Cyberpunk 2077

FAQ

Q: What is the Intel Core i5-13400F's position among all CPUs in this database?

A: The i5-13400F sits at the 77th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25,292. Its closest rivals are the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (25,284, a 0% delta) and the Intel Core 5 120 (25,362, a -0.3% delta), placing it in a tight performance cluster.

Q: How does the Intel Arc B370 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in raw compute benchmarks?

A: The Arc B370's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1,184, putting it at the 5th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1,186, -0.2% delta) and the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1,190, -0.5% delta), showing it trades blows with decade-old discrete parts.

Q: What is the best playable configuration for this combo in Cyberpunk 2077?

A: Based on measured data, the only configuration exceeding 30 FPS is 1080p Low at 45 FPS average. The 1440p Low setting hits 33 FPS, while 1080p Medium drops to 33 FPS. No 4K setting reaches playable frame rates, with 4K Low topping out at 22 FPS.

Q: How much performance does the Arc B370 lose when moving from 1080p to 4K at the same settings?

A: At High settings, the drop from 1080p (24 FPS) to 4K (12 FPS) is exactly 50%. At Low settings, the drop is from 45 FPS to 22 FPS, also a 50% reduction. This consistent halving indicates the GPU is the primary bottleneck.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in Cyberpunk 2077 specifically?

A: The i5-13400F + Arc B370 combination ranks 2,685 out of 2,920 tested combos in this game. This places it in the bottom 8% of all tested systems, confirming it as a low-end configuration for this title.

Q: Does the CPU's multi-threaded performance suggest it can handle the game's logic load?

A: The i5-13400F scores 22,604 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 7,314 in 3DMark 16-thread tests, with 10 cores and 16 threads. This is robust for a modern mid-range CPU, yet the game's frame rates collapse at higher resolutions, pointing to the GPU as the limiting factor.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B370 is an integrated graphics processor built on the Xe3-LPG architecture with a 3 nm process node. It operates with a base clock of 300 MHz and a boost clock of 2400 MHz, which is a substantial clock range for an IGP. The GPU has 1,280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 20 raster operation units, along with 10 ray tracing cores. Its peak FP32 compute is 6.144 TFLOPS, with FP16 reaching 12.29 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio.

Crucially, the Arc B370 uses system shared memory for both its frame buffer and working set. There is no dedicated VRAM; the memory type, bus width, and bandwidth are all listed as "System Shared" or "System Dependent." This means the GPU competes with the CPU for memory bandwidth, which is a severe constraint in a game like Cyberpunk 2077 that streams large textures and geometry. The pixel rate is 48.00 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 96.00 GTexel/s, but these figures are theoretical and depend on sustained clock speeds and memory availability.

The GPU's TDP is just 25 W, and it is classified as an IGP with no power connectors. This thermal envelope is typical of integrated parts, but it limits sustained boost behavior under load. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1,184 places the Arc B370 at the 5th percentile of all GPUs, which is extremely low. Its nearest rivals are integrated and low-end discrete parts from over a decade ago, such as the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1,190, -0.5% delta) and the AMD FirePro M2000 (1,168, 1.4% delta). This benchmark result directly predicts the poor frame rates seen in Cyberpunk 2077.

The role of the GPU in this game is decisive. Cyberpunk 2077 is a visually dense action RPG that relies heavily on rasterization and, optionally, ray tracing. The Arc B370 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so it is feature-complete for modern APIs. However, the raw throughput is insufficient for high-resolution rendering. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo manages 45 FPS, but at 1080p Ultra it falls to 23 FPS. At 4K, even Low settings only yield 22 FPS. These numbers indicate that the GPU is saturated well before the CPU's capabilities are reached.

