AMD Ryzen 3 3300X + Radeon RX 5600 XT

Processor

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

12,660
CPU Mark
Faster than 78% of 1,255
Limiting part
10.38 % BOTTLENECK
Mild imbalance
Graphics card

Radeon RX 5600 XT

13,770
G3D Mark
Faster than 73% of 268

The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X paired with the Radeon RX 5600 XT produces a 10.38% bottleneck. The CPU is the limit, so it finishes its share of each frame last and the other component waits. A gap this size is usually recoverable through resolution and settings rather than new hardware.

Every build has a bottleneck; the question is only whether it sits where you want it. Read the figure alongside the limiting part, because the same percentage means different things at 1080p and at 4K.

Estimated FPS at 1080p, high preset

Ranges, not exact figures: identical builds vary by roughly a quarter in real use depending on drivers, thermals and background load. Bars are scaled against the fastest title here, and each row states which component sets its ceiling.

Fortnite 156-259FPS
GPU-limited
CS:GO 254-424FPS
GPU-limited
GTA V 87-145FPS
CPU-limited
Apex Legends 100-167FPS
GPU-limited
PUBG 101-169FPS
GPU-limited

Method: estimated from measured GPU baseline framerates and PassMark CPU scores, capped by whichever component limits first. Workload factors derived from the OpenML "fps-in-video-games" dataset (CC-BY, Sven Peeters).

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and Radeon RX 5600 XT: FPS by game and resolution

High preset. Each cell is a range; the label marks which component sets the ceiling. Blank cells mean this pairing has no measured data for that combination, and nothing is estimated in.

Game 720p 1080p 1440p
Fortnite 141-236 CPU 156-259 GPU 110-183 GPU
CS:GO 227-379 CPU 254-424 GPU 178-296 GPU
PUBG 93-154 CPU 101-169 GPU 84-140 GPU
GTA V 79-131 CPU 87-145 CPU 68-113 GPU
Apex Legends - 100-167 GPU -
Overwatch - 153-255 GPU 110-183 GPU
League of Legends - 196-326 CPU -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 102-170 GPU -
Battlefield 1 - 102-170 GPU -
Battlefield 4 - 128-213 GPU -
Rust - 78-130 GPU -
Minecraft - 230-383 GPU -
World of Tanks - 98-163 CPU -
ARK: Survival Evolved - 72-120 GPU -

How quality settings affect this build: Fortnite at 1080p

Dropping settings only helps while the GPU is the limit. Once the label reads CPU, lowering quality stops buying frames on this pairing.

Low 198-330FPS
GPU-limited
Medium 185-309FPS
CPU-limited
High 156-259FPS
GPU-limited
Max 110-184FPS
GPU-limited

Bottleneck by resolution

Raising resolution shifts load from the CPU to the GPU, so the balance of this pairing changes with the display it drives. Note this measures imbalance, not speed: the lowest figure is usually the lowest resolution, which is not the one to play at. Read it alongside the limiting part.

Smallest imbalance 1280x720 9.9% bottleneck · CPU-limited
Largest imbalance 7680x4620 19.6% bottleneck · GPU-limited

On this chart a longer bar is worse: it measures imbalance, not speed.

1280x720 9.9%
CPU-limited
1366x768 10.0%
CPU-limited
1600x900 10.1%
CPU-limited
1920x1080 your setting 10.4%
CPU-limited
2560x1440 10.6%
GPU-limited
3840x2160 12.7%
GPU-limited
5120x2880 14.7%
GPU-limited
7680x4620 19.6%
GPU-limited

How these parts rank

Position within the 1,255 processors and 268 graphics cards in our database, by the same benchmark scores this calculator runs on.

Processor AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Faster than 78% of CPUs listed · #274 of 1,255
Graphics card Radeon RX 5600 XT Faster than 73% of GPUs listed · #73 of 268

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