Palworld

Palworld with the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT shows a clear pattern: the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s six Zen 4 cores provide enough headroom to push very high frame rates at 1080p. The measured data, spanning three resolutions and four quality settings, indicates this combo ranks 1701 out of 3711 tested combinations, placing it in the 46th percentile of all tested combos. The benchmark results demonstrate that while the Radeon RX 6750 XT delivers playable performance at 4K, its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth become a significant bottleneck as resolution scales, making 1440p the practical sweet spot for high refresh rate gaming.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is dramatic and tells a clear story about the limiting component in this system. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 191 at 1920x1080 to 126 at 2560x1440, then to 70 at 3840x2160. This represents a 34% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and an additional 44% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The total drop from 1080p Low to 4K Low is 63%, which is a substantial decline that points to the GPU being the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions.

The scaling pattern becomes even more pronounced at higher quality settings. At High settings, the average FPS declines from 119 at 1080p to 78 at 1440p, then to 44 at 4K. This is a 34% drop from 1080p to 1440p, followed by a 44% drop from 1440p to 4K. The Ultra settings tell a similar story: 90 FPS at 1080p, 59 FPS at 1440p, and 33 FPS at 4K. The consistent percentage drops across all settings suggest that the GPU is the dominant limiting factor, with the CPU not becoming a significant constraint even at lower resolutions.

The Medium settings data provides additional insight into the scaling behavior with minimum and maximum frame times. At 1920x1080 Medium, the average is 155 FPS with a minimum of 132 FPS and maximum of 178 FPS. At 2560x1440 Medium, the average drops to 102 FPS with a minimum of 87 FPS and maximum of 117 FPS. At 3840x2160 Medium, the average falls to 57 FPS with a minimum of 48 FPS and maximum of 65 FPS. The frame time distribution stays relatively consistent across resolutions, suggesting that the game is not experiencing stuttering issues; rather, the overall throughput declines steadily as pixel count increases.

The data clearly shows that this combination is well-balanced for 1440p gaming, where even Ultra settings maintain a 59 FPS average, and High settings reach 78 FPS. At 1080p, the system is clearly GPU-bound, with the CPU being more than capable of feeding the graphics card. At 4K, the GPU is heavily taxed, with only Low settings achieving a playable 70 FPS average and Ultra dropping to just 33 FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, built on a 4 nm TSMC process. It has a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. This is a modern mid-range desktop CPU with a 16 MB shared L3 cache and 64 KB of L1 cache per core, plus 1 MB of L2 cache per core. The CPU supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel architecture and a memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 8400F posts a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and a single-core score of 2943. The 3DMark scores show a scaling pattern: 6091 with 16 threads, 5275 with 8 threads, 3563 with 4 threads, and 1874 with 2 threads. This scaling indicates that the CPU has solid multi-threading capabilities, but the game Palworld does not appear to be heavily multi-threaded based on the measured FPS data.

The CPU's percentile rank is 77th among all tested CPUs, and its average benchmark score is 25005. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with a score of 24964 (0.2% slower), and the Intel Core i7-11850H at 24935 (0.3% slower). The data shows that the 8400F is a well-rounded processor that does not bottleneck the RX 6750 XT in this game, given that frame rates scale linearly with resolution across all settings.

The single-thread performance of the 8400F is particularly important for Palworld, which tends to have a strong reliance on a few threads. The Cinebench R15 single-core score of 296 and R20 single-core score of 1236 indicate strong per-thread performance, which explains why the game runs at 155 FPS on Medium at 1080p, and 90 FPS at Ultra. The CPU's boost clock of 4.70 GHz provides the frequency headroom needed for the game's logic and physics calculations.

The 65 W TDP of the 8400F is modest compared to the 250 W TDP of the GPU, which further confirms that the GPU is the limiting component in this system. The CPU is not chained by power or thermal constraints, allowing it to deliver consistently high frame rates at 1080p across all settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the 1080p Ultra average FPS for this combo?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings is 90 FPS, with a 119 FPS average at High, 155 FPS at Medium, and 191 FPS at Low settings.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 4K?

A: No, the data indicates the GPU is the limiting factor at 3840x2160. The frame rate drops from 70 FPS at Low to 33 FPS at Ultra, which follows GPU scaling; the CPU is not the constraint because the frame rate scales with GPU load.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combination?

A: Based on the measured data, 2560x1440 is the sweet spot. At High settings, the combo achieves 78 FPS average, which is smooth, while Ultra dips to 59 FPS. At 4K, only Low settings hit 70 FPS, and Ultra drops to 33 FPS.

Q: How much faster is the 8400F compared to its nearest CPU rival?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F has an average benchmark score of 25005, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (24904), and 0.3% higher than Intel Core i7-11850H (24935).

Q: What are the minimum frame times at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440 with Medium settings, the measured minimum FPS is 87 FPS, with a maximum of 117 FPS. This represents a frame of 30 FPS, indicating a fairly wide variance.

Q: How does the CPU performance scale with thread count?

A: The 3DMark 16-thread score is 6091, 8-thread is 5275, 4-thread is 3563, and 2-thread is 1874. The scaling is not linear, with 16 threads being only 15% faster than 8 threads, showing diminishing returns beyond 8 threads.

