Ryzen 7 5800X3D + RX 9070 XT in Baldur's Gate 3

Every figure below is a measurement aggregated from published review charts — the CPU's frame-rate ceiling and the GPU's frame-rate ceiling in this game, combined. Settings: Ultra preset, DX11, native rendering, no upscaling, no frame generation. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, Medium preset (reviewers' CPU-isolation method), flagship GPU, Act III.

1080pnot measured1440pnot measured4K126–126 fps · Balanced pairing

1080p

RX 9070 XT was not measured at 1080p in this game — no verdict here, and we don't estimate one.

1440p

RX 9070 XT was not measured at 1440p in this game — no verdict here, and we don't estimate one.

4K

Balanced pairing

Expected frame rate: 126–126 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 7 5800X3Dceiling ~126 fps on its own
GPU RX 9070 XTceiling ~128 fps on its own

The two measured ceilings sit within 1.5% of each other — neither part wastes much of the other.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

This pair in other measured games

Sources for Baldur's Gate 3

Full data: Baldur's Gate 3 benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.