Palworld

Palworld pairs the Intel Core i7-14700K with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, and the measured results show a combo that’s far stronger on the CPU side than on the GPU side. The system lands at rank 2149 out of 3711 tested combinations for this survival title, putting it in the lower half of the database. Across 12 measured FPS rows, the RTX 2070 SUPER’s 2019 Turing architecture limits the 20-core i7-14700K, which otherwise sits at the 94th percentile of all CPUs. At 1080p Low the pairing reaches 167 FPS average, but at 4K Ultra that figure collapses to 29 FPS, a pattern that highlights a heavily GPU-bound workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The measured data places this exact CPU+GPU pairing at rank 2149 of 3711 combos in Palworld. Translated into a position, it sits comfortably in the lower half of the field, and the cause is not the processor. The i7-14700K averages a benchmark score of 69355 and sits at the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with a nearest rival delta of only 0.1% behind the AMD EPYC 9115 (score 69288) and 0.2% ahead of the Ryzen 9 7950X (score 69515). The RTX 2070 SUPER, by contrast, delivers an average GPU score of 20282, puts it in the 65th percentile, and its closest rivals—Quadro M4000M, RTX 3070 Mobile, Intel Arc B570, Arc A750—are all within a 1.2% to 1.5% band. So the processor is a top-tier part while the GPU is a mid-pack component.

The rank is a direct result of that mismatch. In lightly loaded scenarios, like 1080p Low, the CPU can stretch to 167 FPS. But as resolution climbs and the GPU is saturated, the frame rate falls away quickly. At 4K Ultra, the average is just 29 FPS. Combined with the fact that the GPU’s only 65th percentile, the overall score-position stays low in the database; a bottleneck idiom: the CPU is essentially never the limiting factor, except at some of the lowest settings. The data show that the combo gains ground only when the resolution is low enough for the GPU to catch up. In every measured row above 1080p Medium, the 20-core CPU is left idle waiting on the graphics card.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS measured in this combo?

A: At 1920x1080 with the Low preset, the combo averages 167 FPS, the highest score of the entire measured set.

Q: Is 4K playable with a 60 FPS target?

A: Only with the Low preset, which averages 61 FPS. Medium gives 50 FPS (minimum 42, maximum 57), High 38 FPS, and Ultra 29 FPS.

Q: How does the i7-14700K compare to the Ryzen 9 7950X on the Apx?

A: The two are statistically identical in live average benchmark scores: the i7-14700K scores 69355 and the Ryzen 9 7950X scores 69515, a 0.2% deviation. So the CPU is not a differentiator in this pairing.

Q: Which preset gives the best FPS headroom at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the Low – medium scale shows a big spread: Medium 136 FPS, High 104 FPS, and Ultra 79 FPS. For raw frames, the Low preset is king, but Medium still holds over 136 FPS average.

Q: What do the min/max values reveal about frame stability?

A: The 4K Medium setting has a min of 42 FPS and a max of 57 FPS versus an average of 50 FPS—a 15 FPS spread. At 1080p Medium, the spread is larger (115–157 vs 136), showing more frame sickness at higher resolutions due to GPU saturation.

Q: Where does this combo finish in the overall rankings?

A: It lands at 2149 out of 3711 combos, essentially the 58th percentile lower half, which is expected when a 94th-percentile CPU is paired with a 65th-percentile GPU.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700K is a 20-core processorial with 28 threads, based on Raptor Lake. It runs at 3.40 GHz base clock and can boost to 5.60 GHz, with a 33MB L3 cache and an integrated UHD Graphics 770. This is a high-frequency, high-thread-counted desktop part released in October 2023, it holds a TDP of 125 W. Its launch MSRP is $409, and the GPU carries a $499 launch MSRP for the RTX 2070 SUPER.

The processor’s absolute scores reflect its strength: Cinebench R23 multi-core 33440 MHz, single-core 2160, Cinebench20 multi 18544, single 2617, GeekBench multi 20767, single 2569. PassMark has multi-thread 52392 and single-thread 4472. In the synthetic combined test, the i7-14700K sits at the 94th percentile and its average scratch of 69355 is essentially equal to the AMD EPYC 9115 (69288), and the 7950X is 0.2% behind in delta terms. This places the CPU at the very top of the desktop—and ion-like server—parts, and those cores are extensively through Palworld.

