Minimum

The pairing of an AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is an unusual match for Minimum, a third-person shooter released in mid-2014. The CPU is a modern Zen 4 (Phoenix) design on AMD's Socket AM5, running 6 cores and 12 threads with a 4.20 GHz base and 4.70 GHz boost clock on a 4 nm TSMC process, while the GPU is a current RDNA 4.0 part built on the Navi 48 chip, also on a 4 nm node. Against a game of this vintage, both components sit far above the title's demands, and the measured data confirms it: the combo ranks 1002 out of 3712 tested configurations in this game, placing it in the upper third of the database even though the game itself is not a demanding modern title. All frame rates below are measured results at the game's Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets across 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the configuration clears every preset by a wide margin. Low delivers 275.2 avg FPS, Medium steps down to 213.1, High lands at 180.9, and even Ultra holds 133.6 avg FPS. The spread from lowest to highest preset at this resolution is substantial — 141.6 FPS separates Low from Ultra — which indicates the game's preset ladder carries a real rendering cost rather than acting as a cosmetic toggle. Even so, the slowest measured result at 1080p is more than double the 60 FPS playability threshold.

At 2560x1440, frame rates scale down predictably. Low returns 178.7 avg FPS, Medium 138.1, High 112.5, and Ultra 86. All four presets remain above 60 FPS, with the slowest result (Ultra at 86 avg FPS) still holding a 43% cushion over the threshold. The High preset's 112.5 avg FPS at 1440p sits just below the Ultra result at 1080p (133.6), which suggests moving up in resolution costs roughly one preset tier of headroom in this game.

At 3840x2160, the first sub-60 result appears. Ultra averages 48.6 FPS — the only measured figure in the entire dataset below the playable threshold. High averages 61 avg FPS, scraping past the line, while Medium returns 72.8 and Low 96.1. The 4K data marks the single limit of this pairing in Minimum: everything except 4K Ultra is playable, and 4K High qualifies only narrowly.

Minimum and maximum frame rates were not recorded for these runs, so the analysis rests on average throughput. Given the size of the average margins at 1080p and 1440p, brief dips below the averages would not change the verdict at those resolutions; at 4K High, where the average is 61, the absence of minimum-FPS data is more meaningful and is treated as a caveat rather than a disqualifier.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 5 8400F + RX 9070 XT run Minimum at 4K?

A: Yes, at three of four presets. Low averages 96.1 FPS, Medium 72.8 FPS, and High 61 FPS at 3840x2160. Ultra is the exception at 48.6 avg FPS, below the 60 FPS playability threshold.

Q: What is the highest preset that stays at or above 60 FPS at 4K?

A: High, at 61 avg FPS. It clears the threshold by a single frame on average, so Medium at 72.8 avg FPS is the safer 4K choice for consistent play.

Q: Does this combo hit Ultra at 1440p?

A: Yes. Ultra averages 86 FPS at 2560x1440, and every other preset is faster — High 112.5, Medium 138.1, Low 178.7.

Q: How does this pairing rank against other tested configurations in Minimum?

A: It ranks 1002 out of 3712 tested combos, placing it in roughly the top quarter of the database for this game.

Q: Is the CPU or the GPU more important for Minimum on this system?

A: The data indicates the game is GPU-bound at higher resolutions. From 1080p Low (275.2) to 4K Low (96.1), frame rate falls by about 65% as pixel count quadruples, while the Ryzen 5 8400F's benchmark profile (951 single-thread, 6165 max-threads 3DMark CPU scores) shows ample CPU headroom that goes largely unused.

Q: What CPUs or GPUs would behave similarly in this game?

A: On the CPU side, the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (0.2% average score delta), Intel Core i7-11850H (0.3%), and Intel Core i7-13620H (0.4%) are effectively equivalent in aggregate benchmark score. On the GPU side, the database lists the AMD Radeon HD 7770M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570, NVIDIA P106-090, and AMD Radeon Pro 555 as nearest rivals by average score.