The system-shared memory architecture is a particular liability. Unlike a discrete GPU with dedicated GDDR or DDR memory, the Arc B370 must use the same memory channels as the CPU. This creates a bottleneck for texture streaming and frame buffer operations, especially at higher resolutions where memory pressure increases. The result is that frame times likely spike when the game loads new areas or complex scenes. The measured data only provides average FPS for most settings, but the Medium preset at each resolution shows both min and max FPS, revealing significant variance: at 1080p Medium, the range is 28 to 38 FPS, and at 4K Medium it is 14 to 19 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent and predictable scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K. At Low settings, the average frame rate halves from 45 FPS at 1080p to 33 FPS at 1440p, then drops further to 22 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is approximately 27%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is approximately 33%. This is a classic GPU-bound scaling curve, where each pixel count increase translates into a near-linear reduction in frame rate.

At High settings, the scaling is even more punishing: 24 FPS at 1080p, 18 FPS at 1440p, and 12 FPS at 4K. This represents a 25% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 33% drop from 1440p to 4K. The Medium preset shows 33 FPS at 1080p, 24 FPS at 1440p, and 16 FPS at 4K, which is a 27% and 33% reduction respectively. Ultra settings follow the same pattern: 23 FPS at 1080p, 17 FPS at 1440p, and 11 FPS at 4K.

The consistency of these drops—roughly 25-33% per resolution step—indicates that the GPU is the sole limiting component. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect the frame rate to plateau or drop less severely at higher resolutions, because the CPU's workload would remain constant while the GPU's workload increases. Instead, the frame rate scales almost linearly with pixel count, which is the signature of a GPU that is completely saturated.

The practical implication is that the Intel Core i5-13400F has ample headroom. This CPU, with 10 cores and 16 threads, scores 22,604 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3,191 in single-core. It is a capable mid-range processor that can handle the game's AI, physics, and scene management tasks. The data suggests that even at 4K, the CPU is not the limiting factor; the Arc B370's 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is simply insufficient for the pixel workload.

For players, this means that lowering resolution provides predictable gains. Dropping from 4K to 1440p at Low settings increases average FPS from 22 to 33, a 50% improvement. Dropping further to 1080p Low yields 45 FPS, a 36% improvement over 1440p. However, even at 1080p Low, the frame rate is just at the edge of playability, and any setting above Low drops below 30 FPS. The resolution scaling data suggests that no amount of CPU tuning will improve performance; the only path to higher frame rates is reducing the GPU's rendering load.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Intel Core i5-13400F + Intel Arc B370 combo delivers its best results. Low settings produce an average of 45 FPS, which is the only configuration in the entire dataset exceeding 40 FPS. Medium settings drop to 33 FPS, with a minimum of 28 FPS and a maximum of 38 FPS. High settings average 24 FPS, and Ultra settings average 23 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 12 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 9 FPS. High and Ultra are nearly identical, with only a 1 FPS difference.

At 2560x1440, the performance degrades significantly. Low settings average 33 FPS, which is a 27% drop from 1080p Low. Medium settings average 24 FPS, with a range of 21 to 28 FPS. High settings average 18 FPS, and Ultra settings average 17 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across all settings: Low drops by 12 FPS, Medium by 9 FPS, High by 6 FPS, and Ultra by 6 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the combo is largely unplayable. Low settings average 22 FPS, which is a 33% drop from 1440p Low. Medium settings average 16 FPS, with a minimum of 14 FPS and a maximum of 19 FPS. High settings average 12 FPS, and Ultra settings average 11 FPS. The 4K results show that even the lowest preset cannot maintain a consistent 30 FPS, and the frame rates are below 20 FPS for three of the four settings.

The Medium preset is the only one with min and max FPS data at all three resolutions. At 1080p, the range is 28-38 FPS, a 10 FPS spread. At 1440p, the range is 21-28 FPS, a 7 FPS spread. At 4K, the range is 14-19 FPS, a 5 FPS spread. This narrowing range at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU is so heavily loaded that frame times become more consistent, but at an unusably low level.

