Undisputed

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for Undisputed with the Intel Core i5-11400F and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT reveals a clear hierarchy across presets, but the optimal choice depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers an average of 239.1 FPS, which is more than enough for any display, while Medium reaches 170.5 FPS and High hits 144.4 FPS. Ultra drops to 88.5 FPS, still playable but with diminishing returns over High. The data suggests that High at 1080p strikes the best balance between visual fidelity and headroom, as the 144.4 FPS average is already well above the refresh rate of most mainstream monitors. Pushing to Ultra costs 55.9 FPS compared to High, a 38.7% reduction, which is a steep price for what is likely a marginal visual upgrade in a sports title.

At 1440p, the picture shifts. High averages 104.1 FPS, Medium 121.9 FPS, and Low 171.6 FPS. Ultra falls to 69.1 FPS. The High preset here remains the sweet spot for smooth gameplay on 1440p displays, offering a 35 FPS advantage over Ultra while staying above the 100 FPS threshold that competitive players often prefer. Medium provides a 17.8 FPS boost over High, which could be worthwhile for those prioritizing frame rate over image quality. For 4K, the situation is more demanding: High averages 64.8 FPS, Medium 76.9 FPS, Low 108.6 FPS, and Ultra just 43.1 FPS. At this resolution, High is the recommended preset for a consistent 60 FPS experience, but the data shows that even Medium offers a 12.1 FPS improvement over High, making it a viable alternative for users who want extra smoothness without dropping to Low. Ultra at 4K is essentially unusable for competitive play, as the 43.1 FPS average falls below the 60 FPS baseline.

The overall best experience per the measured rows is High at 1080p, where the combination of a 144.4 FPS average and the visual quality of the High preset provides the most balanced result. For 1440p users, High is equally compelling, while 4K users should accept High or Medium as the pragmatic ceiling.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a 7 nm process from TSMC, featuring 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth of 280.3 GB/s and boost clock of 2635 MHz (with a game clock of 2410 MHz) are central to understanding its performance in Undisputed. The GPU’s 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 168.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 337.3 GTexel/s, which directly influence how the game renders fighters, rings, and crowd details.

In this title, the GPU’s role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases. At 1080p, the RX 6650 XT is clearly not the bottleneck, as even the Ultra preset achieves 88.5 FPS, and Low pushes to 239.1 FPS. The jump from 1080p Low to 1080p High costs 94.7 FPS, indicating that the GPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions. However, at 4K, the GPU’s limits surface: the difference between Low (108.6 FPS) and Ultra (43.1 FPS) is 65.5 FPS, a 60.3% drop. This scaling pattern suggests that the RX 6650 XT’s 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory interface become a constraint at 4K Ultra, where the game likely exceeds the available memory or saturates the bandwidth. The measured data shows the GPU’s percentile rank is 72 among all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6800M, has a nearly identical average benchmark score (29011 vs. 29024), yet the RX 6650 XT still manages playable 4K High at 64.8 FPS. This indicates that Undisputed is not overly demanding on VRAM at High settings, but Ultra pushes the hardware to its edge.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Rocket Lake generation, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 12 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are modest by today’s standards, but they are sufficient for a sports title like Undisputed. The CPU’s benchmark scores show a single-thread performance of 868 in 3dmark_single_thread and a multi-thread score of 5652 in 3dmark_max_threads, placing it in the 75th percentile among all CPUs.

In Undisputed, the CPU’s role is most apparent at 1080p Low, where the average FPS reaches 239.1. This high frame rate indicates that the i5-11400F can feed the GPU effectively at lower settings, as the game’s physics and AI calculations for boxer movements and crowd reactions are likely single-threaded or lightly threaded. However, as resolution rises, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, and the CPU’s influence diminishes. The data shows that at 4K, the FPS difference between Low and High is only 43.8 FPS (108.6 to 64.8), whereas at 1080p, the same settings gap is 94.7 FPS. This suggests that the CPU is not the bottleneck at higher resolutions, but it does cap the maximum achievable FPS at lower settings. The i5-11400F’s 12 threads may not be fully utilized by Undisputed, but its strong single-core performance (as evidenced by a 3dmark_single_thread score of 868) ensures that the game’s primary logic thread runs efficiently. Compared to its nearest rivals, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U has a virtually identical average benchmark score (17189 vs. 17181), but the i5-11400F’s desktop-class power envelope likely provides more consistent performance in sustained gaming sessions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-11400F and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT ranks 1039 out of 1580 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the benchmark database. This rank is somewhat surprising given the individual components’ percentiles (CPU at 75, GPU at 72), suggesting that the game’s optimization favors other hardware configurations. The combo’s position implies that while each part is above average in isolation, their pairing does not synergize perfectly for this title. The rank of 1039 out of 1580 means roughly 34% of tested combos outperform it, which is a notable gap for a mid-range setup.

