AMD Ryzen 5 9600 + GeForce RTX 5090 Bottleneck
4K16 GB RAMGaming Estimate based on PassMark scores
Excellent balance
0.0%
bottleneck at 4K
The graphics card is the limit, which is what you want in games. The processor has a little headroom left.
Which part is the limit?
Limit: GPU
← CPU is the limitBalancedGPU is the limit →
CPU est. usage in games 60%
GPU est. usage in games 99%
At other resolutions
Things to know
- 32 GB VRAM is enough for 4K.
- 16 GB RAM won't limit games.
- Real FPS also depends on the game, settings and cooling. Treat this as an estimate.
Spec comparison
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
- Cores
- 6
- Base / boost clock
- 3.8 GHz / 5.2 GHz
- Single-thread score
- 4,379
- CPU Mark
- 29,287
- TDP
- 65 W
- Socket
- AM5
- Category
- Desktop
- Released
- Mar 2025
- Price
- $273
Graphics card
GeForce RTX 5090
- VRAM
- 32 GB
- Core clock
- 2017 MHz
- G3D Mark
- 39,001
- G2D Mark
- 1,409
- TDP
- 575 W
- Bus
- PCIe 5.0 x16
- Category
- Desktop
- Released
- Jan 2025
- Price
- $3,369
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