Evolve

The pairing of an Intel Core i5-11400F with an AMD Radeon RX 7600 asks a simple question of a 2015-era shooter: can a mid-range Rocket Lake CPU and a current mainstream RDNA 3 card comfortably handle Evolve? The recorded data answers with a clear yes at 1080p and 1440p, a conditional yes at 4K, and enough headroom at the lower resolutions to make preset choice a matter of visual preference rather than compromise.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The database holds measured averages for every combination of the four standard presets and three standard resolutions for this pairing. At 1920x1080, the results are uniformly strong: Low delivers 163.4 FPS, Medium 124.3 FPS, High 97.8 FPS, and Ultra 66.8 FPS. Even the most demanding preset clears the 60 FPS playable threshold, and the gap between Low and Ultra, roughly 97 FPS, shows how much rendering load the settings ladder adds even at a modest pixel count.

At 2560x1440 the frame rates step down predictably but remain healthy. Low averages 107.2 FPS, Medium 86.7 FPS, and High 65.3 FPS, all above the 60 FPS bar. Ultra is the one casualty at this resolution, averaging 49.2 FPS and falling short of the threshold by a little over ten frames.

At 3840x2160 the RX 7600 meets its limit. Low manages 61.2 FPS, a marginal pass. Medium drops to 51 FPS, High to 41 FPS, and Ultra to 28.3 FPS. The 4K results make clear that only the lightest preset is viable at native resolution on this hardware, and even then the margin above 60 FPS is barely one frame on average.

Minimum and maximum frame rates were not captured for these runs, so the analysis rests on averages. That caveat matters most at 4K Low, where an average of 61.2 FPS leaves little room for dips, and at 1080p Ultra, where an average of 66.8 FPS suggests occasional sub-60 moments are possible during demanding scenes.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For anyone shopping around this performance level, the database's rival data shows which hardware lands within a fraction of these two parts.

On the CPU side, the i5-11400F carries an average benchmark score of 17177 and sits in the 71st percentile against all CPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals are remarkably close: the AMD EPYC 7H12 averages 17120, just 0.3 percent behind; the Intel Core i5-12450H averages 17239, 0.4 percent ahead; the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G averages 17278, 0.6 percent ahead; and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U averages 17074, 0.6 percent behind. In practice, any of these processors would deliver essentially identical frame delivery in Evolve, since the deltas are all under one percent. The 11400F itself brings six cores and twelve threads on the Rocket Lake architecture, a 2.60 GHz base clock that boosts to 4.40 GHz, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache.

On the GPU side, the RX 7600 posts an average benchmark score of 15171 and sits in the 57th percentile of all GPUs. Its closest neighbors are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM at an average of 15199, 0.2 percent ahead; the AMD Radeon Pro 560X at 15082, 0.6 percent behind; the AMD Radeon 680M at 15270, 0.7 percent ahead; and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti at 15063, 0.7 percent behind. All of these cards would produce frame rates within roughly one percent of the RX 7600 in this title. The RX 7600's own credentials include the Navi 33 chip on TSMC's 6 nm process, 2048 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, and 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput.

How This Combo Ranks

Across the full database of tested hardware pairings in Evolve, this CPU and GPU combination ranks 2473 out of 3700 combos. That places it in the bottom half of the field, but the ranking needs context: the database includes far more powerful pairings, and Evolve's age means many high-end combinations post enormous frame rates that no monitor can fully use. The more meaningful reading is the measured data itself. A combo that sustains 97.8 FPS at 1080p High and 65.3 FPS at 1440p High is delivering a genuinely smooth experience for a fast-paced FPS, regardless of where it sits in a leaderboard dominated by flagship hardware. Rank position reflects headroom; the actual experience at 1080p and 1440p is well beyond the playable threshold.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Evolve? Yes, decisively, at two of the three tested resolutions.

At 1920x1080, every preset clears 60 FPS. Low, Medium, High, and Ultra are all playable, with Ultra averaging 66.8 FPS. This is the resolution where the pairing is best enjoyed with everything maxed out.

At 2560x1440, three of four presets clear the bar. Low at 107.2 FPS, Medium at 86.7 FPS, and High at 65.3 FPS are all playable, while Ultra at 49.2 FPS is not. Dropping one preset tier from Ultra to High restores a comfortable margin.

At 3840x2160, only Low is playable, at 61.2 FPS, and even that is a marginal pass. Medium at 51 FPS, High at 41 FPS, and Ultra at 28.3 FPS all fall short. Native 4K is technically achievable but not recommended; the data indicates a 1440p presentation with higher settings will look and feel better than 4K Low.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling pattern across resolutions identifies the GPU as the binding constraint at every tested setting tier. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at Low cuts the average from 163.4 to 107.2 FPS, and moving from 1440p to 4K cuts it further to 61.2 FPS. The same steep decline appears at every preset: High falls from 97.8 to 65.3 to 41 FPS across the resolution ladder, and Ultra falls from 66.8 to 49.2 to 28.3 FPS. Resolution scaling this aggressive, with frame rates dropping faster than pixel counts rise, is the signature of GPU limitation.

The CPU's role appears in the ceiling. At 1080p Low the pairing reaches 163.4 FPS, and the i5-11400F shows no evidence of holding the card back at playable frame rates. Evolve is a 2015 title that predates this hardware by several years, and a six-core, twelve-thread Rocket Lake processor with a single-thread Passmark score of 2981 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2024 has ample throughput for its engine. The benchmark data supports this: the CPU sits in the 71st percentile of all processors in the database, comfortably ahead of what this game demands.

There is one nuance worth noting. At 1080p Ultra the average of 66.8 FPS is only slightly above High's 97.8 FPS result, and the frame rate at Ultra sits far below the Low-preset ceiling of 163.4 FPS. This pattern points to the GPU's 8 GB framebuffer and 288.0 GB/s memory bandwidth absorbing the heaviest preset's texture and effect load, rather than any processor-side stall. In short, the RX 7600 decides what settings are affordable at each resolution, and the i5-11400F stays out of the way throughout.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS at each resolution, per the measured data:

• 1920x1080: Ultra, averaging 66.8 FPS. Every preset is playable at this resolution, so there is no reason to compromise. The margin above the threshold is modest but consistent.
• 2560x1440: High, averaging 65.3 FPS. Medium at 86.7 FPS offers a larger buffer if frame-time consistency is a priority, but High is the most demanding preset that stays playable.
• 3840x2160: Low, averaging 61.2 FPS. This is the only preset above 60 FPS at native 4K, and the margin is under two frames. Given that 1440p High delivers a higher average with far better visuals, the recorded data points to 1440p as the sweet spot for this pairing rather than a strained 4K Low.

The overall picture: a 2021 mid-range CPU and a 2023 mainstream GPU turn Evolve into an easy win at 1080p and 1440p, with the RX 7600's launch MSRP of 269 USD and the CPU's launch MSRP of $157 defining a pairing that punches above its rank in this particular title.