Downfall

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings for this combo?

A: The Intel Core i5-14400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT delivers an average of 161 FPS at 1920x1080 on High settings.

Q: Does this combo achieve higher FPS at 4K Ultra or 1440p Ultra?

A: Both configurations produce the same average of 45 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra and 72 FPS at 2560x1440 Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is lower, while 1440p Ultra matches the 4K High average of 72 FPS.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations in Downfall?

A: The combo ranks 1695 out of 3716 tested combinations, placing it in the 54th percentile overall.

Q: Is the CPU's benchmark score closer to the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U or the Intel Core i9-11900?

A: The i5-14400F has an average benchmark score of 32279, which is 0.1% higher than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U (32233) and 0.2% higher than the Intel Core i9-11900 (32226). The difference between these rivals is negligible.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded at 1440p Medium settings?

A: The minimum FPS at 2560x1440 with Medium settings is 119, while the maximum reaches 162, yielding an average of 140 FPS.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have, and what is its memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT is the primary driver of frame rates in Downfall, and its specifications align with the measured performance across all resolutions. The GPU is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with the Navi 22 chip, fabricated on a 7 nm process by TSMC. It contains 17,200 million transistors on a 335 mm² die. The shader array consists of 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, which directly influence pixel fill rate and texture throughput.

Clock speeds are substantial for this class of hardware. The base clock runs at 2150 MHz, the game clock at 2495 MHz, and the boost clock reaches 2600 MHz. Memory operates at 2250 MHz, translating to 18 Gbps effective speed. This memory configuration yields a pixel rate of 166.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 416.0 GTexel/s. The FP32 compute throughput is 13.31 TFLOPS, with FP16 reaching 26.62 TFLOPS via the 2:1 ratio.

In Downfall, the GPU's 12 GB frame buffer is sufficient even at 4K. The measured FPS at 3840x2160 High is 72, while Ultra drops to 45. This 27 FPS gap between High and Ultra at 4K indicates that Ultra settings impose a significant rendering cost, likely due to increased shading and texture detail. The GPU's 40 ray accelerators (RT cores) and DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) mean the card can handle advanced effects, though Downfall is a 2016 title that predates many such features.

The GPU's percentile rank is 71 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26011. Its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (0.5% lower), AMD FirePro W7100 (0.6% lower), AMD FirePro D700 (0.7% lower), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (1.1% lower). These deltas are small, indicating the RX 6750 XT sits firmly in its performance tier.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience, the data points to Medium settings as the sweet spot across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, Medium yields an average of 197 FPS with a minimum of 167 and maximum of 226. This is only 43 FPS below the Low preset's 240 average but provides substantially better visual fidelity. At 2560x1440, Medium averages 140 FPS with a minimum of 119, which remains well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. Even at 3840x2160, Medium holds an average of 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 and maximum of 100.

High settings are viable for 1080p and 1440p, producing 161 and 115 FPS respectively. However, at 4K High drops to 72 FPS, which is playable but leaves less headroom. Ultra settings are only recommended for 1080p, where the average of 101 FPS keeps the experience fluid. At 1440p Ultra the average falls to 72 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it drops to 45 FPS, which is below the standard for competitive or fast-paced play.

Low settings provide the highest frame rates—240 FPS at 1080p, 172 at 1440p, and 107 at 4K—but the visual compromise is unnecessary given Medium's strong performance. The data shows that Medium offers the best balance: it maintains high averages while keeping minimums above 119 FPS at 1440p and 74 FPS at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings produce an average of 240 FPS. Medium increases the workload slightly, yielding 197 FPS average with a minimum of 167 and maximum of 226. High settings reduce the average to 161 FPS. Ultra settings are the most demanding, cutting the average to 101 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 139 FPS spread, indicating that the CPU-GPU pairing can handle even the heaviest preset at this resolution without dropping below triple digits.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales predictably. Low settings average 172 FPS. Medium settings deliver 140 FPS average, with a minimum of 119 and maximum of 162. High settings average 115 FPS. Ultra settings halve the High average, landing at 72 FPS. The step from High to Ultra at 1440p costs 43 FPS, which is a significant penalty for the extra visual features.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the limiting factor more clearly. Low settings average 107 FPS. Medium settings hold an average of 87 FPS, with a minimum of 74 and maximum of 100. High settings drop to 72 FPS. Ultra settings fall to 45 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration in the entire dataset that falls below 60 FPS, and it is 27 FPS lower than 4K High.

