Palworld

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT delivers a robust Palworld experience, particularly at 1080p and 1440p, where the combination of a 6-core/12-thread Rocket Lake processor and a 12 GB RDNA 3.0 GPU produces consistently high frame rates. The data set shows this combo ranking 740th out of 1718 tested configurations, placing it in the upper-middle tier of the database. While 4K Ultra settings require compromises, the system demonstrates strong scaling characteristics that make it a versatile choice for survival-game enthusiasts who prioritize frame rate fluidity over absolute visual fidelity.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with High settings?

A: The measured average FPS is 130.4, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay and indicates the combo handles standard high-fidelity settings with substantial headroom.

Q: How much faster is Low settings compared to Ultra at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low settings produce an average of 137.3 FPS, while Ultra drops to 67.2 FPS. This represents a 104% performance increase when switching from Ultra to Low, showing the GPU is highly sensitive to settings changes.

Q: Is the RX 7700 XT capable of 4K gaming in Palworld?

A: Yes, but with caveats. At 3840x2160 Medium settings, the average is 59.3 FPS, which is playable. However, Ultra settings yield only 38.7 FPS, indicating that 4K requires reducing settings to Medium or lower for a consistently smooth experience.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Core i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17181, placing it at the 75th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, scores nearly identically at 17189 with a deltaPct of 0%, indicating essentially tied performance.

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

A: The Radeon RX 7700 XT sits at the 73rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 30097. Its closest competitor, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, scores 30109 with a deltaPct of 0%, suggesting they are performance equals.

Q: Does the system maintain playable frame rates at 4K with High settings?

A: At 3840x2160 High settings, the average FPS is 46.2. This is below the typical 60 FPS target but remains playable for slower-paced survival gameplay, though users seeking higher refresh rates would need to drop to Medium or Low.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT serves as the primary rendering engine in this configuration, built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 32 chip produced on a 5 nm process. Its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is crucial for Palworld's open-world environments that stream large texture sets and geometry. The GPU's boost clock of 2544 MHz and game clock of 2171 MHz allow it to maintain high utilization across all tested resolutions.

The VRAM capacity becomes a defining factor at higher resolutions. At 4K, the combination of 12 GB VRAM and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth supports the memory demands of Palworld's sprawling maps, but the data shows a sharp performance cliff when moving from Medium to Ultra settings at 3840x2160, dropping from 59.3 to 38.7 FPS. This indicates that while memory is sufficient, the GPU's raw compute power—35.17 TFLOPS FP32—becomes the limiting factor at 4K Ultra. Conversely, at 1080p, the GPU is underutilized, as evidenced by the 206.7 FPS average at Low settings, suggesting the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU effectively in less demanding scenarios.

The GPU's 54 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support are present, but Palworld's rendering workload primarily stresses the 3456 shading units and 96 ROPs. The pixel rate of 244.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 549.5 GTexel/s provide a theoretical ceiling that aligns with the measured results: the system cannot sustain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra, but comfortably exceeds 100 FPS at 1080p Medium and above.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific configuration ranks 740th out of 1718 tested combos in Palworld, placing it in the 43rd percentile of the database. The ranking reflects a balance between the CPU's 75th percentile standing and the GPU's 73rd percentile, but the game's engine appears to favor the GPU more heavily, as evidenced by the large FPS swings when only graphics settings change.

The combo's position suggests it outperforms a significant majority of systems, but it is not in the top tier. Systems pairing the RX 7700 XT with higher-end CPUs would likely rank higher, as the i5-11400F's 6-core/12-thread configuration provides adequate but not exceptional feeding power. The CPU's nearest rivals—the Ryzen 7 5700U, Core i7-1260P, and Core Ultra 7 164U—all show deltaPct values within 0.2% of the i5-11400F, indicating this CPU tier is a performance plateau where upgrades yield minimal gains in synthetic tests but may still matter in frame pacing.

For the GPU, the RX 7700 XT's nearest rival is the RTX 5060 with a 0% deltaPct, meaning these cards are statistically tied in average benchmark scores. However, in Palworld, the RX 7700 XT's 12 GB VRAM provides a practical advantage at 4K Medium, where the 59.3 FPS result is notably higher than what a hypothetical 8 GB card might achieve under similar settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The dataset provides average FPS values across four resolutions and four quality presets, with no minimum or maximum frame times recorded. At 1920x1080, the combo delivers exceptional performance: Low settings hit 206.7 FPS, Medium reaches 166.7 FPS, High achieves 130.4 FPS, and Ultra drops to 99.6 FPS. These numbers indicate the system is well-suited for high-refresh-rate monitors at 1080p, with even Ultra settings maintaining near-100 FPS averages.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results remain strong but show the GPU beginning to work harder. Low settings average 137.3 FPS, Medium produces 113.8 FPS, High yields 86.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 67.2 FPS. The 1440p Ultra result is still comfortably above 60 FPS, making this resolution a sweet spot for the combo—users can enjoy high visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes dramatically. Low settings average 74.5 FPS, which is playable, but Medium drops to 59.3 FPS, High falls to 46.2 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 38.7 FPS. These results show that 4K gaming is only viable with significant settings reductions, and even then, the frame rates hover near the edge of what is considered smooth for fast-paced action.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS degradation from 1080p to 4K reveals the system's bottleneck characteristics. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 130.4 at 1080p to 86.9 at 1440p (a 33% reduction) and then to 46.2 at 4K (a 47% further reduction from 1440p). This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU has sufficient headroom at lower resolutions but the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth become increasingly strained as pixel count quadruples.

The Low settings curve tells a similar story but with a more extreme drop at 4K. From 206.7 FPS at 1080p to 137.3 FPS at 1440p (34% reduction) and then to 74.5 FPS at 4K (46% reduction), the performance decline is nearly proportional to pixel count. This suggests that even at Low settings, the RX 7700 XT is the limiting component at 4K, as the CPU's 12 threads are likely not fully saturated at these frame rates.

Critically, the gap between Medium and High settings narrows as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference is 36.3 FPS (166.7 vs 130.4), but at 4K, the gap shrinks to 13.1 FPS (59.3 vs 46.2). This compression indicates that the GPU's memory subsystem becomes the primary constraint at higher resolutions, as the 432.0 GB/s bandwidth is insufficient to handle the increased texture and geometry loads without frame rate penalties. The CPU, with its 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 12 MB L3 cache, is clearly not the limiting factor at 4K, as evidenced by the fact that even Low settings cannot maintain 100+ FPS at that resolution.