The Technomancer

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 580 produces a combination that lands near the bottom of the performance hierarchy for The Technomancer, ranking 3373 out of 3696 tested combos. This places the pairing in the 9th percentile of all configurations, indicating that while it can run the game, it does so with significant compromises at higher resolutions and settings. The data shows a system that is firmly entry-level for this 2016 Action RPG, with the GPU acting as the primary bottleneck across most scenarios, though the CPU’s capabilities are sufficient to avoid being the limiting factor at lower resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 3373 out of 3696 tested configurations places it in the lower 8.7% of all pairings tested for The Technomancer. This is a weak result, suggesting that most other hardware combinations will deliver noticeably higher frame rates. The ranking reflects a fundamental imbalance: the GPU is a mid-range part from 2017, while the CPU is a solid 2021 budget processor. In this game, the GPU's age and architecture hold the entire system back, especially when resolutions climb.

Benchmark data confirms this lopsided relationship. The RX 580 has an average benchmark score of 12928, which places it in the 53rd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, scores 12940, a delta of -0.1%, meaning the RX 580 is essentially tied with that mobile part. However, the Core i5-11400F has an average benchmark score of 17177, placing it in the 71st percentile of all CPUs, and it sits 0.3% above the AMD EPYC 7H12 in synthetic workload performance. This contrast shows that the CPU is a significantly stronger component relative to its peers than the GPU is in this pairing.

For The Technomancer, this means the system’s overall rank is dragged down by the GPU’s inability to maintain high frame rates at demanding settings. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 76 FPS, which is playable, but at 4K Ultra, it collapses to 14 FPS, an unplayable result. The data indicates that the CPU is not the primary constraint in this game; instead, the GPU’s pixel throughput and memory bandwidth limit the experience. The rank of 3373 is a clear signal that users should expect to lower settings or resolution to achieve smooth gameplay, and even then, the experience will be modest by modern standards.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best frame rate this combo can achieve in The Technomancer?*

A: The highest average FPS recorded is 76 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the only configuration that breaks the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that high refresh rate play requires significant graphical compromises.

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

A: The Intel Core i5-11400F scores 17177 on average, placing it 0.3% above the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17120) and 0.6% above the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074). It is 0.4% behind the Intel Core i5-12450H (17239) and 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17278).

Q: Is the RX 580's performance closer to mobile or desktop GPUs?

A: The RX 580’s average score of 12928 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile (12940), with a delta of -0.1%. It also sits just 0.4% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (12986), showing it is competitive with older desktop parts but clearly behind modern mid-range options.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the average FPS drops from 76 on Low to 39 on Ultra, a 49% reduction. This shows that the game’s ultra settings impose a heavy load on the GPU, nearly halving performance.

Q: Does the combo have any issues with 1440p gaming?

A: At 2560x1440, the best result is 50 FPS on Low settings, which is near playable, but High and Medium drop to 33 and 38 FPS respectively. Ultra falls to 25 FPS, making 1440p only viable with the lowest settings.

Q: What is the GPU’s VRAM capacity and how does it affect the game?

A: The RX 580 has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This capacity is sufficient for The Technomancer at 1080p, but at 4K, the GPU’s processing power, not the VRAM, becomes the limiting factor, as seen by the 18 FPS average at High settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a steep performance cliff as resolution increases, confirming that the RX 580 is the dominant bottleneck. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings, the average FPS drops from 50 to 33, a 34% reduction. Scaling further to 3840x2160 at High settings, the average plummets to 18 FPS, a 64% drop from the 1080p figure. This scaling pattern is typical for a GPU with 6.175 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and a 256-bit memory interface; the pixel fill rate requirement of 4K simply overwhelms the Polaris 20 chip.

The scaling from 1440p to 4K is particularly punishing. At Medium settings, the average FPS falls from 38 at 2560x1440 to 21 at 3840x2160, a 45% reduction. Even at Low settings, where the CPU should be more relevant, the drop is from 50 FPS at 1440p to 27 FPS at 4K, a 46% decline. This indicates that even with minimal graphical load, the GPU cannot push enough pixels to maintain playable frame rates at 4K. The data shows that the RX 580’s 32 ROPs and 42.88 GPixel/s pixel rate are simply inadequate for 4K rendering in this title.

