Undisputed

# Undisputed with Intel Core Ultra 7 265K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D

The combination of Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 D produces exceptional frame rates in Undisputed, topping the charts at rank 1 out of 2,813 tested combos. With measured averages ranging from 101 FPS at 4K Ultra to 578 FPS at 1080p Low, this pairing delivers headroom that most systems cannot approach. The data reveals a configuration where both components are operating near their respective ceilings, yet the scaling patterns between resolutions and settings suggest the GPU carries the primary workload, while the CPU's 20 cores and 5.50 GHz boost clock ensure the pipeline remains fed even at extreme frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a steep but predictable decline as resolution increases across all settings. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 344 FPS at 1920x1080 to 249 FPS at 2560x1440, then further to 157 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 28% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and a 54% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The pattern is consistent with GPU-bound scaling, where pixel count directly dictates workload.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more dramatic. The 1080p average of 578 FPS falls to 418 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop) and then to 264 FPS at 4K (a 54% drop from 1080p). Interestingly, the percentage drops are nearly identical to High settings, suggesting the relative cost of resolution scaling is uniform regardless of visual complexity. This uniformity hints that the game's rendering pipeline imposes a fixed per-pixel cost that does not vary much with quality level.

Medium settings tell a similar story: 416 FPS at 1080p, 301 FPS at 1440p, and 190 FPS at 4K. The measured minimum and maximum values at Medium provide additional insight — at 4K Medium, the frame rate ranges from 162 to 219 FPS, while at 1440p Medium it spans 256 to 346 FPS, and at 1080p Medium it reaches 354 to 478 FPS. These ranges indicate consistent frame pacing with no severe dips, reinforcing that the system maintains stable performance even under load.

Ultra settings reveal the most pronounced resolution penalty. The 1080p average of 222 FPS drops to 160 FPS at 1440p (a 28% reduction) and then to 101 FPS at 4K (a 55% reduction from 1080p). The near-constant percentage drops across all four settings — approximately 28% from 1080p to 1440p and 54-55% from 1080p to 4K — strongly indicate that the limiting component scales linearly with pixel count. This is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB of GDDR7 memory and 512-bit bus width are being exercised progressively harder as resolution climbs.

The data implies that at 1080p, the system may be partially CPU-bound at Low and Medium settings, given the extraordinarily high frame rates of 578 and 416 FPS respectively. At these levels, the Core Ultra 7 265K's 20 threads and 5.50 GHz boost clock are likely approaching their rendering limits. However, at 4K, the GPU becomes the clear bottleneck, with even the most powerful consumer GPU available showing a 54% performance drop from 1080p.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide a clear hierarchy for optimizing the experience in Undisputed. At 4K, Medium settings deliver 190 FPS average with a minimum of 162 FPS, while High settings produce 157 FPS average. The difference between Medium and High at 4K is 33 FPS, but the minimum frame rate data is only available for Medium, showing 162 FPS. This suggests Medium at 4K is the sweet spot for players with high-refresh-rate 4K displays, as it stays above 160 FPS even in demanding moments.

For 1440p displays, High settings at 249 FPS average provide an excellent balance, though Medium at 301 FPS offers additional headroom. The Ultra preset at 1440p yields 160 FPS, which matches the 4K Medium average exactly — an interesting coincidence that suggests similar rendering costs. Players prioritizing visual fidelity over raw frame rates might prefer Ultra at 1440p, but the data shows High at 1440p delivers 89 FPS more than Ultra while likely maintaining most visual quality.

At 1080p, even Ultra settings achieve 222 FPS average, which exceeds the refresh rate of most monitors. High settings at 344 FPS and Medium at 416 FPS provide substantial headroom for competitive play or future driver improvements. Low settings at 578 FPS are excessive for any current display, indicating that players should never need to reduce quality below High at 1080p.

