Undisputed

# Undisputed with Intel Core Ultra 5 245 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a surprisingly capable experience in Undisputed, a sports title that scales predictably across resolution and quality presets. With the CPU sitting at the 90th percentile among all tested processors and the GPU at the 62nd percentile, this combination prioritizes compute headroom over raw graphics throughput. Measured results show playable frame rates even at 4K on medium settings, while lower resolutions push well into high-refresh territory, making the combo's behavior highly dependent on the chosen preset and resolution pair.

Settings Recommendations

The data points to Medium as the optimal preset for this pairing across most resolutions, striking the best balance between visual fidelity and frame rate stability. At 1920x1080, Medium produces an average of 165 FPS with a minimum of 140 FPS and a maximum of 190 FPS, which is only 64 FPS below the Low preset's 229 FPS average but delivers substantially better image quality than Low. The jump from Medium to High at 1080p costs 29 FPS on average (165 to 136 FPS), while Ultra drops to 88 FPS — a 77 FPS penalty over Medium that is difficult to justify given the incremental visual gains typical of the Ultra tier in sports titles.

At 2560x1440, Medium again emerges as the recommended preset, yielding 119 FPS average with a 101–137 FPS range. This remains comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, and the 47 FPS gap between Medium and High (119 to 99 FPS) is less punishing than the 56 FPS drop seen when moving from Medium to Ultra (119 to 63 FPS). The 4K resolution tells a similar story: Medium averages 75 FPS with 64–87 FPS variance, making it the only preset at this resolution that consistently stays above the 60 FPS line without dipping into the low 40s. Low at 4K does reach 105 FPS, but the visual compromise is significant, while High at 62 FPS barely clears the threshold and Ultra sits at 40 FPS.

For competitive play where frame rate dominates, Low at 1080p (229 FPS) or 1440p (166 FPS) is the clear choice, but for the majority of users seeking a single preset across all resolutions, Medium offers the most consistent experience. The minimum frame rates recorded only for Medium presets (140 FPS at 1080p, 101 FPS at 1440p, 64 FPS at 4K) indicate that this preset maintains acceptable frame pacing even during demanding scenes, whereas the absence of min/max data for other presets suggests they may exhibit less predictable behavior.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip manufactured on a 12 nm process, provides the graphical foundation for this combo. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus delivers 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves sufficient for Undisputed's demands at the tested resolutions. The GPU's clocks are modest — 1470 MHz base and 1650 MHz boost — but the 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output pipelines allow it to maintain competitive frame rates, particularly at lower settings where the rendering load is reduced.

The GPU's benchmark profile places it at the 62nd percentile among all tested graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 18093. Its nearest rivals in aggregate performance include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (0.4% faster), AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (0.5% faster), AMD Radeon RX 460 (1.5% faster), and Intel Arc A770M (1.6% faster), indicating that the RTX 2060 SUPER sits in a tightly contested mid-range tier. In Undisputed specifically, the GPU's 8 GB VRAM capacity does not appear to be a limiting factor at any preset, as even the most demanding Ultra settings at 4K achieve 40 FPS rather than failing to load or stuttering due to memory exhaustion.

The RTX 2060 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, making it fully compatible with modern rendering pipelines. Its 34 ray tracing cores and 272 tensor cores are present but largely irrelevant for a sports title like Undisputed, which relies more on traditional rasterization. The GPU's 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 14.36 TFLOPS of FP16 (2:1 ratio) provide adequate throughput for the game's physics and animation systems, though the data suggests that at higher presets, the GPU becomes the primary constraint — a pattern visible in the steep FPS drops from Low to Ultra at each resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions, while lower resolutions expose the CPU's ability to feed frames efficiently. At Low settings, the progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K shows averages of 229, 166, and 105 FPS respectively — a 27.5% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 36.7% drop from 1440p to 4K. This scaling pattern indicates that even at Low settings, the GPU is increasingly strained as pixel count rises, though the 105 FPS at 4K Low remains highly playable.

Medium settings exhibit a similar but steeper decline: 165 FPS at 1080p, 119 FPS at 1440p, and 75 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 27.9% and 37.0% respectively, nearly identical to Low, suggesting that the GPU's workload scales proportionally with resolution regardless of quality preset. High settings show 136 FPS at 1080p, 99 FPS at 1440p, and 62 FPS at 4K — drops of 27.2% and 37.4% — further confirming this consistent scaling trend.

Ultra settings, however, break the pattern with more dramatic declines: 88 FPS at 1080p drops 28.4% to 63 FPS at 1440p, then falls 36.5% to 40 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result of 40 FPS is the only measured average below the 60 FPS threshold, highlighting that this preset pushes the RTX 2060 SUPER to its limits. Across all presets, the average drop from 1080p to 4K is approximately 54–55%, which is consistent with a GPU that becomes the limiting component as resolution increases. At 1080p, the CPU's headroom (evidenced by high FPS even at Ultra) suggests the processor could support a more powerful GPU, while at 4K, the GPU's performance ceiling is clearly the bottleneck.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of Intel Core Ultra 5 245 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 2008 out of 2813 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the 71.4th percentile of all system pairings. This rank reflects a mid-to-upper tier position, consistent with the CPU's strong 90th percentile standing and the GPU's more modest 62nd percentile performance. The gap between the two components' percentiles suggests that the combo is CPU-heavy, meaning the processor's capabilities outpace what the graphics card can utilize in this title.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 48995 places it within 0.4% of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G and 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900, while being 0.6% faster than the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H and 0.8% faster than the Intel Core i5-14600K. This tight clustering indicates the Ultra 5 245 delivers competitive compute performance, but in Undisputed, the GPU's mid-range positioning pulls the overall combo rank down relative to what the CPU alone could achieve. Conversely, the GPU's average score of 18093 trails its nearest rivals by margins of 0.4% to 1.6%, meaning the graphics card is slightly below the median of its performance tier.

