Control

The Intel Core i5-14400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti clears Control at every resolution in the test database, including 4K. That is the headline: this is a measured, playable configuration for Remedy's ray-tracing-heavy action adventure, with the only compromise being at 4K Ultra, where the average drops just below the 60 FPS threshold. Below, the data breaks down what this combo does at each resolution and preset, how it ranks against other tested hardware pairings, and what alternatives would behave nearly identically.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, the i5-14400F sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 32279. Its nearest rivals are remarkably close. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U posts an average score of 32233, just 0.1% behind the Intel chip — effectively indistinguishable in aggregate benchmark behavior. The Intel Core i9-11900 lands at 32226, 0.2% behind, meaning that older flagship delivers near-identical average throughput to this mid-range 14th-gen part. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS actually scores slightly higher at 32354, putting the i5-14400F 0.2% behind it, and the Intel Core i7-12800H trails at 32121, 0.5% back. In practical terms, any of these four processors would drive Control in a manner indistinguishable from the i5-14400F, because the game is overwhelmingly GPU-bound at these frame rates — a 0.1 to 0.5% CPU-side difference vanishes next to what the graphics card contributes.

For the GPU, the RTX 3080 Ti also sits in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41187. Its listed rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at 40377, which the 3080 Ti leads by 2% despite being the older card. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 averages 40870, 0.8% behind. Above it sit the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB at 41707 (1.2% ahead of the 3080 Ti) and the NVIDIA Tesla M40 at 41897 (1.7% ahead). Anyone building or buying around one of these alternatives should expect Control to run within a few frames per second of the numbers below at any given resolution and preset.

It's worth noting the CPU's raw credentials for context: 10 cores, 16 threads, a 2.50 GHz base clock boosting to 4.70 GHz, 20 MB of shared L3 cache, and support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory on Socket 1700. The RTX 3080 Ti brings 10240 shading units, 80 RT cores, 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus with 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth, and a PassMark G3D score of 26896. Those RT cores matter specifically for Control, one of the most demanding ray-traced titles of its 2019 release window.

FAQ

Q: Can the i5-14400F + RTX 3080 Ti run Control at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the combo averages 60.1 FPS on High, 72.9 FPS on Medium, and 97.3 FPS on Low. Only 4K Ultra falls short of 60 FPS, averaging 55 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck in this pairing?

A: The data does not indicate a CPU bottleneck. Frame rates scale consistently with resolution and preset, which is the signature of GPU-bound behavior. The i5-14400F's single-thread PassMark score of 3701 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3055 are strong enough to feed the RTX 3080 Ti in this title.

Q: Does ray tracing kill performance here?

A: The Ultra preset at 4K averages 55 FPS, below the 60 FPS playable threshold, while High at 4K averages 60.1 FPS. At 1440p and 1080p, even Ultra stays well above 60 FPS, so demanding settings are viable below 4K.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested pairings in Control?

A: It ranks 861 out of 3720 tested combinations, placing it in roughly the top quarter of the database for this game.

Q: What is the single highest frame rate recorded for this combo in Control?

A: 1920x1080 on Low, at an average of 192.8 FPS — enough headroom for high-refresh 1080p displays.

Q: What power supply does the RTX 3080 Ti need?

A: The card carries a 350 W TDP with a suggested PSU of 750 W, and it draws power through a single 12-pin connector. The CPU itself is rated at 65 W TDP.

How This Combo Ranks

Across 3720 tested CPU-plus-GPU combinations in Control, the i5-14400F and RTX 3080 Ti pairing sits at rank 861. That places it solidly in the upper quartile — better than roughly three-quarters of all configurations in the database for this specific game. For a pairing built around a mid-range, locked-multiplier Core i5 (launch MSRP $196) and an end-of-life flagship GPU, that ranking reflects where the performance actually lands: the RTX 3080 Ti does the heavy lifting, and the i5-14400F supplies more than enough single-threaded and multi-threaded throughput to stay out of the way.

The percentile data reinforces this. Both components individually sit in the 83rd percentile of their respective categories — the CPU at 83% of all CPUs, the GPU at 83% of all GPUs — and the combo rank in Control lands in almost exactly the same neighborhood. When neither component drags the other down, the pairing performs like the sum of its parts, and that is what the rank shows here.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Control comfortably at every mainstream resolution. At 1920x1080, every preset from Low through Ultra clears the 60 FPS playable threshold, with Ultra averaging 107.5 FPS. At 2560x1440, the story is the same: all four presets are playable, and Ultra averages 81.1 FPS, a 21-FPS cushion over the threshold.

The only nuance is 4K. At 3840x2160, Low (97.3 FPS), Medium (72.9 FPS), and High (60.1 FPS) all clear 60 FPS, but High does so by the thinnest of margins — one-tenth of a frame. Ultra at 4K averages 55 FPS and does not make the playable list. So the practical verdict: for a locked 60 FPS experience at 4K, drop to Medium; for maximum settings, play at 1440p. For 1080p high-refresh play, Low at 192.8 FPS average provides enormous headroom.

All figures here are measured data, not estimates, so they reflect real behavior of this exact pairing in Control.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo is untouchable. Low averages 192.8 FPS, Medium averages 135.3 FPS, High averages 123.4 FPS, and Ultra averages 107.5 FPS. The spread from lowest to highest preset is 85.3 FPS, and even the most demanding setting nearly doubles the playable threshold.

At 2560x1440, frame rates step down predictably. Low averages 144.4 FPS, Medium averages 106.6 FPS, High averages 93.4 FPS, and Ultra averages 81.1 FPS. Every preset clears 60 FPS with room to spare — the tightest margin, Ultra, still sits 21.1 FPS above the threshold.

At 3840x2160, the limits of the configuration show. Low averages 97.3 FPS, Medium averages 72.9 FPS, and High averages 60.1 FPS — a pass, but barely. Ultra averages 55 FPS, the only tested result in the entire dataset that falls below the 60 FPS playable line. Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so the averages are the definitive figures.

The scaling pattern is informative. Going from 1080p to 1440p at Ultra costs 26.4 FPS (107.5 to 81.1), while 1440p to 4K costs another 26.1 FPS (81.1 to 55). That near-linear decline with resolution at a fixed preset is textbook GPU-bound behavior, confirming the RTX 3080 Ti is the limiting factor — and that the i5-14400F has capacity to spare.

Best Settings per Resolution

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, averaging 107.5 FPS. The most demanding preset still delivers nearly double the 60 FPS threshold. There is no reason to run anything lower at this resolution unless chasing maximum refresh rates, in which case Low's 192.8 FPS average is the ceiling.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, averaging 81.1 FPS. Maximum settings remain comfortably playable, with a margin of 21.1 FPS over the threshold. This is arguably the sweet spot for this hardware: full visual fidelity at a resolution where the 3080 Ti's 12 GB of GDDR6X and 80 RT cores are not overstretched.
• 3840x2160 — High, averaging 60.1 FPS. Ultra's 55 FPS average falls short of the threshold, so High is the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS — albeit by a margin of just 0.1 FPS. Players wanting real headroom at 4K should use Medium at 72.9 FPS, which preserves a 12.9-FPS cushion.

The overall picture: this is a 1440p Ultra machine first and a 4K machine with a one-step compromise second. Given that the RTX 3080 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6 — full API coverage for everything Control asks of it — the measured numbers can be taken at face value. Rank 861 of 3720 combos in this game, with both components in the 83rd percentile of their categories: a pairing that plays Control the way the game was meant to be seen.