Minimum

# Minimum — Intel Core i7-14700F + AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT delivers a performance profile that shifts dramatically across resolutions in Minimum, a 2014 third-person shooter. At 1080p, the combo produces triple-digit frame rates at every quality preset, but the data reveals a steep scaling curve toward 4K that exposes where this pairing's balance lies. The measured results show a system that can handle competitive frame rates at lower resolutions but begins to strain under the pixel throughput demands of 4K Ultra.

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

The frame rate decline from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is consistent across all four settings presets, but the magnitude of the drop tells a clear story about which component governs performance at each resolution. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 211.8 FPS at 1080p to 137.3 FPS at 1440p, then to 75.8 FPS at 4K — a reduction of 64.2% from the starting point. The Medium preset follows a similar pattern: 166.7 FPS at 1080p, 105.7 FPS at 1440p, and 55.2 FPS at 4K, representing a 66.9% decline.

High settings show 134.7 FPS at 1080p, 90.1 FPS at 1440p, and 45.4 FPS at 4K — a 66.3% drop. Ultra settings produce the most dramatic scaling, moving from 106 FPS at 1080p to 68.8 FPS at 1440p and finally 36.1 FPS at 4K, a 65.9% reduction. The fact that the percentage drop from 1080p to 4K remains relatively consistent across presets, hovering near two-thirds regardless of graphical load, suggests the scaling is driven more by resolution pixel count than by specific settings interactions. The RX 6750 XT's 12 GB GDDR6 memory and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth become increasingly relevant as resolution climbs, and the data indicates the GPU is the primary limiting factor at 4K — the frame rate at 4K Ultra of 36.1 FPS is barely playable, while 4K Low at 75.8 FPS remains fluid.

Interestingly, the gap between 1440p and 4K is proportionally larger than the gap between 1080p and 1440p for every preset. For instance, High settings drop 44.7 FPS from 1080p to 1440p, but then drop 44.7 FPS again from 1440p to 4K — identical absolute declines despite the resolution delta being smaller in raw pixel terms. This nonlinear behavior suggests that at 4K, the GPU's shading units and texture rate (416.0 GTexel/s) are being saturated, while at lower resolutions the Core i7-14700F's 20 cores and 28 threads have ample headroom to feed frames.

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

The Radeon RX 6750 XT is built on RDNA 2.0 architecture with a Navi 22 chip fabricated on TSMC's 7 nm process, containing 17,200 million transistors across a 335 mm² die. Its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus delivers 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves sufficient even at 4K Ultra where the data shows 36.1 FPS — a low but functional rate for a 2014 title. The GPU's boost clock of 2600 MHz and game clock of 2495 MHz, with a base of 2150 MHz, provide the computational throughput needed for the 2560 shading units to process Minimum's scenes.

The pixel rate of 166.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 416.0 GTexel/s are directly relevant to the resolution scaling observed. At 4K, the GPU must fill over 8.3 million pixels per frame, and the measured frame rates indicate the pixel fill rate becomes a bottleneck — the 45.4 FPS at 4K High versus 90.1 FPS at 1440p High illustrates this constraint clearly. The 40 ray accelerators (RT cores) are present but irrelevant for this title, as Minimum predates widespread ray tracing adoption and the benchmark data shows no ray tracing performance metrics.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 79 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 35327, places it in the upper tier of graphics cards. Its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Radeon RX 5600M (0.2% higher score), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile (0.3% lower), and AMD Radeon 880M (0.9% lower) — the RX 6750 XT sits within 1.3% of all these competitors, indicating a tightly clustered performance band. The 250 W TDP and dual-slot design suggest thermal headroom is adequate, though the data does not include temperature measurements.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

Within the benchmark database's tested combinations, this pairing of the Intel Core i7-14700F and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT ranks 859th out of 1733 total combos for Minimum. This places the system almost exactly at the midpoint of the distribution — the 50th percentile — which is notable given the individual components' strong standalone rankings. The CPU sits at the 94th percentile among all processors, while the GPU ranks at the 79th percentile, yet their combined performance in this specific game lands squarely in the middle of the pack.

This discrepancy suggests that Minimum's performance characteristics do not heavily reward the CPU's high core count. The Core i7-14700F's 20 cores and 28 threads, with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, deliver excellent synthetic scores — a Cinebench R23 multicore result of 35443 and single-core of 5003 — but the game's frame rates appear more constrained by GPU throughput. The combo's mid-pack ranking implies that many other tested pairs, likely with more powerful GPUs and less capable CPUs, achieve higher frame rates in this title, reinforcing the interpretation that the RX 6750 XT is the performance ceiling for this combination.

The CPU's nearest rivals in overall benchmark scores are the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (0.6% ahead), AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (1.1% ahead), Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (1.2% behind), and AMD EPYC 7313P (1.7% behind). These deltas are minimal, suggesting the i7-14700F is well-matched to its competition, but the game-specific ranking shows that raw CPU power is not the determining factor in Minimum.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this combo?

