Lockdown Protocol

# Lockdown Protocol with Intel Core i5-12400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 ranks 81st out of 1,637 tested combinations in Lockdown Protocol, placing it in the top 5% of all configs evaluated. This is a strong showing for a six-core Alder Lake processor from 2022 paired with a Blackwell 2.0 flagship GPU from 2025. The combo’s percentile standing reflects a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically bottlenecks the other across most settings, though the data reveals specific scenarios where the CPU becomes the limiting factor. The i5-12400F sits at the 77th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 19,221, while the RTX 5080 achieves an 89th percentile GPU ranking with an average score of 59,188. The gap between these percentiles suggests the GPU has more headroom than the CPU, which manifests in certain low-resolution and low-settings configurations.

How This Combo Ranks

With a combo rank of 81 out of 1,637, this configuration outperforms approximately 95% of all tested CPU-GPU pairings in Lockdown Protocol. The ranking is particularly impressive given the CPU’s age relative to the GPU; the i5-12400F launched in January 2022, while the RTX 5080 arrived in January 2025. The data indicates that the combination delivers consistent frame rates across all resolutions and settings, with the weakest result being 77.8 FPS at 4K Ultra and the strongest being 273 FPS at 1080p Low. The CPU’s benchmark profile shows it competes closely with several other processors: it is 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-8700K, 0.3% ahead of the Intel Core i5-1335U, 0.7% behind the AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS, and 1.3% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7773X. The GPU similarly sits in a tight cluster, being 1.6% ahead of the Intel Arc A570M, 1.9% behind the Intel Arc Pro A60, 2.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A580, and 2.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X. These narrow deltas suggest that the ranking position is more dependent on the game’s optimization than on raw hardware superiority. The combo’s placement in the 81st spot indicates it trails some configurations with newer high-core-count CPUs but leads most pairings with mid-range processors.

GPU Role

The RTX 5080’s 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is substantial for Lockdown Protocol’s texture-heavy environments. The GPU operates at a 2,295 MHz base clock and boosts to 2,617 MHz, with memory running at 1,875 MHz (30 Gbps effective). These specifications translate to 56.28 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and a pixel rate of 293.1 GPixel/s, figures that explain why the GPU is rarely the bottleneck in this game. The 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores support the game’s visual effects, though the benchmark data does not isolate ray tracing performance. The GPU’s 89th percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with its nearest rivals showing only small performance deltas (all within 2.6% of its average score), indicates that the RTX 5080 is operating near the top of its class. In Lockdown Protocol specifically, the GPU’s role becomes more pronounced at higher resolutions and settings: at 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 77.8 FPS, which is 71.5% lower than the 273 FPS achieved at 1080p Low. This scaling pattern suggests the GPU is fully utilized at 4K Ultra, whereas at lower resolutions, the CPU’s six cores and 12 threads may constrain performance. The 65 W TDP of the CPU versus the 360 W TDP of the GPU further illustrates that the graphics card has significantly more headroom, but the measured data shows the pairing works effectively across the tested spectrum.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p compared to 4K?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 273 FPS, while at 4K Ultra it drops to 77.8 FPS. This represents a 71.5% reduction in average frame rate when moving from the lowest settings at 1080p to the highest settings at 4K.

Q: What is the best settings configuration for this pairing at 1440p?

A: The data shows 245.6 FPS at 1440p Low, 185.2 FPS at Medium, 159.8 FPS at High, and 123 FPS at Ultra. The High setting provides a 29.9% improvement over Ultra while still maintaining a high refresh rate.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: At 1080p Low, the combo produces 273 FPS, which is only 11.1% higher than the 245.6 FPS at 1440p Low. This relatively small gain suggests the CPU becomes a limiting factor at lower resolutions, whereas at 4K, the GPU is more heavily utilized.

Q: How does the RTX 5080 compare to its closest rival, the Intel Arc A570M?

A: The RTX 5080’s average benchmark score of 59,188 is 1.6% higher than the Arc A570M’s 58,239. In Lockdown Protocol, this translates to the RTX 5080 maintaining higher frame rates across all tested resolutions and settings.

Q: What frame rate can be expected at 4K with Medium settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Medium settings is 120.1 FPS. This is 54.4% higher than the 4K Ultra result of 77.8 FPS, making Medium a viable option for 4K gaming.

Q: Does the i5-12400F hold back the RTX 5080 in any scenario?

A: The data indicates potential CPU limitation at 1080p Low, where the 273 FPS result is only marginally higher than 1440p Low’s 245.6 FPS. The CPU’s single-thread score of 909 in 3DMark and multi-thread score of 5,912 suggest it can sustain high frame rates, but the scaling pattern points to diminishing returns below 1440p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers 273 FPS on Low settings, 239.7 FPS on Medium, 220 FPS on High, and 165.1 FPS on Ultra. The jump from Low to Medium results in a 12.2% performance drop, while moving from Medium to High costs an additional 8.2%, and High to Ultra incurs a 24.9% reduction. These numbers indicate that the Ultra preset is significantly more demanding than High, likely due to increased draw distances and shadow quality. At 2560x1440, the frame rates are 245.6 FPS on Low, 185.2 FPS on Medium, 159.8 FPS on High, and 123 FPS on Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium is 24.6%, which is more pronounced than the 1080p scaling, suggesting that resolution interacts with settings to amplify GPU load. Moving from 1440p High to Ultra costs 23.0% performance. At 3840x2160, the results are 166.3 FPS on Low, 120.1 FPS on Medium, 104.9 FPS on High, and 77.8 FPS on Ultra. The Low to Medium transition at 4K costs 27.8%, Medium to High costs 12.7%, and High to Ultra costs 25.8%. Across all resolutions, the Ultra preset consistently extracts the largest performance penalty relative to High, with an average reduction of about 25% across the three resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the balance between CPU and GPU shifts. At Low settings, moving from 1080p to 1440p reduces performance by 10.0% (from 273 to 245.6 FPS), while moving from 1440p to 4K reduces it by 32.3% (from 245.6 to 166.3 FPS). This pattern indicates that at Low settings, the CPU is the dominant constraint at 1080p, but the GPU becomes more influential as resolution increases. At Medium settings, the scaling is 22.7% from 1080p to 1440p (239.7 to 185.2 FPS) and 35.1% from 1440p to 4K (185.2 to 120.1 FPS). The High settings show a 27.4% drop from 1080p to 1440p (220 to 159.8 FPS) and a 34.4% drop from 1440p to 4K (159.8 to 104.9 FPS). For Ultra settings, the drops are 25.5% from 1080p to 1440p (165.1 to 123 FPS) and 36.7% from 1440p to 4K (123 to 77.8 FPS). The consistent pattern across all settings—where the 1440p to 4K drop is always larger than the 1080p to 1440p drop—confirms that the GPU is increasingly the limiting component at higher resolutions. However, the relatively small 10.0% drop at Low settings from 1080p to 1440p suggests the CPU is still capable of feeding the GPU adequately at lower resolutions. The overall scaling indicates that this combo is best suited for 1440p gaming, where it maintains over 120 FPS even at Ultra settings, while 4K Ultra requires compromising to stay above 60 FPS.