But the role of this CPU in the game is surprisingly limited because the GPU becomes the cap. The measured data reveal that at all preset levels, the dominant factor is the CPU and the video card’s own pixel load. The CPU only shows its worth at low GPU load, such as 1080p Low where the avg fps of 167 measures the maximum sustainable output of the system, and that’s about 30% above the 1080p Medium average of 136. So the CPU is still fast enough to flood the GPU with overhead, but the RTX 2070 numbers—currently 65th percentile—cannot convert that into high frame rates. The CPU is limited by nothing in Palworld; the frame is generated by the GPU’s ability to render models.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The FPS results provided, without any min/max statistics beyond Medium presets, present a clear row set. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 167 FPS, dropping to 136 FPS on Medium (min 115, max 156), then 104 FPS on High, and 79 FPS on Ultra. That trend is typical: the engine is CPU-light at 1080p and the GPU runs near its peak; even Ultra loses only 51 FPS from Low (167 → 79) and it remains playable for a survival title.

Stepping up to 1440p, the Combo holds 110 FPS on Low, 89 FPS on Medium (min 76, max 103), 69 FPS on High, and 52 FPS on Ultra. The number line from Low to Ultra is 123→90→70→52, a steady but noticeable GPU clamp. At this resolution, the only setting that dips below 60 is Ultra; 52 echoes the GPU’s limit as it approaches the 65th-percentile ceiling.

At 4K UHD (3840x2160), the picture changes completely. The Low preset averages 61 FPS, Medium 50 (min 42, max 57), High 38 FPS, and Ultra 29 FPS. Medium is just borderline playable, and the min of 42 suggests dips into the 40s during busy scenes; Ultra at 29 FPS is a near-lock experience. These figures are all for the same GPU, laid under the same CPU, and the only difference is pixel count. The measured utility from 1080p Ultra (79) to 4K Ultra (47) drops by 50% and then to 4K Ultra (29) ends at the last, but the actual 4K Low (61) still outperforms the 1440p Ultra (52) with the same settings difference, showing how much the GPU scales.

The Medium preset is the only one that provides both min and max numbers at all resolutions: 1080p 115–165, 1440p 76–103, 4K 42–57. The intervals are wider at 1080p because the CPU is more active, and they shrink as resolution climbs, indicating the GPU becomes constant.

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling is the story the data tells most clearly. For each settings preset, the FPS falls by roughly the same proportion as you go up in resolution. Taking High as an example: 1080p 104→ 1440p 69→4K 38. That’s a drop to 66% of the 1080p number at 1440p, and then to 36% at 4K. The Low preset shows exactly the same relationship: 167→110 The output from 1440 is 110, and 4K is 61, where 110/167 = 0.66, and 61/110 = 0.55, so again the 1440p output is ~65% of the 1080p, and the 4K is ~56% of the 1440p. The constant 0.66 scaling factor across all four settings (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) is a robust signal: the performance scaling is entirely determined by pixel area, not a CPU or memory limit, because the CPU can’t change the curve.

Between 1080p and 1440p the performance loss is always 11.5% to 6.5% over to 4K, it drops to a low of 26 the 1080p value. The near-identical ratio from 1080p to 4K (37% on Low, 37% on Medium, 37% on High, 38% on Ultra) reveals that in Palworld the render pipeline is nearly perfectly scaling with GPU pixel load. The 4K pixel count is 4.0 times the 1080p; if the GPU was fully bound by pixels, we would expect to see a fraction of 1/4 of the original, but the actual drop-off is about 37%, so the GPU is not saturating completely at the highest. That small 10-of leftover is probably where the CPU can still help—the i7-14700K’s many cores avoid engine stutter when moving from 1440p to 4K.

The upshot is that this combo’s frame budget is almost entirely dedicated to the GPU pixel pushing. The i7-14700K works as a good support: in 1080p Low (167–61) it can push >150 FPS on a CPU, but the GPU is charging at the ultrawide calibration. If you value a higher FPS, you need to lower the resolved, not the CPU.

Settings Recommendations

Because the per-setting FPS is measured directly, the “best” preset depends on the resolution. At 1920x1080, Ultra still delivers 79 FPS, so any preset is usable; however, the sweet spot is Medium—an average of 136 FPS with a minimum of 115, which is 15% above typical 75Hz displays and far above the playable floor. The Low preset is only 10 FPS short (127) and is the most headroom, but Medium doubles the visual quality within the measured vector. For competitive clarity, High keeps 104 FPS and is the most reasonable choice if you want the visual ascend.

At 1440p, Medium is the clear recommendation: 89 FPS average and a min of 76 FPS. This is playable to the extreme—the frames don’t drop below 76 in the measured dataset, which holds a smooth engine environment. If you accept a 50 F