Palworld

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU/GPU combo in Palworld?

A: Based on the measured FPS data, 2560x1440 on High settings delivers 122.7 FPS average, which is a strong balance. At 1920x1080 on High, the average climbs to 189.8 FPS, but the jump to 1440p only costs roughly 35% performance while providing a much sharper image.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score is 52086, placing it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs. Its closest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 with a score of 52085, a 0% delta. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S scores 52505, which is 0.8% higher, while the NVIDIA RTX A1000 is 2.5% lower at 50826.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-11400F a bottleneck for this GPU?

A: The CPU's average benchmark score is 17181, which puts it in the 75th percentile of all CPUs. Its performance is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189, 0% delta). Given that the GPU scores in the 87th percentile, the CPU is likely adequate at higher resolutions where the GPU is the limiting factor, but at 1080p Low the CPU may become a constraint.

Q: Which settings preset provides the highest frame rate?

A: The Low preset at 1920x1080 yields the highest measured average at 280.6 FPS. At 2560x1440, Low still delivers a very high 200.8 FPS average. The Ultra preset is the most demanding, dropping to 146.8 FPS at 1080p and 54.5 FPS at 4K.

Q: Does the GPU have enough VRAM for Palworld at 4K?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti is equipped with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. At 3840x2160 on High settings, the average FPS is 67.3, with Ultra dropping to 54.5. The VRAM capacity appears sufficient for these settings, as the performance drop is more attributable to raw compute load than memory limitations.

Q: What is the combo's overall rank in Palworld?

A: This specific combination of Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ranks 165th out of 1718 tested combos in Palworld, placing it in the top 10% of all configurations.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB203 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It houses 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2452 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). Its 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for Palworld's large open-world environments where texture streaming and asset loading are constant.

The GPU's raw compute capabilities include 8960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. It features 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores, supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. The FP32 performance is rated at 43.94 TFLOPS, which is identical to its FP16 throughput. The pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s and the texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s. These specifications translate directly into the measured frame rates: at 1080p High, the combo achieves 189.8 FPS, and at 1080p Ultra it still manages 146.8 FPS. The GPU's Passmark G3D score is 32974, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 6604, confirming its position in the 87th percentile of all GPUs.

The RTX 5070 Ti draws up to 300 W under load and requires a 700 W power supply. It connects via PCIe 5.0 x16 and offers display outputs including 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The 50-series generation also introduces Blackwell 2.0 features that benefit modern titles, though the data does not break down per-feature gains. Compared to its predecessor generation (GeForce 40), this card represents a significant architectural leap, and benchmark results show it is essentially tied with the RTX 4080 in aggregate performance.

Resolution Scaling

Examining the measured FPS across resolutions reveals how the system's performance scales with pixel count. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 189.8 FPS at 1920x1080 to 122.7 FPS at 2560x1440 (a 35.3% reduction), and then to 67.3 FPS at 3840x2160 (a 45.2% reduction from 1440p). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor as resolution increases.

The Low preset shows a similar trend: 280.6 FPS at 1080p, 200.8 FPS at 1440p (28.5% drop), and 113.7 FPS at 4K (43.4% drop from 1440p). The Medium preset delivers 249.5 FPS at 1080p, 163.7 FPS at 1440p (34.4% drop), and 91.7 FPS at 4K (44.0% drop). The Ultra preset is the most demanding: 146.8 FPS at 1080p, 94.6 FPS at 1440p (35.6% drop), and 54.5 FPS at 4K (42.4% drop).

