Valorant

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination delivers a high-refresh-rate experience in Valorant, with measured frame rates that place it in the top half of all tested hardware pairings. The combo ranks 1851st out of 3708 tested combinations, meaning it sits just above the median, outperforming roughly half of the systems in the database while remaining well behind the fastest esports-focused builds. This pairing is clearly capable of exploiting high-refresh monitors at common resolutions, but the data reveals a nuanced relationship between settings, resolution, and the balance of CPU and GPU workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame field places this specific processor and graphics card pairing at rank 1851 out of 3708 total combinations tested in Valorant. That percentile position—roughly the 50th percentile—tells a story of a balanced but not extreme system. The Ryzen 7 5800XT is a strong CPU, ranking in the 81st percentile against all processors in the database, while the RTX 2070 SUPER ranks in the 65th percentile against all GPUs. When combined, their performance in Valorant lands them squarely in the middle of the pack, which suggests that the game’s engine is not heavily favoring one component over the other.

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 29879, placing it within 0.3 percent of the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, and 0.6 percent ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X. The nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H, scores 29868, a negligible 0 percent difference. This means the 5800XT is effectively tied with several modern laptop and desktop chips in raw computational throughput. For Valorant, which is known to respond well to strong single-thread performance, the 5800XT’s single-thread score of 959 in 3dmark (the single_thread test) and 3535 in PassMark single-thread tests provides a solid foundation.

On the GPU side, the RTX 2070 SUPER’s average benchmark score is 20282, with nearest rivals including the Intel Arc A750 at 20582 (1.5 percent faster), the Intel Arc B570 at 20556 (1.3 percent faster), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile at 20534 (1.2 percent faster). The Quadro M4000M trails at 20480, 1 percent behind. These small deltas indicate that the 2070 SUPER is competitive with entry-level current-gen discrete GPUs and mid-range laptop parts, though it is not a top-tier performer by modern standards. In Valorant, this translates to frame rates that are high enough for competitive play but not record-breaking.

The rank of 1851 out of 3708 means that 1857 other combinations delivered higher average FPS in this game. That places this combo in the upper half, but the margin is thin. Many systems with newer GPUs or faster CPUs will outperform it, but the 5800XT and 2070 SUPER together still deliver playable, often excellent, frame rates across all tested settings. The data shows that the combo’s strength lies in its consistency rather than its peak performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU104 chip, manufactured on a 12 nm process at TSMC. It contains 13,600 million transistors on a 545 mm² die. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The card features 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, 64 raster operation units, 40 ray tracing cores, and 320 tensor cores. Its pixel rate is 113.3 GPixel/s, its texture rate is 283.2 GTexel/s, and it delivers 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

In Valorant, the GPU’s role is less demanding than in graphically intensive titles, but the data shows that it still matters. At 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 537 FPS average, which is the highest recorded in this dataset. At 1080p High, the average drops to 412 FPS, and at Ultra it falls to 392 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 145 FPS, indicating that the GPU is handling the increased graphical load, but the CPU is still able to feed it enough frames to maintain high output. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 267, which is a substantial drop from the 1080p Ultra figure, showing that the GPU becomes more of a limiting factor at higher resolutions.

The RTX 2070 SUPER’s 8 GB of VRAM is more than sufficient for Valorant, which is not a VRAM-heavy game. The 256-bit memory bus and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are ample for the game’s textures and effects. Even at 4K Ultra, the GPU does not appear to be bottlenecked by memory capacity or bandwidth. Instead, the frame rate drops from 392 FPS at 1080p Ultra to 267 FPS at 4K Ultra—a 32 percent reduction—which is consistent with a GPU that is being pushed harder by the higher pixel count. The boost clock of 1770 MHz and the 2560 shading units are the key drivers here, as Valorant relies more on raw pixel throughput than on complex shader work.

The GPU’s percentile rank of 65 means it outperforms 65 percent of all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A750, is only 1.5 percent faster on average, so the 2070 SUPER is still a relevant card for esports. However, the data indicates that in Valorant, the GPU is not the primary bottleneck at lower resolutions. The frame rates at 1080p Low and Medium are so high that the CPU is likely the limiting factor, while at 4K, the GPU’s workload increases and the frame rates drop accordingly.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings?

A: The measured average FPS is 412 at 1920x1080 with High settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K compared to 1080p?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 267, while at 1080p Ultra it is 392. This represents a 32 percent drop in frame rate from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Which component is more likely to limit performance in Valorant?

A: At lower resolutions like 1080p, the CPU’s single-thread performance is likely the limiting factor, given the extremely high frame rates (537 FPS at Low). At 4K, the GPU becomes more limiting, as evidenced by the larger FPS drop.

Q: What is the best settings preset for maximizing FPS?

A: The Low preset at 1080p yields the highest average FPS at 537. At 1440p, Low gives 509 FPS, and at 4K, Low gives 447 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 2070 SUPER have enough VRAM for Valorant?

A: Yes, the 8 GB of GDDR6 memory is more than adequate. The game does not appear to be VRAM-limited at any tested resolution or settings.

