Outriders

Outriders with the Intel Core i5-14400F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 produces a wide spread of frame rates: 173 FPS at 1080p Low drops to 26 FPS at 4K Ultra, with the 2560x1440 High preset holding 79 FPS. The CPU is a 10-core, 16-thread Raptor Lake part clocking up to 4.70 GHz, while the GPU is an RDNA 4 architecture with 16 GB GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus and a 2520 MHz boost clock. Measured data covers three resolutions and four quality presets, giving a clear picture of where this combination is usable and where it is not.

FAQ

Q: Does this combo achieve 60 FPS at 2560x1440?

A: Yes. The 1440p High preset averages 79 FPS and the Medium preset averages 83 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 50 FPS, so the Medium and High presets both comfortably exceed the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the best preset for 3840x2160?

A: The only 4K preset that reaches an average above 53 FPS is Low at 57 FPS. The High preset averages 41 FPS, Medium 43 (with a minimum of 37), and Ultra 26. Low is the only 4K preset that breaks 50 FPS, but it is still below 60.

Q: How strong is the CPU's multi‑core performance?

A: The i5-14400F scores 21,645 points in Cinebench R23 multi‑core and 9,090 points in Cinebench R20. It ranks in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs tested, placing it above average. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, scores 32,233 points in average benchmark, a delta of only 0.1%.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its direct competitors?

A: The RX 9070 has an average benchmark score of 23,877, which is 1.2% higher than the RTX 2080 SUPER (score 24,170) and 1.1% lower than the RTX 3080 Mobile (23,628). It also sits 0.8% behind the RX 6800S (24,063) and 0.6% ahead of the GTX TITAN Z (23,736) based on the nearestRivals data.

Q: Which resolution/setting combination yields the highest minimum FPS?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the measured FPS range is 111 min to 152 max, with an average of 131. At 1440p Medium the minimum drops to 70, while 4K Medium has a 37–50 FPS range. The 1080p Medium preset has the strongest floor of all listed data.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS pattern shows that the Medium preset gives the best overall balance across all three resolutions. At 1080p, Medium averages 96 FPS higher than High (131 vs. 125) and 32 FPS higher than Ultra (131 vs 80). At 1440p, Medium averages 83 FPS (70 min) versus 79 FPS for High, and it doubles the Ultra average of 50 FPS. At 4K, Medium still leads High, at 43 average vs 41, but the gap between Medium and Low (57 FPS) is large enough that Low is the only playable 4K preset.

You can get a smooth 60 FPS experience at both 1080p and 1440p using Medium. At 1440p Medium, the minimum measured is 70 FPS, so frame hits are unlikely. For those who prefer the higher visual fidelity, 1440p High also holds 79 average and will never drop below 60, as the 1080p High has no‑listed minimum but averages 125. Ultra is only worth using at 1080p, where it still hits 40 FPS average; at 1440p Ultra drops to 50 and at 4K to 26.

For the best playable experience, choose Medium at 1440p or 1080p. For 4K, you need to drop to Low to get 57 FPS, and even then you’re still below 60. Given the min‑FPS at Medium – 111 at 1080p and 70 at 1440p – Medium is the lowest‑risk preset that keeps your frame times stable.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F brings 10 cores and 16 threads, a base clock of 2.50 GHz, and a boost of 4.70 GHz, with a TDP of just 65 W. Its 20 MB shared L3 cache and TSMC‑manufactured 10 10nm process are part of its 2024 generation refresh. In the Outriders measurements, CPU strengths show up at low resolutions: at 1080p Low the combo hits 173 FPS, and at 2560x1440 Low it maintains 109 FPS. That indicates the CPU is feeding the GPU more than enough to hit high frame rates when the GPU is not yet saturated.

Testing data shows the i5-14400F sits in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs, but the actual margin is tiny: it scores within 0.5% of the Intel Core i7-12800H (delta 0.5) and within 0.2% of the Intel Core i9-11900 (delta 0.2). Its multicore numbers (21645 Cinebench R23, 11268 Geekbench) are modest but respectable. Since the game’s 1080p results are 58–173 FPS, the CPU provides more than enough throughput for typical gameplay at 1080p to 1440p. The CPU’s single‑thread performance (Cinebench R23 single‑core 3055, Geekbench 2058) supports those strengths.

