Allods Online

Allods Online, a 2010 MMORPG, responds to this Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination in a way that clearly separates the GPU's raw capability from the CPU's architectural limits. The measured frame rates show a game that becomes increasingly CPU-bound as resolution drops and settings are lowered, while at 4K the GPU workload begins to dominate. This analysis breaks down the measured data to explain what each resolution and preset tells us about the hardware pairing.

Resolution Scaling

The most revealing data point is the scaling from 1080p to 4K at Low settings. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo produces 252 FPS. Dropping to 2560x1440 Low yields 216 FPS, a 14% reduction. Moving to 3840x2160 Low produces 149 FPS, a 31% drop from 1440p and a 41% drop from 1080p. This scaling pattern is far shallower than what a pure GPU-bound scenario would show—if the RTX 4080 were the only limiting factor, the 4K Low result would be roughly half of the 1080p Low result, not 59% of it. The data indicates that at 1080p and 1440p Low, the CPU is the primary bottleneck, holding the frame rate back from what the GPU could theoretically deliver.

At High settings, the scaling is more moderate. The 1080p High result of 193 FPS drops to 140 FPS at 1440p (a 27% decrease) and then to 73 FPS at 4K (a 48% decrease from 1440p). The transition from 1440p to 4K shows the GPU becoming the dominant constraint, as the frame rate nearly halves with a 2.25x pixel count increase. However, the relatively small gap between 1080p High (193 FPS) and 1440p High (140 FPS) suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is still limiting performance—the pixel count increase of 78% only yields a 27% frame rate drop, which is inconsistent with pure GPU scaling.

Medium settings show the smallest relative drops between resolutions. The 1080p Medium average of 230 FPS falls to 198 FPS at 1440p (a 14% drop) and then to 116 FPS at 4K (a 41% drop from 1440p). The 1440p to 4K transition again shows GPU scaling, while the 1080p to 1440p step reveals CPU limitation. Ultra settings display the steepest scaling: 140 FPS at 1080p, 88 FPS at 1440p (a 37% drop), and 46 FPS at 4K (a 48% drop from 1440p). This suggests that Ultra presets impose a significant GPU workload even at lower resolutions, making the GPU the bottleneck more consistently across all resolutions.

The overall pattern shows that this game, despite being over a decade old, does not scale linearly with resolution. The CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads, with a 2.50 GHz base and 4.60 GHz boost clock, are sufficient to push high frame rates at 1080p, but the GPU's capabilities are only fully utilized at 4K where pixel throughput becomes the limiting factor. For players targeting 144Hz displays, the 4K High setting (73 FPS) falls short, while 1440p High (140 FPS) nearly achieves that target.

GPU Role

The RTX 4080 brings substantial hardware resources to this game. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Allods Online's texture and geometry demands at any resolution. The AD103 chip, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, contains 45,900 million transistors across a 379 mm² die. The GPU's base clock of 2205 MHz and boost clock of 2505 MHz are high for a modern graphics card, and the memory runs at 1400 MHz with 22.4 Gbps effective throughput.

The benchmark data shows the GPU's relative performance ranking. The RTX 4080 scores 54,247 average in the database's aggregate benchmarks, placing it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, scores 54,209 with a deltaPct of 0.1%—essentially identical performance. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 54,828 (1.1% higher), while the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB scores 55,698 (2.6% higher) and the AMD Radeon 8060S scores 55,757 (2.7% higher). These deltaPct values indicate that the RTX 4080 is effectively at parity with its closest competitors, with the small differences falling within measurement noise.

In Allods Online specifically, the GPU's role is most evident at 4K resolution. The jump from Medium (116 FPS) to High (73 FPS) at 3840x2160 represents a 37% performance loss, while the jump from High to Ultra (46 FPS) costs another 37%. This steep degradation at higher presets suggests that the GPU's shading units (9,728) and texture mapping units (304) are heavily taxed by the game's higher-quality effects. The pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s provide theoretical ceilings that the measured 4K results approach at Ultra settings.

The GPU's 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores are not directly relevant to Allods Online, which does not utilize ray tracing or DLSS in the measured presets. The DirectX 12 Ultimate support and Vulkan 1.4 API compatibility are present, but the game's 2010 release date means it likely runs on legacy DirectX paths. The GPU's FP32 performance of 48.74 TFLOPS is more than adequate for any workload this title presents, and the 112 ROPs handle pixel output efficiently.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on Raptor Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 10 nm process. It has a 2.50 GHz base clock and a 4.60 GHz boost clock, with a 65 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. This processor supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, though the measured FPS data does not specify which memory type was used.

The CPU's aggregate benchmark score is 25,292, placing it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals show very tight competition: the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS scores 25,284 (0% deltaPct), the Intel Core 5 120 scores 25,362 (-0.3% deltaPct), and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D scores 25,365 (-0.3% deltaPct). The AMD Ryzen 7 6800H scores 25,201 with a 0.4% deltaPct. These results indicate that the i5-13400F is positioned in a crowded performance band where no single processor has a meaningful advantage in synthetic workloads.