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

A: The Ryzen 7 5800XT scores 29879 on average, matching the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, 0 percent difference) and trailing the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and 7840HS by 0.3 percent, while leading the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X by 0.6 percent.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions and four settings presets, with average FPS recorded for every combination and min/max FPS available for Medium settings. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves its best results. On Low settings, the average FPS is 537. Moving to Medium, the average drops to 432, with a minimum of 367 and a maximum of 497. High settings yield an average of 412, and Ultra produces 392 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 145 FPS, showing that the GPU’s workload increases with each preset but remains well within the card’s capabilities.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a clear step down. Low settings deliver an average of 509 FPS, which is 28 FPS lower than the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 369 FPS, with a minimum of 313 and a maximum of 424. High settings average 351 FPS, and Ultra averages 334 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is most pronounced at Low settings (28 FPS) and smallest at Ultra (58 FPS). This suggests that at higher settings, the GPU is already doing more work, so the resolution increase has a relatively smaller impact.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates dip further but remain competitive. Low settings average 447 FPS, which is still very high for 4K. Medium settings average 295 FPS, with a minimum of 251 and a maximum of 339. High settings average 281 FPS, and Ultra averages 267 FPS. The gap between 1440p and 4K is significant: at Low settings, the drop is 62 FPS (509 to 447), and at Ultra, the drop is 67 FPS (334 to 267). This indicates that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck at 4K, as the pixel count quadruples and the RTX 2070 SUPER’s 2560 shading units are stretched further.

The Medium settings presets are the only ones with complete min/max data. At 1080p Medium, the min FPS is 367 and the max is 497, giving a range of 130 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the min is 313 and the max is 424, a range of 111 FPS. At 4K Medium, the min is 251 and the max is 339, a range of 88 FPS. These ranges show that the frame time consistency improves at higher resolutions, likely because the GPU is more evenly loaded, reducing CPU-side spikes.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 1440p to 4K reveals how the bottleneck shifts between CPU and GPU. At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 537. At 1440p Low, it is 509, a drop of 5.2 percent. At 4K Low, it is 447, a drop of 16.8 percent from 1440p. The relatively small drop from 1080p to 1440p suggests that the CPU is still able to keep up, and the GPU has enough headroom to handle the extra pixels. However, the larger drop from 1440p to 4K indicates that the GPU is starting to become the limiting factor.

At Ultra settings, the pattern is similar but with a slightly different slope. 1080p Ultra averages 392 FPS, 1440p Ultra averages 334 FPS (a 14.8 percent drop), and 4K Ultra averages 267 FPS (a 20.1 percent drop from 1440p). The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is larger at Ultra (14.8 percent) than at Low (5.2 percent), which makes sense because the GPU is already working harder at Ultra settings, so the added resolution has a more pronounced effect.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is the primary bottleneck. The Ryzen 7 5800XT has a boost clock of 4.80 GHz and 8 cores with 16 threads, and it delivers a single-thread score of 959 in 3dmark. Valorant is a game that heavily relies on single-thread performance, and the high frame rates at 1080p (537 FPS at Low) are likely limited by how fast the CPU can process game logic and draw calls. The GPU, with its 9.062 TFLOPS of compute, has more than enough power to render the frame at that resolution.

At 4K, the situation flips. The GPU’s pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s are taxed by the 8.3 million pixels on screen. The drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 90 FPS (537 to 447), which is a 16.8 percent reduction. This is a clear sign that the GPU is now the limiting factor, as the CPU’s workload remains relatively constant while the GPU’s pixel workload quadruples. The fact that the combo still manages 447 FPS at 4K Low reflects the RTX 2070 SUPER’s capabilities, but the scaling shows that it is not a 4K powerhouse.

The resolution scaling also reveals that the combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where it can push frame rates well above 300 FPS at most settings. At 4K, the frame rates still exceed 267 FPS at Ultra, which is playable, but the diminishing returns from higher resolutions make it clear that the sweet spot for this pairing is at lower resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, with a TDP of 105 W. It uses the AMD Socket AM4 and supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel architecture, offering a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The CPU has 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. It is manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC, with 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die.

In Valorant, the CPU’s performance is critical because the game engine is known to be sensitive to single-thread speed. The 5800XT’s boost clock of 4.80 GHz is competitive with modern desktop processors, and its single-thread benchmark scores reflect this. In 3dmark’s single-thread test, it scores 959, and in Cinebench R23 single-core, it scores 3359. These numbers indicate that the CPU can handle the game’s logic and physics calculations quickly, which is essential for maintaining high frame rates.

The multi-thread performance is also relevant, though less so for Valorant. The CPU scores 23794 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 9993 in Cinebench R20 multicore. Its PassMark multithread score is 28053, and its 3dmark max threads score is 7680. These figures show that the 5800XT is a capable multi-threaded processor, but in Valorant, the game rarely uses more than a few cores. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration ensures that there is no shortage of processing power for background tasks or future games, but the primary benefit here is the high single-thread performance.

The CPU’s percentile rank of 81 means it outperforms 81 percent of all CPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868 average score, 0 percent difference), the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (29955, -0.3 percent), and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (29713, 0.6 percent). These small deltas show that the 5800XT is right in line with recent mid-range and high-end laptop chips, despite being a desktop part. For Valorant, this means the CPU is not a weak link in the system.

The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 537 FPS, which is likely near the CPU’s limit for this game. The GPU is not stressed at that resolution and settings, so the CPU’s single-thread performance is what determines the frame rate. The fact that the FPS drops by only 5.2 percent when moving from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings suggests that the CPU is still the limiting factor at 1440p as well. It is only at 4K, where the GPU’s workload increases significantly, that the CPU’s role diminishes and the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck. The 5800XT’s 4.80 GHz boost clock and strong single-thread scores ensure that it will not hold back the RTX 2070 SUPER in most scenarios, making this combo a well-balanced choice for Valorant players who prioritize high refresh rates.