Best Settings per Resolution

The most demanding preset that holds at or above 60 FPS at each resolution:

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 133.6 avg FPS. The ceiling of the preset ladder with more than double the threshold in hand.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 86 avg FPS. A comfortable 26-FPS margin over 60.
• 3840x2160 — High, 61 avg FPS. Ultra's 48.6 avg FPS disqualifies it; High qualifies by the narrowest margin in the dataset.

This progression shows the optimal preset drops by exactly one tier when moving from 1440p to 4K, while 1080p and 1440p share the same ceiling.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Minimum at every tested resolution. At 1920x1080 all four presets are playable, with Ultra leading at 133.6 avg FPS. At 2560x1440 all four presets again clear 60 FPS, with Ultra at 86 avg FPS. At 3840x2160 the verdict is split: Low (96.1), Medium (72.8), and High (61) are playable, but Ultra at 48.6 avg FPS is not. The practical recommendation from the verdict data is Ultra at 1080p or 1440p, and High — or preferably Medium — at 4K. For a 2014 third-person shooter, that is a comprehensive result: the only compromise the hardware asks for is at the extreme of both resolution and image quality simultaneously.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The database's nearest-rival data points to configurations that would land within a fraction of this pairing's general compute and graphics standing. On the processor side, the Ryzen 5 8400F's average benchmark score of 25005 is nearly indistinguishable from the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F at 24964 (a 0.2% gap), the Intel Core i7-11850H at 24935 (0.3%), the Intel Core i7-13620H at 24911 (0.4%), and even the AMD EPYC 9474F at 25103 (−0.4%). Any of these CPUs, paired with comparable graphics, would deliver effectively the same CPU-side behavior in a game this light on processor load.

On the graphics side, the RX 9070 XT's average score of 13543 sits closest to the AMD Radeon HD 7770M (13536, 0.1%), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (13515, 0.2%), NVIDIA P106-090 (13470, 0.5%), and AMD Radeon Pro 555 (13407, 1%). These are the database's aggregate-score neighbors, and a system built around any of them would occupy a similar overall position in the rankings, though the RX 9070 XT's specific strengths — 48.66 TFLOPS FP32, 644.6 GB/s of GDDR6 bandwidth across a 256-bit bus, and 4096 shading units — are what produce the measured frame rates above. Its 55th percentile standing among all GPUs and the CPU's 77th percentile among all CPUs frame the pairing as a mid-range GPU anchored by a solidly upper-tier processor for this game.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data makes the division of labor clear: Minimum is GPU-limited on this configuration at higher resolutions and effectively unconstrained at lower ones. From 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 at the same preset, frame rates fall steeply — Low drops from 275.2 to 96.1, Medium from 213.1 to 72.8, High from 180.9 to 61, and Ultra from 133.6 to 48.6. A roughly 65% decline in average frame rate as pixel count quadruples is the signature of a rendering load resting on the GPU, since a CPU bottleneck would flatten frame rates across resolutions.

Within each resolution, the preset ladder adds a second dimension. At 1080p, dropping from Low to Ultra costs 141.6 avg FPS (275.2 to 133.6); at 4K the same drop costs 47.5 (96.1 to 48.6). Shader, texture, and effects load from the preset clearly matters, but it compounds with resolution — Ultra at 4K is where the two curves intersect the 60 FPS line from above.

The CPU's role in this game is therefore permissive rather than decisive. The Ryzen 5 8400F brings 6 cores, 12 threads, a 951 single-thread and 6165 max-threads 3DMark CPU score, 3685 PassMark single-thread result, and 24389 PassMark multithread result — figures that place it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs in the database. None of that capacity is taxed by a 2014 title. The RX 9070 XT, despite its 55th percentile GPU standing, does the measurable work here: its 2970 MHz boost clock, 1660 MHz base, and 2400 MHz game clock feed a 357 mm² Navi 48 die with 53,900 million transistors, and that silicon is what determines whether each resolution-and-preset combination lands above or below 60 FPS.

In short: at 1080p and 1440p, the GPU could go faster still and the CPU is a non-factor; at 4K, the GPU is the component setting the limit, with Ultra falling short and High barely clearing. The ranking of 1002 out of 3712 combos reflects that balance — a strong result for the game, achieved almost entirely on graphics throughput rather than processor muscle.