Minimum

# Minimum — Intel Core i5-13400F + AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

The Intel Core i5-13400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers a broadly capable experience in Minimum, a 2014 third-person shooter. Across the full matrix of tested resolutions and settings, the combo produces playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, while 4K remains viable only at lower quality presets. The data shows a system that scales predictably with resolution and settings, with the GPU becoming the dominant constraint at higher pixel counts and the CPU showing sufficient headroom at lower resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

Frame rates drop substantially as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, with the magnitude of the drop varying by settings preset. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 277.1 at 1080p to 180.5 at 1440p — a reduction of 96.6 FPS — and then to 98.2 at 4K, representing a cumulative decline of 178.9 FPS from 1080p to 4K. This scaling pattern indicates that the Radeon RX 9070 XT is the limiting component at 4K Low, as the CPU has ample headroom at such low graphical loads.

At High settings, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 63.9 FPS (179.6 to 115.7), and from 1440p to 4K it is 54.1 FPS (115.7 to 61.6). The proportional decline from 1080p to 4K at High is roughly 65.7%, which is slightly less severe than the 64.5% decline seen at Low. This suggests that as the GPU becomes more heavily loaded with higher-quality rendering, the relative performance loss per resolution step remains consistent — a hallmark of GPU-bound operation.

The Ultra preset shows the steepest absolute drop: from 134 FPS at 1080p to 86.4 at 1440p (a 47.6 FPS loss), then to 48.3 at 4K (a 38.1 FPS loss). The total decline of 85.7 FPS from 1080p Ultra to 4K Ultra represents a 64% reduction. Notably, the gap between 1440p and 4K at Ultra is smaller in absolute terms than the gap between 1080p and 1440p, which may indicate that at Ultra settings, the 4K result is approaching a floor where both resolution and settings saturate the GPU's capacity.

At 4K, the spread between Low (98.2 FPS) and Ultra (48.3 FPS) is 49.9 FPS, while at 1080p the same spread is 143.1 FPS (277.1 vs 134). This narrowing at 4K reinforces that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at high resolution, as settings changes have a smaller relative impact when pixel count already strains the renderer.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-13400F is a 10-core, 16-thread processor from the Core 13th Gen series, built on Raptor Lake architecture with a 10 nm process node. Its base clock is 2.50 GHz with a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, and it carries 20 MB of shared L3 cache alongside 1.25 MB L2 per core and 80 KB L1 per core. The processor supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration and connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes (CPU only).

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-13400F scores 21,279 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3,004 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 10,971 and single-core of 2,301. Its 3DMark results show scaling from 960 in single-thread to 7,314 in 16-thread tests, with max-thread score at 7,307 — nearly identical to the 16-thread result, indicating that the 16-thread workload saturates the chip's capabilities. The Passmark multithread score is 25,032, with integer math at 79,942 and floating-point math at 60,539.

The CPU's percentile ranking against all tested CPUs is 82, placing it in the upper tier of processors. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-13620H (average score 25,201, delta 0.1%), the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25,365, delta -0.5%), and the AMD EPYC 9474F (25,103, delta 0.5%). These deltas are all within 0.6% of the i5-13400F's average benchmark score of 25,236, indicating that this CPU sits in a tightly contested performance band.

For Minimum, the CPU's role appears secondary at higher resolutions, given the GPU-bound scaling observed. However, at 1080p Low, where the system produces 277.1 FPS, the CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads provide enough throughput to avoid bottlenecking the Radeon GPU. The boost clock of 4.60 GHz and single-thread score of 3,004 in Cinebench R23 suggest solid per-core performance, which matters for a third-person shooter that likely has a primary game thread.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with the Navi 48 chip, fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC. It packs 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die, with 4,096 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 128 ROPs, plus 64 ray-tracing cores. The GPU's base clock is 1660 MHz, with a boost clock of 2970 MHz and a game clock of 2400 MHz. Memory consists of 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth at 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective).

The RX 9070 XT achieves a Passmark G3D score of 26,795 and a Passmark GPU compute score of 15,864. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it scores 7,260, with Geekbench OpenCL at 160,317 and Vulkan at 184,026. Its percentile ranking versus all GPUs is 82, matching the CPU's percentile. The nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 575 (average score 39,703, delta -0.1%), the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568, delta 0.2%), and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (39,879, delta -0.6%). The GPU's average benchmark score is 39,647.

