Palworld

Palworld on the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination delivers a smooth experience across most settings, with the data showing a strong balance between the 20-core processor and the 12 GB graphics card. The measured frame rates indicate that this combo handles the survival title’s demands well, though the gap between Low and Ultra presets reveals where the hardware’s limits lie.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank among tested hardware combinations for Palworld?

A: The combo ranks 508th out of 3711 tested combinations, placing it in the top 14% of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU have a higher benchmark percentile?

A: The Intel Core i7-14700F sits in the 91st percentile among all CPUs, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is in the 84th percentile among all GPUs, indicating the processor is relatively stronger in synthetic tests.

Q: What is the best average FPS recorded for this combo at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves an average of 291 FPS, which is the highest measured frame rate in the dataset.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have, and what memory type does it use?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti features 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s.

Q: What are the base and boost clock speeds for the CPU?

A: The Intel Core i7-14700F has a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz.

Q: Is the measured FPS data considered reliable?

A: Yes, the data is marked as "dataIsMeasured": true, indicating it comes from actual testing rather than estimates.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-14700F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti achieves a rank of 508 out of 3711 tested combos in Palworld. This places the configuration in the 86th percentile of all tested setups, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of alternatives. The position suggests that while this is not an absolute top-tier pairing for the game, it delivers performance that is competitive with many high-end systems.

Looking at the individual components, the CPU’s 91st percentile ranking among all processors is slightly stronger than the GPU’s 84th percentile standing among all graphics cards. This disparity hints that the processor has more headroom relative to its peers than the graphics card does, which becomes relevant when analyzing bottleneck behavior at lower resolutions. The combo’s overall position in the 3711-entry database reflects a balanced system where neither component dramatically outclasses the other in this specific workload.

When compared to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks, the CPU edges out the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X by 0.6% and the AMD EPYC 7313P by 0.8% in average score, while trailing the Intel Xeon 6505P by 0.2%. The GPU sits within 1.7% of its closest competitors, with the RTX A6000 being 1.6% slower and the Intel Arc A730M being 1.7% faster. These small deltas confirm that the hardware is well-matched to its price tier in raw compute, though actual game performance depends on how Palworld utilizes the specific features.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD104 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 7680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output pipelines, along with 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores. The card operates at a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with memory running at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective).

The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is a critical resource for Palworld’s open-world environments. At 4K Ultra settings, the combo produces an average of 50 FPS, suggesting the GPU is heavily taxed by the highest preset. The memory capacity appears sufficient for the game, as the data shows no signs of texture streaming failures or stuttering that would indicate VRAM exhaustion.

The GPU’s FP32 performance is rated at 40.09 TFLOPS, with a pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s. These specifications translate to strong raw throughput, which is evident in the 1080p results where the card achieves over 180 FPS on High settings. The 285 W TDP and dual-slot design indicate a power-hungry but manageable card, and the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface provides ample bandwidth for the 12 GB frame buffer.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings yield an average of 291 FPS, Medium produces 236 FPS (with a minimum of 201 and maximum of 271), High reaches 182 FPS, and Ultra drops to 138 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 53% reduction in average FPS, indicating that each settings tier imposes a significant load increase on the hardware.

Stepping up to 2560x1440, the averages decline noticeably. Low settings still produce a very playable 192 FPS, while Medium averages 155 FPS (min 132, max 179). High settings maintain 120 FPS, and Ultra falls to 91 FPS. The 1440p results show a 34% drop from the 1080p averages across all presets, which is consistent with the increased pixel count requiring more GPU work.

At 3840x2160, the performance becomes more demanding. Low settings average 106 FPS, Medium averages 86 FPS (min 73, max 99), High drops to 66 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 50 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS average in the entire dataset, making it the sole configuration where the combo fails to maintain a consistently smooth experience. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 56 FPS, or 53%, mirroring the percentage difference seen at 1080p.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 60 FPS as a baseline, the data shows that Ultra settings are only viable at 1080p, where the combo averages 138 FPS. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 91 FPS, which is still above the 60 FPS threshold but leaves little headroom for demanding scenes. At 4K, Ultra falls to 50 FPS, making it unsuitable for smooth gameplay.

The High preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance across resolutions. At 1080p, High averages 182 FPS, providing ample margin for high-refresh-rate displays. At 1440p, High maintains 120 FPS, which is ideal for 120 Hz monitors. Even at 4K, High averages 66 FPS, staying above the 60 FPS target with a small buffer.

For players who prioritize maximum frame rates, Low settings at 1080p deliver 291 FPS, which is well beyond the refresh rate of most monitors. Medium settings provide a compromise, with 236 FPS at 1080p, 155 FPS at 1440p, and 86 FPS at 4K. The Medium preset at 4K is particularly noteworthy, as it offers a 72% improvement over Ultra while remaining visually acceptable for many users.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, specifically the Raptor Lake-R refresh. It has a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, which provides flexibility for system builders.

The processor’s cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 33 MB of shared L3 cache. This substantial cache helps with Palworld’s many simultaneous entities and world simulation tasks. The CPU’s synthetic benchmarks show strong multi-threaded performance, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35122 and a single-core score of 4958.

In the context of Palworld, the CPU’s 20 cores are likely sufficient to handle the game’s AI and physics calculations without becoming a bottleneck. The 1080p Low results, where the GPU is less stressed, show 291 FPS, indicating that the CPU can feed the graphics card effectively at high frame rates. The single-core performance, evidenced by the Cinebench R15 single-core score of 499, is adequate for the game’s primary thread, which is typical for survival titles.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data shows a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases from 1080p to 1440p to 4K. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 291 at 1080p to 192 at 1440p (a 34% reduction) and then to 106 at 4K (a further 45% reduction from 1440p). This steep decline at lower quality presets suggests that the GPU is the limiting factor, as the CPU’s workload remains relatively constant while the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K.

At Ultra settings, the same resolution scaling shows averages of 138 FPS at 1080p, 91 FPS at 1440p, and 50 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 34% from 1080p to 1440p and 45% from 1440p to 4K, which are nearly identical to the Low settings scaling. This consistency indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck across all settings, as the frame rate scales almost exactly with the pixel count.

The CPU’s role becomes more apparent at 1080p Low, where the 291 FPS average suggests the processor is still capable of driving even higher frame rates. The fact that the FPS drops by a similar percentage at both Low and Ultra settings as resolution increases points to the GPU being the limiting component throughout the tested range. The RTX 4070 Ti’s 504.2 GB/s bandwidth and 12 GB VRAM are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K Ultra result of 50 FPS shows where the card’s compute and memory resources run out.