Overpower

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT lands at rank 2353 out of 3713 tested combos in Overpower. That places this configuration in the lower-middle tier of the database, meaning roughly 63% of all tested combinations deliver higher average frame rates in this Action title. The ranking is not catastrophic, but it signals that this pairing is far from the top of the performance stack for a game released in 2023.

What does that rank imply? The CPU sits at the 71st percentile among all processors in the database, while the GPU lands at the 60th percentile among all graphics cards. Neither component is a standout in its class, and the combined result reflects that mediocrity. The i5-11400F's average benchmark score of 17177 places it within 0.3% of the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120) and 0.4% below the Intel Core i5-12450H (17239). Meanwhile, the RX 7600 XT's average score of 17083 sits 0.7% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (17208) and 0.3% above the GTX 690 (17037). These are tight margins, meaning the combo's rank could shift noticeably with driver updates or game patches that favor one architecture over another.

The data suggests this pairing is balanced in an unremarkable way. Neither component bottlenecks the other severely, but neither boosts the experience either. For a game like Overpower, which appears to scale predictably with both CPU and GPU resources based on the measured FPS rows, this combo delivers playable results at most settings—though the rank advises against expecting high-refresh-rate dominance at maximum quality.

# Settings Recommendations

Examining the measured FPS rows, the sweet spot for this combo in Overpower is the Medium preset. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers an average of 85 FPS with a minimum of 72 and maximum of 98. That is a comfortable margin above the 60 FPS threshold commonly associated with smooth gameplay, and the minimum frame rate stays respectable even during demanding scenes. High at 1080p drops to 79 average, which is still fine, but the gap between Medium and High is only 6 FPS—suggesting diminishing returns on visual fidelity for that small cost.

At 2560x1440, Medium averages 76 FPS with a minimum of 64, which remains playable, while High falls to 70 average. At 3840x2160, Medium drops to 64 average with a 55 minimum, which starts to approach the edge of comfort for fast-paced action. The Ultra preset is the outlier; it averages 65 FPS at 1080p, 58 at 1440p, and 50 at 4K. Those numbers are below what most gamers would accept for a smooth experience, especially the 4K result.

Low settings, by contrast, push frame rates to 136 at 1080p, 121 at 1440p, and 103 at 4K. That is a massive jump from Ultra—over double the FPS at 4K—but it likely sacrifices too much visual quality for the game's intended presentation. The data points to Medium as the balanced choice: it preserves enough graphical detail while keeping frame rates above 60 at 1080p and 1440p, and just barely at 4K. Players targeting 4K should consider Medium with the understanding that the 55 FPS minimum could dip during heavy action sequences.

# Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between the CPU and GPU. At Medium settings, the average frame rate falls from 85 at 1080p to 76 at 1440p (a 10.6% drop) and then to 64 at 4K (a further 15.8% drop from 1440p). This is a relatively gentle scaling curve, suggesting that the GPU is not being overwhelmed by pixel count alone—otherwise the 4K figure would be far lower relative to 1080p.

Low settings tell a similar story: 136 at 1080p, 121 at 1440p, and 103 at 4K. The percentage drops are 11.0% and 14.9%, respectively. High settings show 79, 70, and 60—drops of 11.4% and 14.3%. Ultra is the most extreme: 65, 58, and 50, with drops of 10.8% and 13.8%. The consistency of these percentages across all four presets is striking. It implies that the limiting factor at higher resolutions is not the GPU's raw pixel throughput but rather the CPU's ability to feed the renderer with enough draw calls and physics updates.

The i5-11400F's 6 cores and 12 threads at a 2.60 GHz base clock, boosting to 4.40 GHz, appear sufficient to keep frame rates from collapsing at 4K. The RX 7600 XT's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth are also holding up well, since the frame rate does not nosedive at higher resolutions. If either component were severely imbalanced, the scaling would show a sharp cliff somewhere in the curve. Instead, the gradual decline points to a balanced pairing where both parts contribute to the bottleneck evenly. This means players upgrading one component alone would see limited gains; the other would simply become the new constraint.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings sweep is available. Low leads with 136 average FPS, followed by Medium at 85 (minimum 72, maximum 98), High at 79, and Ultra at 65. The gap between Low and Medium is 51 FPS—a massive jump that suggests Low is stripping away significant graphical work, possibly shadows or post-processing. The smaller gaps between Medium, High, and Ultra (6, 14, and 20 FPS respectively) indicate diminishing returns as settings climb.

At 2560x1440, Low averages 121 FPS, Medium 76 (minimum 64, maximum 87), High 70, and Ultra 58. The pattern mirrors 1080p: Low is far ahead, Medium holds above 60, and Ultra falls below 60. The 58 FPS average at Ultra is notable because it means the combo cannot sustain a fluid experience at maximum quality on a 1440p monitor. Players with 144Hz displays would need to stay at Medium or below to exploit the refresh rate.

At 3840x2160, Low still manages 103 FPS, which is impressive for 4K, but Medium drops to 64 (minimum 55, maximum 74), High to 60, and Ultra to 50. The 4K Medium minimum of 55 FPS is the closest any preset comes to dipping below playable thresholds, but it holds. The 4K Ultra result of 50 average is the weakest data point in the entire set—technically playable but likely a stutter-prone experience in fast action scenes.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently provides the best balance of frame rate and visual quality. The minimum FPS figures for Medium (72 at 1080p, 64 at 1440p, 55 at 4K) all stay above 50, which is a critical threshold for maintaining perceived smoothness in most games. High and Ultra offer marginal visual improvements but cost 10-20% of the average frame rate, making them less attractive for this hardware pairing.

# GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. Its 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die give it a transistor density of 65.2M per mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1980 MHz, a game clock of 2470 MHz, and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. Memory runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective speed across a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The 16 GB GDDR6 frame buffer is generous for this performance class and is likely why 4K Medium remains playable—the game can cache more textures without spilling to slower storage.

The GPU's benchmark scores show a curious pattern. The PassMark G3D score of 17132 and average benchmark score of 17083 place it near the RTX 3070 (17208, delta -0.7%) and GTX 690 (17037, delta 0.3%), but the DirectX 12 score of 65 is notably low, while DirectX 11 scores 167 and DirectX 9 scores 228. This suggests the RX 7600 XT excels in older APIs but struggles with modern DirectX 12 workloads—a potential concern for Overpower if it uses advanced DX12 features. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2348 reinforces this, being only a fraction of what the passmark scores might imply.

The GPU's 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 176.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance of 22.57 TFLOPS is respectable, matching FP16 at a 1:1 ratio, which indicates this card is not artificially limited in compute tasks. However, the measured FPS data shows the GPU is not the dominant bottleneck in Overpower—otherwise, the 4K Ultra result would be far lower than 50 FPS given the card's modest ROP count. Instead, the consistent performance across resolutions points to a balanced workload where the GPU's 16 GB buffer and 288 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient, and the CPU keeps up with the game's logic demands.

# FAQ

Q: Is this combo capable of 60 FPS at 4K in Overpower?

A: Yes, but only at Medium settings, which average 64 FPS with a minimum of 55. At High, the average drops to exactly 60, while Ultra falls to 50. Low reaches 103 at 4K, but that preset likely sacrifices too much visual detail.

Q: What is the best preset for this combo at 1440p?

A: Medium offers the strongest balance, averaging 76 FPS with a 64 minimum and 87 maximum. High averages 70, and Ultra drops below 60 at 58, making Medium the only preset that comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS threshold at this resolution.

Q: How does the RX 7600 XT compare to the RTX 3070 in raw benchmarks?

A: The RX 7600 XT has an average benchmark score of 17083, which is 0.7% lower than the RTX 3070's 17208. The delta is negligible in synthetic tests, but the RX 7600 XT's DirectX 12 score of 65 is far below what the RTX 3070 would likely achieve in the same test, suggesting potential real-world differences in DX12-heavy titles.

Q: Does the i5-11400F bottleneck the RX 7600 XT in Overpower?

A: The data suggests minimal bottlenecking. The CPU's average score of 17177 is within 0.6% of the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17278) and 0.4% of the Core i5-12450H (17239). The gradual FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K indicates both components are contributing evenly, with no single part causing a cliff in performance.

Q: What is the lowest FPS recorded for this combo?

A: The lowest average is 50 FPS at 4K Ultra settings. The lowest minimum FPS is 55, recorded at 4K Medium. No preset drops below 50 average, which means the combo never becomes unplayable, but the 4K Ultra experience would be marginal.

Q: Is 16 GB of VRAM necessary for this game?

A: The RX 7600 XT's 16 GB GDDR6 buffer with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth appears to be beneficial at 4K, where Medium settings maintain a 55 FPS minimum. A smaller frame buffer might cause texture streaming stutters that would show up as lower minimum FPS values, but the data cannot confirm this without a direct comparison to an 8 GB variant.

# CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Rocket Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process. It runs at a base clock of 2.60 GHz and boosts to 4.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The 12 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are modest by modern standards, but they align with the CPU's 71st percentile ranking among all processors.

The CPU's benchmark results paint a picture of a capable but not exceptional performer. Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 14340, while single-core scores 2024. Geekbench multi-core hits 7737 and single-core 1777. PassMark multi-thread scores 16908 with a single-thread score of 2981. These numbers place the i5-11400F in the same tier as the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120, delta 0.3%) and Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074, delta 0.6%), though those are very different processors in terms of core counts and power envelopes.

In Overpower, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads appear sufficient to avoid becoming a primary bottleneck. The measured FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K shows a consistent 11-15% drop per resolution step across all presets, which would not occur if the CPU were choking the GPU's frame output. If the i5-11400F were the limiting factor, the 1080p and 1440p scores would be much closer together, as the GPU would have headroom that the CPU could not fill.

The CPU's 3DMark scores provide additional insight. The single-thread score of 868 and 2-thread score of 1691 are relatively close, while 4-thread scores 3171, 8-thread scores 4691, and max-thread scores 5652. This scaling curve indicates that the processor gains meaningful performance up to 8 threads but shows diminishing returns beyond that—a pattern consistent with a 6-core design where hyper-threading provides a moderate boost. For Overpower, which likely uses multiple threads for physics and AI, the 12-thread capability is probably a benefit, but the game does not appear to be thread-hungry enough to expose the CPU's limitations.

The memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s could theoretically constrain the CPU's ability to feed the GPU, but the FPS data does not support this hypothesis. If memory bandwidth were a bottleneck, the 4K results would be disproportionately lower than 1080p, as the GPU would starve for data. Instead, the consistent scaling suggests that the DDR4 memory configuration is adequate for this workload. The CPU's PCIe Gen 4 support with 20 lanes is also sufficient for the RX 7600 XT's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, so data transfer between the two components is unlikely to be a limiting factor. Overall, the i5-11400F plays its role as a solid mid-range partner to the RX 7600 XT, neither raising nor detracting from the GPU's performance in Overpower.