Palworld

Palworld is a survival title that puts heavy pressure on the rendering pipeline, and the pairing of an Intel Core i5-11400F with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER shows a wide frame-rate envelope across the tested presets. The lowest measured result is 52.8 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra, while the highest measured result is 278.8 FPS at 1920x1080 Low. These twelve measured rows give a clear picture of how the combo scales with resolution, where the GPU spending looks like, and which settings are worth using.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data runs through three resolutions: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. On the Low preset, the average frame rate starts at 278.8 FPS at 1080p, drops to 208.7 at 1440p, and falls to 118.2 at 4K. That pattern repeats on Medium: 255.3 at 1080p, 169.9 at 1440p, and 94.5 at 4K. On High, the numbers are 195.3, 128.7, and 72.7. On Ultra, they are 152.4, 101.1, and 52.8.

The most important observation is that the gap between 1080p and 4K grows as the preset moves up in quality. At Low, the 1080p result is 278.8 and the 4K result is 118.2. At Ultra, the 1080p result is 152.4 and the 4K result is 52.8. This kind of scaling indicates a GPU-bound workload at higher resolutions: as the pixel count goes up, the RTX 4080 SUPER has to shade far more pixels, and the average FPS drops accordingly. At 1080p on Low, the frame rate reaches 278.8, which is high enough that the CPU is unlikely to be the main constraint in that particular configuration.

The ordering of presets is consistent at every resolution: Low is fastest, Medium is second, High is third, and Ultra is slowest. That consistency suggests the game is not behaving erratically with these settings. The 4K Ultra result of 52.8 is the only measured row below 72.7, which means the high-end visual preset at 4K is the clear breaking point for smoothness. Everything else in the measured set stays at 72.7 or higher.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the dominant piece of this pairing. It is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and contains 10240 shading units, 320 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 80 RT cores, and 320 tensor cores. Its base clock is 2295 MHz and its boost clock is 2550 MHz. The memory side is equally substantial: 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, running at 1438 MHz with 23 Gbps effective speed, for a total bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s.

Those specifications show up directly in the Palworld results. At 4K Low, the card still delivers 118.2 FPS, and at 4K Medium it averages 94.5. Even the 4K High preset stays at 72.7 FPS. The 16 GB VRAM buffer is clearly not a bottleneck in these measurements, since the 4K rows remain playable at every preset except Ultra. The high memory bandwidth also helps explain why the card can maintain strong frame rates when moving from 1440p to 4K.

The GPU's aggregate benchmark score is 53610, which places it at the 88th percentile among all tested GPUs. Its nearest rivals by average benchmark score are the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT at 53489, the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 53414, the AMD Radeon RX 7700S at 52505, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti at 52086, with deltaPct values of 0.2, 0.4, 2.1, and 2.9 respectively. That is a tight grouping at the top, but the 4080 SUPER still leads that set in average aggregate score. In Palworld specifically, the measured performance lines up with a card that has enough raw throughput to keep 4K well above the low end of the range.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest measured frame rate for this combo at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 118.2 FPS. Medium averages 94.5, High averages 72.7, and Ultra averages 52.8.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER compare with its nearest GPU rivals by average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 53610. The nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT at 53489, the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 53414, the AMD Radeon RX 7700S at 52505, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti at 52086.

Q: Is the i5-11400F a weak link in this combo?

A: The i5-11400F has a 75th percentile ranking among all CPUs and an average benchmark score of 17181. In Palworld, the 1080p Low result is 278.8 FPS, which suggests the CPU can feed the GPU at high frame rates when the graphical load is low. At higher resolutions, the GPU becomes the limiting factor, as shown by the steady decline from 278.8 at 1080p Low to 118.2 at 4K Low.

Q: What is the slowest measured result in the entire data set?

A: The slowest result is 3840x2160 Ultra at 52.8 FPS. The next-slowest result is 3840x2160 High at 72.7 FPS, so there is a noticeable jump between those two presets.

Q: What does the combo ranking say about this pairing?

A: This combo ranks 133rd out of 1718 tested combos in Palworld. The GPU sits at the 88th percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU sits at the 75th percentile among all CPUs, so the graphics card is the stronger component in this pairing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Preset | Average FPS |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 278.8 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 255.3 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 195.3 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 152.4 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 208.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 169.9 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 128.7 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 101.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 118.2 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 94.5 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 72.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 52.8 |

The measured rows report average FPS only; no min or max frame values are recorded. At 1080p, the slowest preset is Ultra at 152.4 FPS, so every 1080p result lands at 152.4 or higher. At 1440p, the slowest preset is Ultra at 101.1 FPS, so every 1440p result stays at 101.1 or higher. At 4K, the range is wider, from 118.2 on Low down to 52.8 on Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

Palworld's tested combo list puts this i5-11400F + RTX 4080 SUPER configuration at rank 133 out of 1718 combos. That is a strong position for a CPU that is not especially close to the top of the aggregate CPU leaderboard. The i5-11400F sits at the 75th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17181. Its nearest rival CPUs are the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U at 17189 with deltaPct 0, the Intel Core i7-1260P at 17212 with deltaPct -0.2, the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U at 17215 with deltaPct -0.2, and the Intel Core i5-1240U at 17141 with deltaPct 0.2.

By contrast, the RTX 4080 SUPER sits at the 88th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53610. That percentile gap between CPU and GPU is the reason this 11th Gen Core i5 pairing still lands at 133rd overall. The GPU's aggregate score is close to the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which means the 4080 SUPER is carrying the combo into the upper part of the field. The Palworld data reinforces that point: the biggest frame-rate collapses happen as resolution increases, which is exactly what a GPU-heavy load should look like.

Settings Recommendations

At 1080p, the slowest measured preset is Ultra at 152.4 FPS. Since even the heaviest 1080p preset remains far above the fastest 4K preset, there is no practical reason to lower settings at this resolution unless the goal is an extremely high frame-rate headroom. Ultra is the best pick from the measured rows.

At 1440p, Ultra averages 101.1 FPS and High averages 128.7. Both are strong results. If the goal is maximum image quality, Ultra is usable. If the goal is a larger frame-rate cushion, High is the better measured compromise, since it sits between Medium at 169.9 and Ultra at 101.1.

At 4K, the choice depends on whether visual quality or frame rate matters more. Ultra averages 52.8 FPS, which is the only measured row below 72.7. High averages 72.7 FPS and is the highest-quality preset that stays out of the 50s. Medium averages 94.5 FPS and provides a bigger cushion, while Low averages 118.2 FPS for maximum performance. The practical recommendation from the measured data is to run High at 4K for the best mix of image quality and frame rate, with Medium as the fallback if more speed is needed.