At 1080p, the scaling between settings is more moderate, suggesting the CPU has a larger role. The jump from Low (76 FPS) to Medium (58 FPS) is a 24% drop, and from Medium to High (50 FPS) is a 14% drop. This progressive decline is more gradual than the resolution scaling, indicating that at 1080p, the system is more balanced, though the GPU still carries most of the load. The 1080p Ultra setting (39 FPS) is nearly unplayable, showing that even at the lowest resolution, maxing out the game’s settings exceeds the GPU’s comfortable operating range.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its most acceptable results. Low settings produce an average of 76 FPS, which is smooth for most displays. Medium settings yield 58 FPS, with a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 67, indicating some frame time variance but overall playability. High settings drop to 50 FPS, which is borderline for action gameplay, and Ultra falls to 39 FPS, which is noticeably stuttery. These numbers show that the RX 580 can handle 1080p The Technomancer only if users are willing to play at Medium or lower settings.

At 2560x1440, the situation deteriorates. Low settings average 50 FPS, which is playable but not ideal. Medium drops to 38 FPS (min 32, max 44), which is below the 40 FPS threshold for comfortable action RPG play. High settings average 33 FPS, and Ultra falls to 25 FPS, making both essentially unplayable. The 1440p data suggests that this resolution is only viable with the lowest settings, and even then, the experience is marginal.

At 3840x2160, the combo is effectively out of its depth. Low settings average just 27 FPS, which is a slideshow for a game requiring precise timing. Medium settings average 21 FPS (min 18, max 24), High averages 18 FPS, and Ultra averages 14 FPS. These numbers are all well below playable thresholds, and the data indicates that no setting combination at 4K yields an acceptable experience. The GPU’s 42.88 GPixel/s pixel rate is the clear culprit, as the 8.3 million pixels of 4K require over 4x the fill rate of 1080p.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580 is the defining component in this combo, and its specifications explain the performance ceiling. The GPU is built on the Polaris 20 chip with a 14 nm process, featuring 2304 shading units and 144 texture mapping units. Its 32 ROPs are paired with a 256-bit memory bus carrying 8 GB of GDDR5 at 2000 MHz, yielding 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specs result in a texture rate of 193.0 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 42.88 GPixel/s, figures that are now dated for modern AAA titles.

In The Technomancer, the GPU’s limited pixel throughput is the primary constraint at higher resolutions. The game’s visual complexity at Ultra settings, combined with the 4K resolution, demands more than the RX 580 can deliver, as evidenced by the 14 FPS average. The GPU’s FP32 compute of 6.175 TFLOPS is also insufficient for the game’s shading workloads at high settings, leading to the 39 FPS result at 1080p Ultra. The 8 GB VRAM is not the issue here; even at 4K, the game’s memory footprint is likely below 8 GB, but the GPU simply cannot process the frames fast enough.

The RX 580’s benchmark percentile of 53% places it in the lower half of all GPUs, and its nearest rival, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, scores 12940, a delta of -0.1%. This shows that the RX 580 is roughly equivalent to a mobile mid-range part from a few years later, which contextualizes its struggles. The GPU’s 185 W TDP and 1x 8-pin power connector indicate a power-hungry design by modern standards, but this does not translate into competitive performance in this game. The data clearly shows that the RX 580 is the bottleneck for the majority of the tested settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It features 12 MB of shared L3 cache and supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. In synthetic benchmarks, it scores 14340 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 2024 in single-core, with a Passmark multithread score of 16908. These results place it in the 71st percentile of all CPUs, showing it is a capable mid-range processor.

In The Technomancer, the CPU’s role is less critical than the GPU’s, but it still sets the floor for performance at low resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 76 FPS, which is likely CPU-limited to some degree, as the GPU has less work to do. The CPU’s 12 threads are sufficient for the game’s threading model, as evidenced by the 3DMark 16-thread score of 5619, but the game is not heavily multithreaded, so the single-core performance of 868 in 3DMark single-thread is more relevant. This score, while decent, is not exceptional, and it explains why the 76 FPS at 1080p Low is not higher.

The CPU’s nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7H12, which scores 17120 (0.3% lower), and the Intel Core i5-12450H, which scores 17239 (0.4% higher). These tight deltas suggest that the i5-11400F is well-matched to its peers, and none of them would significantly change the gaming experience in this title. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and Rocket Lake architecture are efficient enough to avoid thermal throttling in most systems, but this does not compensate for the GPU’s limitations. The data indicates that upgrading the CPU alone would yield minimal gains in The Technomancer; the RX 580 is the component that needs replacement for meaningful improvement.