Revolution Idle

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 lands at rank 1415 out of 1774 tested combos in Revolution Idle. That places this configuration in the bottom 20th percentile of all tested systems, a sobering result for a pairing that otherwise looks capable on paper. The data indicates that this combo struggles to deliver fluid frame rates in this idle title, particularly at higher resolutions and quality presets.

Context matters here. The CPU alone sits at the 77th percentile among all processors, while the GPU ranks at the 58th percentile among all graphics cards. Yet the combined system performance falls well short of what those individual percentiles might suggest. This gap points to a fundamental bottleneck that becomes apparent when examining the measured FPS data across the full resolution and settings matrix.

The combo's ranking reflects a system that can handle 1080p gaming at moderate settings but quickly loses ground as demands increase. At 4K Ultra, the average frame rate collapses to 16.6 FPS, which is effectively unplayable for any genre, let alone one that benefits from smooth visual feedback. The delta between the component-level strengths and the combined result suggests that Revolution Idle places unusual stress on specific hardware characteristics that this pairing does not satisfy optimally.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Starting at 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best results. Low settings produce an average of 102.4 FPS, which is smooth and responsive. Medium settings drop to 78.6 FPS, still comfortably playable. High settings yield 71.7 FPS, maintaining good fluidity. Ultra settings, however, bring a sharp decline to 46.2 FPS, which is noticeably less smooth but still within a tolerable range for many users.

Moving to 2560x1440, the picture changes significantly. Low settings average 64.1 FPS, a solid result that remains playable. Medium settings fall to 49.6 FPS, which is borderline for smooth gameplay. High settings drop further to 46 FPS, and Ultra settings plummet to 32 FPS. These numbers indicate that the RTX 2060 begins to struggle at 1440p, especially when quality presets demand more from the rendering pipeline.

At 3840x2160, the results are largely disappointing. Low settings average 36 FPS, which is marginal at best. Medium settings sink to 28.5 FPS, and High settings manage only 24.2 FPS. Ultra settings produce a dismal 16.6 FPS. The pattern is consistent: each step up in resolution or settings exacts a heavy toll on frame rates, with the 4K Ultra result being less than one-sixth of the 1080p Low figure.

The spread between the best and worst measured results is stark. The 102.4 FPS at 1080p Low represents the peak of this combo's capability, while the 16.6 FPS at 4K Ultra is the floor. This 85.8 FPS range highlights how sensitive this pairing is to workload changes, suggesting that neither component has enough headroom to absorb increases in rendering demands.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 brings 6 cores and 12 threads to the table, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This Alder Lake architecture chip, built on Intel's 10 nm process, features an 18 MB shared L3 cache. These specifications place it as a solid mid-range processor, and its benchmark scores confirm this positioning.

In synthetic testing, the i5-12400 achieves a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15935 and a single-core score of 2249. The Passmark multithread score reaches 18747, while the single-thread score is 3456. These numbers indicate a processor that handles both lightly threaded and heavily threaded workloads competently. The 3DMark results show a clear scaling pattern: 1692 for 2 threads, 3012 for 4 threads, 4745 for 8 threads, and 5873 for 16 threads, with max threads scoring 5890.

For Revolution Idle, which is an idle game genre, the CPU demand profile is typically modest. However, the data suggests that the i5-12400 is not the limiting factor in this combo. Even at 1080p Low, where the CPU would carry the most relative weight, the frame rate reaches 102.4 FPS, which is respectable. The processor's performance percentile of 77 indicates it outperforms most CPUs in the database, and its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-9700, scores nearly identically with a delta of just 0.1 percent.

The CPU's 65 W TDP and dual-channel memory support for both DDR4 and DDR5 make it a flexible choice, but these characteristics do not directly translate to frame rate advantages in this specific title. The benchmark results indicate that the i5-12400 has sufficient headroom for the computational demands of Revolution Idle, which is why the frame rate collapses appear attributable to the GPU rather than the processor.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K tells a clear story about where the bottleneck lies. At 1080p High, the combo produces 71.7 FPS. Moving to 1440p High, the frame rate drops to 46 FPS, a reduction of 25.7 FPS or approximately 36 percent. Further moving to 4K High, the frame rate falls to 24.2 FPS, another drop of 21.8 FPS or about 47 percent from the 1440p figure.

This scaling pattern is classic GPU-bound behavior. As resolution increases, the number of pixels that must be rendered grows exponentially, placing more strain on the graphics card's fill rate and memory bandwidth. The RTX 2060's 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which becomes increasingly insufficient as pixel counts rise.

The settings scaling within each resolution reinforces this interpretation. At 1080p, going from Low to Ultra reduces the frame rate from 102.4 FPS to 46.2 FPS, a drop of 56.2 FPS. At 1440p, the same settings transition yields a reduction from 64.1 FPS to 32 FPS, a 32.1 FPS decline. At 4K, Low produces 36 FPS while Ultra manages only 16.6 FPS, a 19.4 FPS difference. The absolute drops shrink as resolution increases because the GPU is already saturated at lower settings.

The data indicates that this combo is best suited for 1080p gaming, where it can maintain playable frame rates across most settings. At 1440p, only Low and Medium settings remain viable. At 4K, even Low settings struggle to reach 36 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay. The limiting component is definitively the GPU, as the CPU shows no signs of holding back performance at any resolution.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, based on the TU106 chip using the Turing architecture, is the primary constraint in this combo. With 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, it offers 6.451 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance. The card has 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, though these features are unlikely to be heavily utilized in an idle game.

Memory configuration is critical to understanding the performance envelope. The 6 GB GDDR6 frame buffer operates at 1750 MHz, yielding 14 Gbps effective speed. The 192-bit bus interface provides 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is moderate by current standards. Pixel rate reaches 80.64 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 201.6 GTexel/s. These specifications determine how quickly the card can fill screen space and apply textures.

The RTX 2060's benchmark scores paint a picture of a mid-range card. The Passmark G3D score is 14111, while the Geekbench OpenCL score reaches 71278 and the Vulkan score is 67425. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 1242. In the broader GPU landscape, this card ranks at the 58th percentile, with its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, scoring 0.5 percent lower.

The GPU's performance in Revolution Idle aligns with its synthetic benchmarks. At 1080p, the card delivers 102.4 FPS on Low settings, which is a strong result. However, the 4K Ultra result of 16.6 FPS demonstrates that the card lacks the raw throughput for high-resolution, high-quality rendering. The 6 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for this game, as idle titles typically do not require large frame buffers, but the computational limits of the TU106 chip become apparent at higher resolutions.

The launch MSRP of 349 USD for the RTX 2060 places it as a mainstream offering, and its performance profile matches that positioning. In this combo, the GPU's 160 W TDP and dual-slot design are typical for the segment, but the measured FPS data shows that the card is the limiting factor across all tested configurations. The CPU, by comparison, has headroom to spare, making this pairing CPU-heavy in relative terms.