Undisputed

Undisputed is a sports title that scales heavily with both CPU and GPU, and the measured results for the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 show a clear hierarchy across resolutions and presets. The data indicates that this combination is powerful enough to prioritize visual fidelity at lower resolutions, but at 4K, the settings must be carefully managed to maintain high frame rates. The benchmark rows reveal a distinct pattern where the gap between Low and Ultra presets widens significantly as resolution increases, pointing to where the system's bottlenecks lie.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data suggests that the High preset offers the most balanced experience across all three tested resolutions. At 1920x1080, High delivers 162 FPS, which is more than sufficient for the fast-paced, reaction-based gameplay typical of a boxing sim. At 2560x1440, High drops to 117 FPS, still comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth motion. Even at 3840x2160, High maintains 74 FPS, which is playable and retains significant visual quality over lower presets.

The Medium preset is a viable alternative for users who prefer higher frame rates over maximum visual detail. At 1080p, Medium yields 195 FPS, which is 33 FPS higher than High. At 1440p, Medium produces 141 FPS, a 24 FPS improvement over High. However, at 4K, the jump from High to Medium yields only 15 FPS (from 74 to 89 FPS), suggesting that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor at that resolution, making the visual trade-off less worthwhile.

The Ultra preset is not recommended for this configuration. The data shows that Ultra at 4K produces an average of 48 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS standard for fluid gameplay. At 1440p, Ultra hits 75 FPS, which is acceptable, but the 42 FPS drop from High to Ultra at that resolution represents a significant performance penalty for marginal graphical gains. At 1080p, Ultra achieves 104 FPS, but the 58 FPS difference between High and Ultra suggests diminishing returns.

The Low preset, while delivering the highest frame rates (271 FPS at 1080p, 196 FPS at 1440p, and 124 FPS at 4K), sacrifices too much visual fidelity for a sports title where character models and arena details matter. The data indicates that Low is only useful for competitive play at 1080p on high-refresh-rate monitors, as the 4K Low result of 124 FPS is still lower than the 4K High result of 74 FPS, but the visual downgrade is substantial. For the best balance of frame rate and image quality, High is the clear choice across all resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H features 16 cores and 22 threads, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz. This mobile processor is built on the Meteor Lake architecture and shows strong multi-threaded performance, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 17984.5 and a single-core score of 1810.5. The CPU's 24 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s contribute to its overall responsiveness.

In Undisputed, the CPU's role is primarily to manage game logic, physics calculations, and AI opponents. The single-core performance, as measured by the Geekbench single-core score of 1794, is crucial for the main game thread. The data shows that at 1080p with Low settings, the system achieves 271 FPS, indicating that the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU well beyond typical display refresh rates. The multi-core performance, reflected in the PassMark multithread score of 29376, ensures that background tasks and complex simulation do not cause frame drops.

The CPU's percentile ranking at 85 out of 100 for all CPUs places it in the upper tier of processors. Compared to its nearest rivals, the Core Ultra 9 185H is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, which has an average benchmark score of 35719 versus 35670, a delta of -0.1%. It is also 0.2% behind the Intel Core 7 250H and 0.4% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845. This indicates that while the CPU is not the absolute fastest, it is more than capable of keeping pace with the RTX 4070 in this title, as evidenced by the high frame rates at lower resolutions.

FAQ

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

A: The highest average FPS is 271, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 48, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: Is there a measurable frame time variance at 1440p Medium?

A: Yes, at 2560x1440 with Medium settings, the average FPS is 141, with a minimum of 120 FPS and a maximum of 162 FPS, indicating a 42 FPS range.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p High and 1440p High?

A: The average FPS drops from 162 at 1920x1080 to 117 at 2560x1440, a decrease of 45 FPS or 27.8%.

Q: Does the combo maintain a 60+ FPS average at all tested resolutions with High settings?

A: Yes, the High preset yields 162 FPS at 1080p, 117 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K, all above 60 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-core score compare to its immediate rival?

A: The Core Ultra 9 185H has a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 17984.5, while its closest rival, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350, has an average benchmark score of 35719, putting the Core Ultra 9 185H 0.1% behind.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination ranks 2014 out of 3718 tested combos in Undisputed. This places it in the 54th percentile of all tested systems, meaning slightly more than half of the tested configurations perform better. This mid-pack ranking is somewhat surprising given the individual strengths of the components, but it reflects the specific demands of the game and the mobile nature of the CPU.

