Overpower

Overpower pairs the Intel Core i5-12400 with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, a combination that lands at rank 684 out of 3713 tested combos for this title. The measured frame rates across three resolutions and four quality presets reveal a system that is consistently fast, though the scaling behavior between settings offers clear insight into where the performance ceiling sits.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is substantial but not catastrophic, indicating that the Radeon RX 7900 XT remains the dominant factor even at the highest pixel counts. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 132 at 1080p to 118 at 1440p, then to 100 at 4K. That represents a 10.6% reduction moving from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 15.3% reduction moving from 1440p to 4K. The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 24.2%, which shows that the GPU is still managing the resolution increase with relative ease rather than hitting a hard wall.

The Low preset tells a similar story with larger absolute numbers. At Low, the card produces 228 FPS at 1080p, 203 FPS at 1440p, and 173 FPS at 4K. The percentage declines are 11.0% and 14.8% respectively, closely mirroring the High preset scaling. This consistency across presets suggests that the limiting component is the GPU itself rather than any CPU bottleneck, because the CPU load does not change dramatically with resolution while the GPU workload scales directly with pixel count.

The Medium preset shows the most revealing scaling pattern because it includes minimum and maximum FPS values. At 1080p Medium, the average is 142 FPS with a minimum of 121 and maximum of 164. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 127 FPS with a minimum of 108 and maximum of 146. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 108 FPS with a minimum of 92 and maximum of 124. The minimum frame rates drop by 10.7% from 1080p to 1440p and then by 14.8% from 1440p to 4K, which aligns with the average FPS trend. The frame time consistency appears stable, as the spread between minimum and maximum remains proportionally similar across resolutions.

Ultra settings produce the lowest frame rates but still maintain playable averages. The 110 FPS at 1080p drops to 98 FPS at 1440p and 83 FPS at 4K. The percentage declines here are 10.9% and 15.3% respectively, which is almost identical to the other presets. This uniform scaling across all four quality levels strongly indicates that the Radeon RX 7900 XT is the primary performance determinant, with the Core i5-12400 providing enough headroom to avoid becoming the bottleneck even at lower resolutions where CPU load is proportionally higher.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. The GPU contains 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die, giving it a transistor density of 109.1M per mm². The memory subsystem consists of 20 GB of GDDR6 on a 320-bit bus, delivering 800.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock is rated at 2500 MHz with 20 Gbps effective speed, and the core clocks are listed as 1387 MHz base, 2025 MHz game, and 2394 MHz boost.

The measured performance in Overpower reflects this hardware configuration. At 1080p Low, the card achieves 228 FPS, which is close to what one might expect from a GPU with 5376 shading units and 192 ROPs. The pixel rate of 459.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 804.4 GTexel/s provide the raw throughput needed for high frame rates in an action game. The FP32 performance of 51.48 TFLOPS gives the card substantial compute headroom, though Overpower does not appear to be a compute-heavy title based on the scaling patterns.

The VRAM allocation of 20 GB is not stressed by this game at any resolution or preset. Even at 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 83 suggests memory bandwidth is sufficient, and there is no evidence of frame rate collapses that would indicate VRAM overflow or memory bandwidth saturation. The 800.0 GB/s bandwidth is likely the more critical factor than capacity, as the frame rate scaling from Medium to Ultra at each resolution shows a consistent 20-25% penalty, which aligns with increased shading and texture work rather than memory constraints.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it in the 55th percentile versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 13745. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon 660M at 13812 (0.5% higher), NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile at 13821 (0.5% higher), AMD Radeon RX 570X at 13871 (0.9% higher), and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT at 13543 (1.5% lower). These deltas are remarkably small, indicating that the RX 7900 XT sits in a tightly clustered performance band according to aggregate benchmarks, though its Overpower-specific results are clearly strong.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows provide a clear picture of how the quality presets trade frame rate for visual fidelity. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers 228 FPS, Medium drops to 142 FPS, High to 132 FPS, and Ultra to 110 FPS. The jump from Low to Medium costs 86 FPS, which is a 37.7% reduction, while the jump from Medium to High costs only 10 FPS, a 7.0% reduction. From High to Ultra, the cost is 22 FPS, a 16.7% reduction. This pattern suggests that Medium and High offer the most efficient balance between frame rate and graphical quality at 1080p.

At 1440p, the same pattern emerges with slightly lower absolute numbers. Low produces 203 FPS, Medium 127 FPS, High 118 FPS, and Ultra 98 FPS. The Low to Medium drop is 76 FPS (37.4%), Medium to High is 9 FPS (7.1%), and High to Ultra is 20 FPS (16.9%). The consistency of these percentage drops across resolutions indicates that the relative cost of each preset is governed by GPU workload rather than resolution-specific factors.

At 4K, Low achieves 173 FPS, Medium 108 FPS, High 100 FPS, and Ultra 83 FPS. The Low to Medium penalty is 65 FPS (37.6%), Medium to High is 8 FPS (7.4%), and High to Ultra is 17 FPS (17.0%). For a 60 Hz display, every preset at every resolution exceeds the refresh rate, so the recommendation depends on the display's capabilities. For 144 Hz displays, Medium at 4K and High at 1440p both clear the threshold. For 240 Hz displays, Low at 1080p is the only option that comes close, and it still falls short at 228 FPS.

