Palworld

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the Intel Arc B580 is a capable pairing for Palworld at 1080p and 1440p, with every measured preset at 1920x1080 clearing the 60 FPS threshold and three of four presets doing so at 2560x1440. At 3840x2160 the combo falls short across the board. The data below breaks down exactly where this configuration excels and where it runs out of headroom.

FAQ

Q: Can the i5-13400F + Arc B580 run Palworld at 60 FPS?

A: Yes, at two of the three tested resolutions. At 1920x1080, all four presets — Low, Medium, High, and Ultra — average at or above 60 FPS, topping out at 147 FPS on Low and 69 FPS on Ultra. At 2560x1440, Low (97 FPS), Medium (78 FPS), and High (60 FPS) all hit the threshold, while Ultra manages 46 FPS. At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS; the best result is 54 FPS on Low.

Q: What is the best-looking setting this combo can run smoothly?

A: Ultra at 1920x1080, averaging 69 FPS. At 2560x1440 the ceiling is High at 60 FPS average. At 4K the verdict data lists no playable settings at all.

Q: How does the Arc B580 compare to rival GPUs in general performance?

A: Its average benchmark score of 23021 sits within one percent of the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (23061, a 0.2 percent gap), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (22895, 0.6 percent behind the B580), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (23172, 0.7 percent ahead), and the NVIDIA P106-100 (23249, 1 percent ahead). It places in the 68th percentile of all tested GPUs.

Q: How does the i5-13400F stack up against rival CPUs?

A: With an average benchmark score of 25292, it is effectively tied with the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (25284, 0 percent delta) and within half a percent of the Intel Core 5 120 (25362), AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25365), and AMD Ryzen 7 6800H (25201). It ranks in the 77th percentile of all tested CPUs.

Q: Where does this exact combo rank among tested Palworld configurations?

A: It ranks 2798 out of 3711 tested combinations — roughly the middle of the field, meaning faster pairings exist but a large portion of tested hardware delivers less.

Q: How stable are framerates at 1440p Medium?

A: The measured range at 2560x1440 Medium runs from a minimum of 67 FPS to a maximum of 90 FPS around the 78 FPS average — a tight spread that indicates consistent frame delivery rather than occasional spikes propping up the average.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points clearly to a GPU-bound profile at higher resolutions. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 on Medium costs 41 FPS (119 down to 78), and stepping up again to 3840x2160 costs another 35 FPS (78 down to 43). On Low, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 50 FPS (147 to 97), and from 1440p to 4K it is 43 FPS (97 to 54). These are large, resolution-driven losses, which is the signature of the Arc B580 being the limiting component as pixel counts rise.

At 1920x1080, the picture shifts. On Low the combo hits 147 FPS, and even Ultra holds 69 FPS — the narrowest gap between presets of any resolution tested. When the GPU has headroom at lower settings, the framerate stops climbing proportionally (147 on Low versus 119 on Medium is a modest 28 FPS difference), which suggests the i5-13400F begins to cap the ceiling. That cap is still comfortably above the playable threshold, so the CPU never becomes a problem — it simply defines the upper limit.

The i5-13400F is well-equipped for that role. Its single-thread results — 960 in 3DMark single-thread, 321 in Cinebench R15 single-core, 1255 in R20, 3191 in R23, and 1996 in Geekbench — indicate strong per-core throughput, and Palworld's survival-genre workload benefits from that. With 10 cores and 16 threads, multi-threaded headroom is also ample: 22604 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 25032 in PassMark multithread. The 77th percentile CPU ranking confirms this is an above-average processor, not a bottleneck for a GPU in the 68th percentile.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080. This is the combo's strongest resolution. Low averages 147 FPS. Medium averages 119 FPS with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137 — the only 1080p preset with min/max data recorded, and a range that never dips near the 60 FPS line. High averages 91 FPS. Ultra averages 69 FPS, clearing the playable threshold with a nine-frame cushion. Every preset is playable, and Ultra is the recommended setting per the verdict data.

2560x1440. Low averages 97 FPS. Medium averages 78 FPS with a floor of 67 and a ceiling of 90 — even the worst moments stay above 60. High averages exactly 60 FPS, right on the threshold. Ultra drops to 46 FPS and falls below the playable bar. Three of four presets are playable, with High named the best playable setting.

3840x2160. The Arc B580 runs out of bandwidth-relative muscle here. Low averages 54 FPS — close, but under the line. Medium averages 43 FPS with a minimum of 37 and a maximum of 50. High averages 33 FPS. Ultra averages 25 FPS. No preset is playable at 4K by the 60 FPS standard.

Across all three resolutions, the Medium preset is the one with full min/max telemetry, and its spreads are instructive: 101–137 at 1080p, 67–90 at 1440p, and 37–50 at 4K. Each step up in resolution compresses the entire range downward by a similar proportion, reinforcing that the GPU is the component surrendering performance as pixels increase.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3711 hardware combinations tested in Palworld, the i5-13400F + Arc B580 ranks 2798. That places it below the median — a majority of tested pairings deliver more framerate in this game. Context matters, though: the combo still clears 60 FPS at every 1080p preset and at three of four 1440p presets, so the ranking reflects a competitive test pool rather than an unusable configuration.

The rank is consistent with the component percentiles. The CPU sits in the 77th percentile of all processors and the GPU in the 68th percentile of all graphics cards, and the pairing's measured results land in the middle of the field. For a survival title like Palworld, that mid-field rank still translates into a fully playable experience at the two most common gaming resolutions, with Ultra-quality headroom at 1080p.

Similar Performance Alternatives

On the CPU side, several processors benchmark within a fraction of the i5-13400F's 25292 average score and would behave nearly identically in Palworld. The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS matches it exactly at 25284 — a 0 percent delta. The Intel Core 5 120 (25362) and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25365) are each just 0.3 percent ahead, and the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H sits 0.4 percent behind at 25201. Swapping any of these in would move CPU-side performance by less than half a percent.

On the GPU side, the Arc B580's 23021 average score is bracketed by four close rivals. The AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP scores 23061, only 0.2 percent higher. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 scores 22895, 0.6 percent lower. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 scores 23172, 0.7 percent higher. And the NVIDIA P106-100 scores 23249, 1 percent higher. Any of these cards, paired with a comparable CPU, should produce Palworld framerates within roughly a percent of what the B580 delivers here.

The practical takeaway: the B580's 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 456 GB/s of bandwidth gives it modern memory provisioning, and its DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4 support covers current API requirements, but its aggregate score places it in a cluster where 4K gaming in this title is out of reach and 1440p is the realistic ceiling.

The Verdict

Yes — this PC runs Palworld, with clear limits by resolution. At 1920x1080, the answer is unqualified: all four presets are playable, and Ultra at 69 FPS average is the recommended way to play. At 2560x1440, the answer is yes with one exception: Low (97), Medium (78), and High (60) all clear the bar, while Ultra at 46 FPS does not. At 3840x2160, the answer is no — no preset averages 60 FPS, topping out at 54 on Low.

The best overall experience is 1080p Ultra, which combines maximum image quality with a framerate cushion above the threshold. Players wanting a higher pixel density should use 1440p Medium, where the 78 FPS average and 67 FPS minimum guarantee the framerate never dips below playable. The i5-13400F provides more than enough CPU for the game at every tested setting; the Arc B580 is the component that sets the ceiling, and that ceiling sits exactly where mid-field hardware should — excellent at 1080p, solid at 1440p, and short at 4K.