The consistent ~35% performance hit when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and another ~43-45% when moving to 4K, suggests a balanced system where the GPU scales predictably with resolution. The fact that the proportional drops are similar across all settings presets indicates that neither the CPU nor memory bandwidth is creating a disproportionate bottleneck at any resolution. At 1080p Low, the 280.6 FPS result approaches the realm where CPU limitations could emerge, but the i5-11400F's 12 threads and 4.40 GHz boost clock appear sufficient to keep feeding the GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest frame rates. The Low preset averages 280.6 FPS, Medium averages 249.5 FPS, and High averages 189.8 FPS. The Ultra preset, which applies maximum graphical fidelity, still achieves a very playable 146.8 FPS average. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, the RTX 5070 Ti is not heavily stressed, and the CPU's performance becomes relatively more important.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high. Low averages 200.8 FPS, Medium averages 163.7 FPS, and High averages 122.7 FPS. Ultra drops to 94.6 FPS, which is still smooth for most displays. The 1440p results show a good balance between visual quality and performance, making this resolution the sweet spot for this combo.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor. High settings average 67.3 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for competitive play. Medium averages 91.7 FPS, providing a smoother experience. Low averages 113.7 FPS, which is quite acceptable for 4K gaming. Ultra drops to 54.5 FPS, which may be too low for some players who prefer 60 FPS as a minimum threshold.

The spread between Low and Ultra at each resolution is informative. At 1080p, the gap is 133.8 FPS (280.6 vs 146.8). At 1440p, the gap narrows to 106.2 FPS (200.8 vs 94.6). At 4K, the gap shrinks to 59.2 FPS (113.7 vs 54.5). This narrowing gap at higher resolutions indicates that the absolute cost of Ultra settings is somewhat consistent, but the relative performance penalty grows as the GPU becomes more loaded.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 60 FPS as a minimum, the data shows that 4K Ultra is the only configuration that fails to meet this threshold, averaging 54.5 FPS. At 4K High, the system averages 67.3 FPS, which is comfortable. For those with 1440p displays, Ultra settings are viable at 94.6 FPS, and High at 122.7 FPS provides a significant margin for demanding scenes.

For competitive play or high-refresh-rate monitors at 1080p, the Low preset at 280.6 FPS or Medium at 249.5 FPS will fully utilize a 240 Hz display. Even the High preset at 189.8 FPS supports a 165 Hz monitor. The Ultra preset at 146.8 FPS is still suitable for 144 Hz displays.

The most balanced recommendation across the board is the High preset. At 1080p it delivers 189.8 FPS, at 1440p it delivers 122.7 FPS, and at 4K it delivers 67.3 FPS. This preset provides a substantial visual improvement over Medium (which averages 249.5 FPS at 1080p, 163.7 FPS at 1440p, and 91.7 FPS at 4K) while maintaining frame rates that are playable at every resolution tested. The jump from High to Ultra costs roughly 22-29% performance at each resolution (from 189.8 to 146.8 at 1080p, from 122.7 to 94.6 at 1440p, and from 67.3 to 54.5 at 4K), making Ultra a reasonable choice only for those who prioritize image quality over frame rate stability.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Rocket Lake architecture, built on Intel's 14 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The CPU supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. Its cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. It connects via PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-11400F scores 14372 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 2029 in single-core. Its Geekbench scores are 7579 multicore and 1979 single-core. The 3DMark results show a scaling pattern from 1691 with 2 threads to 5652 with 16 threads, indicating good multi-threaded scaling. The Passmark multithread score is 16908 with a single-thread score of 2981. These results place the CPU in the 75th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17181.

The CPU's nearest rivals are all within a tight performance band: the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U scores 17189 (0% delta), the Intel Core i7-1260P scores 17212 (-0.2%), the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U scores 17215 (-0.2%), and the Intel Core i5-1240U scores 17141 (0.2%). This clustering indicates that the i5-11400F is competitively positioned within its performance class.

In Palworld specifically, the measured FPS data shows that the CPU can support very high frame rates at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 280.6 FPS, suggesting the CPU is not limiting at this level. However, at 1080p Ultra (146.8 FPS), the GPU load increases, and the CPU has more headroom. The consistent scaling across resolutions indicates that the i5-11400F's 12 threads and 4.40 GHz boost clock are sufficient to avoid becoming a bottleneck for the RTX 5070 Ti in this title, particularly at 1440p and 4K where the GPU dominates performance. The CPU's 65 W TDP and single-socket design make it a practical pairing for a desktop build, and its Rocket Lake architecture supports DDR4 memory, which keeps platform costs manageable.