The Medium preset stands out as the sweet spot because it includes measured minimum FPS values, which are not provided for the other presets. At 1080p Medium, the minimum of 121 FPS means the frame rate never dips below what most 120 Hz displays can show. At 1440p Medium, the minimum of 108 FPS still clears 100 FPS. At 4K Medium, the minimum of 92 FPS is close to but below 100 FPS. These minimum values suggest that Medium provides the most stable frame delivery, making it the recommended preset for consistent performance across all resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS dataset for Overpower with this combo is as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 228 FPS with no minimum or maximum recorded. The Medium preset averages 142 FPS with a minimum of 121 FPS and maximum of 164 FPS. The High preset averages 132 FPS with no additional frame data. The Ultra preset averages 110 FPS with no additional frame data.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 203 FPS. The Medium preset averages 127 FPS with a minimum of 108 FPS and maximum of 146 FPS. The High preset averages 118 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 98 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 173 FPS. The Medium preset averages 108 FPS with a minimum of 92 FPS and maximum of 124 FPS. The High preset averages 100 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 83 FPS.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data, which limits direct comparison of frame time consistency across presets. However, the average FPS values show a clear monotonic decrease as resolution and quality increase, with no anomalies or unexpected reversals. The frame rate differences between adjacent presets are consistent, as detailed in the settings recommendations section, which suggests the game scales predictably with GPU load.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Overpower?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 228 at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. The next highest is 203 at 2560x1440 Low, followed by 173 at 3840x2160 Low.

Q: Does the combo maintain 100 FPS at 4K across all settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the High preset averages 100 FPS exactly, and the Medium preset averages 108 FPS. The Ultra preset drops to 83 FPS, while the Low preset rises to 173 FPS.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between High and Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset averages 118 FPS and the Ultra preset averages 98 FPS, a difference of 20 FPS in favor of High.

Q: How does the Medium preset's minimum FPS compare across resolutions?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum FPS is 121. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 108. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 92. The minimum drops by 13 FPS from 1080p to 1440p and by 16 FPS from 1440p to 4K.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 684 out of 3713 tested combinations in Overpower, placing it in the top 18.4% of all tested configurations.

Q: Which preset shows the largest percentage drop from Low?

A: The Ultra preset shows the largest drop from Low at every resolution. At 1080p, Ultra is 51.8% lower than Low. At 1440p, Ultra is 51.7% lower. At 4K, Ultra is 52.0% lower.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Core 12th Gen series, based on the Alder Lake architecture. It operates with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The processor has an 18 MB shared L3 cache, 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache, and 80 KB per-core L1 cache. It supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration and uses the Intel Socket 1700 platform.

In Overpower, the CPU does not appear to limit performance at any resolution or preset. The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K is nearly identical in percentage terms across all presets, which would not be the case if the CPU were the bottleneck at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the 228 FPS average would require the CPU to feed frames at a rate of roughly 4.4 ms per frame, which is within the capability of a processor with a 4.40 GHz boost clock and 12 threads.

The CPU's benchmark scores support this interpretation. The Cinebench R23 multicore score is 15989 and the single-core score is 2257. The Geekbench multicore score is 8564 and single-core is 1848. The 3DMark 16-thread score is 5873, and the single-thread score is 910. These scores place the i5-12400 in the 72nd percentile versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 18683. Its nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7643 at 18697 (0.1% lower), Intel Core i7-1355U at 18730 (0.3% lower), AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 at 18811 (0.7% lower), and Intel Core i3-14100F at 18519 (0.9% higher).

The Passmark multithread score of 18747 and single-thread score of 3456 indicate balanced performance that suits action games, which typically rely on a few heavily loaded threads. The processor's 6 physical cores and 12 threads provide enough parallelism for modern game engines, and the 18 MB L3 cache helps with data locality. The lack of any frame rate anomalies in the measured data, such as sudden dips or inconsistent scaling, further confirms that the CPU is not introducing stutter or bottlenecking the RX 7900 XT.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo of Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT ranks 684 out of 3713 tested combinations in Overpower. This places it in the 81.6th percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 82% of combinations perform worse and 18% perform better. Given that the GPU alone sits in the 55th percentile versus all GPUs and the CPU in the 72nd percentile versus all CPUs, the combo ranking is notably higher than either component's individual percentile. This suggests that the pairing works synergistically in this game, with the CPU providing enough headroom for the GPU to reach its potential.

The rank of 684 out of 3713 is a strong result, but it also indicates that there are 683 combos that achieve higher frame rates in Overpower. These would likely include combinations with higher-end CPUs or GPUs, or more balanced pairings. The RX 7900 XT's nearest GPU rivals all have similar aggregate benchmark scores, so the differences in Overpower performance likely come down to specific driver optimizations or CPU pairing rather than raw GPU capability.

The data shows that this combo is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at 1440p and 4K. At 1440p High, the 118 FPS average exceeds 100 FPS, and at 4K High, the 100 FPS average is exactly at that threshold. The Ultra preset at 4K drops to 83 FPS, which is still smooth on a 60 Hz display but below 100 FPS. For players who prioritize frame rate over visual fidelity, the Low preset at any resolution delivers well above 100 FPS, with the 4K Low average of 173 FPS being particularly impressive for a 4K panel.

Given that the combo ranks in the top 18.4% of all tested configurations, it represents a capable pairing for Overpower. The measured data confirms that the Radeon RX 7900 XT is the primary driver of frame rates, while the Core i5-12400 provides sufficient CPU performance to avoid becoming a limiting factor. The result is a system that delivers playable frame rates at all tested settings and resolutions, with the Medium preset offering the best combination of visual quality and frame time stability based on the available minimum FPS data.