Minimum

# Minimum: AMD Ryzen 5 7400F + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F pairs with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti to deliver a 1080p-focused experience in Minimum, a Third-Person Shooter released in 2014. At 1080p, the combo ranges from 64 FPS at Ultra to 131 FPS at Low, while 4K Ultra falls to 22 FPS. The combination ranks 2525th out of 2939 tested combos in this game, placing it in the lower tier of systems, though the CPU's 83rd percentile standing among all CPUs suggests the GPU is the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming with this combo?

A: High settings at 1080p deliver 84 FPS average, which is 20 FPS above Medium (100 FPS) but only 4 FPS below Low (131 FPS). Given the minimal gap between High and Low, High offers the best balance of visual quality and smooth performance for 1080p displays.

Q: How does the combo perform at 1440p compared to 1080p?

A: At 1440p, High settings yield 54 FPS, a 36% drop from the 1080p High result of 84 FPS. Low settings at 1440p hit 84 FPS, which exactly matches 1080p High, indicating that the GTX 1660 Ti becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this hardware?

A: No. At 4K, even Low settings only reach 45 FPS, while High drops to 29 FPS and Ultra falls to 22 FPS. The 6 GB VRAM and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth of the GTX 1660 Ti cannot sustain playable frame rates at 3840x2160 in this title.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F scores 32750 average across benchmark suites, sitting within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32662) and 0.2% of the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32697). It is 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i5-14600T (32707) and 0.2% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (32812).

Q: What is the GPU's standing relative to other graphics cards?

A: The GTX 1660 Ti sits at the 41st percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 7723. It leads the AMD Radeon 540 by 0.7% (7673) and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 by 1.9% (7580), but trails the AMD Radeon R7 250 by 2.2% (7557) in the nearest rival comparisons.

Q: Does the 6 GB VRAM cause issues at higher settings?

A: The data suggests VRAM pressure appears at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS drops to 22. At 1440p Ultra, the average is 41 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra it reaches 64 FPS. The step from High to Ultra costs significant frame rates at every resolution, indicating the 6 GB frame buffer is a limiting factor.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data shows a clear hierarchy across the four presets tested. At 1080p, Low yields 131 FPS, Medium 100 FPS, High 84 FPS, and Ultra 64 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra costs 20 FPS (a 24% reduction), while the jump from Medium to High costs 16 FPS (a 16% reduction). For a 60 Hz display, High settings provide a comfortable margin above the refresh rate, and for 144 Hz displays, Low settings are the only preset that approaches that target.

At 1440p, High settings deliver 54 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for most monitors. Medium produces 65 FPS, and Low reaches 84 FPS. For 1440p gaming, Medium is the recommended preset because it stays above 60 FPS average while maintaining a minimum of 55 FPS, per the measured range. Low at 1440p offers a more comfortable margin at 84 FPS, but the visual compromise may not be worth the extra frame rate for a title from 2014.

For 4K, none of the presets achieve 60 FPS. Low is the only option above 30 FPS at 45 FPS average, while Medium sits at 35 FPS and High at 29 FPS. Ultra at 22 FPS is borderline unplayable. If 4K is the target, Low is the only viable choice, but the experience will still be suboptimal compared to lower resolutions.

The best overall experience for this combo is 1080p High. It delivers 84 FPS average, which is smooth on standard 60 Hz displays and only 47 FPS below the Low preset's 131 FPS. The 16 FPS difference between Medium and High is noticeable, but the visual fidelity improvement at High generally outweighs the frame rate loss in a third-person shooter where reaction times matter less than in competitive first-person titles.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals how the GTX 1660 Ti becomes the dominant bottleneck as pixel count increases. At High settings, the progression is 84 FPS at 1080p, 54 FPS at 1440p, and 29 FPS at 4K. This represents a 36% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, followed by a 46% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is nearly linear with pixel count, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario.

At Low settings, the same resolution progression yields 131 FPS, 84 FPS, and 45 FPS. The percentage drops are 36% and 46%, respectively, matching the High settings pattern almost exactly. This consistency across presets indicates that the limiting factor is raw GPU throughput rather than memory bandwidth or VRAM capacity, since the relative performance degradation is identical regardless of settings.

The Medium preset provides additional data points: 100 FPS at 1080p, 65 FPS at 1440p, and 35 FPS at 4K. The minimum FPS values for Medium are 85 at 1080p, 55 at 1440p, and 30 at 4K, with maximums of 115, 74, and 40 respectively. The tight range at 4K (30-40 FPS) suggests the GPU is hitting a hard performance ceiling rather than experiencing variable load.

