Palworld

Palworld pairs the Intel Core i5-10400F with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, a combination that lands at rank 687 out of 3711 tested configurations in this title, placing it in the top 18.5% of all combos. The pairing of a 6-core Comet Lake processor with a 12 GB Ada Lovelace GPU produces a wide spread of performance across resolutions and presets, with the data revealing a system that can chase high refresh rates at 1080p but requires careful settings management to stay smooth at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a steep performance curve as resolution climbs from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 240 FPS at 1080p to 182 FPS at 1440p, then further to 101 FPS at 4K — a total reduction of 58% from the lowest to highest resolution. This pattern indicates that at lower resolutions, the Intel Core i5-10400F becomes the limiting factor, as the GPU has headroom to render far more frames than the CPU can feed.

The scaling behavior shifts dramatically when moving to higher quality presets. At Ultra settings, the average FPS falls from 131 at 1080p to 86 at 1440p and finally to 48 at 4K — a 63% drop across the resolution range. The fact that 4K Ultra averages below 60 FPS while 1080p Ultra maintains 131 FPS suggests that the RTX 4070 SUPER's rendering load becomes the dominant constraint at higher resolutions, with the 12 GB GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth being pushed harder as pixel count increases.

The Medium preset provides the most complete data set, including minimum and maximum frame times. At 1080p Medium, the average is 222 FPS with a minimum of 189 FPS and maximum of 256 FPS. Moving to 1440p Medium drops the average to 147 FPS with a minimum of 125 FPS, while 4K Medium averages 82 FPS with a floor of 70 FPS. The minimum frame rate at 4K Medium (70 FPS) is notably higher than the 4K Ultra average (48 FPS), showing that the Medium preset avoids the severe frame time spikes that plague the highest quality setting.

The gap between Low and High settings widens as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference between Low (240 FPS) and High (172 FPS) is 68 FPS, or 28%. At 1440p, that gap grows to 69 FPS (182 vs 113), and at 4K it reaches 38 FPS (101 vs 63). This widening gap indicates that the GPU's workload scales super-linearly with resolution when quality settings are increased, making the RTX 4070 SUPER's 35.48 TFLOPS FP32 compute a more critical resource at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the AD104 chip using TSMC's 5 nm process, with 35,800 million transistors packed into a 294 mm² die. It operates at a base clock of 1980 MHz and boosts to 2475 MHz, which translates to a peak FP32 throughput of 35.48 TFLOPS. These specifications place the card in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 43223.

Memory configuration plays a significant role in Palworld's performance at higher resolutions. The 12 GB GDDR6X frame buffer runs at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) across a 192-bit bus, yielding 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS of 48 suggests that the combination of memory bandwidth and compute capacity is insufficient to maintain fluid frame rates at maximum quality, while the 70 FPS minimum at 4K Medium indicates that reducing texture and shading loads allows the memory subsystem to keep up more effectively.

The GPU's ray tracing capabilities — 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores — are present but the measured data does not indicate whether Palworld's specific rendering paths utilize them heavily. The 224 texture mapping units and 80 ROPs deliver a texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s, which are the raw throughput figures that determine how quickly the card can fill frames at high resolutions. The fact that 1080p Low reaches 240 FPS while 4K Low drops to 101 FPS shows a 58% reduction in throughput, consistent with the pixel count increase of 4.5x being partially offset by the GPU's parallel architecture.

In benchmark comparisons, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 43223 on average, sitting within 1% of the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB (43262, -0.1% delta) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (43268, -0.1% delta). The closest competitor above it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile at 43667, which is 1% faster. These margins are tight enough that in-game performance differences in Palworld will be dominated by driver optimization and specific workload characteristics rather than raw compute differences.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured frame rates, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance across all three resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the system averages 222 FPS with a minimum of 189 FPS, which exceeds the refresh rate of most high-end monitors and provides smooth gameplay even during intense moments. At 1440p Medium, the 147 FPS average with a 125 FPS minimum keeps the experience fluid on 144 Hz displays, though users targeting 165 Hz or higher may need to drop to Low settings for the 182 FPS average.

For 4K gaming, the Medium preset is the only viable option for maintaining playable frame rates. The 82 FPS average and 70 FPS minimum at 4K Medium are significantly better than the 63 FPS average at High and far superior to the 48 FPS average at Ultra. The minimum frame rate data shows that Medium keeps frame pacing consistent, whereas Ultra's lack of minimum FPS data in the measured set suggests potential for stutter that would be unacceptable for an action-heavy survival game.

