Palworld

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 5500 posts an average benchmark score of 20875, placing it 0.1% behind the Intel Core i5-12500 (20897) and 0.1% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7J13 (20845). It sits within a tight cluster, with the Intel Core i5-12600T (20917) being 0.2% faster and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (20900) 0.1% faster.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves a percentile of 85, meaning it outperforms 85% of all GPUs in the database. Its average benchmark score is 44900, which is 0.6% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45152) and 1.5% below the Intel Arc A730M (45592).

Q: What is the best 4K result for this combo in Palworld?

A: At 3840x2160, the highest average FPS is 104.1, achieved with Low settings. Medium settings deliver 87.7 FPS, High settings drop to 64.6 FPS, and Ultra falls to 47.8 FPS. No minimum or maximum FPS values are recorded for any 4K setting.

Q: How does the combo rank overall in Palworld?

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ranks 236th out of 1718 tested combos in Palworld. This places it in the top 13.7% of all combinations tested for this game.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance relative to its multi-thread scores?

A: In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 5 5500 scores 2319 in single-core and 16429 in multi-core, a ratio of roughly 7.1:1. The 3DMark single-thread score is 836, while the max-thread score is 5411, showing similar scaling behavior.

Q: What memory bandwidth does the CPU support, and does it matter for this game?

A: The Ryzen 5 5500 supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. In Palworld, the measured FPS shows a steep drop from 1080p to 4K, suggesting the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, meaning memory bandwidth is less critical in those scenarios.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, containing 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 2310 MHz and boosts to 2610 MHz. The GPU has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Its 7680 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 80 ROPs process textures at 626.4 GTexel/s and pixels at 208.8 GPixel/s. The FP32 compute throughput is 40.09 TFLOPS.

In Palworld, the GPU's role becomes evident when examining the measured FPS across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 290.1 FPS, but this drops to 64.6 FPS at 4K High. This scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti is heavily utilized at higher resolutions, where pixel throughput and memory bandwidth become determining factors. The 12 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for the texture loads at 4K Ultra, where the combo still manages 47.8 FPS. The GPU's tensor cores (240) and RT cores (60) support the game's features, though Palworld does not heavily leverage ray tracing in the measured results.

The GPU's percentile of 85 reflects its strong standing, but its nearest rivals—the RTX 5090 Mobile (0.6% faster) and Arc A730M (1.5% faster)—show that it is not at the absolute top. The Radeon Pro 580 is 1.6% slower, and the Radeon Pro 5500 XT is 1.6% slower. These deltas are small, meaning the 4070 Ti sits in a competitive but not dominant position. The measured data shows that at 1440p, the GPU still drives over 118 FPS on High, indicating it is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at that resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 290.1 FPS; at 1440p Low, this falls to 190.9 FPS (a 34.2% drop); at 4K Low, it reaches 104.1 FPS (a further 45.5% drop from 1440p). This steep decline from 1080p to 4K—a total reduction of 64.1%—indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting component as pixel count rises.

The scaling is consistent across settings. For High, 1080p yields 179.5 FPS, 1440p yields 118.8 FPS (a 33.8% drop), and 4K yields 64.6 FPS (a 45.6% drop from 1440p). Medium shows 238.6 FPS at 1080p, 156.9 FPS at 1440p (34.2% drop), and 87.7 FPS at 4K (44.1% drop). Ultra follows the same trajectory: 135.5 FPS at 1080p, 89.3 FPS at 1440p (34.1% drop), and 47.8 FPS at 4K (46.5% drop).

The proportional drop between 1080p and 1440p is nearly identical across all settings (around 34%), while the drop from 1440p to 4K is consistently larger (44-46%). This suggests that at 4K, the RTX 4070 Ti's memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s and pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s are being saturated. The CPU's role diminishes at higher resolutions; the Ryzen 5 5500 has sufficient single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2319) to feed the GPU at 1080p, but at 4K, the GPU's rendering workload dominates the frame time.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data indicates that Medium settings at 1440p provide the best balance for most users. The combo delivers 156.9 FPS at 1440p Medium, which is 32.1% higher than High settings at the same resolution (118.8 FPS). This frame rate is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay and leaves headroom for demanding scenes. At 4K, Medium yields 87.7 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for competitive play; High drops to 64.6 FPS, which is borderline.

For users prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, Low settings at 1080p produce 290.1 FPS, which is suitable for high-refresh-rate monitors. However, the jump from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 51.5 FPS (from 290.1 to 238.6), a 17.8% reduction, while the visual improvement is typically substantial. At 1440p, the drop from Low to Medium is 34.0 FPS (from 190.9 to 156.9), a 17.8% reduction, which is proportionally identical.

Ultra settings are the least efficient. At 1080p Ultra, the combo achieves 135.5 FPS, which is 43.2% lower than Medium at the same resolution. At 1440p Ultra, it drops to 89.3 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 47.8 FPS—below the 60 FPS target. The data suggests that Ultra is only viable for users with 1080p/1440p displays who prioritize maximum visual quality over frame rate stability.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination ranks 236th out of 1718 tested combos in Palworld. This places it in the top 13.7% of all combinations, which is a strong result given the CPU's mid-range positioning. The CPU itself has a percentile of 79 against all CPUs, while the GPU has a percentile of 85 against all GPUs, indicating that the GPU is the stronger component in this pairing.

The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core i5-12500 (0.1% faster), AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (0.1% faster), AMD EPYC 7J13 (0.1% slower), and Intel Core i5-12600T (0.2% faster). These deltas are negligible, meaning the choice of CPU within this performance class has minimal impact on the overall ranking. The GPU's nearest rivals—RTX 5090 Mobile (0.6% faster), Arc A730M (1.5% faster), Radeon Pro 580 (1.6% slower), and Radeon Pro 5500 XT (1.6% slower)—similarly show that the 4070 Ti is in a tight competitive band.

The combo's rank of 236 suggests that many higher-end configurations (likely with faster CPUs or more powerful GPUs) outperform it in Palworld, but it also indicates that this pairing is well above the median. The 4K Ultra result of 47.8 FPS is the weakest data point, dragging the overall rank down; at 1440p Medium, the combo is competitive with much more expensive setups.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers the following average FPS: Low 290.1, Medium 238.6, High 179.5, Ultra 135.5. The spread from Low to Ultra is 154.6 FPS, with each settings tier costing roughly 50-60 FPS. The 1080p results show the GPU is not the bottleneck; the Ryzen 5 5500's single-thread score of 2319 in Cinebench R23 is sufficient to drive these frame rates.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low 190.9, Medium 156.9, High 118.8, Ultra 89.3. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across settings: Low loses 99.2 FPS, Medium loses 81.7 FPS, High loses 60.7 FPS, and Ultra loses 46.2 FPS. This scaling indicates that higher settings are relatively less affected by resolution increases, because the GPU's shading workload already dominates at lower resolutions.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low 104.1, Medium 87.7, High 64.6, Ultra 47.8. The 4K data shows the GPU is firmly the limiting factor. The difference between 1080p and 4K at Low is 186.0 FPS (a 64.1% reduction), while at Ultra, it is 87.7 FPS (a 64.7% reduction). This similarity in proportional reduction across settings confirms that the GPU's raw pixel throughput is the binding constraint at 4K.

The data shows no min or max FPS values recorded, so the average FPS figures represent the central tendency. The 4K Ultra result of 47.8 FPS is the only measured configuration below 60 FPS, making it the only setting/resolution combination that fails a standard smoothness threshold. All other configurations exceed 60 FPS, with 1080p and 1440p Low/Medium/High all surpassing 100 FPS.