Palworld

Palworld pairs the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, a combination that lands at rank 2327 out of 2944 tested combos for this game. This places it in the lower-middle portion of the field, meaning the hardware is capable of playable sessions but will require deliberate settings choices depending on your display resolution. The data here is measured, not estimated, so the FPS figures reflect actual behavior for this specific pairing. The CPU is a current-generation 8-core part with strong single-thread performance, while the GPU is an older 6 GB card that now sits near the middle of the pack in overall GPU benchmarks. The interaction between these two defines what you can expect in Palworld.

FAQ

Q: What average frame rate does this combo achieve at 1920x1080 on High settings?

A: The measured average is 86 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings. That is the most balanced 1080p preset in the data, offering a smooth experience without the frame rate drop seen at Ultra.

Q: Is the RTX 2060 a bottleneck for the Ryzen 7 9700F in Palworld?

A: The benchmark results indicate the GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions. At 3840x2160, even Low settings only produce 51 FPS average, while at 1920x1080 Low reaches 138 FPS. The CPU’s 8 cores and 16 threads are sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, but the 6 GB VRAM and older Turing architecture cap performance as resolution climbs.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to all tested combinations in Palworld?

A: It ranks 2327 out of 2944 combos, which places it in the 79th percentile of tested systems—meaning roughly 79% of tested combos perform better. This is not a top-tier setup, but it is far from the bottom.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 2560x1440 gaming?

A: Medium settings at 2560x1440 deliver a 74 FPS average with a minimum of 63 FPS and maximum of 85 FPS. This is the only 1440p preset that stays above 60 FPS average, making it the recommended choice for that resolution.

Q: Can this system handle 4K gaming in Palworld?

A: At 3840x2160, the highest playable preset is Low, which averages 51 FPS. High drops to 32 FPS, Medium to 41 FPS, and Ultra to 24 FPS. Only Low settings provide a consistently playable frame rate at 4K, and even that is borderline.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest rival GPUs in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 15290, which is essentially tied with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (15283, 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon 680M (15270, 0.1% delta). It sits slightly ahead of the RTX 3050 OEM (15199, 0.6% delta) and the RX 7600 (15171, 0.8% delta). These are all within a 1% margin, so the 2060 is competitively placed among its direct peers.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is built on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process node, featuring 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output units. Its base clock runs at 1365 MHz with a boost clock of 1680 MHz, and it has 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI workloads. The memory configuration is 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory bandwidth is adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but the 6 GB capacity becomes a constraint at 4K where texture data exceeds what the GPU can comfortably hold.

In Palworld, the GPU’s role is dominant. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo produces 138 FPS average, which drops to 86 FPS at High and 65 FPS at Ultra. This scaling shows that the GPU is the primary driver of performance—the CPU is not holding back these results. The RTX 2060’s FP32 performance of 6.451 TFLOPS and texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s are modest by modern standards, which explains why Ultra settings at any resolution cause significant frame rate drops. At 3840x2160 Ultra, the average falls to 24 FPS, which is unplayable. The 6 GB VRAM is also a factor: with a 192-bit bus and 14 Gbps effective memory speed, the GPU struggles to maintain smooth performance when resolution demands larger frame buffers.

The GPU’s percentile ranking among all GPUs is 58, meaning it outperforms 58% of the database’s GPUs. That aligns with the measured results: it is a mid-range card that handles 1080p well, manages 1440p with adjusted settings, but is not suited for 4K beyond Low presets. The nearest rivals—GTX 580, Radeon 680M, RTX 3050 OEM, and RX 7600—are all within 0.8% of its average score, confirming that the 2060 is not an outlier in either direction. In Palworld specifically, the GPU’s age shows: the game’s open-world survival mechanics with many entities on screen tax the shading units and memory bandwidth, and the measured FPS reflects that at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 2327 out of 2944 places this pairing in the bottom 21% of all tested systems for Palworld. That might sound harsh, but context matters: the database includes many high-end configurations with newer GPUs and CPUs. For a GPU released in 2019 and a CPU from 2025, the combination is logically mismatched in terms of generation, but the CPU’s strength partially compensates. The Ryzen 7 9700F has a percentile rank of 94 among all CPUs, meaning it outperforms 94% of CPUs tested. The RTX 2060’s percentile of 58 means it is an average GPU. So this combo is essentially a strong CPU paired with a mid-tier GPU, and Palworld’s results show the GPU limiting the overall rank.

Looking at the raw numbers, the combo’s best performance is at 1920x1080 Low with 138 FPS average. That is a high frame rate, but it is achieved only at the lowest settings. At 2560x1440 Medium, the average drops to 74 FPS, and at 4K Low it falls to 51 FPS. These results place the combo in a position where it can play Palworld, but not at high visual fidelity. The rank of 2327 out of 2944 means that 617 tested combos perform worse, which indicates that this setup is not the least capable, but it is far from competitive with modern mid-range or high-end systems. The delta between this combo and the top ones is likely substantial, though the data does not provide specific numbers for comparison beyond the rank itself.

