Ryzen 9 9950X3D + RX 7900 XT in Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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: Max preset, no ray tracing, upscaling off. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, highest settings (TechPowerUp CPU suite), RTX 5090.

1080p135–135 fps · Mild GPU limit 1440p101–101 fps · Strong GPU limit 4K59–59 fps · Strong GPU limit

1080p

Mild GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 135–135 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 9 9950X3Dceiling ~176 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTceiling ~135 fps on its own

The GPU side is lower by about 23.1%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

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

1440p

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 101–101 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 9 9950X3Dceiling ~176 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTceiling ~101 fps on its own

The GPU side is lower by about 42.4%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range suits a 60 Hz monitor; a high-refresh panel would be underused in this game.

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

4K

Strong GPU limit

Expected frame rate: 59–59 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 9 9950X3Dceiling ~176 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTceiling ~59 fps on its own

The GPU side is lower by about 66.5%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range suits a 60 Hz monitor; a high-refresh panel would be underused in this game.

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

GPUs measured in this game at 1440p that clear this CPU:

RTX 5090 — ceiling ~192 fps (smallest step that removes the limit) · full result

This pair in other measured games

Alan Wake 2 — Strong GPU limit, 83–83 fps at 1440p
Baldur's Gate 3 — Balanced, 157–157 fps at 1440p
Counter-Strike 2 — Strong GPU limit, 274–274 fps at 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 — this pair is not both measured there yet.
Elden Ring — this pair is not both measured there yet.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Strong GPU limit, 94–94 fps at 1440p
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — Mild GPU limit, 67–67 fps at 1440p
Starfield — Strong GPU limit, 71–95 fps at 1440p

Sources for Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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Full data: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.