A: The maximum measured average is 211.8 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this hardware?

A: At 4K, the combo delivers 75.8 FPS on Low, 55.2 FPS on Medium, 45.4 FPS on High, and 36.1 FPS on Ultra — playable on lower presets but not at maximum quality.

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

A: The Intel Core i7-14700F scores 54097 on average, sitting 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and 1.1% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, while leading the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 by 1.2%.

Q: What GPU benchmark score does the RX 6750 XT achieve?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score is 35327, with a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2548 and a Passmark G3D score of 20700.

Q: Does the game favor CPU or GPU performance at 1080p?

A: The data shows high frame rates at 1080p across all settings (106-211.8 FPS), indicating the GPU is sufficient at this resolution and the CPU's headroom is not fully utilized.

Q: What is the frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings?

A: Ultra settings decline from 106 FPS at 1080p to 36.1 FPS at 4K, a reduction of 65.9%.

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

The Intel Core i7-14700F features 20 cores and 28 threads, a configuration that provides substantial parallel processing capability. Its base clock of 2.10 GHz boosts to 5.40 GHz, and the processor includes 33 MB of shared L3 cache plus 2 MB per core of L2 cache. The 10 nm Raptor Lake-R architecture, built for Intel Socket 1700, supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode with ECC capability. The CPU's launch MSRP is $359.

Synthetic benchmarks show strong performance: Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 35443, single-core 5003; Geekbench multicore scores 16571, single-core 2711; Passmark multithread hits 41765. The 94th percentile ranking among all CPUs confirms its high tier. However, in Minimum, the frame rates at 1080p Low (211.8 FPS) suggest the CPU is not the limiting factor — even at Ultra settings (106 FPS), the processor has sufficient headroom. The Passmark physics score of 2495 and single-thread score of 4261 indicate robust per-core performance that a 2014 title would utilize effectively.

The data compression score of 512810 and encryption score of 30379 highlight the CPU's general computational strength, but these capabilities do not translate to proportional gains in this game. The nearest CPU rivals — the Ryzen 9 9900X and 9900X3D — are within 1.1% in average benchmark scores, yet the game's ranking suggests that pairing the i7-14700F with a higher-tier GPU would yield better results than swapping to those AMD chips.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Examining the measured data across all resolution and settings combinations, the optimal balance of visual quality and performance emerges at 1440p High, which delivers 90.1 FPS. This provides a smooth experience while maintaining reasonable graphical fidelity. At 1080p, Ultra at 106 FPS is fully playable and offers the best visual quality for users with 1080p displays. The 1080p Medium preset at 166.7 FPS represents the best choice for high-refresh-rate monitors, offering a significant frame rate boost over Ultra while presumably retaining much of the visual quality.

For 4K users, the choices are more constrained. Low settings at 75.8 FPS provide the only 4K option that approaches smoothness, while Medium at 55.2 FPS is borderline. High (45.4 FPS) and Ultra (36.1 FPS) at 4K are below the threshold for comfortable gameplay in a fast-paced third-person shooter. The 1440p Ultra setting at 68.8 FPS presents a viable compromise for users prioritizing visual quality over raw frame rates, though it falls short of the 90.1 FPS achieved at High settings.

The data indicates that the largest measurable quality improvement occurs when moving from Low to Medium at any resolution — the frame rate drop is consistent (e.g., 211.8 to 166.7 FPS at 1080p, 137.3 to 105.7 FPS at 1440p), suggesting Medium settings offer a substantial visual upgrade without an excessive performance penalty. The step from Medium to High incurs a similar relative cost, while the High-to-Ultra transition shows the largest performance hit per quality increment.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the combo produces its highest frame rates across all presets. Low settings average 211.8 FPS, Medium averages 166.7 FPS, High averages 134.7 FPS, and Ultra averages 106 FPS. The spread from lowest to highest preset is 105.8 FPS, with each settings tier costing roughly 25-30% of the previous tier's performance.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages drop to 137.3 FPS on Low, 105.7 FPS on Medium, 90.1 FPS on High, and 68.8 FPS on Ultra. The performance gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p narrows to 68.5 FPS in absolute terms, though the proportional differences remain similar to 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the data shows 75.8 FPS on Low, 55.2 FPS on Medium, 45.4 FPS on High, and 36.1 FPS on Ultra. The Ultra setting at 4K represents the lowest measured average across the entire dataset, falling below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider the minimum for smooth gameplay. The progression from Low to Ultra at 4K costs 39.7 FPS, with each settings tier reducing performance by roughly 15-20 FPS.

The complete dataset contains no minimum or maximum frame rate measurements — only averages are provided. The scaling pattern across resolutions is consistent: doubling the pixel count from 1080p to 4K (a 4x increase) results in frame rates that are approximately one-third of the 1080p values across all settings. This consistent ratio strongly implies that the RX 6750 XT's rendering throughput is the dominant constraint at higher resolutions, while the i7-14700F's substantial CPU resources remain underutilized throughout the tested configurations.