Minimum

The Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT combination in Minimum presents a clear study in component balance, where the GPU’s substantial memory allocation and the CPU’s six-core architecture interact with a 2014-era title to produce frame rates that scale predictably with resolution. The data shows a system that is firmly capable of high-refresh-rate 1080p gameplay, yet becomes increasingly GPU-bound as resolution climbs, with the CPU’s headroom becoming less relevant at 4K.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Comet Lake architecture, built on Intel’s 14 nm process. Its base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost clock of 4.30 GHz provide the foundation for its benchmark performance, which includes a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10297 and a single-core score of 1453. In the context of Minimum, a third-person shooter originally released in 2014, this processor’s thread count is more than sufficient for the game’s workload, as evidenced by its 3DMark scores: 4748 in the 16-thread test and 4735 in the max-thread test, indicating that scaling beyond 12 threads yields negligible gains.

The CPU’s 12 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 42.7 GB/s bandwidth contribute to its ability to feed the GPU without becoming a bottleneck at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 179.5 FPS average, a figure that underscores the CPU’s capacity to push frame rates when the GPU is not heavily taxed. However, the processor’s single-thread performance, measured at 688 in 3DMark single-thread and 2541 in Passmark single-thread, places it in the 73rd percentile of all CPUs, which is adequate for a game from 2014 but not exceptional by modern standards. The data suggests that in this title, the i5-10400F’s six physical cores are the primary driver of performance, with hyper-threading providing minimal benefit, as the 2-thread score of 1350 and 4-thread score of 2560 show a linear progression that flattens out at 8 threads (3929).

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Ultra settings?

A: The average FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings is 84.4 FPS, which is 28.2 FPS lower than the High setting result of 112.6 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations in Minimum?

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT combination ranks 1107 out of 1733 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database for this game.

Q: Does the GPU’s performance exceed that of its nearest rival?

A: The RX 7600 XT has an average benchmark score of 20146, which is 0.6% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (score 20258) and 1.9% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (score 19774).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS drops from 115 FPS on Low settings to 58.8 FPS on Ultra settings, a reduction of 56.2 FPS or approximately 48.9%.

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

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data across resolutions reveals a classic GPU-bound scaling pattern, with the CPU’s role diminishing as pixel count increases. At 1080p High, the system delivers 112.6 FPS, but this falls to 70.5 FPS at 1440p High and further to 41.1 FPS at 4K High. This represents a 37.4% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 41.7% drop from 1440p to 4K, indicating that the RX 7600 XT is the primary limiter at higher resolutions. The 16 GB VRAM allocation is not a constraint here, as even at 4K Ultra the game runs at 29 FPS, suggesting the GPU’s compute throughput, not its memory capacity, is the bottleneck.

Conversely, the CPU’s influence is most pronounced at 1080p Low, where the combo hits 179.5 FPS. This figure is 59.5% higher than the 4K Low result of 62.2 FPS, demonstrating that the i5-10400F can sustain high frame rates when the GPU is under minimal load. The scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution further confirms this: at 1080p, the drop from Low to Ultra is 95.1 FPS (179.5 to 84.4), while at 4K, the drop is 33.2 FPS (62.2 to 29). The smaller absolute drop at 4K indicates that the GPU is already saturated, and the CPU’s faster clocks cannot compensate for the GPU’s pixel throughput limits. This data points to a system where the CPU has ample headroom for 1080p competitive play, but the GPU becomes the decisive factor at 1440p and beyond.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

With a combo rank of 1107 out of 1733 in Minimum, this pairing sits in the 36th percentile of all tested configurations, meaning roughly two-thirds of combinations deliver higher average FPS in this title. This ranking is somewhat surprising given the GPU’s 63rd percentile standing among all GPUs and the CPU’s 73rd percentile among all CPUs. The discrepancy suggests that the specific pairing does not synergize optimally for this game, possibly due to the 2014 release date favoring architectures with higher single-thread efficiency rather than the i5-10400F’s balanced multi-core design.

When compared to the nearest rival components, the CPU’s average benchmark score of 14168 is only 0.4% higher than the AMD EPYC 7552 (score 14115) and 1.1% lower than the Intel Core i5-8500 (score 14332). The GPU’s average score of 20146 is 0.3% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 460 (score 20088) and 1.9% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (score 19774). These marginal differences underscore that the combo’s low rank is not due to a single weak component but rather the combination’s overall performance profile in this specific game. The data indicates that while each part is individually mid-range, their joint performance in Minimum is below what their individual benchmarks would predict, likely due to the game’s engine not fully utilizing the CPU’s 12 threads or the GPU’s advanced features.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 33 chip manufactured on TSMC’s 6 nm process, featuring 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is ample for a 2014 title even at 4K. The GPU’s boost clock of 2755 MHz and game clock of 2470 MHz drive its 22.57 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is sufficient to push 4K Low settings to 62.2 FPS but drops to 29 FPS at 4K Ultra, indicating that the 64 ROPs and 128 TMUs become the limiting factors at high pixel densities.

The GPU’s benchmark scores reflect its mid-range positioning: a Passmark G3D score of 17132 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2348. Its percentile rank of 63 among all GPUs places it above the median, but the measured FPS in Minimum shows that it cannot maintain playable frame rates at 4K Ultra, where 29 FPS falls below the 30 FPS threshold commonly considered minimum for smooth gameplay. The 16 GB VRAM is never a constraint, as the game’s memory footprint is far below this capacity, even at maximum settings. The GPU’s performance relative to its nearest rivals—0.6% lower than the RX 7600 and 1.9% higher than the RTX 2060 SUPER—suggests that the extra VRAM and higher clocks of the XT variant provide minimal benefit in this older title, where the RDNA 3.0 architecture’s ray tracing cores (32 RT cores) and DirectX 12 Ultimate support are largely unused. The data shows that the GPU’s raw rasterization throughput, not its memory capacity or feature set, dictates its performance in Minimum.