The most compelling recommendation emerges from comparing 4K Medium versus 1440p Ultra. The former delivers 190 FPS average, the latter 160 FPS. Despite the lower resolution, Ultra at 1440p produces fewer frames than Medium at 4K. This suggests Undisputed's Ultra preset imposes a significant cost beyond what resolution scaling alone explains, making Medium at 4K the more efficient choice for high-resolution displays.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest measured average FPS for this combo in Undisputed?

A: The highest measured average is 578 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is followed by 416 FPS at 1080p Medium and 418 FPS at 1440p Low.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations in this game?

A: This combo ranks 1st out of 2,813 tested combos in Undisputed, making it the top-performing configuration in the database for this title.

Q: What is the lowest measured average FPS?

A: The lowest measured average is 101 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. Even at this demanding configuration, the frame rate remains well above 60 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB VRAM matter for this game?

A: The data shows the GPU's memory bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s and 512-bit bus width contribute to consistent frame delivery, but no VRAM capacity issues are indicated at any resolution or setting in the measured results.

Q: Is the Core Ultra 7 265K limiting performance at any resolution?

A: The scaling pattern suggests potential CPU limitation at 1080p Low and Medium, where frame rates exceed 400 FPS. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor based on the uniform resolution scaling percentages.

Q: What are the minimum FPS values available in the data?

A: Minimum FPS values are only provided for Medium settings: 162 FPS at 4K, 256 FPS at 1440p, and 354 FPS at 1080p. Other settings do not have minimum FPS measured in the dataset.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo achieves rank 1 out of 2,813 tested combinations in Undisputed, placing it at the absolute top of the database. This top ranking is consistent with the hardware's benchmark positions: the CPU sits in the 94th percentile versus all CPUs, while the GPU ranks in the 92nd percentile versus all GPUs. Neither component is the single highest-scoring part individually, yet their pairing produces the best result in this game, indicating excellent synergy for Undisputed's workload.

The CPU's nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the Intel Xeon 6511P at 71,051 (0.2% lower), the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 at 71,370 (0.7% lower), the Intel Core i7-14700KF at 70,163 (1% higher), and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F at 69,996 (1.3% higher). These delta percentages are remarkably small, showing the Core Ultra 7 265K is tightly clustered with several other high-end processors in general compute. Yet in Undisputed specifically, this combo outperforms all others, suggesting the game benefits from the specific combination of CPU and GPU rather than raw benchmark dominance alone.

For the GPU, nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (1.1% higher average score), AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (1.6% lower), NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB (2.1% lower), and NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB (2.4% lower). The RTX 5090 D's average benchmark score of 77,712 places it in close competition with these parts, yet its in-game performance at rank 1 demonstrates that synthetic benchmarks do not fully capture gaming capability. The 92nd percentile GPU ranking combined with the 94th percentile CPU ranking yields a combo that exceeds either component's individual standing, implying Undisputed rewards the balanced high-end pairing.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K brings 20 cores and 20 threads to this configuration, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. Built on the Arrow Lake architecture using TSMC's 3 nm process, this CPU features 30 MB of shared L3 cache and per-core L2 cache of 3 MB. The 20-core count is substantial for gaming, though Undisputed is a sports title that may not fully utilize all cores. The data shows the CPU's benchmark strengths include a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35,850 and a single-core score of 2,020, with Geekbench multi-core at 23,085 and single-core at 2,713.

The CPU's role in Undisputed becomes evident when examining the 1080p Low result of 578 FPS. At such high frame rates, the CPU must process game logic, physics, and draw calls for each frame. The 5.50 GHz boost clock and 20 threads provide ample single-thread performance and multi-thread capacity. The PassMark single-thread score of 4,928 and multi-thread score of 58,594 indicate strong performance in both domains, which likely prevents CPU bottlenecks even at extreme frame rates.

