The ranking reflects a fundamental imbalance: the Ryzen 9 9900X3D is a top-tier processor that ranks in the 91st percentile against all CPUs, while the RTX 2060 sits at only the 58th percentile against all GPUs. This pairing creates a scenario where the CPU is dramatically overqualified for the graphical workload, and the data suggests the GPU becomes the primary constraint in most situations.

Benchmark results indicate that this combo outperforms roughly 79% of all tested combinations, but the margin is slim against the nearest GPU rivals. The RTX 2060's average benchmark score of 15290 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 at 15283 (0% delta), the AMD Radeon 680M at 15270 (0.1% delta), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM at 15199 (0.6% delta). Even the AMD Radeon RX 7600 at 15171 is only 0.8% behind. This clustering suggests that in pure compute terms, the RTX 2060 is indistinguishable from several alternatives, meaning the ranking in Undisputed is driven more by specific game optimizations than raw GPU horsepower.

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D's average benchmark score of 54762 puts it just 0.6% behind the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF at 55093 and 1.3% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K at 54053. The data shows the processor is competitive with these rivals, yet in Undisputed the combination's rank is ultimately limited by what the GPU can deliver. The disparity between the CPU's 91st percentile standing and the GPU's 58th percentile standing creates a bottleneck that the measured FPS data makes clear.

Settings Recommendations

For this specific combination, the measured FPS data provides clear guidance on which settings deliver the best experience. At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 209 FPS average, Medium reaches 150 FPS, High drops to 124 FPS, and Ultra falls to 80 FPS. The Medium preset at 1080p offers the most balanced experience, delivering 150 FPS average with a minimum of 128 FPS and maximum of 173 FPS. This is well above the threshold for smooth gameplay while still providing a meaningful visual upgrade over Low.

At 2560x1440, the story shifts. Low delivers 151 FPS average, Medium hits 109 FPS (with min/max of 92/125), High reaches 90 FPS, and Ultra drops to 58 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p remains playable with a minimum of 92 FPS, but the gap between Low and Medium narrows compared to 1080p. Players seeking consistent high refresh rates should consider Low at this resolution, as the 151 FPS average provides more headroom for demanding scenes.

The 3840x2160 resolution tells a different tale entirely. Low produces 95 FPS average, Medium drops to 69 FPS (with min/max of 58/79), High falls to 57 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 37 FPS. At 4K, the RTX 2060's 6 GB VRAM and 336.0 GB/s memory bandwidth struggle to keep pace with the higher pixel count. The data suggests that 4K gaming with this combo is only viable at Low settings, where 95 FPS remains acceptable, but Medium at 58 FPS minimum approaches the edge of playability.

The best experience per the measured rows is the Medium preset at 1920x1080. It delivers 150 FPS average with a minimum of 128 FPS, providing both visual quality and performance headroom. This combination avoids the frame rate cliffs seen at Ultra settings across all resolutions while maintaining a substantial improvement over Low.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component with striking clarity. At Medium settings, the average FPS falls from 150 at 1920x1080 to 109 at 2560x1440, then to 69 at 3840x2160. This represents a 27% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 54% drop from 1080p to 4K. The scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary constraint, as the Ryzen 9 9900X3D's 12 cores and 24 threads are more than capable of feeding frames at any of these resolutions.

Looking at High settings, the progression is 124 FPS at 1080p, 90 FPS at 1440p, and 57 FPS at 4K. The 1440p to 4K drop of 37% is larger than the 1080p to 1440p drop of 27%, suggesting that the RTX 2060's memory bandwidth becomes increasingly strained as resolution climbs. The 6 GB VRAM capacity is likely a factor at 4K, where texture data and frame buffers consume more memory.

At Low settings, the scaling is 209 FPS at 1080p, 151 FPS at 1440p, and 95 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop of 28% and the 1440p to 4K drop of 37% follow a similar pattern to High settings. Interestingly, the Low preset at 4K (95 FPS) still outperforms the Ultra preset at 1080p (80 FPS), which underscores how much headroom exists in the CPU and how heavily the GPU limits high-detail workloads.

The data implies that resolution scaling in Undisputed is heavily GPU-bound. The CPU's 3DMark scores, including 12490 for 16 threads and 13795 for max threads, indicate ample processing power. The bottleneck manifests in the GPU's pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s, which become more limiting as pixel count increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings range produces the following average FPS: Low at 209, Medium at 150, High at 124, and Ultra at 80. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 128 FPS and maximum of 173 FPS, providing the only complete min/max data at this resolution. The gap between Medium and High is 26 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 44 FPS, indicating that Ultra settings impose a disproportionate performance cost.

At 2560x1440, Low delivers 151 FPS average, Medium hits 109 FPS with a minimum of 92 FPS and maximum of 125 FPS, High achieves 90 FPS, and Ultra drops to 58 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 92 FPS keeps it above the 90 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The delta between Medium and High is 19 FPS, while the delta between High and Ultra is 32 FPS, reinforcing that Ultra is the most demanding setting tier.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 95 FPS for Low, 69 FPS for Medium (with min/max of 58/79), 57 FPS for High, and 37 FPS for Ultra. The Medium preset's minimum of 58 FPS is the only sub-60 FPS minimum recorded across all Medium settings, highlighting the strain of 4K resolution. The gap between Low and Medium is 26 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 20 FPS, showing that Ultra at 4K becomes nearly unplayable.

