Valorant

Valorant with the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and Intel Arc B580 produces exceptionally high frame rates across all tested settings and resolutions, with the data showing a clear pattern where the CPU becomes the primary limiting factor at lower graphical presets. The combination ranks 1302 out of 1650 tested combos in this specific game, indicating that while the absolute performance is high, many other pairings achieve even higher scores in this esports title.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combo in Valorant?

A: The highest average frame rate is 401.7 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G scores 17489 on average, which is essentially tied with the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (17482) and 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i5-12450H (17475), while trailing the Intel Core i3-14100T (17636) by 0.8%.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The Intel Arc B580 features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: Does the resolution impact frame rates more than the settings preset?

A: The data shows that dropping from 4K Ultra to 4K Low improves FPS by 127.4 frames, while dropping from 4K to 1440p at the same High preset improves FPS by 62.9 frames, indicating that settings changes at 4K have a larger impact than resolution reduction.

Q: What is the CPU's boost clock speed?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G has a boost clock of 4.20 GHz and a base clock of 3.70 GHz.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580's 12 GB of GDDR6 memory and 456.0 GB/s bandwidth are far beyond what Valorant requires, and the benchmark results confirm this. Even at 4K Ultra, the combo maintains 230.1 FPS, which suggests the GPU is never the bottleneck in this title. The 2560 shading units and 80 ROPs provide more than enough raw throughput for a game that is not graphically demanding.

The GPU's boost clock sits at 2670 MHz, and its 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power appears underutilized in this workload. The data reveals a peculiar pattern: at 1080p, increasing settings from Low to Medium only drops FPS from 401.7 to 342.1, but at 4K, the same settings change produces a larger relative drop from 357.5 to 255.5. This suggests that at higher resolutions, the GPU does begin to matter somewhat, but the overall frame rates remain so high that gameplay experience is unaffected.

The Arc B580's 66th percentile ranking among all GPUs places it above the AMD Radeon 760M (0.1% higher score) and NVIDIA P106-100 (0.3% higher), while being 0.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. For Valorant specifically, this level of GPU performance is surplus to requirements.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data strongly indicates that the Medium preset at 1920x1080 offers the most balanced experience. At 342.1 FPS average, it delivers 99.6% of the High preset's performance (339.8 FPS) while presumably offering improved visual quality over Low settings. The Low preset hits 401.7 FPS, which is 59.6 frames higher than Medium, but the difference between 342 and 402 FPS is unlikely to be perceptible on most displays.

For users with 1440p monitors, the Medium preset at 319.6 FPS is the recommended choice, as it maintains excellent smoothness while providing better visuals than Low (381.2 FPS). The High preset at this resolution delivers 304.1 FPS, which is only 15.5 frames slower than Medium, making High a viable alternative for those prioritizing image quality.

At 4K, the Medium preset at 255.5 FPS is the sensible choice. While Low achieves 357.5 FPS, the visual fidelity trade-off is significant, and 255 FPS still exceeds the refresh rate of most high-end monitors. The Ultra preset at 230.1 FPS remains playable but offers diminishing returns over Medium.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and Intel Arc B580 ranks 1302 out of 1650 combos in Valorant, placing it in the bottom 21% of tested configurations. This ranking is surprising given the absolute frame rates are extremely high — the data shows the combo never drops below 230.1 FPS even at 4K Ultra. This apparent contradiction suggests that Valorant's benchmark pool includes many systems with higher-end CPUs that push frame rates even higher, given the game's low GPU demands.

The CPU's 75th percentile ranking among all processors means it sits above three-quarters of tested CPUs in synthetic benchmarks, yet the combo ranking in Valorant is less flattering. This indicates that the game's performance scales strongly with CPU capability, and the Ryzen 5 4600G's Zen 2 architecture, while capable, is outclassed by newer designs in this specific workload.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G's 6 cores and 12 threads operate at a base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost to 4.20 GHz, with 8 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's synthetic benchmarks show a single-thread score of 726 in 3dmark and 1919 in Cinebench R23, while the multi-thread score reaches 13593 in Cinebench R23. These results place it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs.

In Valorant, the CPU's role is dominant. The evidence lies in the FPS scaling: at 1080p Low (401.7 FPS) versus 4K Low (357.5 FPS), the difference is only 44.2 frames, which is modest compared to the 12-fold increase in pixel count. This indicates that the CPU is the limiting factor at lower resolutions and settings, as the GPU has ample headroom to render more pixels without significant frame rate penalties.

The CPU's 12 threads may not all be utilized, as Valorant typically scales with fewer cores, but the 4.20 GHz boost clock and Zen 2 architecture provide solid single-thread performance. The 65W TDP and 7nm process node from TSMC make this an efficient processor, though its memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s for DDR4 could theoretically constrain performance in CPU-bound scenarios.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the combo delivers 401.7 FPS on Low, 342.1 FPS on Medium, 339.8 FPS on High, and 331.7 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is exactly 70.0 FPS, showing that settings have a moderate impact at this resolution. The transition from Low to Medium costs 59.6 FPS, while Medium to High costs only 2.3 FPS, suggesting that Medium to High offers minimal performance trade-off.

At 1440p, the scores are 381.2 FPS (Low), 319.6 FPS (Medium), 304.1 FPS (High), and 287.5 FPS (Ultra). The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 93.7 FPS. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at the same setting costs between 20.5 FPS (Low) and 44.2 FPS (Ultra), indicating that resolution scaling is relatively mild.

At 4K, the performance drops to 357.5 FPS (Low), 255.5 FPS (Medium), 241.2 FPS (High), and 230.1 FPS (Ultra). The Low to Ultra difference expands to 127.4 FPS, the largest settings spread observed. The resolution jump from 1440p to 4K costs between 23.7 FPS (Low) and 57.4 FPS (Ultra), showing that the GPU begins to contribute more significantly to frame rate limitations at this resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate degradation from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about the system's bottleneck. At Low settings, the drop is from 401.7 FPS to 357.5 FPS, a reduction of 11.0%. At Ultra settings, the drop is from 331.7 FPS to 230.1 FPS, a reduction of 30.6%. This pattern indicates that at Low settings, the CPU is the dominant limiter, as the GPU has so much spare capacity that rendering four times the pixels barely affects performance.

At High settings, the 1080p score of 339.8 FPS falls to 241.2 FPS at 4K, a 29.0% reduction. This is nearly identical to the Ultra scaling, suggesting that High and Ultra settings engage the GPU similarly. The medium preset shows a 25.3% reduction from 342.1 FPS to 255.5 FPS, which sits between the Low and High/Ultra levels.

The data implies that at 1080p Low, the Ryzen 5 4600G is fully saturated, and the Arc B580 is mostly idle. As resolution increases, the GPU gradually becomes more engaged, but even at 4K Ultra, the 230.1 FPS result shows that neither component is pushed to its limit. This combo is effectively overkill for Valorant at any resolution, with the CPU being the limiting factor in all tested scenarios — a conclusion supported by the minimal FPS gains from reducing settings at 1080p compared to the larger gains at 4K.