In Minimum, the GPU's 16 GB VRAM and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth are more than sufficient for a 2014 title, even at 4K Ultra. The pixel rate of 380.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 760.3 GTexel/s indicate substantial fill-rate capacity. The observed FPS scaling — from 48.3 at 4K Ultra to 277.1 at 1080p Low — demonstrates that the GPU's performance is heavily influenced by both resolution and settings, with the 4K Ultra result being the only sub-60 FPS outcome in the entire dataset. The boost clock of 2970 MHz provides high single-GPU throughput, which is reflected in the strong 1080p numbers.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RX 9070 XT delivers 277.1 FPS on Low, 213.2 on Medium, 179.6 on High, and 134 on Ultra. The step from Low to Medium costs 63.9 FPS, Medium to High costs 33.6 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 45.6 FPS. All 1080p results are far above the 60 FPS threshold, indicating a comfortable experience regardless of settings.

At 2560x1440, results are 180.5 FPS on Low, 139.7 on Medium, 115.7 on High, and 86.4 on Ultra. The drop from Low to Medium is 40.8 FPS, Medium to High is 24.0 FPS, and High to Ultra is 29.3 FPS. Even at 1440p Ultra, the system maintains 86.4 FPS, which is well above typical 60 FPS targets.

At 3840x2160, the results are 98.2 FPS on Low, 72.4 on Medium, 61.6 on High, and 48.3 on Ultra. The Low-to-Medium step costs 25.8 FPS, Medium-to-High costs 10.8 FPS, and High-to-Ultra costs 13.3 FPS. The 4K High result of 61.6 FPS barely clears 60 FPS, while 4K Ultra falls below at 48.3 FPS. The data shows that 4K Ultra is the only configuration in the entire dataset that fails to reach 60 FPS average.

Comparing across resolutions, the 1080p Low result of 277.1 FPS is 2.8 times higher than the 4K Low result of 98.2 FPS. The ratio at Ultra is 134/48.3 = 2.8, and at High it is 179.6/61.6 = 2.9. This consistent ~2.8-2.9x scaling from 1080p to 4K indicates that the GPU's rendering pipeline scales evenly with pixel count, with no unexpected bottlenecks appearing at any resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of Intel Core i5-13400F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks 439th out of 1,733 tested combos in Minimum, placing it in the top 25.3% of all configurations. The rank reflects the GPU's strong performance, as the CPU's percentile (82) and GPU's percentile (82) are both in the upper tier, and the measured FPS results confirm a capable pairing.

Given the game's 2014 release, the benchmark results indicate that this modern hardware combination provides significant headroom. The 4K Ultra result of 48.3 FPS is the sole sub-60 FPS outcome, meaning that 11 of the 12 tested configurations exceed 60 FPS. At 1080p, every settings preset delivers at least 134 FPS, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate displays. The 1440p results are also strong, with even Ultra exceeding 86 FPS.

The combo's rank of 439 suggests that while this pairing is not at the very top of the database, it outperforms the majority of tested systems in this specific game. The delta between the CPU's nearest rivals is minimal (all within 0.6%), so the CPU choice is unlikely to be the differentiating factor in ranking; instead, the RX 9070 XT's performance drives the combo's position.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 60 FPS at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the High preset delivers 61.6 FPS average, which just exceeds 60 FPS. The Medium preset provides 72.4 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 48.3 FPS, which is below 60 FPS.

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

A: The i5-13400F has an average benchmark score of 25,236, which is 0.1% below the Intel Core i7-13620H (25,201) and 0.5% below the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D (25,365). It is 0.5% above the AMD EPYC 9474F (25,103) and AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 (25,099).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces 277.1 FPS, while Ultra produces 134 FPS, a difference of 143.1 FPS. This represents a 51.6% reduction from Low to Ultra.

Q: Does the GPU bottleneck the system at 4K?

A: Yes, the data indicates GPU-bound operation at 4K. The FPS spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 49.9 FPS, compared to 143.1 FPS at 1080p, showing that settings have less impact when pixel count saturates the GPU.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the CPU and GPU?

A: The Intel Core i5-13400F has a launch MSRP of $196, and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has a launch MSRP of 599 USD.

Q: How many tested combos rank below this configuration?

A: This combo ranks 439th out of 1,733 total combos, meaning 1,294 configurations rank below it in Minimum. This places the combo in the top 25.3% of all tested systems.