The data shows a clear hierarchy: Low settings are the only viable option for playable frame rates, and only at 1080p does the combo exceed 40 FPS. The 1440p Low setting at 33 FPS is borderline playable, but it is below the 60 FPS target that most action RPGs benefit from. All other settings and resolutions result in frame rates below 30 FPS, which is generally considered the minimum for acceptable gameplay.

How This Combo Ranks

In the specific context of Cyberpunk 2077, the Intel Core i5-13400F + Intel Arc B370 combination ranks 2,685 out of 2,920 tested combos. This places it in the bottom 8% of all tested systems, which is a remarkably low position for a CPU that sits at the 77th percentile of all processors. The disconnect between the CPU's strong benchmark position and the combo's poor game ranking underscores the GPU's dominance as the limiting factor.

The combo rank of 2,685 means that only 235 tested configurations perform worse in this game. Given that the Arc B370 is an integrated GPU with a 5th percentile rank among all GPUs, this result is expected. The GPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks are the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (1,186, -0.2% delta) and the ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1,190, -0.5% delta), both of which are over a decade old. The Arc B370's 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1,184 is essentially tied with these parts, and the game results reflect this.

The CPU's contribution to this ranking is minimal. The i5-13400F's nearest rivals in CPU benchmarks—the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (25,284, 0% delta) and the Intel Core 5 120 (25,362, -0.3% delta)—are all within 0.4% of its score. This means that swapping the CPU for any of these rivals would not meaningfully change the game's performance, because the GPU is the bottleneck. Conversely, pairing the i5-13400F with a more powerful discrete GPU would likely catapult this combo into a much higher rank.

The data suggests that this combo is severely unbalanced for Cyberpunk 2077. The CPU has the capacity to drive frame rates far higher than what the GPU can deliver. For example, the i5-13400F's 3DMark max threads score of 7,307 and Passmark multithread score of 25,032 indicate strong parallel processing capability, but the Arc B370's 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 compute is simply insufficient for the game's rendering demands. The result is a combo that ranks near the bottom of the database, despite featuring a modern and capable CPU.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the only configuration that achieves a playable frame rate is 1080p Low, which averages 45 FPS. This is the recommended preset for any user who prioritizes smooth gameplay over visual fidelity. The 45 FPS average is above the 30 FPS minimum for playability, and it is the only setting in the entire dataset that approaches a console-like experience.

The 1440p Low setting at 33 FPS is a viable alternative for users with a 1440p monitor, but it is below the 60 FPS target and may feel less responsive. The 1080p Medium setting at 33 FPS is also an option, but it offers no frame rate advantage over 1440p Low while providing lower resolution. For users who must play at 1440p, Low is the only setting above 30 FPS, making it the default choice.

All other settings are not recommended for gameplay. The 1080p High (24 FPS) and Ultra (23 FPS) presets are visually similar to each other but both fall below 30 FPS, which can cause noticeable stuttering and input lag. The 1440p Medium (24 FPS), High (18 FPS), and Ultra (17 FPS) presets are all below playable thresholds. At 4K, every setting—Low (22 FPS), Medium (16 FPS), High (12 FPS), and Ultra (11 FPS)—is unplayable, and users should avoid 4K entirely with this combo.

The data suggests that the most efficient approach is to use 1080p Low as the baseline and then experiment with Medium settings if the user can tolerate frame rates in the 28-38 FPS range. The Medium preset at 1080p provides a minimum of 28 FPS and a maximum of 38 FPS, which is a wider range than Low but still potentially playable for less demanding users. However, the 12 FPS average drop from Low to Medium is significant, and the visual improvement may not justify the performance cost.

For users who want to maximize visual quality without dropping below 30 FPS, there is no setting that achieves this. The 1080p Low preset at 45 FPS is the only configuration that provides both a playable frame rate and a reasonable margin of safety. This means that the Intel Arc B370 is only suitable for low-settings gaming at 1080p in Cyberpunk 2077, and any higher setting or resolution will result in a subpar experience.