The RTX 4070, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth, is a capable GPU, ranking in the 81st percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Tesla P4, scores within 0.1% of it. However, the CPU's ranking at the 85th percentile among all CPUs suggests that the bottleneck in this combo may be the mobile processor's power constraints, even though its benchmark scores are competitive.

The data shows that the combo performs best at 1080p, where the GPU is not the limiting factor. At 4K, the system struggles to maintain high frame rates on Ultra settings, which is typical for a mobile CPU paired with a mid-range desktop GPU. The rank of 2014 out of 3718 suggests that while this is a solid gaming system, there are many desktop configurations that outperform it, primarily due to higher power envelopes and faster memory.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of how performance scales with resolution. At 1080p with High settings, the combo achieves 162 FPS. Moving to 1440p, the FPS drops to 117, a 27.8% decrease. At 4K, the FPS falls to 74, a 36.8% decrease from 1440p and a 54.3% decrease from 1080p. This scaling is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions.

For the Low preset, the scaling is more dramatic. At 1080p, the system hits 271 FPS. At 1440p, it drops to 196 FPS (a 27.7% decrease), and at 4K, it falls to 124 FPS (a 36.7% decrease from 1440p). The fact that the percentage drops are nearly identical between Low and High presets indicates that the GPU is the primary limiter when moving from 1080p to 4K, regardless of settings.

The Medium preset shows similar behavior, with 195 FPS at 1080p, 141 FPS at 1440p (a 27.7% drop), and 89 FPS at 4K (a 36.9% drop from 1440p). The Ultra preset, however, shows a larger relative drop between 1440p and 4K: from 75 FPS to 48 FPS, a 36% decrease. This analysis suggests that the RTX 4070's 12 GB VRAM and 192-bit memory bus are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but at 4K, the GPU's raw compute power becomes the bottleneck, as indicated by the steep FPS declines.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The full dataset provides a detailed view of performance across all combinations. At 3840x2160, the average FPS values are 74 (High), 124 (Low), 89 (Medium), and 48 (Ultra). The Medium preset has a recorded minimum of 76 FPS and a maximum of 103 FPS, showing a 27 FPS variance. No min or max values are available for the other presets at 4K.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS values are 117 (High), 196 (Low), 141 (Medium), and 75 (Ultra). The Medium preset shows a minimum of 120 FPS and a maximum of 162 FPS, a 42 FPS variance. The High preset at 1440p represents the most balanced option, offering a 42 FPS improvement over Ultra while maintaining a 24 FPS deficit to Medium.

At 1920x1080, the average FPS values are 162 (High), 271 (Low), 195 (Medium), and 104 (Ultra). The Medium preset records a minimum of 166 FPS and a maximum of 225 FPS, a 59 FPS variance. The jump from High to Low at 1080p yields 109 FPS, the largest single-preset increase in the dataset. The Ultra preset at 1080p is 58 FPS slower than High, indicating that the graphical settings have a significant impact on performance even at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC. It features 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation units. The GPU has a base clock of 1920 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, with 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory operates on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s.

In Undisputed, the GPU's role is dominant, as evidenced by the performance scaling with resolution. At 1080p, the RTX 4070 can push frame rates well above 200 FPS on lower presets, showing that it is not the limiting factor. However, at 4K, the GPU's 29.15 TFLOPS FP32 performance is challenged by the higher pixel count, causing the average FPS to drop below 90 on all presets except Low.

The GPU's 12 GB VRAM is sufficient for this title across all tested settings, as the game likely does not require more than 12 GB even at 4K Ultra. The memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s is adequate for the data throughput needed at 4K, but the pixel rate of 158.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 455.4 GTexel/s become limiting factors at higher resolutions. The RTX 4070's percentile ranking at 81 places it above the average GPU, and its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Tesla P4, is within 0.1% in average benchmark score, while the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 0.4% behind. The GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is 1.3% faster, indicating that the RTX 4070 is a strong but not top-tier performer in this comparison.