How This Combo Ranks

Among all tested combinations on the benchmark database, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT achieves a rank of 1701 out of 3711 combos, placing it at the 46th percentile. This is a solidly mid-pack position, indicating that while this is not a top-tier combination, it is also not a low-performing one. The rank reflects the balanced nature of the pairing, where the GPU is more than capable at 1080p and 1440p, but the overall performance is limited by the GPU at 4K.

The 46th percentile ranking means that 54% of tested combos perform better, but many of those likely include significantly more expensive GPUs or CPUs. The combination performs best at 1080p, where it can deliver 191 FPS at Low settings, which is in the top tier of performance. At 1440p, the 78 FPS average at High settings is respectable, while the 4K performance is more modest, with only a 70 FPS average on Low settings.

The ranking is consistent with the GPU's percentile VsAllGpus of 71, which indicates the RX 6750 XT is better than 71% of all GPUs. The CPU, with a percentile of 77, is slightly higher, though the combo ranking is lower because the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions. The combo's rank suggests that Palworld is a moderately demanding game that benefits from a strong GPU, but the 8400F is not holding the system back.

In comparison to the GPU's nearest rivals, the RX 6750 XT has an average benchmark score of 26011, which is 0.5% higher than the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (25891) and 1.1% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (25740). These rival comparisons are for synthetic benchmarks, but the actual game performance shows that the combo's rank is reasonable given the hardware.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT is based on the Navi 22 chip with RDNA 2.0 architecture, built on a 7 nm TSMC process. It has 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, with a base clock of 2150 MHz and a boost clock of 2600 MHz. The memory subsystem consists of 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s. The GPU has a 250 W TDP and requires a 600 W power supply. It uses a dual-slot design with a 6-pin and 8-pin power connector.

The GPU's percentile rank is 71st among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26011. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon R9 M395X with a delta of 0.5%, the AMD FirePro W7100 at 0.6%, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile at 1.1%. The actual measured performance in Palworld shows that the GPU is the primary determinant of frame rates, with the 12 GB of VRAM being sufficient for all tested settings.

At 4K, the GPU is heavily taxed. The 3840x2160 Ultra setting yields only 33 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play. Even at High settings, the 4K average is 44 FPS, which is still not ideal for fast-paced gameplay. The 12 GB VRAM does not seem to be a limitation at these settings, as the frame rates scale consistently with the GPU's compute capabilities, but the GPU simply does not have enough raw power to handle 4K Ultra at a high frame rate.

At 1440p, the GPU performs admirably. High settings yield 78 FPS, Medium gives 102 FPS, and Low reaches 126 FPS. The Ultra setting is 59 FPS, which is close to the target. This is consistent with the GPU's performance class and indicates that the 6750 XT is well-suited for high refresh rate 1440p gaming in Palworld.

At 1080p, the GPU is not the limiting factor; the CPU provides enough headroom. The Low setting achieves 191 FPS, which is a very high frame rate that exceeds most display refresh rates. The Ultra setting is 90 FPS, which is still very smooth. The GPU's compute performance, with FP32 of 13.31 TFLOPS, is more than sufficient for this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rate data covers three resolutions and four settings, providing a comprehensive view of performance.

At 1920x1080, the lowest resolution tested, the average FPS ranges from 191 at Low settings to 90 at Ultra. The Medium setting has a minimum of 132 FPS and a maximum of 178 FPS, with an average of 155 FPS. The High setting averages 119 FPS. This shows that the game is quite playable at 1080p, with even Ultra settings achieving 90 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the average FPS drops across the board. The Low setting averages 126 FPS, Medium averages 102 FPS with a minimum of 87 and maximum of 117, High averages 78 FPS, and Ultra averages 59 FPS. This represents a 34% reduction from 1080p at Low, and a 34% reduction at High, which is consistent with the increase in pixel count.

At 3840x2160, the performance drops substantially. Low settings average 70 FPS, Medium averages 57 FPS with a minimum of 48 and maximum of 65, High averages 44 FPS, and Ultra averages 33 FPS. The step from 1440p to 4K results in a 44-45% drop in frame rates, which is larger than the 34% drop from 1080p to 1440p. This indicates that the GPU is increasingly stressed at 4K, and the frame rates drop below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play at the higher settings.

The data shows a clear pattern: the system is very capable at 1080p, solid at 1440p, and only modest at 4K. The Medium settings provide the best balance of performance and quality, with 155 FPS at 1080p, 102 FPS at 1440p, and 57 FPS at 4K. The Ultra settings are only playable at 1080p and 1440p, with 90 and 59 FPS respectively, while 4K Ultra at 33 FPS is not a comfortable experience for most players.

The minimum frame times are only available for the Medium settings at each resolution. At 4K, the minimum is 48 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target, indicating that there can be occasional dips even on Medium. The 1440p minimum of 87 FPS is closer to the average, and the 1080p minimum of 132 FPS is a good experience. This suggests that the frame time consistency is also affected by the resolution, with 4K having the most variance.

Overall, the measured data confirms that this combination is best suited for 1440p gaming, where it can balance quality and frame rate. Players seeking 4K should expect to use Low or Medium settings, while 1080p users will enjoy very high frame rates with all settings.