Minimum

FAQ

Q: What is the combo rank of the Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 570 in Minimum?

A: This combination ranks 1688 out of 1733 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the bottom 3% of all tested configurations. The data indicates this is a low-performing pairing for this specific title.

Q: How does the i5-12400F compare to its nearest CPU rivals in average benchmark score?

A: The i5-12400F scores 19221 on average, which is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i7-8700K (19210), 0.3% higher than the Intel Core i5-1335U (19167), 0.7% lower than the AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS (19364), and 1.3% higher than the AMD EPYC 7773X (18979). The differences are all within 1.3%, meaning these processors perform nearly identically in aggregate benchmarks.

Q: What is the RX 570's standing relative to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RX 570 has an average benchmark score of 30158, which is 0.2% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (30109), 0.2% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (30097), 0.6% higher than the NVIDIA Tesla M60 (29969), and 0.8% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile (29928). The RX 570 sits at the top of this tight group, though the margins are minimal.

Q: What is the best average FPS achieved by this combo at 1080p?

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 81.3 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. Medium settings yield 62.9 FPS, High settings produce 52.1 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 37.8 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: How does the FPS scale when moving from 1080p to 1440p and then to 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS falls from 52.1 at 1080p to 36 at 1440p (a drop of 16.1 FPS), then to 20 at 4K (a further drop of 16 FPS). The scaling is nearly linear in absolute terms, though the percentage loss grows with each step.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded performance in Cinebench R23?

A: The i5-12400F achieves a multi-core score of 16518 in Cinebench R23 and a single-core score of 2332. The multi-core score is roughly 7 times the single-core score, reflecting the 6-core/12-thread configuration.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 brings 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock runs at 1168 MHz with a boost clock of 1244 MHz, and memory operates at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective). The GPU has 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 39.81 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 159.2 GTexel/s. Peak FP32 throughput is 5.095 TFLOPS.

In Minimum, the GPU's role appears heavily constrained by the 4K resolution data. At 3840x2160, even Low settings only achieve 28.9 FPS, while High drops to 20 FPS and Ultra falls to 12.4 FPS. The VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth are likely bottlenecks at higher resolutions, as the 224.0 GB/s bandwidth is modest by modern standards. The 4 GB frame buffer may be insufficient for Ultra settings at 4K, causing the dramatic drop from 21.5 FPS at Medium to 12.4 FPS at Ultra.

The GPU's 74th percentile ranking among all GPUs suggests it is a mid-range part, but in this title, the data shows it struggling to maintain playable framerates at 4K across all settings. The RX 570's GCN 4.0 architecture, built on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries, is an older design with 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die. Its DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3 API support are adequate, but the raw throughput limits are evident in the measured results.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of diminishing performance as resolution increases. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 81.3 at 1080p to 51.3 at 1440p (a 36.9% reduction), then to 28.9 at 4K (a 43.7% reduction from 1440p). At High settings, the corresponding values are 52.1, 36, and 20 FPS — a 30.9% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 44.4% drop from 1440p to 4K.

The scaling pattern suggests the GPU becomes the limiting component at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the CPU can feed the GPU sufficiently, but as pixel count increases, the RX 570's compute resources (5.095 TFLOPS FP32) and memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s) become saturated. The ratio of FPS between 1080p and 4K at Low settings is 81.3 to 28.9, roughly 2.8:1, which is close to the theoretical 4:1 pixel count ratio but not fully scaling — indicating some CPU involvement even at higher resolutions.

Interestingly, the percentage drop from 1440p to 4K is consistently larger than from 1080p to 1440p across all settings. This non-linear degradation points to memory bandwidth saturation, as the 256-bit bus and 224.0 GB/s throughput cannot sustain the data demands of 4K rendering. The 4 GB VRAM capacity also becomes a limiting factor, likely causing texture thrashing at 4K Ultra settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 1688 out of 1733 tested combinations places this system in the bottom 2.6% of all configurations tested in Minimum. This is a remarkably low position, suggesting that either the CPU or GPU (or both) is severely underpowered for this game's demands. Given the GPU's 74th percentile ranking among all GPUs and the CPU's 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs, the poor combo rank implies Minimum is particularly demanding on one component.

