Palworld

Palworld’s measured performance with the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER places this combination at rank 1029 out of 1718 tested combos, a mid-pack result that reflects a substantial imbalance between the two components. The data shows a CPU capable of extreme throughput paired with a GPU whose age limits high-resolution frame rates, yet the pairing still delivers playable results across most settings at 1080p and 1440p.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor built on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. Its 64 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support give it a strong foundation for gaming workloads, and its benchmark scores confirm this: a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 43695 and a single-core score of 6168 place it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. In Palworld, the CPU’s role is most evident at lower resolutions where the GPU is less stressed, and the data reflects this: at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 166.9 FPS, which is the highest measured frame rate across all tested configurations.

The processor’s multi-threaded strength, evidenced by a PassMark multithread score of 51406 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 12536, suggests it can handle the simulation and world-loading tasks that survival games like Palworld generate. However, the benchmark results indicate that the CPU is rarely the limiting factor in this pairing. At 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 31.4 FPS, a figure far below what the CPU could theoretically support, indicating that the bottleneck shifts entirely to the GPU at higher settings. The single-thread performance, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 1093 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2952, is strong enough to avoid stutter in most scenarios, but the data does not show any scenario where the CPU prevents the GPU from reaching its maximum output. The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core Ultra 5 235 with an average score of 50598, show a delta of -0.1%, meaning the 7900X is effectively tied with newer mid-range parts, but this parity in synthetic tests does not translate to a gaming advantage here because the GPU is the binding constraint.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS across resolutions tells a clear story of GPU-bound scaling. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 104.6 FPS at 1080p to 71.4 FPS at 1440p, a 31.7% reduction, and then to 36 FPS at 4K, a 65.6% drop from the 1080p baseline. This steep decline with increasing resolution is characteristic of a system where the graphics card is the primary limiter, as the CPU’s performance headroom remains constant while pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K. The Low settings curve shows a similar pattern: 166.9 FPS at 1080p drops to 111 FPS at 1440p and 62.5 FPS at 4K, with the 4K figure representing a 62.5% reduction from 1080p.

The scaling between Medium and High settings is also informative. At 1080p, Medium delivers 135.4 FPS versus 104.6 FPS for High, a 22.8% improvement that suggests the GPU has headroom when settings are reduced. At 4K, Medium produces 50.5 FPS, which is 40.3% higher than High’s 36 FPS, indicating that the RTX 2070 SUPER’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for Medium but start to strain at higher presets. The 4K Ultra result of 31.4 FPS, which is below the 36 FPS of High, shows that the GPU’s shading units and texture units are saturated, as the card’s 2560 shading units and 160 TMUs cannot keep up with the combined load of higher resolution and more demanding effects. The data confirms that the Ryzen 9 7900X is not the limiting factor at any resolution, as the frame rate scaling aligns almost perfectly with GPU workload rather than CPU throughput.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

For the RTX 2070 SUPER paired with the Ryzen 9 7900X, the measured rows suggest that Medium is the optimal preset for most users, offering a balance between visual fidelity and frame rate. At 1080p, Medium delivers 135.4 FPS, which is 29.4% higher than High’s 104.6 FPS and only 23.3% lower than Low’s 166.9 FPS, making it the best experience for high-refresh-rate monitors without sacrificing too much image quality. At 1440p, Medium produces 90 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, while High drops to 71.4 FPS and Ultra falls to 54.6 FPS, making Medium the safest choice for 1440p gaming.

At 4K, the situation is more constrained. Medium yields 50.5 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for fast-paced action, while High drops to 36 FPS and Ultra to 31.4 FPS. The Low preset at 4K achieves 62.5 FPS, which is the only 4K setting that breaks the 60 FPS barrier, but the visual compromise may not be acceptable for all players. The data suggests that 4K gaming with this combo is best limited to Low or Medium, depending on whether frame rate or quality is prioritized. For a balanced experience, Medium at 1440p appears to be the sweet spot, as it provides 90 FPS while retaining more visual detail than Low and staying well ahead of High’s 71.4 FPS. The Ultra preset, at 77.2 FPS at 1080p and 54.6 FPS at 1440p, offers diminishing returns over High, with only a 4.9% improvement in resolution scaling at 1440p over High, so it is not recommended for consistent performance.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

This specific combination of the Ryzen 9 7900X and RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1029 out of 1718 tested combos in Palworld, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the database. This rank is surprising given the CPU’s high standing in synthetic benchmarks — the 7900X is in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs — but it underscores how heavily the game’s performance is tied to the GPU. The RTX 2070 SUPER, which sits in the 65th percentile of all GPUs, is the weaker link, and its average benchmark score of 22206 is 2.5% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 5700’s 21670, but 2.3% lower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile’s 22729. These small deltas among the GPU’s nearest rivals indicate that the card is competitive with a narrow band of mid-range parts, but it is outclassed by more modern offerings.

The combo’s rank of 1029 out of 1718 means that roughly 40% of tested combinations perform better, which aligns with the GPU’s age relative to the CPU’s strength. The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i9-13980HX with an average score of 50944, show a delta of -0.8%, meaning the 7900X is marginally slower, but this difference is negligible in gaming since the GPU is the bottleneck. The data indicates that the combo would rank significantly higher if paired with a more powerful GPU, but as tested, the mid-pack rank is a direct consequence of the RTX 2070 SUPER’s limitations in Palworld’s demanding scenarios. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra, 31.4 FPS, is below the 30 FPS threshold that some consider the minimum for playability, which explains why the combo does not rank higher despite the CPU’s capabilities.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU104 chip, featuring 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. Its base clock of 1605 MHz and boost clock of 1770 MHz, combined with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, determine its performance in Palworld. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p at most settings, but the data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combination of higher memory pressure and increased shading load causes the frame rate to drop to 31.4 FPS. The GPU’s 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores do not appear to provide a significant advantage in this game, as the measured FPS scales more with traditional rasterization workload.

The GPU’s compute performance, with an FP32 throughput of 9.062 TFLOPS, is modest by modern standards, and its PassMark G3D score of 18169 places it in the 65th percentile, with nearest rivals like the NVIDIA RTX A400 showing a delta of -0.5% and the GTX TITAN Z at +0.9%. These tight deltas indicate that the RTX 2070 SUPER is operating at the edge of its performance class. In Palworld, the GPU’s role is most evident in the resolution scaling: at 1080p Low, the combo achieves 166.9 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it falls to 31.4 FPS, a 81.2% reduction. This dramatic drop is consistent with the GPU’s limited memory bandwidth and compute resources, which are overwhelmed by the demands of 4K rendering. The boost clock of 1770 MHz provides adequate single-card performance, but the data shows that the GPU is the primary constraint in this pairing, as the CPU’s 12 cores and 24 threads remain underutilized at higher resolutions. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the card’s 448.0 GB/s bandwidth and 64 ROPs are insufficient to maintain high frame rates, leading to the measured results across all presets.