The CPU's strong synthetic scores — 21765 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3072 in single-core — indicate that the Ryzen 5 7400F is not the limiting component at any resolution. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the FPS would remain flat across resolutions, but instead each resolution step produces a substantial drop. The data confirms that the GTX 1660 Ti, with its 5.437 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth, is the performance ceiling for this combination.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti combination ranks 2525th out of 2939 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the 14th percentile of all tested systems. This low ranking is driven almost entirely by the GPU, which sits at the 41st percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 7723. The CPU, by contrast, ranks at the 83rd percentile among all CPUs, demonstrating a significant imbalance between the two components.

The GPU's nearest rivals in the synthetic benchmark data illustrate its modest standing. The AMD Radeon 540 scores 7673, just 0.7% behind, while the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 scores 7580, 1.9% behind. The AMD Radeon R7 250 scores 7557, 2.2% behind, and the Intel Arc A310 scores 7550, 2.3% behind. These margins are all within 3%, indicating that the GTX 1660 Ti sits at the edge of a performance cluster rather than standing out from its peers.

The CPU's rival comparisons show a different story. The Intel Core i5-14600T scores 32707, just 0.1% behind the Ryzen 5 7400F's 32750. The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H scores 32697, 0.2% behind, and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 scores 32662, 0.3% behind. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H scores 32812, 0.2% ahead. All four rivals are within half a percentage point, placing the Ryzen 5 7400F in a tightly competitive group of mid-range processors.

The 2525th rank out of 2939 combos means that 414 tested combinations performed worse in Minimum. This places the combo in the lower-middle range of systems, consistent with the GTX 1660 Ti's 41st percentile GPU standing. For a game released in 2014, the combo still delivers playable frame rates at 1080p, but it cannot compete with modern GPU pairings at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is built on the TU116 chip using a 12 nm process from TSMC, with 6,600 million transistors on a 284 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 1500 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, with memory running at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective). The 6 GB of GDDR6 memory sits on a 192-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU has 1536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units, producing a pixel rate of 84.96 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 169.9 GTexel/s.

In Minimum, the GPU's performance characteristics are clearly visible in the measured FPS data. The 6 GB VRAM appears sufficient for 1080p and 1440p at all settings, but 4K Ultra causes the average FPS to drop to 22, suggesting the frame buffer is overwhelmed at that resolution and preset combination. The 192-bit memory bus and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth are adequate for 1080p gaming, evidenced by the 84 FPS at High settings, but the 4K results show the bandwidth cannot sustain high-resolution textures.

The GPU's compute capabilities, rated at 5.437 TFLOPS FP32 and 10.87 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1), align with its 41st percentile ranking. The DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 API support ensure compatibility with modern rendering paths, but the underlying hardware is from the 2019 era, as indicated by its release date of 2019-02-21. The GPU's predecessor is the GeForce 10 series, and its successor is the GeForce 20 series, placing it at the tail end of NVIDIA's pre-RTX lineup.

The GTX 1660 Ti's power profile — 120 W TDP with a suggested 300 W PSU — is modest by modern standards, but the performance ceiling in this game is set by the GPU's raw throughput rather than its power delivery. The dual-slot cooler and 1x 8-pin power connector are typical for this performance class. The GPU's benchmark scores, including 12871 in Passmark G3D and 51029 in Geekbench OpenCL, confirm its position relative to other graphics cards.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results across all presets. Low settings produce an average of 131 FPS, Medium reaches 100 FPS with a minimum of 85 and maximum of 115, High achieves 84 FPS, and Ultra drops to 64 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 67 FPS, representing a 51% reduction. For a 60 Hz display, every preset except Ultra exceeds the refresh rate, and even Ultra maintains a 64 FPS average.

At 2560x1440, the performance drops are significant across the board. Low settings average 84 FPS, Medium averages 65 FPS with a range of 55 to 74, High averages 54 FPS, and Ultra averages 41 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 43 FPS, but the relative reduction from Low to Ultra is still 51%, matching the 1080p pattern. The Medium preset's minimum of 55 FPS is the only measurement that stays above 60 FPS at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain playable frame rates. Low settings average 45 FPS, Medium averages 35 FPS with a minimum of 30 and maximum of 40, High averages 29 FPS, and Ultra averages 22 FPS. None of the presets reach 60 FPS, and only Low stays above 30 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 30 FPS is exactly at the threshold of playability, while High and Ultra fall below it.

The data shows a consistent pattern across all three resolutions: the difference between Low and High settings is roughly 36% of the Low value, while the difference between High and Ultra is roughly 24% of the High value. This suggests that the GPU handles the visual complexity of High settings efficiently, but the jump to Ultra imposes a disproportionately large performance cost, likely due to the 6 GB VRAM limit and the increased texture and shading demands.