The data reveals a consistent pattern: each settings tier costs a similar percentage of performance across resolutions. Low to Medium typically costs around 28-30% of FPS, Medium to High costs 17-21%, and High to Ultra costs 35-41%. This suggests that Ultra settings introduce rendering features that disproportionately tax the RTX 2060's 1920 shading units and 48 ROPs.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 features 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth. The memory clocks at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), while the GPU core runs at 1365 MHz base and 1680 MHz boost. The card's 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s. Compute performance is rated at 6.451 TFLOPS FP32 and 12.90 TFLOPS FP16.

The GPU's benchmark percentile of 58 places it below most dedicated gaming cards, yet its nearest rivals are all within 0.8% of its average score. This tight clustering suggests that the RTX 2060 performs at a level consistent with its class, but the 6 GB VRAM capacity is a limiting factor at higher resolutions. The measured FPS data shows that 4K Ultra (37 FPS) is less than half of 1080p Ultra (80 FPS), which aligns with the memory bandwidth constraints.

The RTX 2060's Turing architecture supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, but the card's end-of-life production status indicates it is older hardware. The 12 nm process node from TSMC results in a 445 mm² die with 10,800 million transistors. The 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores suggest ray tracing capabilities, but in Undisputed, a sports title, these features likely have minimal impact on the measured performance.

At 1080p, the GPU manages 209 FPS at Low and 124 FPS at High. The 85 FPS gap between these settings demonstrates how the GPU's shading units and ROPs scale with detail level. At 4K, the same settings produce 95 FPS and 57 FPS, a 38 FPS gap. The diminishing returns at higher resolution indicate that memory bandwidth becomes the binding constraint rather than compute throughput.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D provides 12 cores and 24 threads with a base clock of 4.40 GHz and boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The 128 MB L3 cache, divided as 1 MB L2 per core and 80 KB L1 per core, gives this processor exceptional cache capacity for gaming workloads. The 4 nm process from TSMC results in a dual-die design with 16,630 million transistors. The CPU's 3DMark scores include 1269 for single-thread, 4885 for 4 threads, and 13795 for max threads.

The CPU's benchmark percentile of 91 places it in the top tier of processors. Its nearest rivals are all within 2.1% of its average score, with the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF at 55093 (0.6% ahead) being the closest competitor. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 47737 and Geekbench multicore score of 22884 indicate substantial processing power. The PassMark multithread score of 56154 further confirms the CPU's capability.

In Undisputed, the measured FPS data suggests the CPU is never the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 209 FPS, which is well above what the GPU can sustain at higher settings. The CPU's 3DMark 16-thread score of 12490 and 8-thread score of 9002 indicate that multi-threaded workloads are handled efficiently. The 128 MB L3 cache is particularly beneficial for sports games, which often have complex physics and AI calculations.

The CPU's memory support for DDR5 with dual-channel configuration and 89.6 GB/s bandwidth ensures that data feeds the GPU without bottleneck. The PCIe Gen 5 interface with 24 lanes provides ample bandwidth for the RTX 2060's PCIe 3.0 x16 connection. This forward-looking platform means the CPU is unlikely to constrain performance even as GPU demands increase.

FAQ

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

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 2220 out of 2813 tested combos, placing it in the lower-mid tier of the database.

Q: What settings provide the best experience at 1080p?

A: The Medium preset at 1920x1080 delivers 150 FPS average with a minimum of 128 FPS and maximum of 173 FPS, offering the best balance of visual quality and performance.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 2060's average benchmark score of 15290 is within 0.8% of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (15283), AMD Radeon 680M (15270), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (15199), and AMD Radeon RX 7600 (15171).

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this combo?

A: The GPU is the primary constraint. The RTX 2060 ranks in the 58th percentile while the Ryzen 9 9900X3D ranks in the 91st percentile, and FPS scaling patterns confirm the GPU limits performance at higher resolutions.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming?

A: At 3840x2160, Low settings achieve 95 FPS average, Medium hits 69 FPS, High reaches 57 FPS, and Ultra drops to 37 FPS. Only Low settings provide consistently playable frame rates at 4K.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low averages 151 FPS while Ultra averages 58 FPS, representing a 93 FPS difference that highlights the significant performance cost of Ultra settings.

Q: How does the Ryzen 9 9900X3D compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The CPU's average benchmark score of 54762 is 0.6% behind the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF (55093) and 1.3% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (54053), with the Intel Xeon 6505P (53701) and Intel Core i7-14700F (53620) also within 2.1%.

Q: What is the VRAM capacity and bandwidth of the RTX 2060?

A: The RTX 2060 features 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth, which becomes a constraint at 4K resolution where Medium settings drop to 69 FPS average.