The CPU’s strength does not rescue the combo in Palworld because the game’s frame rate scales primarily with GPU load. The data shows that at the same resolution, lowering settings from Ultra to Low increases FPS by more than double—for example, from 24 FPS to 51 FPS at 4K. That pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would see smaller FPS gains from lowering settings. Therefore, the combo rank reflects the GPU’s limitations more than the CPU’s capabilities. For a builder considering this combo, the takeaway is that the Ryzen 7 9700F has headroom for a future GPU upgrade, but as configured, the RTX 2060 keeps the system in the lower tier of Palworld performance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides clear guidance for each resolution. At 1920x1080, the best experience is High settings, which yields 86 FPS average. Low gives 138 FPS, which is higher but sacrifices visual quality, and Medium gives 112 FPS. Ultra drops to 65 FPS, which is still playable but below the 70 FPS threshold many players prefer. High at 1080p strikes the best balance: smooth frame rate with decent graphics. If you prioritize frame rate above all else, Low at 138 FPS is the choice, but High is the recommended preset for a quality-to-performance ratio.

At 2560x1440, Medium is the only preset that maintains an average above 60 FPS, with 74 FPS average, 63 FPS minimum, and 85 FPS maximum. High drops to 57 FPS, which is borderline for a 60 Hz monitor, and Low gives 91 FPS but looks noticeably worse. Ultra falls to 43 FPS, which is not ideal for fast-paced gameplay. Therefore, Medium at 1440p is the recommended setting—it provides a stable frame rate with acceptable visual detail. The minimum of 63 FPS means you will rarely drop below 60, which is important for consistency.

At 3840x2160, the options are limited. Low settings average 51 FPS, which is playable but not smooth for all users. Medium averages 41 FPS, High 32 FPS, and Ultra 24 FPS. None of these are ideal, but Low is the only preset where the average exceeds 50 FPS. If you have a 4K monitor, you should use Low settings and accept the visual compromises. Alternatively, you could run at 2560x1440 with Medium for a better experience, since the GPU does not have the VRAM or compute power to handle 4K at higher presets. The data is unambiguous: 4K is not this combo’s strength, and Low is the only viable preset there.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce an average of 138 FPS, which is the highest of any resolution and settings combination in the data. Medium settings average 112 FPS with a minimum of 95 FPS and maximum of 129 FPS, indicating very stable performance. High settings average 86 FPS, which is still smooth for most displays. Ultra settings average 65 FPS, which is playable but shows a significant drop from High. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 73 FPS decrease, demonstrating that the GPU’s headroom at 1080p is limited by the settings rather than the CPU.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates drop noticeably. Low settings average 91 FPS, which is still high, but Medium averages 74 FPS with a minimum of 63 FPS and maximum of 85 FPS. High settings average 57 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target for many gamers. Ultra settings average 43 FPS, which is on the edge of playability. The difference between 1080p and 1440p is clear: at the same settings, the resolution increase costs roughly 30-40% of the frame rate. For example, High at 1080p is 86 FPS, while High at 1440p is 57 FPS—a 29 FPS drop. Medium at 1080p is 112 FPS, while Medium at 1440p is 74 FPS—a 38 FPS drop. This pattern confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor at 1440p.

At 3840x2160, the performance is marginal. Low settings average 51 FPS, which is the only preset above 50 FPS. Medium averages 41 FPS with a minimum of 35 FPS and maximum of 47 FPS, showing inconsistent frame times. High averages 32 FPS, and Ultra averages 24 FPS, both of which are not suitable for real-time gameplay. The data reveals that the RTX 2060’s 6 GB VRAM and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for 4K rendering in Palworld. Even at Low, the 51 FPS average is borderline, and any complex scene with many Pals or structures will likely cause dips below 50 FPS. The measured minimums for Medium at 4K (35 FPS) and Medium at 1440p (63 FPS) highlight the steep penalty for resolution scaling.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a Zen 5 architecture processor based on Granite Ridge, built on a 4 nm process at TSMC. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The L1 cache is 80 KB per core, L2 is 1 MB per core, and L3 is 32 MB shared. It supports DDR5 memory with dual-channel configuration and a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 69996, and it ranks in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, meaning it is a high-end processor by synthetic measures. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875, 0.2% delta), Intel Core i7-14700KF (70163, -0.2% delta), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69515, 0.7% delta), and Intel Core i7-14700K (69355, 0.9% delta). These comparisons show the 9700F is effectively tied with some of the best CPUs from previous generations.

In Palworld, the CPU’s role is secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling with settings. However, the 8-core, 16-thread configuration ensures that the game’s AI, physics, and world simulation do not become a bottleneck at lower resolutions. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo reaches 138 FPS, which indicates the CPU can feed the GPU sufficiently. If the CPU were weak, we would see frame rate stalls or inconsistent minimums, but the data shows smooth scaling from Low to Ultra. The boost clock of 5.50 GHz and single-thread performance are particularly relevant for Palworld, which relies on a main game thread for many operations. The PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and multithread score of 36470 confirm that this CPU is well-above average for both workloads.

The CPU’s 65 W TDP and active production status make it a practical choice for a system that might be upgraded later. The 4 nm process and 8,315 million transistors reflect modern efficiency. Compared to its nearest rivals, the 9700F is within 1% of the Ryzen 9 7940HX, 7950X, and Core i7-14700K/KF in average benchmark scores. This means that in CPU-bound scenarios—which Palworld occasionally presents in crowded bases or during large-scale raids—the 9700F will perform on par with those top-tier chips. The bottleneck in this combo is unequivocally the RTX 2060, not the processor. If you were to pair the 9700F with a faster GPU, the FPS in Palworld would likely increase significantly, especially at 1440p and 4K, where the current GPU is overwhelmed. The data supports this: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 138 FPS, but at 1440p Low, it drops to 91 FPS—a 47 FPS loss that is attributable to the GPU’s memory bandwidth and shading power, not the CPU’s ability to process game logic.