The Technomancer

FAQ

Q: What is the measured average FPS for this combo at 1080p with Ultra settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the Intel Core i5-14600K paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti produces an average of 118.8 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Core i5-14600K has an average benchmark score of 49166, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X's score of 49062, making it effectively a statistical tie.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti falls in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, indicating it sits above the majority of tested cards while remaining below the top-tier performers.

Q: What memory configuration does the GPU use, and what is its bandwidth?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti uses 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 912.4 GB/s.

Q: How many cores and threads does the CPU have, and what are its clock speeds?

A: The Intel Core i5-14600K features 14 cores and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested CPU-GPU combinations in this game?

A: In The Technomancer, this specific combo ranks 450th out of 1656 tested combinations, placing it in the upper third of all results.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture using Samsung's 8 nm process, with a die size of 628 mm² containing 28,300 million transistors. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus provides 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves substantial for this title's texture-heavy scenes. The GPU's base clock runs at 1365 MHz and boosts to 1665 MHz, with memory operating at 19 Gbps effective.

The GPU's compute capabilities are substantial: 10,240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. It delivers 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and maintains a 1:1 ratio for FP16 at 34.10 TFLOPS. The texture rate of 532.8 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 186.5 GPixel/s indicate this card can push high-resolution textures without bottlenecking at the fill-rate stage.

Benchmark results place this GPU in the 83rd percentile of all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 41224. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, scores 41441, which is 0.5% higher — a margin small enough that real-world gaming differences often vanish. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 sits 0.9% ahead, and the RTX 5070 trails by 1.1%, showing this card remains competitive against newer silicon in synthetic workloads.

In The Technomancer, the GPU's role becomes evident when examining FPS scaling across settings. At 4K Ultra, the average drops to 42.5 FPS, while at 1080p Ultra, it reaches 118.8 FPS. This scaling pattern suggests the RTX 3080 Ti's raw throughput, combined with its 12 GB frame buffer, handles the game's visual demands at lower resolutions but struggles to maintain high frame rates when pixel count and shading complexity increase simultaneously.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of resolution-dependent performance. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 230.7 FPS average, which drops to 154.2 FPS at 2560x1440 (a 33.2% reduction), and further to 81.5 FPS at 3840x2160 (a 64.7% reduction from 1080p). This steep decline indicates the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor as resolution increases.

Moving to High settings, the scaling continues: 156.1 FPS at 1080p falls to 96.3 FPS at 1440p, then to 54 FPS at 4K. The 4K result at High settings represents just 34.6% of the 1080p High performance, showing that each pixel doubling exacts a heavy toll. At Ultra settings, the pattern holds — 118.8 FPS at 1080p, 78.3 FPS at 1440p, and 42.5 FPS at 4K.

The delta between 1440p and 4K is consistently larger than the delta between 1080p and 1440p. For example, at Medium settings, the gap from 1080p to 1440p is 61.4 FPS, while the gap from 1440p to 4K is 55.9 FPS. This suggests the GPU's memory bandwidth and shader throughput become increasingly strained as the pixel count approaches 4K, where the 912.4 GB/s bandwidth is pushed closer to its limits.

The data indicates that at 1080p, the CPU has headroom to feed the GPU — evidenced by the 230.7 FPS Low result — but at 4K, the GPU's compute limits dominate. The RTX 3080 Ti's 34.10 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is sufficient for 1440p gaming at high frame rates, but 4K Ultra demands more than this card can deliver at smooth playable rates.

How This Combo Ranks

Among 1656 tested CPU-GPU combinations in The Technomancer, this pairing of the Intel Core i5-14600K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ranks 450th. This places it in the 72.8th percentile of tested combos, meaning it outperforms roughly 73% of all configurations tested in this title while trailing the top 27%.

The rank reflects the balance between the CPU's strong single-threaded performance and the GPU's substantial compute power. The CPU's Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4642 and multi-core score of 32881 indicate a processor that can sustain high instruction throughput without becoming a bottleneck in most gaming scenarios.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 41224, combined with the CPU's 49166 average, suggests a system that exceeds the requirements of most titles but falls short of the absolute top-tier configurations. The 450th rank out of 1656 indicates that while this combo delivers strong performance, there are 449 other combinations that achieve higher frame rates in this specific game.

The nearest rival configurations in the database show that small benchmark differences translate to meaningful rank changes. The RTX 3080 Ti's 0.5% deficit to the RTX 3090 in average score, and the CPU's 0.2% advantage over the Ryzen 9 5950X, demonstrate how tightly packed the performance envelope is at this level. A single rank change could result from minor driver optimizations or thermal variations rather than fundamental hardware differences.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600K uses the Raptor Lake architecture on Intel's 10 nm process, with a die size of 257 mm². Its 14 cores and 20 threads combine performance and efficiency cores, allowing the processor to handle both lightly-threaded gaming workloads and heavily-threaded background tasks. The base clock of 3.50 GHz and boost clock of 5.30 GHz provide the high single-thread performance that many games from this era rely upon.

Cache configuration includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache. This hierarchy ensures frequently accessed data remains close to the cores, reducing memory latency in scenarios where the game engine repeatedly accesses the same assets. The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus, offering flexibility in system configuration.

The CPU's benchmark scores demonstrate its capability profile. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 32881 and single-core score of 4642 show balanced performance. In Geekbench, it scores 15846 multi-core and 2803 single-core. The PassMark multi-thread score of 38682 and single-thread score of 4270 further confirm its dual nature — strong in both parallel and sequential workloads.

In The Technomancer, the CPU's role is most visible at lower resolutions and settings where the GPU has excess capacity. At 1080p Low, the 230.7 FPS average suggests the CPU can maintain high instruction throughput without becoming a limiting factor. The 14 cores and 20 threads provide ample parallelism for the game's AI, physics, and scene management systems, while the 5.30 GHz boost clock ensures responsive single-threaded performance. The CPU's 93rd percentile ranking among all processors indicates it sits comfortably near the top of the performance distribution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 230.7 FPS, Medium achieves 178.9 FPS, High reaches 156.1 FPS, and Ultra sustains 118.8 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 111.9 FPS spread, with each settings tier exacting a measurable toll on performance.

At 2560x1440, the averages drop notably. Low settings yield 154.2 FPS, Medium produces 117.5 FPS, High maintains 96.3 FPS, and Ultra delivers 78.3 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra narrows to 75.9 FPS, indicating that the GPU is beginning to constrain performance at this resolution regardless of settings.

At 3840x2160, the results show significant compression. Low settings average 81.5 FPS, Medium achieves 61.6 FPS, High sustains 54 FPS, and Ultra drops to 42.5 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows further to 39 FPS, demonstrating that at 4K, even the lowest settings cannot overcome the GPU's resolution-related limits.

The data reveals that the RTX 3080 Ti handles 1080p and 1440p gaming with substantial headroom at all settings, but 4K Ultra remains challenging at 42.5 FPS average. At 4K Medium, the 61.6 FPS result approaches playable territory, while 4K High at 54 FPS sits near the edge of acceptable smoothness. For players targeting 1440p, the High setting at 96.3 FPS offers a strong balance between visual quality and frame rate, while 1080p Ultra at 118.8 FPS provides the highest quality experience without sacrificing responsiveness.