Valorant

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination produces exceptionally high frame rates in Valorant, with the data showing that the CPU is the primary performance driver at every resolution tested. The measured results place this combo in the top 27% of all tested configurations (rank 1003 out of 3708), which is a strong showing for a 1080p-focused competitive shooter.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer codename) built on TSMC's 7 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, with a 105 W TDP. The processor features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and a shared 32 MB L3 cache. Its memory bandwidth is rated at 51.2 GB/s over a dual-channel DDR4 interface, and it supports PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes from the CPU.

In terms of synthetic CPU performance, the 5800XT scores 959 in 3dmark single-thread, which is the critical metric for a game like Valorant that relies heavily on single-core performance. Its 3dmark 4-thread score of 3603 and 8-thread score of 6141 indicate strong multi-threaded scaling, but for Valorant's engine, the single-thread result is most relevant. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3359 and multi-core score of 23794 confirm that the processor has both high per-core throughput and substantial aggregate compute capability.

The Passmark single-thread score of 3535 places this CPU in the 81st percentile among all processors, meaning it outperforms roughly 81% of the CPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H with an average score of 29868 (0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS at 29955 (-0.3% delta), and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X at 29713 (0.6% delta). The 5800XT's average benchmark score of 29879 puts it essentially on par with these mobile and desktop competitors, with deltas staying within a tight 0.6% range.

For Valorant specifically, the data shows that frame rates remain remarkably high even at 4K with Ultra settings, reaching 390 FPS average. This is a strong indicator that the CPU is not the bottleneck in this pairing; rather, the 8-core Zen 3 design with its high boost clock provides ample headroom for the game's draw-call processing and physics calculations. The 16 threads also ensure that background system processes do not interfere with game performance, maintaining stable frame delivery.

The 5800XT's 32 MB shared L3 cache is beneficial for Valorant's frequently accessed game data, reducing memory latency in scenarios where the game engine needs to quickly retrieve entity positions, hit registration data, and render state information. The processor's 3dmark max-threads score of 7680 versus its 16-thread score of 7683 shows near-perfect scaling beyond 8 threads, indicating that the chip can handle any multithreaded workload Valorant might throw at it, even though the game rarely uses more than 4-6 threads effectively.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with the RTX 4070 in Valorant at 1080p?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 537 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This represents the maximum frame rate measured across all tested configurations, with Medium settings producing 458 FPS, High producing 450 FPS, and Ultra producing 443 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5800XT compare to its closest rival, the Ryzen 7 7840H?

A: The 5800XT has an average benchmark score of 29879, which is exactly 0% different from the Ryzen 7 7840H's score of 29868. This places them as statistical equals in overall CPU performance, though the 5800XT has a slight 0.1% advantage in the benchmark delta.

Q: What is the frame rate penalty for switching from 1080p to 4K in Valorant?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 450 at 1920x1080 to 396 at 3840x2160, representing a 54 FPS reduction (12% lower). At Low settings, the drop is from 537 to 472 FPS, a 65 FPS reduction (12.1% lower). This consistent proportional drop suggests a balanced scaling pattern.

Q: Does the RTX 4070's 12 GB VRAM ever become a limiting factor in Valorant?

A: No, the data shows no indication of VRAM limitations. The lowest average FPS recorded across all settings and resolutions is 390 FPS at 4K Ultra settings, which is still far above any playable threshold. The 12 GB GDDR6X memory with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth is more than sufficient for this game's demands.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low settings produce 509 FPS average, while Ultra settings produce 420 FPS average. This 89 FPS difference (17.5% reduction) represents the cost of enabling all visual features, but both settings deliver well above competitive play requirements.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 rank among all GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 4070 sits in the 81st percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 37648. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Tesla P4 at 37628 (0.1% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 at 37507 (0.4% delta), showing it is positioned in the upper echelon of graphics cards.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution scaling that points to a CPU-bound scenario in Valorant. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 450 at 1080p to 427 at 1440p (a 5.1% reduction), and further to 396 at 4K (a 7.3% reduction from 1440p). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 54 FPS, or 12% of the 1080p score.

At Low settings, the scaling is similar: 537 FPS at 1080p drops to 509 at 1440p (5.2% reduction) and then to 472 at 4K (7.3% reduction from 1440p). The total reduction from 1080p to 4K is 65 FPS, or 12.1%. This consistency across settings indicates that resolution has a relatively small impact on performance compared to what would be expected in a GPU-bound title.

The fact that 4K performance is still above 390 FPS at Ultra settings strongly suggests that the GPU is not the limiting component at any resolution tested. In a typical GPU-bound game, the frame rate would drop much more dramatically when pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K. Instead, Valorant's performance is capped by CPU single-thread throughput, which the 5800XT provides abundantly.

The Medium settings data provides additional insight, with min FPS values recorded at 389 (1080p), 369 (1440p), and 342 (4K). These minimum frame rates show a slightly steeper scaling curve than the averages, suggesting that occasional CPU spikes or GPU workload bursts can cause temporary frame dips that become more pronounced at higher resolutions. However, even the 4K minimum of 342 FPS remains far above any competitive threshold.

