Undisputed

# Undisputed with Intel Core Ultra 9 185H + AMD Radeon 760M

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H paired with the AMD Radeon 760M integrated graphics produces what the data shows is a playable-but-constrained experience in Undisputed, a sports title that scales heavily with resolution and settings. This combo ranks 2803rd out of 2813 tested combinations in this game, placing it in the bottom fraction of the database, which means the integrated GPU is the overwhelming bottleneck at every resolution. The numbers below tell a story of a system that can hit smooth frame rates only at 1080p with reduced settings, while 4K remains firmly in slideshow territory.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a steep performance cliff as resolution increases, which is expected when relying on an integrated GPU with system-shared memory. At 1080p Low, the combo averages 78 FPS, which is genuinely playable for a fighting/sports title. Moving to 1440p Low drops that to 56 FPS, a 28% reduction, while 4K Low falls to 36 FPS — a 54% loss from the 1080p baseline. This scaling pattern indicates that the Radeon 760M's pixel throughput, not the CPU, is the limiting factor; the game becomes progressively more pixel-bound as resolution climbs.

The gap between Low and Ultra settings at each resolution further confirms this. At 1080p, the spread from Low (78 FPS) to Ultra (30 FPS) is 48 FPS, a 61% performance penalty for maxing out visual quality. At 1440p, that spread narrows to 34 FPS (56 Low vs 22 Ultra), and at 4K it is 22 FPS (36 Low vs 14 Ultra). The shrinking absolute difference at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU is already saturated at 4K Low, so additional settings overhead has diminishing absolute impact — but proportionally, Ultra still costs roughly 61% of the frame rate at every resolution.

Looking at the Medium settings, which include minimum FPS data, the pattern is consistent: 1080p Medium averages 56 FPS with a minimum of 48 FPS, 1440p Medium averages 41 FPS with a minimum of 34 FPS, and 4K Medium averages 26 FPS with a minimum of 22 FPS. The min-to-avg delta of about 8 FPS at each resolution indicates relatively stable frame pacing, not severe stuttering — the bottleneck is raw throughput, not frame time spikes. For a game like Undisputed, where timing matters in combat, the 1080p Medium result with a 48 FPS floor is the only configuration that offers both visual fidelity and acceptable responsiveness.

The 4K Ultra result of 14 FPS is essentially unplayable, and even 4K Low at 36 FPS will feel sluggish. The data suggests that this combo is a 1080p machine for this game; anything above that requires significant settings sacrifices that still don't yield a smooth experience. The resolution scaling curve is steep and monotonic, with no signs of CPU-side headroom at any point.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of 2813 tested combos for Undisputed, this pairing sits at rank 2803, which places it in the bottom 0.4% of all configurations. This is a poor result, but it is entirely attributable to the integrated GPU rather than the CPU. The AMD Radeon 760M has a percentile rank of 35 among all GPUs, meaning it outperforms only about a third of the GPUs in the database — and that is with its average benchmark score of 6019. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6400 (0.3% higher), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M (0.3% higher), and NVIDIA Quadro P2000 (0.5% higher), which puts it in the company of entry-level discrete GPUs from several generations ago.

The CPU, by contrast, is a strong performer. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H has a percentile rank of 85 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35670. Its nearest rivals are all within 0.7% of its score: the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 (0.1% lower), Intel Core 7 250H (0.2% lower), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (0.4% lower), and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (0.7% lower). This places the CPU in the top 15% of all processors, which makes the combo's lowly rank 2803 a stark illustration of GPU-limited performance.

In practical terms, this means that if you were to take this CPU and pair it with a much stronger GPU, the Undisputed results would improve dramatically. The combo rank is essentially a GPU rank here, because the CPU is nowhere near its limits in this game. The data shows a 16-core, 22-thread processor with a 5.10 GHz boost clock sitting idle while a 512-shader integrated GPU struggles to push pixels. For builders, this is a clear warning: the Ultra 9 185H is not the problem, and upgrading the GPU (if the platform allows) would yield outsized gains.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Undisputed at 60 FPS in any configuration?

A: No. The highest measured average FPS is 78 at 1080p Low, and the next step up — 1080p Medium — averages 56 FPS. No resolution or settings combination in the measured data reaches a 60 FPS average except 1080p Low. The 1080p Medium minimum of 48 FPS confirms that even mid-range settings fall short of a consistent 60.

Q: What is the best settings/resolution trade-off for this combo?

A: The data supports 1080p Medium as the sweet spot, with an average of 56 FPS and a minimum of 48 FPS. This offers substantially better visual quality than Low while keeping the frame rate in a playable range. 1080p High averages 46 FPS, which is still playable but with less headroom for demanding scenes.

Q: How does this combo compare to the Radeon 760M's nearest GPU rivals in Undisputed?

A: The Radeon 760M's average benchmark score of 6019 is within 0.5% of the AMD Radeon RX 6400, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M, and NVIDIA Quadro P2000. Since the combo rank in Undisputed (2803 of 2813) is driven almost entirely by the GPU, you can expect similar performance from those rival GPUs in this game, barring driver or memory bandwidth differences.

Q: Is the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H holding back the Radeon 760M in this game?

A: No. The CPU's average benchmark score of 35670 places it at the 85th percentile, and its nearest rival (AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350) is only 0.1% lower. The measured FPS scaling with resolution shows a classic GPU-bound pattern; the CPU has ample headroom, as evidenced by the fact that frame rates drop by roughly half from 1080p to 4K at identical settings.

Q: What are the minimum FPS figures at Medium settings across resolutions?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the minimum is 48 FPS with a maximum of 65 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, the minimum is 34 FPS with a maximum of 47 FPS. At 3840x2160 Medium, the minimum is 22 FPS with a maximum of 30 FPS. These figures show that the frame rate floor scales proportionally with resolution.

