Palworld

Palworld, a survival title released on 2024-01-18, presents a demanding open-world environment where the Intel Core i5-14600KF and AMD Radeon RX 6600 combination produces a specific performance profile. The data shows this pairing ranks 1370 out of 1718 tested combos, placing it in the lower-middle tier for this game. This analysis breaks down the measured FPS across resolutions and settings, interprets the scaling behavior, and contextualizes the results against the component specifications and rival benchmarks.

FAQ

Q: What is the best performance this combo achieves in Palworld?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 141.3 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This indicates the combination can deliver high refresh rate gameplay at 1080p when graphical demands are minimized.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 23.2 on Ultra settings to 52.1 on Low settings. The high setting produces 29.5 FPS, while Medium achieves 42.8 FPS, showing that 4K gameplay is only viable at lower settings.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of the CPU and GPU individually?

A: The Intel Core i5-14600KF ranks in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs, while the AMD Radeon RX 6600 ranks in the 69th percentile among all GPUs. This disparity suggests a CPU-heavy system paired with a mid-range GPU.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The i5-14600KF has an average benchmark score of 49367, which is 0.4% higher than the Intel Core i5-14600K (49166) and 0.6% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (49062). It trails the AMD EPYC 4345P by 0.5%.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RX 6600 has an average benchmark score of 25235, matching the AMD Radeon 890M (25246) within 0.1% and slightly outperforming the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP by 0.2%. It is 0.5% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (25120) in the average score comparison.

Q: What is the FPS difference between 1080p Low and 4K Ultra?

A: The difference is substantial: 141.3 FPS at 1080p Low versus 23.2 FPS at 4K Ultra. This represents a performance drop of approximately 83.6% when moving from the lightest to the heaviest configuration.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a Navi 23 chip fabricated on a 7 nm process. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1626 MHz and a boost clock of 2491 MHz, with a game clock of 2044 MHz. These specifications position it as a mid-range card, and the benchmark data reflects this in Palworld.

The GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory interface become limiting factors at higher resolutions. In Palworld, the measured FPS at 3840x2160 High is 29.5, which falls below the 30 FPS threshold often considered the minimum for playable performance. The card’s compute capabilities, rated at 8.928 TFLOPS FP32, are sufficient for 1080p gaming but struggle to maintain fluid frame rates at 4K. The data shows a clear pattern: the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings, as the CPU’s 93rd percentile ranking suggests it has ample headroom to feed the graphics card.

The RX 6600’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6700M, scores 0.2% higher in average benchmarks, indicating the desktop card is closely matched with a mobile part. The RTX 3060 Ti’s 0.5% higher average score suggests a marginal performance gap, yet in Palworld, the combination’s overall rank of 1370 out of 1718 reflects the GPU’s limitations in this specific title. The 8 GB VRAM may also cause texture thrashing at Ultra settings, contributing to the low 23.2 FPS average at 4K Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-14600KF and AMD Radeon RX 6600 achieves a combo rank of 1370 out of 1718 tested combinations in Palworld. This places the pairing in the bottom 20% of all tested systems, which is surprising given the CPU’s strong individual performance. The i5-14600KF, with 14 cores and 20 threads, boosts up to 5.30 GHz and scores 32889 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. This suggests the processor is not the limiting factor.

The bottleneck is clearly the GPU. The RX 6600’s 69th percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with its 8 GB VRAM and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth, restricts performance in a game like Palworld that scales heavily with graphical settings. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo can hit 141.3 FPS, demonstrating the CPU’s ability to drive high frame rates when the GPU is not saturated. However, as resolution and settings increase, the GPU becomes overwhelmed, dragging the overall combo rank down.

Compared to other combos, this pairing is likely held back by the GPU’s mid-range positioning. The CPU’s nearest rivals, such as the i5-14600K and Ryzen 9 5950X, have nearly identical average scores, so swapping the CPU would not meaningfully change the rank. The GPU’s nearest rivals, including the RX 6700M and RTX 3060 Ti, also have similar average scores, suggesting that any GPU in this performance class would yield comparable results. The combo rank of 1370 reflects a system optimized for CPU-intensive tasks but constrained by GPU throughput in Palworld.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide range of performance depending on settings. Low settings produce an average of 141.3 FPS, which is fully playable on high refresh rate monitors. Medium settings drop to 114.9 FPS, still smooth, while High settings yield 84.7 FPS. Ultra settings reduce the average to 68.4 FPS, which remains acceptable for most players. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a 51.6% performance reduction, indicating that the GPU is increasingly stressed as settings rise.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance drops are more pronounced. Low settings average 92.8 FPS, which is still responsive, but Medium falls to 75.0 FPS. High settings produce 57.8 FPS, which is borderline for fast-paced action, while Ultra drops to 45.1 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p at High settings reduces FPS by 31.8%, from 84.7 to 57.8, highlighting the GPU’s bandwidth limitations at higher pixel counts.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain playable frame rates. Low settings average 52.1 FPS, which is the only configuration above the 30 FPS threshold. Medium drops to 42.8 FPS, High to 29.5 FPS, and Ultra to 23.2 FPS. The gap between 1440p High (57.8 FPS) and 4K High (29.5 FPS) is a 49% reduction, demonstrating the severe impact of 4K resolution on this GPU. The data shows that 4K gaming is only feasible at Low settings, and even then, the frame rate is marginal.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component clearly. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 141.3 at 1080p to 92.8 at 1440p and 52.1 at 4K. This represents a 36.1% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 43.9% drop from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is not linear; the 4K penalty is disproportionately larger, suggesting the GPU’s memory bandwidth and fill rate are exhausted.

At High settings, the scaling is steeper. The average FPS goes from 84.7 at 1080p to 57.8 at 1440p and 29.5 at 4K. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 49%, which is more severe than the 31.8% drop from 1080p to 1440p. This pattern indicates that as resolution increases, the GPU’s shading units (1792) and ROPs (64) become the bottleneck, limiting pixel throughput.

The scaling behavior points to the GPU as the primary constraint. The CPU, with its 93rd percentile ranking and high single-thread performance (4643 in Cinebench R23), is unlikely to be the limiting factor at any resolution. The data shows that even at 1080p Low, where the GPU has the least work, the combo only achieves 141.3 FPS, which is below what the CPU could theoretically drive. This suggests that the RX 6600’s 8.928 TFLOPS FP32 compute and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth cap performance across all configurations, with the gap widening as resolution increases.