The data indicates that the bottleneck in this combo varies by resolution. At 1080p, the CPU is more influential, as the GPU has headroom, but the i5-11400F’s 6 cores may limit frame pacing in certain scenarios. At 4K, the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit bus become the constraint, dragging the combo’s rank down. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra (43.1) is below the 60 FPS target, which likely explains why the combo ranks lower than its component percentiles might suggest. In comparison, the GPU’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 470, has an identical average benchmark score (28996 vs. 29024), but the RX 6650 XT’s newer architecture and higher bandwidth should theoretically perform better in a game like Undisputed, yet the combo rank shows it does not dominate. This suggests that the game’s engine may favor Nvidia or newer AMD architectures, or that the CPU pairing introduces unexpected overhead.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound behavior at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 144.4 at 1080p to 104.1 at 1440p (a 27.9% reduction) and then to 64.8 at 4K (a 55.1% reduction from 1440p). This steep decline at 4K indicates that the RX 6650 XT’s memory bandwidth (280.3 GB/s) and 8 GB VRAM are insufficient to maintain performance as pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K. The same pattern holds for Medium settings: 170.5 FPS at 1080p, 121.9 at 1440p, and 76.9 at 4K. The relative drop from 1440p to 4K is 36.9%, which is larger than the 28.5% drop from 1080p to 1440p, confirming that the GPU is the limiting component at 4K.

At Low settings, the scaling is more linear: 239.1 FPS at 1080p, 171.6 at 1440p (28.2% drop), and 108.6 at 4K (36.7% drop from 1440p). The fact that Low settings at 4K still achieve 108.6 FPS suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck even at this resolution, as the game’s rendering load is reduced enough for the GPU to keep up. Ultra settings show the most dramatic scaling, with 88.5 FPS at 1080p, 69.1 at 1440p, and 43.1 at 4K. The 51.3% drop from 1440p to 4K Ultra is the largest of any settings tier, underscoring that Ultra at 4K is beyond the GPU’s capabilities. The data implies that for this combo, resolution scaling is heavily influenced by the GPU’s memory subsystem, and users targeting 4K should stick to High or Medium to avoid the performance cliff.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 1080p gaming with this combo?

A: The High preset offers 144.4 FPS on average, which is the best balance between visual quality and frame rate. Ultra drops to 88.5 FPS, a 38.7% reduction, making High the recommended choice.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Undisputed?

A: Yes, but only at lower presets. High averages 64.8 FPS, Medium 76.9 FPS, and Low 108.6 FPS. Ultra falls to 43.1 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the CPU affect performance at higher resolutions?

A: The CPU’s influence diminishes as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the i5-11400F helps achieve 239.1 FPS, but at 4K, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, with the difference between Low and High at 4K being only 43.8 FPS.

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested configurations?

A: It ranks 1039 out of 1580 combos in Undisputed, placing it in the lower-middle tier despite the individual components’ above-average percentiles.

Q: How much FPS is lost when going from 1080p to 4K at High settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 144.4 to 64.8, a 55.1% reduction, indicating that the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 280.3 GB/s bandwidth are limiting factors at 4K.

Q: Is the RX 6650 XT’s VRAM sufficient for Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p Ultra, it achieves 88.5 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it drops to 43.1 FPS, suggesting that 8 GB VRAM is not enough for 4K Ultra in this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are: Low 239.1, Medium 170.5, High 144.4, and Ultra 88.5. The scaling from Low to Ultra shows a 62.9% reduction in FPS, with the largest single drop occurring from High to Ultra (55.9 FPS). At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low 171.6, Medium 121.9, High 104.1, and Ultra 69.1. The drop from Low to Ultra is 102.5 FPS (59.7%), slightly less severe than at 1080p. At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low 108.6, Medium 76.9, High 64.8, and Ultra 43.1. The Ultra preset at 4K is the lowest measured value across all settings and resolutions. The data shows that at every resolution, Low provides the highest FPS, and Ultra provides the lowest, with Medium and High falling between them. Notably, the gap between Medium and High is consistent: at 1080p it is 26.1 FPS, at 1440p 17.8 FPS, and at 4K 12.1 FPS. This narrowing gap at higher resolutions further confirms that the GPU is the primary constraint, as the relative cost of High over Medium decreases when the GPU is already saturated. The measured FPS breakdown provides a complete picture for users to select settings based on their display and performance targets.