However, the uniform resolution scaling percentages suggest the CPU is not the primary limiter at 4K. The 54% performance drop from 1080p to 4K at all settings aligns with GPU-bound behavior. At 1080p Low, the 578 FPS result may approach the CPU's maximum rendering capability, but the CPU's 94th percentile ranking and strong single-core scores suggest it handles this workload effectively. The 125W TDP and DDR5 dual-channel memory support with 102.4 GB/s bandwidth provide sufficient memory throughput for the game's data requirements.

The CPU's nearest rival comparisons show it is 1% faster than the Intel Core i7-14700KF and 1.3% faster than the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F in average benchmark score, while trailing the Xeon parts by less than 1%. These marginal differences in synthetic benchmarks translate to the top combo ranking in Undisputed, indicating the 265K's balance of high clock speeds and core count is well-suited to this game's engine.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured averages span from 222 FPS at Ultra to 578 FPS at Low. High settings produce 344 FPS, while Medium yields 416 FPS with a minimum of 354 FPS and maximum of 478 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a consistent reduction: Low 578, Medium 416, High 344, Ultra 222. This represents a 62% reduction from Low to Ultra at 1080p, indicating that the Ultra preset adds substantial rendering complexity.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 418 FPS at Low, 301 FPS at Medium, 249 FPS at High, and 160 FPS at Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 256 FPS and maximum of 346 FPS. The reduction from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 62%, matching the 1080p pattern exactly. This consistency suggests the settings impose similar relative costs regardless of resolution.

At 3840x2160, the averages drop to 264 FPS at Low, 190 FPS at Medium, 157 FPS at High, and 101 FPS at Ultra. Medium at 4K has a minimum of 162 FPS and maximum of 219 FPS. The Low to Ultra reduction at 4K is 62% as well, confirming that settings scaling is resolution-independent in this game.

The Medium preset is the only one with minimum and maximum values recorded across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the range is 354-478 FPS; at 1440p, it narrows to 256-346 FPS; at 4K, it tightens to 162-219 FPS. This narrowing range at higher resolutions indicates the GPU workload becomes more consistent as pixel count increases, with fewer frame time spikes at 4K.

Comparing settings across resolutions reveals interesting equivalences. The 4K Medium average of 190 FPS nearly matches the 1440p Ultra average of 160 FPS, though the former is 30 FPS higher. The 1080p Ultra average of 222 FPS is 32 FPS higher than the 1440p High average of 249 FPS, showing that resolution has a greater impact than settings at these levels.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB202 chip, manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process with 92,200 million transistors across a 750 mm² die. It features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's clocks are 2017 MHz base and 2407 MHz boost, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). Its 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs provide substantial raw compute, with FP32 performance rated at 104.8 TFLOPS.

In Undisputed, the GPU's role is clearly dominant at higher resolutions. The consistent 54-55% performance drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings points to pixel throughput as the primary constraint. The RTX 5090 D's 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate and 1,636.8 GTexel/s texture rate are being exercised heavily at 4K Ultra, where the average drops to 101 FPS. The 32 GB VRAM capacity is unlikely to be a limiting factor in this game, as no resolution or setting combination shows signs of memory-related stuttering based on the available FPS data.

The GPU's benchmark results include a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,326, Geekbench OpenCL score of 310,674, and Vulkan score of 376,915. The PassMark G3D score of 44,065 and GPU compute score of 28,396 provide additional context. The GPU ranks in the 92nd percentile versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 77,712. Its nearest rivals in average score include the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT at 76,904 (1.1% higher) and the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT at 78,940 (1.6% lower), showing the RTX 5090 D sits in a competitive cluster despite being the top performer in this game.

The 575W TDP and dual-slot design with a 16-pin power connector indicate this is a power-hungry part, but the data does not reveal any thermal throttling or performance degradation in Undisputed. The measured frame rates remain consistently high across all settings, suggesting the GPU maintains its boost clock of 2407 MHz under sustained gaming load. The 1.79 TB/s memory bandwidth is particularly relevant for 4K gaming, where large texture datasets and high-resolution buffers demand rapid memory access.