This scaling behavior confirms that the RTX 4070 has significant performance headroom in Valorant. The GPU's 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 455.4 GTexel/s texture rate are vastly underutilized when the game engine limits frame generation to around 400-500 FPS. The 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 192-bit bus width are also more than adequate for this workload.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the RTX 4070 delivers the highest frame rates in the dataset. Low settings produce an average of 537 FPS, which is the highest measured value across all configurations. Medium settings reduce this to 458 FPS (14.7% lower), High settings to 450 FPS (16.2% lower), and Ultra settings to 443 FPS (17.5% lower). The Medium setting also recorded a minimum FPS of 389 and a maximum of 526, showing a 137 FPS range between the lowest and highest observed frames.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance drops slightly but remains extremely high. Low settings average 509 FPS (5.2% lower than 1080p Low), Medium settings average 434 FPS (5.2% lower than 1080p Medium), High settings average 427 FPS (5.1% lower), and Ultra settings average 420 FPS (5.2% lower). The Medium setting at 1440p recorded a minimum of 369 FPS and a maximum of 499 FPS, with a range of 130 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates remain impressively high. Low settings average 472 FPS (7.3% lower than 1440p Low), Medium settings average 403 FPS (7.1% lower), High settings average 396 FPS (7.3% lower), and Ultra settings average 390 FPS (7.1% lower). The Medium setting at 4K recorded a minimum of 342 FPS and a maximum of 463 FPS, with a range of 121 FPS.

The settings scaling within each resolution shows a consistent pattern: Low to Medium costs roughly 14-17% performance, Medium to High costs about 1-2%, and High to Ultra costs another 1-2%. This indicates that the Medium preset is the first tier that enables meaningful visual improvements, while the differences between Medium, High, and Ultra are minimal in terms of frame rate impact.

Across all resolutions, the maximum FPS values follow the same ordering as averages, with 1080p Low reaching 537 (the highest), followed by 1440p Low at 509, and 4K Low at 472. The minimum FPS values at Medium settings show a clear trend: 389 at 1080p, 369 at 1440p, and 342 at 4K, representing a 47 FPS drop from 1080p to 4K.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD104 chip, built on TSMC's 5 nm process. It features 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units, along with 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1920 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, with memory clocked at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

The 12 GB GDDR6X memory operates over a 192-bit bus, providing 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is far more than Valorant requires; the game's texture and geometry data comfortably fit within the available VRAM even at 4K Ultra settings. The GPU's 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 455.4 GTexel/s texture rate are similarly overkill for this title.

In the GPU benchmark database, the RTX 4070 scores 26927 in Passmark G3D and 14720 in Passmark GPU Compute, placing it in the 81st percentile among all GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 37648 puts it slightly ahead of the NVIDIA Tesla P4 (37628, 0.1% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 (37507, 0.4% delta), and slightly behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (38135, -1.3% delta).

The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 API compatibility ensure full feature support for modern game engines, though Valorant's relatively simple rendering pipeline does not exercise these advanced features heavily. The 158.4 GPixel/s pixel rate and 455.4 GTexel/s texture rate are more than sufficient for the game's stylized art direction.

Given that the measured frame rates show only modest reduction from 1080p to 4K, the RTX 4070 is clearly not the performance bottleneck in this pairing. The GPU's 200 W TDP and dual-slot design with a 240 mm length indicate it is a mid-sized card that runs efficiently, but the performance data suggests the CPU is doing most of the heavy lifting in determining final frame rates.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance across all tested resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 458 FPS average, which is 79 FPS higher than Ultra but only 79 FPS lower than Low. The trade-off is minimal: going from Low to Medium costs 14.7% performance but provides substantial visual improvements in texture quality, shadow detail, and post-processing effects.

At 1440p, Medium produces 434 FPS average, which is 14 FPS higher than High and 14 FPS higher than Ultra. The performance difference between Medium and Ultra is only 3.2%, making the higher preset tempting, but Medium's 434 FPS still provides a significant margin above the 400 FPS threshold that many competitive players consider ideal for high-refresh-rate monitors.

At 4K, Medium delivers 403 FPS average with a minimum of 342 FPS, which is the only settings tier at any resolution that dips below 350 FPS in minimum frame delivery. This makes Medium at 4K a viable option for users with 4K displays, though the 342 FPS minimum suggests occasional frame hitches that might be noticeable on a 360 Hz monitor.

For maximum competitive advantage, Low settings at 1080p (537 FPS) or 1440p (509 FPS) provide the highest headroom above display refresh rates. The Low preset minimizes GPU workload and reduces input latency, which is critical in a tactical shooter where split-second reactions determine outcomes. The 537 FPS at 1080p Low is the highest recorded value and would fully saturate any commercially available gaming monitor.

For users prioritizing visual quality over raw frame rate, Ultra settings at any resolution still deliver well above 390 FPS average, meaning there is no scenario where the game becomes unplayable due to frame rate constraints. The Ultra preset at 1080p (443 FPS) is only 18 FPS slower than High (450 FPS), making the highest visual quality tier a reasonable choice for players who want the best-looking experience without sacrificing competitive viability.

The minimum FPS data at Medium settings provides the most honest assessment of worst-case performance: 389 FPS at 1080p, 369 FPS at 1440p, and 342 FPS at 4K. These figures suggest that even in the most demanding in-game moments (smoke grenades, multiple abilities active, large team fights), the system maintains frame rates well above any playable threshold. The RTX 4070 and Ryzen 7 5800XT combination is unequivocally overqualified for Valorant, delivering performance that exceeds the requirements of any current display technology.