In Allods Online, the CPU's influence is most apparent when comparing Low settings across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system produces 252 FPS, which is 30% higher than the 4K Low result of 149 FPS. However, the CPU's single-thread performance, as measured by the 3dmark single-thread score of 960 and passmark single-thread score of 3,634, appears to be the limiting factor at lower resolutions. The game's MMORPG nature typically involves significant CPU work for player positions, NPC AI, and network processing, which can create thread bottlenecks.

The multi-threaded capabilities of the i5-13400F, shown in the cinebench r23 multicore score of 22,604 and passmark multithread score of 25,032, provide ample headroom for background tasks, but Allods Online may not effectively utilize all 16 threads. The 3dmark 16-thread score of 7,314 versus the max-thread score of 7,307 shows that the processor's performance scales well with thread count, but the game's engine likely has a primary thread limit. The 4.60 GHz boost clock is critical for maintaining high frame rates in CPU-bound scenarios, and the data shows this is sufficient for 140+ FPS at 1440p Medium and 193 FPS at 1080p High.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-13400F with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination ranks 419th out of 3,670 tested configurations in Allods Online. This places it in the top 11.4% of all combos in the database, which is a strong showing but not at the absolute top. The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU's mid-range positioning (77th percentile) and the GPU's high-end positioning (86th percentile), with the game's CPU sensitivity at lower resolutions pulling the overall rank down from what the GPU alone might achieve.

The combo's rank of 419 suggests that there are 418 configurations that deliver higher average FPS in this game. Given the GPU's near-parity with the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% deltaPct), the ranking difference likely comes from the CPU pairing. Processors with higher single-thread performance or better memory latency would push the combo higher in the rankings, particularly for 1080p and 1440p gameplay where the CPU is the bottleneck. The 77th percentile CPU ranking indicates that a significant number of CPUs outperform the i5-13400F in the synthetic benchmarks that correlate with MMORPG performance.

The measured FPS data shows that this combo is capable of exceeding 200 FPS at 1080p Medium (230 FPS) and approaching 250 FPS at 1080p Low (252 FPS). These are excellent results for competitive play or high-refresh-rate monitors. At 1440p, the combo maintains 140 FPS at High settings, which is suitable for 144Hz displays. The 4K results, ranging from 46 FPS at Ultra to 149 FPS at Low, show that the combo can handle 4K gaming but with significant preset compromises.

Settings Recommendations

For 4K resolution, the Medium preset (116 FPS average, 99 FPS minimum, 134 FPS maximum) provides the best balance of visual quality and playability. The High preset at 73 FPS is playable on 60Hz displays but falls short of 144Hz targets. The Ultra preset at 46 FPS is marginal for smooth gameplay and not recommended for action-heavy content. The Low preset at 149 FPS is the only 4K option that exceeds 144Hz, but the visual quality reduction may be too severe for a game that relies on visual feedback.

At 1440p, the High preset (140 FPS) is the recommended choice for most players, as it delivers near-144Hz performance without sacrificing visual fidelity. The Medium preset (198 FPS) offers a significant frame rate boost for competitive play, while the Ultra preset (88 FPS) is suitable for 60-90Hz displays. The Low preset (216 FPS) is unnecessary unless chasing maximum refresh rates on 240Hz monitors.

For 1080p, the High preset (193 FPS) is the best choice for quality-focused players, as it exceeds 144Hz and approaches 200 FPS. The Medium preset (230 FPS) is excellent for high-refresh displays, and the Low preset (252 FPS) maximizes frame rates for competitive scenarios. The Ultra preset (140 FPS) is the only setting that drops below 144Hz at 1080p, making it the least attractive option despite its visual benefits.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results are: Low averages 252 FPS, Medium averages 230 FPS with a minimum of 196 FPS and maximum of 265 FPS, High averages 193 FPS, and Ultra averages 140 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 112 FPS, representing a 44% performance reduction at the highest settings. The Medium preset's minimum of 196 FPS ensures consistent frame delivery, while the maximum of 265 FPS shows the GPU's headroom when the CPU is not fully taxed.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low averages 216 FPS, Medium averages 198 FPS with a minimum of 168 FPS and maximum of 227 FPS, High averages 140 FPS, and Ultra averages 88 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p costs 14% at Low, 14% at Medium, 27% at High, and 37% at Ultra. The Medium preset's minimum of 168 FPS is notably lower than the 1080p Medium minimum of 196 FPS, indicating that the GPU is beginning to affect frame consistency at 1440p.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low averages 149 FPS, Medium averages 116 FPS with a minimum of 99 FPS and maximum of 134 FPS, High averages 73 FPS, and Ultra averages 46 FPS. The 4K results show the most dramatic preset scaling, with Ultra delivering only 31% of the Low preset's frame rate. The Medium preset's minimum of 99 FPS is the only 4K setting that maintains a 90+ FPS floor, making it the safest choice for consistent gameplay. The High preset's 73 FPS average and the Ultra preset's 46 FPS average both indicate that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, with the CPU no longer limiting performance.