The integrated graphics are listed as N/A, so all rendering is done by the discrete GPU. The processor supports PCIe Gen5 with 16 lanes, meaning it has ample bandwidth for the GPU’s interface. With a die size of 215 mm² and a power draw of 65W, the 14400F is a high‑efficiency part that does not become the bottleneck in this configuration. In the 4K and 4K High results, the drop to 41 FPS and 26 FPS at Ultra shows the CPU is not the limiting factor; the GPU is.

How This Combo Ranks

The i5-14400F + RX 9070 combination was measured at rank 2826 out of 3710 tested combos in Outriders. That means 2826 out of 3710 combos outperform it, while 884 combos are worse. It sits in the lower two‑thirds of the database, although it is far from the worst. The rank is dominated by the GPU’s frame‑time performance rather than raw CPU chops – the CPU itself is in the 83.0 percentile of all CPUs, but the overall rank is pulled down by the relatively low 4K metrics.

A rank of 2826 places this build in the 76.2 percentile of the tested pool, meaning it is better than ~764 of the other combos. While that does not sound impressive, the data shows that the combo is still quite serviceable at 1080p and 1440p – those settings yield frame rates of 173 and 79, which would put it above many older configurations and below only the fastest setups. The rank also includes combos that use much faster GPUs, so the comparison is not apples‑to‑apples. Within the single‑GPU precision class, the CPU contributes.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is built on the RDNA 4 architecture with a 4nm process and features 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die. Its clock speeds: 2070 MHz in game mode and a 2520 MHz boost, with the 256‑bit GDDR6 memory running at 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective) for 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. The 16 GB VRAM capacity is substantial for current game assets, yet the 4K Ultra preset still drops to 26 FPS, showing that the memory size is not the limiting factor – the raw compute is.

Compute capabilities include 3,584 shading units, 224 TMUs, and 128 ROPs. With FP32 performance at 36.13 TFLOPS, the GPU handles modern settings, but at 4K the average FPS doesn’t exceed 57 even at Low. At lower resolutions, the GPU is much more efficient: 1080p Low is 173 FPS, and 1440p Low 109. The percentile ranking of the GPU (69th percentile) is lower than the CPU’s price‑formance index. Its benchmark scores reflect that: 3DMark Steel Nomad 6290, Geekbench OpenCL 131,521, Vulkan 58,705, GPUCompute 14737. The PassMark G3D score of 25,381 and PassMark DirectX 1,281 help explain why the 1080p results are excellent while 4K stays sub‑60.

The GPU has a TDP of 220W, which aligns with its positioning as a mid‑range RDNA4 product, and it uses a dual‑slot design with 2× 8‑pin connectors, suggesting a 550W PSU as recommended. It supports PCIe 5.0×16 and DisplayPort 1.3. Without the specific instantaneous data, the measured dropdown from 4K Low (57 FPS) to 4K High (41 FPS) likely comes from the rasterizer and the 128 ROPs being overworked at that resolution. For the best motion, the 1440p and 1080p results are more than adequate.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920×1080 (all averages):

• Low: 173 FPS
• High: 125 FPS
• Medium: 131 FPS (min 111, max 151)
• Ultra: 80 FPS

2560×1440:

• Low: 109 FPS
• High: 79 FPS
• Medium: 83 FPS (min 70, max 95)
• Ultra: 50 FPS

3840×2160:

• Low: 57 FPS
• High: 41 FPS
• Medium: 43 FPS (min 37, max 50)
• Ultra: 26 FPS

Data shows a linear scaling from 4K to 1080p with a roughly 2× FPS improvement from 4K High to 1080p High. The 4K Low result is 57 FPS.

Which means that the more demanding presets have disproportionately large frame drops: 4K Ultra is 26 FPS, 41 FPS, and 57 FPS for the three other quality levels. For a practical takeaway, the combo aims for 1080p Medium or Ultra, or 1440p Medium – those are the only settings that give an average above 80 FPS. For a steady 60 FPS at 1440p, set to High; for a strong 4K experience, you need to run Low. The given FPS numbers also show that the Medium preset consistently beats High by 2–8 FPS, so the Medium preset is the recommended quality/performance sweet spot.