Outriders

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the Intel Arc B580 ranks 1294th out of 1693 tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the lower third of the database. This is a surprisingly modest position for a modern desktop platform, and the data suggests the pairing is heavily constrained by the GPU in most scenarios. While the combo is not near the top of the charts, it delivers playable performance at 1440p and 1080p on medium-to-high settings, which aligns with the Arc B580’s positioning as a mid-range card rather than a high-end contender. The rank reflects the actual measured results, not the theoretical potential of the components, and the gap to the top 10% of combos is substantial.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 1294 out of 1693 places it in the 23rd percentile of all tested configurations for Outriders. This is a below-average result, and the reason becomes clear when examining the GPU’s performance ceiling. The Arc B580 sits at the 66th percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 23021. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon 760M (0.1% ahead), NVIDIA P106-100 (0.3% ahead), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (0.7% ahead), while it leads the RTX 4060 Mobile by 1.3%. These are tight margins, meaning the B580 is essentially trading blows with entry-level and mid-range cards from prior generations. In contrast, the CPU is a powerhouse: the Core i7-14700F ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54097. This massive disparity between CPU and GPU capability is the core story of this combo — the CPU is not the bottleneck, and the rank is dictated almost entirely by the GPU’s limits in Outriders.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B580 is built on the Xe2-HPG architecture (Battlemage generation) using a 5 nm process from TSMC, with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. Its memory subsystem includes 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The base and boost clocks are identical at 2670 MHz, with memory clocked at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective). This configuration yields 13.67 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, 213.6 GPixel/s pixel fill rate, and 427.2 GTexel/s texture rate. In Outriders, these specs translate into measurable but uneven results. At 1080p with Low settings, the card achieves 194.8 FPS, which is well above playable thresholds, but this drops to 79.4 FPS at Ultra — a 59% reduction. The scaling suggests the B580’s 2560 shading units and 80 ROPs are sufficient for lower settings but become strained as shader complexity increases. The 12 GB VRAM is ample for 1080p and 1440p in this game, but at 4K Ultra, the card falls to 28.9 FPS, indicating that both memory bandwidth and compute throughput are insufficient for the game’s highest visual demands. The GPU’s 190 W TDP and dual-slot cooler are typical for this class, and the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface is adequate.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor from the Raptor Lake Refresh generation, built on Intel’s 10 nm process. It features a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with a 33 MB shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache. Its benchmark scores are impressive: Cinebench R23 multi-core hits 35443, single-core 5003, and Geekbench multi-core reaches 16571. The CPU’s nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (0.6% ahead), AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (1.1% ahead), and Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (1.2% behind), showing it is competitive with top-tier desktop chips. In Outriders, this CPU is never the limiting factor. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (194.8 FPS) is far above typical CPU-bound thresholds, and even at 4K Low (67.4 FPS), the GPU is still the primary constraint. The CPU’s 20 cores and high boost clock ensure that frame pacing remains consistent, but the data shows no scenario where the i7-14700F’s performance ceiling is reached. It is a case of a high-end CPU being paired with a mid-range GPU, and the combo’s rank reflects the GPU’s inability to fully utilize the CPU’s capacity.

FAQ

Q: Is the Intel Arc B580 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 in Outriders?

A: The B580’s average benchmark score is 0.7% lower than the RTX 4060, so the two cards are statistically equivalent. However, the B580 leads the RTX 4060 Mobile by 1.3%, and trails the AMD Radeon 760M by 0.1%.

Q: What is the best resolution and settings for this combo in Outriders?

A: The data shows 1080p Medium (144 FPS) and 1440p High (69.8 FPS) as strong options. At 4K, only Low settings (67.4 FPS) are playable, while 4K Ultra drops to 28.9 FPS.

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

A: The i7-14700F has an average benchmark score of 54097, which is 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X and 1.1% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, but 1.2% ahead of the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 and 1.7% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P.

Q: Does the combo’s rank improve at lower resolutions?

A: No, the rank of 1294 is a single score for the combo across all tested resolutions. The FPS data shows that even at 1080p Low (194.8 FPS), the GPU is the bottleneck, so the rank would not change with resolution.

Q: Is the 12 GB VRAM sufficient for Outriders at 4K?

A: The GPU has 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, but at 4K Ultra the average FPS is 28.9, suggesting that memory capacity is adequate but bandwidth and compute power are insufficient. At 4K Low, the FPS rises to 67.4, indicating the game scales well with settings.

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

A: The Intel Core i7-14700F has a launch MSRP of $359, and the Intel Arc B580 has a launch MSRP of 249 USD. These are the only price figures provided.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data across resolutions reveals a clear pattern of GPU limitation. From 1080p to 1440p, the average FPS drops by approximately 34% at High settings (106.3 to 69.8 FPS), and from 1440p to 4K, it drops another 49% (69.8 to 35.3 FPS). This steep decline is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the rendering load scales nearly linearly with pixel count. At Low settings, the drop is less severe: 194.8 FPS at 1080p falls to 123.4 FPS at 1440p (a 37% reduction) and then to 67.4 FPS at 4K (a 45% reduction). The fact that even at 1080p Low, the CPU is not the bottleneck — evidenced by the high FPS — confirms that the Arc B580 is the limiting component. The difference between Medium and High settings is also telling: at 1440p, Medium yields 89.2 FPS versus 69.8 FPS for High, a 28% gap that shows how sensitive the GPU is to shader complexity. At 4K, the gap between Low (67.4 FPS) and Medium (45.9 FPS) is 47%, and between Medium and High (35.3 FPS) is 23%. This scaling suggests that Outriders is heavily dependent on the GPU’s fill rate and compute resources, and the B580’s 13.67 TFLOPS are simply not enough for high-resolution, high-settings gameplay. The CPU’s role is minimal throughout, as the i7-14700F’s strong single-thread performance (5003 in Cinebench R23) ensures it never becomes a limiting factor, even at 1080p Low where the GPU is producing nearly 200 FPS. Overall, the data indicates that users should target 1080p Medium or 1440p Low-to-High for a smooth experience, and avoid 4K Ultra unless they are willing to accept sub-30 FPS performance.