Allods Online

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is a high-end combination that delivers playable frame rates across the board in Allods Online, but the data reveals a clear pattern: this is a GPU-bound title at higher resolutions, while at 1080p the CPU becomes the primary bottleneck. The measured results show a dramatic scaling curve that shifts from CPU-limited to GPU-limited as resolution increases, making the choice of settings and resolution crucial for the best experience.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across all settings, indicating that the rendering load scales heavily with pixel count. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 224 at 1920x1080 to 139 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 85 FPS, and then further down to 71.2 at 3840x2160. That represents a 68% performance loss from 1080p to 4K. The pattern is even more pronounced at Ultra settings, where the average drops from 141.4 at 1080p to 89.7 at 1440p, and then plummets to 46.3 at 4K — a 67% decrease from the 1080p baseline.

This scaling behavior suggests that at 1080p, the system is not fully utilizing the GPU’s capabilities. The jump from 224 FPS at High 1080p to 139 FPS at High 1440p is a 38% drop, which is less than the 77% increase in pixel count (from 2.07 million to 3.69 million pixels). This indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is holding the frame rate back, preventing the GPU from working harder. Conversely, the transition from 1440p to 4K at High settings shows a 49% FPS drop (from 139 to 71.2), which aligns more closely with the 2.25x pixel count increase, suggesting that the GPU is now the limiting factor.

The Low settings data reinforces this interpretation. At 1080p Low, the system hits 296.2 FPS, but at 1440p Low it drops to 254 FPS, and at 4K Low it falls to 147.8 FPS. The 4K Low result is still more than double the 4K Ultra result (46.3 FPS), showing that the GPU has plenty of headroom when the visual load is reduced. The scaling from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is a 50% drop, which is less severe than the High or Ultra drops, further suggesting that the CPU’s single-thread performance is the limiting factor at lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations, this specific pairing of the Core i7-14700F and RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 56th out of 1715 combos for Allods Online. That places it in the top 3.3% of all tested configurations, which is an exceptionally strong showing. The high rank reflects the overall capability of both components, but it is importantly the ranking is a composite measure across all tested resolutions and settings, so it does not reveal the specific bottlenecks that appear at different resolution points.

Given the CPU’s percentile of 94 (meaning it outperforms 94% of all processors in the database) and the GPU’s percentile of 88, the combination is well-balanced on paper. However, the game’s scaling pattern indicates that the CPU’s single-thread performance is more critical at 1080p, while the GPU’s raw throughput dominates at 4K. The rank of 56 suggests that while this combo is excellent, there are 55 other configurations that achieve higher average scores, likely those with even faster CPUs for 1080p gaming or more powerful GPUs for 4K Ultra settings.

GPU Role

The RTX 4080 SUPER is a substantial piece of hardware with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s. Its Ada Lovelace architecture features 10,240 shading units and 80 RT cores, with a boost clock of 2550 MHz. In Allods Online, the GPU’s role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution scales up. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 46.3 is the lowest recorded in the dataset, indicating that the GPU is being pushed to its limits by the combination of high pixel count and heavy visual effects.

The memory capacity is more than sufficient for this game, as even at 4K Ultra the VRAM usage would not approach the 16 GB limit. The GPU’s compute capabilities, measured at 52.22 TFLOPS FP32, are more than adequate for the game’s rendering demands. The data shows that the GPU is not the bottleneck at 1080p — the CPU is — but at 4K, the GPU’s fill rate and shading power become the deciding factor. The difference between 4K High (71.2 FPS) and 4K Ultra (46.3 FPS) is a 35% performance hit, which is a significant cost for the extra visual fidelity that Ultra settings provide.

The GPU’s average benchmark score of 53610 places it in the 88th percentile, and it sits close to rivals like the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (53489, a delta of 0.2%) and the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (53414, delta 0.4%). This indicates that while the RTX 4080 SUPER is a top-tier card, its performance margin over the nearest competitors is slim, which is reflected in the game’s 4K results where the frame rate is heavily dependent on raw GPU throughput.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience per the measured data, the Medium preset at 1440p offers the most balanced combination of visual quality and performance. At 2560x1440 Medium, the average FPS is 221.9, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay and still provides a significant visual upgrade over Low settings. The jump from Low to Medium at 1440p costs only 32.1 FPS (from 254 to 221.9), a 13% reduction, while the visual improvements are typically noticeable in textures and shadow quality.

If you prefer higher resolutions, 4K High is the sweet spot for this combo. The 71.2 FPS average at 3840x2160 High is playable for an MMORPG, and the step up to Ultra costs 24.9 FPS (down to 46.3), which is too steep a penalty for most users. At 1080p, the Low preset achieves 296.2 FPS, but this is excessive for a game like Allods Online where the refresh rate of most monitors would cap the benefit. The 1080p Medium (271.4 FPS) and High (224 FPS) are both excellent choices that provide high frame rates while maintaining decent visuals.

The Ultra preset is only recommended at 1080p, where it still delivers 141.4 FPS, but at 1440p (89.7 FPS) and 4K (46.3 FPS) it becomes less viable for consistent smoothness. The data clearly shows that the Medium preset provides the best frame rate per visual investment across all resolutions, with the 1440p Medium result being the standout option for a high-refresh-rate monitor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the frame rates are uniformly high across all settings. The Low preset averages 296.2 FPS, Medium drops slightly to 271.4 FPS, High settles at 224 FPS, and Ultra still manages 141.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 154.8 FPS, which is a 52% reduction, but even the lowest result is far above the refresh rate of most displays.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows more variation. Low averages 254 FPS, Medium is nearly as fast at 221.9 FPS, High drops to 139 FPS, and Ultra falls to 89.7 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra at this resolution is a 65% performance loss, which is steeper than at 1080p, reflecting the increased GPU load.

At 3840x2160, the results are more modest. Low averages 147.8 FPS, Medium drops to 117 FPS, High comes in at 71.2 FPS, and Ultra is the only setting that dips below 60 FPS at 46.3 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is a 69% reduction, which is the largest relative gap across all resolutions, highlighting the GPU’s struggle with Ultra settings at this pixel count.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. Its 33 MB of shared L3 cache and support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory make it a versatile choice. In Allods Online, the CPU’s role is most apparent at 1080p, where the frame rates are significantly higher than at higher resolutions, indicating that the CPU can feed the GPU enough data to saturate it at lower pixel counts.

The CPU’s single-core performance, as measured by Cinebench R23 single-core score of 5003, is critical for this game, which likely relies on a single main thread for game logic and rendering commands. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 296.2 FPS, which is likely close to the CPU’s maximum frame generation capability. At 4K, the CPU has more time to prepare frames, so the bottleneck shifts to the GPU, but the CPU’s high multi-threaded performance (35443 in Cinebench R23 multi-core) ensures that background tasks and game simulation do not cause stutters.

The CPU’s average benchmark score of 54097 places it in the 94th percentile, and it trails the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X by only 0.6% (54450 score). This close margin means that in CPU-bound scenarios like 1080p gaming, the i7-14700F performs nearly identically to its direct competitor. The 20-core configuration provides ample headroom for multitasking, but the game’s performance is more dependent on the 5.40 GHz boost clock and the per-core efficiency of the Raptor Lake architecture. The 65W TDP is modest for a processor with this core count, which means the power delivery is not a limiting factor in sustained gaming sessions.