The combo rank of 2008 out of 2813 means that roughly 71% of tested system pairings outperform this configuration in Undisputed, which is a reasonable outcome for a mid-range GPU paired with a high-end CPU. Systems with similar GPUs but weaker processors would likely rank lower, while those pairing this CPU with faster graphics cards would climb substantially. The data suggests that users seeking to improve this combo's standing in Undisputed should prioritize GPU upgrades, as the CPU already operates at a level where it does not bottleneck the RTX 2060 SUPER at most settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 is a 14-core, 14-thread processor based on the Arrow Lake architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 3 nm process with a die size of 243 mm² and 17,800 million transistors. Its base clock of 3.50 GHz and boost clock of 5.10 GHz, combined with a 24 MB shared L3 cache and 3 MB L2 cache per core, provide substantial compute headroom for Undisputed's simulation and physics systems. The CPU's 65 W TDP is modest for a desktop part, yet its benchmark results show it outperforms several higher-TDP rivals.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Ultra 5 245 achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32924 and single-core score of 4648, while PassMark multithread and single-thread scores reach 38706 and 4394 respectively. These results place the CPU at the 90th percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 48995 — a figure that puts it within 0.8% of the Intel Core i5-14600K and 0.5% of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900. The CPU's memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s over dual-channel DDR5, along with PCIe Gen 5 support across 20 CPU lanes, ensures it can feed data to the GPU without becoming a bottleneck.

In Undisputed, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p Low, where the 229 FPS average indicates the processor can drive frame rates far beyond what the GPU can sustain at higher settings. The fact that 1080p Ultra still achieves 88 FPS suggests the CPU is not limiting even under maximum load, as frame rates remain high enough that the GPU's rendering capacity is the primary constraint. The CPU's integrated Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU is irrelevant for this pairing since the discrete RTX 2060 SUPER handles all rendering, but it does indicate the processor's modern architecture. With 14 cores and 14 threads (no hyperthreading), the CPU provides sufficient parallelism for the game's background tasks while leaving ample headroom for streaming, recording, or other foreground applications.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured averages span a wide range across presets. Low settings produce the highest average at 229 FPS, followed by Medium at 165 FPS with a 140–190 FPS range, High at 136 FPS, and Ultra at 88 FPS. The 141 FPS spread between Low and Ultra at this resolution demonstrates the GPU's sensitivity to quality settings, while even the lowest Ultra average remains well above playability thresholds.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages decrease proportionally. Low delivers 166 FPS, Medium averages 119 FPS with a 101–137 FPS range, High reaches 99 FPS, and Ultra falls to 63 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 101 FPS ensures smooth gameplay even during intense sequences, while Ultra's 63 FPS average is just above the 60 FPS line, indicating that this preset at 1440p is viable but leaves little margin for frame rate dips.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become more apparent. Low still manages 105 FPS, Medium averages 75 FPS with a 64–87 FPS range, High drops to 62 FPS, and Ultra falls to 40 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K is the only quality level above Low that maintains a minimum above 60 FPS (64 FPS), making it the recommended choice for 4K displays. The Ultra result of 40 FPS is the only measured average below the standard 60 FPS target, confirming that this preset at 4K is not suitable for smooth gameplay with this hardware combination.

Across all resolutions, the scaling from Low to Ultra follows a consistent pattern: Low is roughly 2.6 times faster than Ultra at 1080p (229 vs 88 FPS), 2.6 times at 1440p (166 vs 63 FPS), and 2.6 times at 4K (105 vs 40 FPS). This uniform ratio indicates that the GPU's architectural characteristics apply consistently regardless of resolution, with each preset tier imposing a similar relative performance penalty.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 4K gameplay on this hardware?

A: Medium at 3840x2160 delivers an average of 75 FPS with a 64–87 FPS range, making it the only preset above Low that maintains a minimum above 60 FPS. High averages 62 FPS and Ultra drops to 40 FPS, so Medium is the recommended choice for 4K.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems in Undisputed?

A: The combination ranks 2008 out of 2813 tested combos, placing it in the 71.4th percentile. This reflects the CPU's strong 90th percentile performance being offset by the GPU's 62nd percentile standing.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU's high single-thread and multi-thread scores allow it to feed frames at rates up to 229 FPS on Low settings, while the GPU's rendering capacity caps performance at that level even though the processor could likely sustain higher frame rates.

Q: What frame rates can I expect at 1440p with High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the average frame rate is 99 FPS. This is 20 FPS below the Medium preset's 119 FPS average and 36 FPS above the Ultra preset's 63 FPS average.

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

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 18093, which is 0.4% behind the RTX 3060 Mobile, 0.5% behind the Radeon Pro 5700, 1.5% behind the Radeon RX 460, and 1.6% behind the Arc A770M. It trails all four nearest rivals by narrow margins.

Q: Does the CPU's 14-core configuration provide enough threads for Undisputed?

A: Yes, the 14 cores and 14 threads are more than sufficient. The CPU's PassMark multithread score of 38706 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32924 indicate ample parallel processing capability, and the game's frame rates at 1080p Low (229 FPS) suggest the CPU rarely becomes a bottleneck.