Outriders

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 580 lands near the bottom of the database for Outriders, ranking 1556th out of 1693 tested combos. This is a combination defined by a stark imbalance: the CPU sits in the 94th percentile among all processors, while the GPU sits in just the 53rd percentile. Benchmark results indicate the processor is not the limiting factor; the Radeon RX 580, an end-of-life part from 2017, is carrying the weight of performance, and the data shows it struggling to keep pace with modern game demands.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 1556 out of 1693 places it in the bottom 8% of tested configurations for Outriders. That low position is almost entirely attributable to the graphics card. The Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake Refresh part with a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, and its average benchmark score of 54097 puts it within 1.7% of the AMD EPYC 7313P and 1.2% ahead of the Intel Xeon Phi 7290. The CPU has no trouble feeding frames; it is the GPU that bottlenecks the system.

The RX 580’s average benchmark score of 13559 places it within a tenth of a percent of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 and GTX 950, and 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 455. Those are the GPU’s nearest rivals, and they are all older or lower-tier parts. In Outriders, this combo can deliver playable frame rates at 1080p on Low settings, but it falls off sharply as resolution and quality rise. The data suggests that users upgrading from an older CPU but keeping an RX 580 will see almost no benefit in this title, as the GPU becomes the ceiling for performance.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580 is built on the Polaris 20 chip with a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries, featuring 2304 shading units and 32 ROPs. Its base clock runs at 1257 MHz with a boost of 1340 MHz, and it has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. The card’s FP32 throughput is 6.175 TFLOPS, and its pixel rate is 42.88 GPixel/s. These are mid-2010s specifications, and they show in Outriders.

At 1080p, the GPU can push 109.8 FPS on Low settings, which indicates it is capable of high frame rates when the load is light. However, the card’s 53rd percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with its DirectX 12 benchmark score of 43 (compared to 124 for DirectX 9), suggests it is better suited to older API workloads. In Outriders, a modern looter shooter, the RX 580’s architecture struggles to scale with higher settings. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for 1080p, but it is not the constraint; the shader and texture throughput is what limits performance at higher presets.

FAQ

*Q: Is the Core i7-14700F the reason this combo ranks so low in Outriders?*

A: No. The CPU ranks in the 94th percentile of all processors with an average benchmark score of 54097, placing it within 1.7% of the AMD EPYC 7313P. The GPU, which ranks in the 53rd percentile, is the bottleneck.

*Q: What frame rate can this combo achieve at 1080p in Outriders?*

A: At 1080p, the combo averages 109.8 FPS on Low settings, 82.2 FPS on Medium, 62.3 FPS on High, and 45.7 FPS on Ultra, according to measured data.

Q: How does the RX 580 compare to its closest rivals?

A: The RX 580’s average benchmark score of 13559 is within 0.1% of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and the GTX 570, and it is 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 455. It lags the NVIDIA P106-090 by 1.1%.

Q: Is the RX 580’s 8 GB VRAM enough for 4K in this game?

A: At 4K, the combo averages 38.6 FPS on Low settings, but drops to 13.9 FPS on Ultra. The VRAM capacity is not the limiting factor; the GPU’s compute throughput (6.175 TFLOPS) cannot handle the resolution at higher settings.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the CPU in this combo?

A: The Intel Core i7-14700F has a launch MSRP of $359.

Q: Does the CPU’s 20-core design help in this game?

A: The CPU’s multi-threaded performance is strong—its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 35443—but Outriders is GPU-bound here. The CPU’s single-core score of 5003 in Cinebench R23 is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RX 580 at most settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for Outriders shows a clear pattern across three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the combo averages 109.8 FPS on Low, which is a fully playable experience. Moving to Medium drops the average to 82.2 FPS, High yields 62.3 FPS, and Ultra falls to 45.7 FPS. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the RX 580 can handle the game comfortably on medium to high presets, with Low providing a high refresh rate experience.

At 2560x1440, the performance curve steepens. Low settings average 70.5 FPS, which remains playable, but Medium drops to 50.4 FPS, High to 40.8 FPS, and Ultra to 25.3 FPS. The 1440p results show the GPU’s pixel rate of 42.88 GPixel/s becoming a limiting factor, as the resolution increase directly impacts fill rate demands.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles. Low settings average 38.6 FPS, which is borderline playable, but Medium falls to 28.8 FPS, High to 21.6 FPS, and Ultra to 13.9 FPS. These numbers are below the 30 FPS threshold for acceptable playability at 4K, except for Low settings. The data confirms that this configuration is not suited for high-resolution gaming in Outriders.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is dramatic and reveals the limiting component. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 109.8 at 1080p to 70.5 at 1440p (a 35.8% drop), and then to 38.6 at 4K (a 64.9% drop from 1080p). At Ultra settings, the drop is even steeper: from 45.7 at 1080p to 25.3 at 1440p (a 44.6% drop) and then to 13.9 at 4K (a 69.6% drop from 1080p).

This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. The Core i7-14700F, with its 33 MB of shared L3 cache and 5.40 GHz boost clock, is not the constraint; if the CPU were the bottleneck, the FPS would remain relatively flat across resolutions. Instead, the average FPS falls by roughly half when moving from 1080p to 4K at every preset, which points directly to the RX 580’s fill rate and memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s) being overwhelmed.

The data also shows that the gap between Low and Ultra settings widens as resolution increases. At 1080p, Ultra is 58.4% slower than Low (45.7 vs 109.8 FPS). At 4K, Ultra is 64% slower than Low (13.9 vs 38.6 FPS). This indicates that higher resolutions magnify the GPU’s architectural limits, particularly its 32 ROPs and 6.175 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. For users targeting 1080p, the combo is viable on Low to Medium settings, but for 1440p or 4K, the RX 580 becomes the definitive bottleneck, and the i7-14700F’s capabilities are left largely unused.