Valorant

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 combo rank in Valorant?

A: The combination ranks 787th out of 1,650 tested combos in the game's benchmark database, placing it in the upper-middle portion of the field. The data is measured, not estimated, so these results reflect actual in-game performance.

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

A: The highest average FPS is 513, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is notably higher than the 4K Low result of 446.7 FPS, showing how resolution scaling impacts frame rates.

Q: How much faster is this combo at 1080p Low compared to 4K Ultra?

A: The 1080p Low result of 513 FPS is approximately 77.7% higher than the 4K Ultra result of 288.5 FPS. That delta of 224.5 FPS demonstrates the significant performance headroom available at lower resolutions.

Q: What are the CPU's core and thread counts?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores and 12 threads, built on the Zen 3 (Cezanne) architecture. It boosts up to 4.60 GHz from a 3.60 GHz base clock, with a 65W TDP.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock is 2460 MHz.

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

A: The Ryzen 5 5600GT's average benchmark score of 20,740 is effectively tied with the Intel Core i7-10700 (20,746, 0% delta). It sits 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and 0.3% ahead of the Intel Core i5-12490F.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combo's frame rate scales as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the average is 513 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 486.7 FPS, a reduction of 26.3 FPS or about 5.1%. Going further to 3840x2160 Low yields 446.7 FPS, which is 66.3 FPS below the 1080p figure — a 12.9% total decline from 1080p to 4K at Low settings.

The scaling pattern changes at higher settings. At High settings, 1080p produces 428.6 FPS, 1440p produces 374.4 FPS, and 4K produces 302.1 FPS. That represents a 29.5% drop from 1080p to 4K, indicating the GPU becomes more involved as settings increase. At Ultra, the trend continues: 418.2 FPS at 1080p, 355.8 FPS at 1440p, and 288.5 FPS at 4K — a 31% decline from the lowest to highest resolution.

The data shows this game is heavily CPU-bound at lower resolutions. Even at 4K Ultra, the combo maintains 288.5 FPS, which is far beyond typical display refresh rates. The relatively modest FPS drops between resolutions — especially at Low settings — suggest the CPU is the limiting component even at 4K. The Ryzen 5 5600GT's strong single-thread performance, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 2,035 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,438, helps sustain high frame rates across all resolutions.

GPU Role

The RTX 4060's specifications help explain its performance in Valorant. The GPU has 3,072 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output pipelines. Its boost clock of 2460 MHz and base clock of 1830 MHz contribute to a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s. The card's FP32 compute throughput is 15.11 TFLOPS.

With 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, the RTX 4060 delivers 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. For Valorant — a game that is not graphically demanding by modern standards — this memory configuration is more than sufficient. The benchmark data supports this: the GPU's average benchmark score of 23,181 places it in the 66th percentile among all GPUs, with rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23,321, -0.6% delta) and the Intel Arc B580 (23,021, 0.7% delta).

The GPU's role in Valorant is secondary to the CPU, but it still matters. At 4K Ultra, the combo drops to 288.5 FPS, which is 224.5 FPS below the 1080p Low result. That gap indicates the GPU does impose some limits at higher resolutions and settings, even if the absolute numbers remain high. The RTX 4060's Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 18,900 million transistors, provides ample headroom for esports titles like Valorant.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce 513 FPS, Medium produces 431.8 FPS, High produces 428.6 FPS, and Ultra produces 418.2 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 94.8 FPS, showing that settings have a measurable but not dramatic impact at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the numbers remain high but show more separation. Low settings yield 486.7 FPS, Medium yields 396.3 FPS, High yields 374.4 FPS, and Ultra yields 355.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 130.9 FPS, indicating the GPU's load increases at higher pixel counts.

At 3840x2160, the pattern continues with more pronounced drops. Low settings produce 446.7 FPS, Medium produces 315.7 FPS, High produces 302.1 FPS, and Ultra produces 288.5 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra delta at 4K is 158.2 FPS, the largest of any resolution. This suggests that at 4K, both the CPU and GPU are working harder, with the GPU becoming a more significant factor at higher settings.

Across all resolutions, Low settings consistently deliver the highest frame rates. The biggest single jump comes from switching from Low to Medium: at 1080p, the drop is 81.2 FPS; at 1440p, it is 90.4 FPS; at 4K, it is 131 FPS. The Medium-to-High transitions are smaller, and the High-to-Ultra transitions are smaller still. This indicates that the game's Low preset removes much of the GPU load, shifting the bottleneck more heavily toward the CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Cezanne. It operates with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 65W TDP. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 16 MB of L3 cache. Its memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s over a dual-channel DDR4 interface.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 5600GT shows strong multi-threaded performance. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 17,272, and its Geekbench multicore score is 7,986. Single-thread performance is also solid, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,438 and a Passmark single-thread score of 3,348. The CPU's average benchmark score of 20,740 places it in the 78th percentile among all CPUs.

Valorant is known to favor high single-thread performance, and the data reflects this. The CPU's strong single-core results help explain why the combo maintains such high frame rates even at 1080p Low, where the GPU is less stressed. The 5600GT's nearest rivals in the benchmark database include the Intel Core i7-10700 (20,746 avg score, 0% delta) and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (20,680 avg score, 0.3% delta), indicating the CPU sits in a competitive performance tier.

The CPU's role becomes clearer when examining the FPS scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 513 FPS; at 4K Low, it hits 446.7 FPS. The relatively small drop of 66.3 FPS suggests the CPU is still able to feed the GPU adequately even at higher resolutions. However, the larger drops at higher settings — such as the 131 FPS decline from 4K Low to 4K Medium — show that the GPU begins to assert its limits as graphical load increases. Still, with a 3DMark max-threads score of 5,554 and a Passmark multithread score of 20,325, the 5600GT provides more than enough processing power for Valorant's demands.