The Low preset delivers the highest possible frame rates — 240 FPS at 1080p, 182 FPS at 1440p, and 101 FPS at 4K — but sacrifices the visual fidelity that Palworld's environments benefit from. For competitive play or esports-style scenarios, Low at 1440p provides the best combination of visual clarity and responsiveness. However, for most players, Medium at 1440p offers the optimal sweet spot, delivering 147 FPS average with a 125 FPS minimum, which is a 64% improvement over High (113 FPS) while maintaining acceptable visual quality.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its strongest performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 240 FPS, Medium reaches 222 FPS with a minimum of 189 FPS and maximum of 256 FPS, High averages 172 FPS, and Ultra drops to 131 FPS. The 109 FPS gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p represents the full range of settings impact, with each step from Medium to High costing roughly 50 FPS and High to Ultra costing 41 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages shift to 182 FPS at Low, 147 FPS at Medium (with 125 FPS minimum and 170 FPS maximum), 113 FPS at High, and 86 FPS at Ultra. The relative performance drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across settings, ranging from 24% at Low to 34% at Ultra. The Medium preset's 125 FPS minimum ensures that even the most demanding scenes remain above 120 FPS, which is critical for high-refresh-rate monitors.

At 3840x2160, the performance envelope tightens considerably. Low settings average 101 FPS, Medium averages 82 FPS with a 70 FPS minimum and 94 FPS maximum, High averages 63 FPS, and Ultra falls to 48 FPS. The step from Medium to High costs 19 FPS (23%), while the step from High to Ultra costs 15 FPS (24%). The 4K Medium minimum of 70 FPS is the only sub-4K resolution setting that maintains a comfortable margin above the 60 FPS threshold for standard displays.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset shows the most consistent frame pacing, as evidenced by the minimum and maximum values recorded. The spread between minimum and maximum at Medium is 67 FPS at 1080p (189 to 256), 45 FPS at 1440p (125 to 170), and 24 FPS at 4K (70 to 94). This tightening spread at higher resolutions indicates that GPU-bound scenarios produce more stable frame times, whereas CPU-bound scenarios at 1080p introduce more variability.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-10400F + RTX 4070 SUPER combination ranks 687th out of 3711 tested combos in Palworld, placing it in the 81.5th percentile of all configurations. This ranking reflects the strong GPU performance — the RTX 4070 SUPER sits in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs — combined with a CPU that ranks in the 68th percentile of all processors. The slight discrepancy between the combo's percentile and the GPU's percentile suggests that the i5-10400F does introduce some bottleneck at lower resolutions, particularly at 1080p where the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads can limit frame rates.

The CPU's benchmark scores provide context for this bottleneck. The i5-10400F achieves a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 10283 and a single-core score of 1451, with a Geekbench multicore score of 6257 and single-core score of 1420. These figures place it in line with rivals such as the Intel Core 7 160UL (avg score 14232, 0.3% faster) and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (avg score 14277, 0.6% faster), while slightly ahead of the AMD EPYC 7552 (14115, 0.5% slower) and Intel Xeon 6756E (14163, 0.2% slower).

In Palworld specifically, the combo's rank of 687 out of 3711 means that roughly 3024 other configurations tested faster, while 686 were slower. Given that the RTX 4070 SUPER's nearest rivals are all within 1% in average benchmark scores, the ranking is likely determined by how the i5-10400F interacts with the game's CPU demands. The 3DMark thread scaling scores — 1350 for 2 threads, 2560 for 4 threads, 3929 for 8 threads, and 4735 for max threads — show that the CPU's performance scales well up to 8 threads but gains little beyond that, which aligns with the 6-core/12-thread design.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain 60+ FPS?

A: The data shows that 4K Medium averages 82 FPS with a 70 FPS minimum, making 4K viable at Medium settings. For higher refresh rates, 1440p Medium delivers 147 FPS average with 125 FPS minimum, while 1080p Medium reaches 222 FPS average with 189 FPS minimum.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 SUPER compare to its nearest GPU rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER scores 43223 on average, which is 0.1% lower than the Quadro M6000 24 GB (43262), 0.1% lower than the RTX 5050 Mobile (43268), 0.2% lower than the Quadro M6000 (43301), and 1% lower than the RTX 4090 Mobile (43667).

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-10400F a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The frame rate difference between 1080p Low (240 FPS) and 1440p Low (182 FPS) is 58 FPS, while the difference between 1440p Low and 4K Low (101 FPS) is 81 FPS. The relatively small drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings suggests the CPU limits performance at 1080p, as the GPU has more headroom at lower pixel counts.

Q: What are the minimum frame rates at Medium settings across resolutions?

A: At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 189 FPS with a maximum of 256 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 125 FPS with a maximum of 170 FPS. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 70 FPS with a maximum of 94 FPS.

Q: How much performance is lost when going from Low to Ultra settings?

A: At 1080p, the drop from Low (240 FPS) to Ultra (131 FPS) is 109 FPS, or 45%. At 1440p, the drop from Low (182 FPS) to Ultra (86 FPS) is 96 FPS, or 53%. At 4K, the drop from Low (101 FPS) to Ultra (48 FPS) is 53 FPS, or 52%.

Q: Where does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Palworld?

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F + RTX 4070 SUPER combo ranks 687th out of 3711 tested combos, placing it in the top 18.5% of all configurations tested in the game.