Q: Does this combo have any chance of hitting 4K at playable frame rates?

A: The best 4K result is 36 FPS at Low settings, which is marginal for a sports title. 4K Medium drops to 26 FPS, and 4K Ultra is 14 FPS. Given that even the Low setting fails to reach 40 FPS, 4K is not a realistic target for this combo in Undisputed.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a clear hierarchy across settings. Low averages 78 FPS, which is the only measured configuration that clears 60 FPS. Medium averages 56 FPS with a minimum of 48 FPS and a maximum of 65 FPS, indicating that most of the time the game runs in the 50-60 range. High averages 46 FPS, and Ultra drops to 30 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 22 FPS (28%), while the step from Medium to High costs 10 FPS (18%), and High to Ultra costs 16 FPS (35%). This non-linear scaling suggests that Ultra settings introduce particularly expensive effects that the integrated GPU cannot handle efficiently.

At 2560x1440, the same settings ladder shows a compressed range. Low averages 56 FPS, which is still playable but no longer smooth by modern standards. Medium averages 41 FPS with a minimum of 34 FPS and a maximum of 47 FPS. High averages 34 FPS, and Ultra averages 22 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 34 FPS, compared to 48 FPS at 1080p. This compression indicates that the GPU is becoming the bottleneck even at Low settings, so the settings overhead has less absolute room to manifest.

At 3840x2160, the results are uniformly poor. Low averages 36 FPS, Medium averages 26 FPS with a minimum of 22 FPS and a maximum of 30 FPS, High averages 21 FPS, and Ultra averages 14 FPS. The minimum FPS at 4K Medium (22) is below the average FPS at 4K High (21), showing that frame pacing degrades as resolution increases. None of these 4K results approach playability for a timing-based sports game.

The Medium settings row is the only one with complete min/max data at all three resolutions, which allows for a consistent comparison. The min FPS as a percentage of avg FPS is 86% at 1080p, 83% at 1440p, and 85% at 4K. This consistency suggests that the frame time distribution is stable — the GPU is delivering a steady stream of frames rather than bursting and stalling.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon 760M is an integrated graphics solution built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, manufactured on a 4 nm process by TSMC. It features 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 raster operation units, with 8 ray tracing cores. The boost clock is rated at 2599 MHz, and the memory configuration is system-shared, meaning the bandwidth is system-dependent rather than a fixed figure.

In Undisputed, the GPU's role is decisive. The measured FPS data shows that the game is entirely GPU-bound at every resolution and settings combination. The pixel rate of 41.58 GPixel/s and texture rate of 83.17 GTexel/s are modest figures, and the FP32 performance of 5.323 TFLOPS is typical of an integrated part. The 35th percentile rank among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 6019, places this chip in the entry-level category, roughly equivalent to a Radeon RX 6400 (0.3% higher score).

The fact that the Radeon 760M's nearest rival includes the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server, which scores 0.4% higher, highlights an important point: the GPU's performance is consistently mediocre across different benchmarks, not just in this game. The DirectX 12 benchmark score of 25 and the 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 400 reinforce that this is not a gaming-oriented part. For Undisputed specifically, the 4K Ultra result of 14 FPS shows that the GPU simply lacks the raw fill rate and shader throughput to handle high-resolution, high-detail rendering.

The system-shared memory is a critical constraint. With no dedicated VRAM, the GPU must compete with the CPU for memory bandwidth, which is listed as 89.6 GB/s for the CPU's dual-channel DDR5 configuration. In a game like Undisputed, which likely has moderate texture requirements, the shared memory architecture can cause performance to degrade as resolution increases, because larger framebuffers consume more of the limited bandwidth. This explains why the FPS drops are proportionally larger from 1080p to 1440p than from 1440p to 4K — the memory bandwidth ceiling becomes the binding constraint.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is a 16-core, 22-thread mobile processor based on the Meteor Lake architecture, built on Intel's 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz, with a 45 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 112 KB L1 per core, 2 MB L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3. This is a high-end mobile CPU, as evidenced by its 85th percentile rank among all processors and an average benchmark score of 35670.

In Undisputed, the CPU's role is minimal. The measured FPS data shows no evidence of CPU limitation — the frame rates scale almost perfectly with resolution, which is the signature of a GPU-bound workload. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect to see similar FPS across resolutions, but instead we see a 54% drop from 1080p Low to 4K Low. The CPU's strong single-thread performance (1810.5 in Cinebench R23 single-core) and multi-thread performance (17984.5 in Cinebench R23 multi-core) are more than sufficient for a sports title like Undisputed.

The nearest CPU rivals underscore the Ultra 9 185H's position. Its average score of 35670 is within 0.7% of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (35909), a desktop processor, and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 (35719) is only 0.1% higher. This means the Ultra 9 185H is performing at the level of a mid-range desktop CPU from the same era, which is ample headroom for a game that does not typically stress multi-core CPUs. The 16 cores and 22 threads are far more than Undisputed requires, and the 5.10 GHz boost clock ensures that single-threaded game logic runs without issue.

The passmark single-thread score of 3697 and the geekbench single-core score of 1794 both indicate strong per-core performance, which is what matters for game physics and AI logic. The CPU's L3 cache of 24 MB is also generous for a mobile part, which helps with game asset streaming. In short, the data shows that the Ultra 9 185H is not the limiting factor in this combo — it is a high-performance processor that is being held back by an integrated GPU that cannot keep up with even modest gaming demands. Builders considering this CPU should pair it with a discrete GPU for any serious gaming workload, as the combo rank of 2803 out of 2813 in Undisputed is almost entirely a GPU limitation.