The CPU's nearest rivals all score within 1.3% of the i5-12400F in average benchmarks, meaning this processor is not uniquely weak. Similarly, the GPU's nearest rivals are within 0.8%, indicating the RX 570 is not an outlier in its class. Yet the combination lands near the bottom of the rankings, suggesting Minimum's engine may be sensitive to specific architectural features — possibly the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads or the GPU's GCN 4.0 architecture.

The data shows that the CPU's multi-threaded performance (Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16518) is strong relative to its single-thread score (2332), but the GPU's compute throughput (5.095 TFLOPS) is modest. The combination's poor ranking may stem from a bottleneck in the GPU's texture rate (159.2 GTexel/s) or pixel rate (39.81 GPixel/s) when handling Minimum's rendering load at higher resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings for this combo depend heavily on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, Low settings deliver 81.3 FPS, which is the only configuration that exceeds 80 FPS. Medium settings at 1080p produce 62.9 FPS, which is still smooth for most gameplay. High settings at 1080p yield 52.1 FPS, while Ultra drops to 37.8 FPS — a 53.5% reduction from Low to Ultra.

At 2560x1440, Low settings achieve 51.3 FPS, which is playable but not ideal. Medium and High produce 37.7 and 36 FPS respectively, while Ultra falls to 23.6 FPS. At 3840x2160, no setting reaches 30 FPS — Low tops out at 28.9 FPS, Medium at 21.5 FPS, High at 20 FPS, and Ultra at 12.4 FPS.

The data suggests that for a balanced experience, 1080p Medium (62.9 FPS) or 1080p Low (81.3 FPS) are the best choices if framerate is the priority. For visual fidelity, 1080p High (52.1 FPS) offers a reasonable compromise. At 1440p, Low settings (51.3 FPS) are the only option that approaches smooth gameplay. 4K is not viable at any settings, as even Low fails to reach 30 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are: Low 81.3, Medium 62.9, High 52.1, and Ultra 37.8. The step from Low to Medium costs 18.4 FPS (22.6% reduction), Medium to High costs 10.8 FPS (17.2% reduction), and High to Ultra costs 14.3 FPS (27.4% reduction). The Ultra setting incurs a proportionally larger penalty, suggesting it enables features that heavily tax the GPU.

At 2560x1440, the values are: Low 51.3, Medium 37.7, High 36, and Ultra 23.6. The drop from Low to Medium is 13.6 FPS (26.5%), Medium to High is only 1.7 FPS (4.5%), but High to Ultra is 12.4 FPS (34.4%). The minimal difference between Medium and High at 1440p indicates a different bottleneck than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the values are: Low 28.9, Medium 21.5, High 20, and Ultra 12.4. The drop from Low to Medium is 7.4 FPS (25.6%), Medium to High is 1.5 FPS (7.0%), and High to Ultra is 7.6 FPS (38.0%). The Ultra setting at 4K suffers the largest relative penalty of any resolution-settings combination.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Alder Lake-S architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process with a 163 mm² die size. It has a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1.25 MB L2 per core, and 18 MB shared L3. It supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, and has PCIe Gen 5 with 20 lanes.

In Minimum, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions, but its performance at 1080p Low (81.3 FPS) suggests it can feed the GPU adequately at lower resolution. The CPU's single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2332, Geekbench single-core 2221) is respectable, while multi-threaded scores (Cinebench R23 multi-core 16518, Geekbench multi-core 9138) are strong for a 6-core part.

The CPU's 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs indicates it is above average, yet the combo still ranks near the bottom in Minimum. This suggests that the game may be more GPU-dependent, but the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads could still become a limiting factor in certain scenes. The passmark multithread score of 19433 and single-thread score of 3481 provide additional context on its overall capability.

The data shows that the CPU's performance relative to its nearest rivals is nearly identical (all within 1.3% deltaPct), so the poor combo rank is unlikely to be caused by a defective or underperforming CPU unit. Instead, the bottleneck likely lies in the interaction between the CPU's memory bandwidth (DDR4/DDR5 dual-channel) and the GPU's 224.0 GB/s bandwidth, particularly at higher resolutions where data transfer demands increase.