Minecraft: Java Edition

Measured frame rates for Minecraft: Java Edition with the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER cover twelve settings/resolution rows. The CPU sits at the 88th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 32508, while the GPU sits at the 55th percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 14286. In Minecraft: Java Edition, this pairing is ranked 1511 out of 1727 tested combinations.

Settings Recommendations

Across the measured rows, Medium is the most consistent setting for balancing average FPS with the four presets tested. At 1920x1080, Medium averages 236.4 FPS, which is above High’s 188.5 and Ultra’s 120.3; only Low is faster, at 303.1. At 2560x1440, Medium records 151.4 FPS, again above High’s 118.8 and Ultra’s 77.2, with Low at 188.3. At 3840x2160, Medium produces 79.7 FPS, above High’s 63.0 and well above Ultra’s 36.5, while Low reaches 97.0.

For a user prioritizing maximum frame rate alone, Low at 1920x1080 is the fastest measured row in the dataset at 303.1 FPS. For a user who wants the highest visual quality without taking the performance hit from Ultra, High is the stronger preset: 188.5 FPS at 1920x1080, 118.8 at 2560x1440, and 63.0 at 3840x2160. Ultra is only efficient at lower pixel counts, producing 120.3 at 1920x1080 and 77.2 at 2560x1440 before falling to 36.5 at 3840x2160. Medium is the single preset that keeps every resolution above High’s corresponding result while avoiding the large drop to Ultra.

GPU Role

The GTX 1660 SUPER brings 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock is 1530 MHz, boost clock is 1785 MHz, and memory clock is 1750 MHz, specified as 14 Gbps effective. The TU116 chip includes 1408 shading units, 88 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 85.68 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 157.1 GTexel/s. These fixed resources are what the measured game rows exercise.

The effect of those resources is visible in the preset scaling. At 1920x1080, the same GPU moves from 303.1 FPS on Low to 236.4 on Medium, 188.5 on High, and 120.3 on Ultra. At 2560x1440, the row averages are 188.3, 151.4, 118.8, and 77.2 for the same preset order. At 3840x2160, they fall to 97.0, 79.7, 63.0, and 36.5. The 3840x2160 Ultra result is the lowest measured value in the entire dataset, indicating that the GPU’s pixel-rate, texture-rate, and memory-bandwidth resources are the limiting factors when resolution and settings are both maxed.

The GPU’s general benchmark average is 14286. Its nearest rivals form a tight cluster: AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 at 14314 (deltaPct -0.2), Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics at 14315 (deltaPct -0.2), AMD Radeon Vega 11 at 14352 (deltaPct -0.5), and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT at 14389 (deltaPct -0.7). This places the GTX 1660 SUPER near the 55th-percentile mark, and the Minecraft rows are consistent with that mid-pack GPU positioning: the card can deliver high frame rates at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440, but the 3840x2160 Ultra result shows the GPU is the component that gets overwhelmed first.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1511 out of 1727 tested combinations in Minecraft: Java Edition. This is a low placement in the measured sample. The CPU’s component-level average benchmark score is 32508, with nearest rivals Intel Core i7-12800H at 32513 (deltaPct 0), AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 at 32446 (deltaPct 0.2), AMD Ryzen 7 250 at 32584 (deltaPct -0.2), and Intel Core i7-13705H at 32586 (deltaPct -0.2). The CPU therefore sits at the 88th percentile of all CPUs with strong general benchmark scores.

The GPU’s average benchmark score is 14286, and its nearest rivals are AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 at 14314 (deltaPct -0.2), Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics at 14315 (deltaPct -0.2), AMD Radeon Vega 11 at 14352 (deltaPct -0.5), and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT at 14389 (deltaPct -0.7). The GPU’s 55th percentile is much lower than the CPU’s 88th percentile, and the combo’s rank of 1511 out of 1727 reflects that imbalance. The CPU has enough multithreaded and single-threaded headroom — Cinebench R23 multi 21914, single 3093, PassMark multithread 25783, and PassMark singlethread 3723 — to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, but the GPU prevents the pair from climbing higher in the Minecraft ranking.

FAQ

Q: Which settings and resolution produce the highest measured average FPS?

A: The fastest measured row is Low at 1920x1080, with an average of 303.1 FPS. The same Low preset averages 188.3 FPS at 2560x1440 and 97.0 FPS at 3840x2160.

Q: Which preset is most consistent across all three resolutions?

A: Medium is the most consistent: it averages 236.4 FPS at 1920x1080, 151.4 FPS at 2560x1440, and 79.7 FPS at 3840x2160. High is also above 63.0 FPS at every resolution, but Medium is higher in every row.

Q: What happens when the preset is raised to Ultra at 3840x2160?

A: Ultra at 3840x2160 averages 36.5 FPS, the lowest measured value in the dataset. For comparison, High at the same resolution averages 63.0 FPS, Medium averages 79.7, and Low averages 97.0.

Q: How does the CPU compare with its nearest rivals?

A: The Core i5-14400F has an average benchmark score of 32508. The Intel Core i7-12800H scores 32513 with deltaPct 0, the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 scores 32446 with deltaPct 0.2, the AMD Ryzen 7 250 scores 32584 with deltaPct -0.2, and the Intel Core i7-13705H scores 32586 with deltaPct -0.2.

Q: How does the GPU compare with its nearest rivals?

A: The GTX 1660 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 14286. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 scores 14314 with deltaPct -0.2, the Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics scores 14315 with deltaPct -0.2, the AMD Radeon Vega 11 scores 14352 with deltaPct -0.5, and the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT scores 14389 with deltaPct -0.7.

Q: What is this combo’s overall rank in Minecraft: Java Edition?

A: The combo ranks 1511 out of 1727 tested combinations. The CPU is at the 88th percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU is at the 55th percentile of all GPUs.

Resolution Scaling

| Preset | 1920x1080 | 2560x1440 | 3840x2160 |

|---|---:|---:|---:|

| Low | 303.1 | 188.3 | 97.0 |

| Medium | 236.4 | 151.4 | 79.7 |

| High | 188.5 | 118.8 | 63.0 |

| Ultra | 120.3 | 77.2 | 36.5 |

Every preset follows the same downward path from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 to 3840x2160. Low drops from 303.1 to 188.3 to 97.0. Medium drops from 236.4 to 151.4 to 79.7. High drops from 188.5 to 118.8 to 63.0. Ultra drops from 120.3 to 77.2 to 36.5. The uniform decline with higher pixel counts points to a resolution-bound component rather than a settings-only effect.

The CPU-side data does not explain the magnitude of these drops. The i5-14400F boosts to 4.70 GHz, has 10 cores and 16 threads, and posts strong general scores: Cinebench R23 single 3093, multi 21914, PassMark singlethread 3723, and PassMark multithread 25783. At 1920x1080 Low, that CPU is able to feed the GTX 1660 SUPER to the point of 303.1 FPS. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the same CPU and GPU combination only produces 36.5 FPS. Since the only variable in those rows is the GPU workload, the frame-rate scaling places the limiting component on the GPU side. The GPU’s 55th-percentile standing, its 48 ROPs, 85.68 GPixel/s pixel rate, 157.1 GTexel/s texture rate, and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth are the resources that determine high-resolution performance in this pairing.