The data reveals a consistent pattern: each resolution step down from 4K to 1440p yields roughly a 60% increase in FPS at the same settings, while 1440p to 1080p provides another 40-50% gain. For example, High settings go from 72 (4K) to 115 (1440p) to 161 (1080p). Medium goes from 87 to 140 to 197. This scaling suggests that the bottleneck shifts from the GPU at 4K to a more balanced CPU-GPU load at lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-14400F and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT combination ranks 1695 out of 3716 tested combos in Downfall. This places it in the upper half of all configurations, though not in the top tier. The percentile position indicates that roughly 54% of tested combos perform better, while 46% perform worse. For a 10-core, 16-thread CPU with a 65 W TDP paired with a 250 W GPU, this ranking is consistent with a mid-to-upper-midrange gaming setup.

The CPU's individual percentile is 83, meaning it outperforms 83% of all CPUs in synthetic benchmarks. The GPU's percentile is 71. The combo's in-game rank of 1695 is lower than either component's individual percentile would suggest, which implies that Downfall's engine does not fully utilize the CPU's capabilities or that the GPU is the limiting factor in this specific title. The game is from 2016, so its multi-threading may be less efficient than modern titles, but the measured FPS numbers remain strong.

In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU's nearest rival is the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, which scores 0.1% lower. The GPU's nearest rival is the AMD Radeon R9 M395X, which scores 0.5% lower. These small deltas indicate that the components are well-matched to their peers, but the combo's in-game rank suggests that other pairings may extract more performance from Downfall's engine.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture (Raptor Lake-R codename). It runs at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boosts to 4.70 GHz. The cache hierarchy comprises 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 20 MB of shared L3 cache. This configuration is well-suited for gaming, as the high boost clock and substantial L3 cache help maintain single-threaded performance.

The CPU's synthetic benchmarks show strong results: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 21645 and singlecore 3055. Geekbench multicore reaches 11268 and singlecore 2058. Passmark multithread scores 25470, with single thread at 3701. The CPU's average benchmark score is 32279, placing it in the 83rd percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals in synthetic tests are the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U (0.1% faster), Intel Core i9-11900 (0.2% faster), AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS (0.2% slower), and Intel Core i7-12800H (0.5% faster). These differences are within noise, indicating the i5-14400F competes directly with those chips.

In Downfall, the CPU's role is less prominent than the GPU's. The game's engine from 2016 likely relies more on single-thread performance. The i5-14400F's 4.70 GHz boost clock provides ample single-thread capability. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 240 FPS, which suggests the CPU is not a bottleneck at that setting. The fact that 4K Ultra drops to 45 FPS while 1080p Ultra holds 101 FPS indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions, while the CPU can keep up with the frame generation demands at lower resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals the scaling behavior of this combo. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 240 at 1080p to 172 at 1440p (-28%) to 107 at 4K (-55% from 1080p). At Medium, the progression is 197 to 140 (-29%) to 87 (-56%). At High, it is 161 to 115 (-29%) to 72 (-55%). At Ultra, it is 101 to 72 (-29%) to 45 (-55%).

The consistent ~29% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~55% drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings indicates that the scaling is resolution-bound, not settings-bound. This is a classic sign of GPU limitation. The pixel count increases by 78% from 1080p to 1440p and by 300% from 1080p to 4K. The FPS drops do not match the pixel count increases exactly—they are less severe—which suggests that the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute resources are being utilized efficiently, but the frame rate is ultimately capped by the GPU's fill rate and shader throughput.

The fact that the percentage drops are nearly identical across all settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) is telling. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect the FPS drop to be smaller at higher resolutions (where the GPU is busier) or larger at lower settings (where the CPU has to feed more frames). Instead, the uniform scaling points to the GPU as the consistent limiting component. The RX 6750 XT's 432.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 13.31 TFLOPS FP32 throughput are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K the card's 64 ROPs and 160 TMUs are stretched, resulting in the observed halving of frame rates relative to 1080p.

At 4K Ultra, the average of 45 FPS is below the 60 FPS standard. This is the only configuration where the combo fails to maintain smooth gameplay. The 4K High average of 72 FPS is playable, and 4K Medium at 87 FPS is comfortable. The data suggests that for 4K gaming, users should stick to Medium or High settings, as Ultra imposes a performance penalty that outweighs the visual gains. For 1080p and 1440p, all settings are playable, with Ultra remaining above 70 FPS at 1440p and above 100 FPS at 1080p.