Cyberpunk 2077 and Grand Theft Auto V
Now we are going to look at game performance. We are going to test at 1080p and 4K with the highest in-game settings. Let’s see if these CPUs make any kind of FPS difference.
Cyberpunk 2077
First, let’s look at 1080p in Cyberpunk 2077 at “Ultra” quality preset. There does seem to be some slight performance differences, we are only talking 3FPS at max though. The Intel Core i9-11900K is just a smidge faster than the Ryzen 7 5800X, but then the 5900X is faster still. But honestly, with numbers this close, it’s for all intents and purposes within the margin of error for doing a manual run-through in this game. There are no major advantages to any CPU here, to be honest.
At 4K we are GPU bound completely, and the CPU makes no difference.
Grand Theft Auto V
Of course, we had to include Grand Theft Auto V, it wouldn’t be a CPU review without pushing this game to its limits with CPUs. At 1080p here we actually do see some large differences in performance between the CPUs. We are talking about a close to 14FPS delta from the fastest CPU to the bottom one. That’s quite a difference.
It seems toward the bottom is the i9-10900K and Ryzen 7 5800X surprisingly. The new Intel Core i9-11900K with Adaptive Boost OFF is beating the Ryzen 7 5800X here by 4%. Turn on Adaptive Boost and now it’s 8% faster. The Intel Core i9-11900K with Adaptive Boost even beats the Ryzen 9 5900X by 2%.
Even at 4K, where we are much more GPU bound, there are still some differences. The Ryzen 7 5800X seems to have fallen to the bottom while the Intel Core i9-11900K has shot to the top. The Ryzen 9 5900X does hold its own though and is competitive with the i9-11900K at 4K in this game.