Thief

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER ranks 1575 out of 2851 tested combinations in Thief. This places the combo in the 55th percentile of all tested systems, meaning roughly 45% of tested configurations deliver higher average frame rates in this title. The ranking reflects a mid-pack position that aligns with the hardware's respective positions in the broader benchmark landscape: the CPU sits at the 83rd percentile among all processors, while the GPU ranks at the 65th percentile among all graphics cards.

The gap between CPU and GPU percentile rankings is notable. The Ryzen 5 7400F's 83rd percentile standing suggests it has headroom to drive faster graphics hardware, while the RTX 2070 SUPER's 65th percentile indicates it is the more limiting component in most scenarios. This imbalance becomes evident in the measured frame rates, particularly at higher resolutions where the GPU's workload increases disproportionately. The combo's overall rank of 1575 reflects a system where the processor outclasses the graphics card, yet the pairing still produces playable results across all tested settings and resolutions.

When compared to other combinations in the database, this pairing's rank suggests it sits comfortably in the upper-middle tier. The 2851 total combos include both older and newer hardware, so a rank of 1575 indicates the system outperforms a slight majority of tested configurations. The data shows this is not a top-tier combination, but it is far from the bottom of the stack. For a game released in 2014, this modern CPU and mid-range GPU pairing delivers frame rates that range from borderline at 4K Ultra to exceptionally smooth at 1080p Low.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play Thief with this hardware combo?

A: The data shows 2560x1440 provides the best balance of visual quality and performance. At 1440p High, the combo averages 68 FPS, while 1440p Ultra averages 65 FPS. Both are above the 60 FPS threshold typically considered smooth. At 4K, even High settings only reach 40 FPS, making 1440p the practical ceiling for this pairing.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its nearest rivals in raw GPU benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 20282, placing it at the 65th percentile. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M, scores 20480, which is 1% higher. The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile scores 20534 (1.2% higher), the Intel Arc B570 scores 20556 (1.3% higher), and the Intel Arc A750 scores 20582 (1.5% higher). All four rivals outperform the RTX 2070 SUPER by a narrow margin.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 7400F bottleneck the RTX 2070 SUPER in Thief?

A: The evidence suggests minimal CPU bottlenecking. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking is significantly higher than the GPU's 65th percentile. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 171 FPS, which indicates the CPU can feed frames well above typical display refresh rates. The frame rate drops from 1080p to 4K are consistent with GPU-bound scaling, not CPU limitations.

Q: What settings preset delivers the highest minimum frame rate at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Medium preset provides the only recorded minimum and maximum frame rates, with a minimum of 76 FPS and a maximum of 103 FPS. This is the only 1440p preset with min/max data, making it the only preset where frame time consistency can be fully assessed. The average of 89 FPS with a 76 FPS floor indicates stable performance.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-core performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32750, ranking at the 83rd percentile. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, scores 32812, which is 0.2% higher. The Intel Core i5-14600T scores 32707 (0.1% lower), the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H scores 32697 (0.2% lower), and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 scores 32662 (0.3% lower). The differences are negligible, all within 0.3%.

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this combination?

A: At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset averages 38 FPS and High averages 40 FPS, both below smooth thresholds. Medium averages 52 FPS with a minimum of 45 FPS. Only Low settings reach 69 FPS at 4K. For single-player stealth gameplay, 4K Medium may be acceptable, but the data indicates 1440p is the optimal resolution for this pairing.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data across three resolutions and four presets reveals a clear pattern: the RTX 2070 SUPER handles lower presets with ample headroom but struggles at the highest settings, particularly at 4K. At 1080p, all presets exceed 90 FPS, with Low reaching 171 FPS and Medium hitting 130 FPS. At 1440p, the picture remains strong, with every preset staying above 65 FPS. At 4K, only Low settings break past 60 FPS, and Ultra falls to 38 FPS.

For the best experience, the Medium preset at 2560x1440 stands out as the optimal choice. This preset delivers an average of 89 FPS with a recorded minimum of 76 FPS and maximum of 103 FPS. The fact that this is the only preset at any resolution with complete min/max data suggests the test methodology captured a representative sample. The 76 FPS floor ensures smooth gameplay even in demanding scenes, while the 89 FPS average provides headroom above standard 60 Hz displays.

Players prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity should consider 1080p Low, which achieves 171 FPS. This exceeds the refresh rate of most monitors and would suit competitive play or high-refresh-rate displays. However, for a stealth game like Thief, where atmosphere and visibility matter, the Medium preset at 1440p offers a superior balance. The 89 FPS average is comfortably above 60 FPS, and the 45 FPS minimum at 4K Medium highlights the GPU's limitations at higher resolutions.

The Ultra preset is only recommended for 1080p, where it averages 94 FPS. At 1440p Ultra, the average drops to 65 FPS, which is still playable but approaches the threshold where frame drops become noticeable. At 4K Ultra, the 38 FPS average falls below acceptable levels for most players. The data indicates that Medium is the sweet spot for this hardware in Thief, offering the best combination of visual quality and performance stability.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination demonstrates strong performance across all presets. The Low preset achieves 171 FPS average, representing the highest frame rate recorded for this combo. Medium follows at 130 FPS average, with a minimum of 111 FPS and maximum of 150 FPS. High settings reach 99 FPS average, while Ultra drops to 94 FPS average. All four presets at 1080p exceed the 60 FPS threshold by a substantial margin, making this resolution the most comfortable environment for the hardware.

Moving to 2560x1440, performance remains solid but shows the expected decline. Low settings average 118 FPS, a 31% drop from 1080p Low. Medium averages 89 FPS with a minimum of 76 FPS and maximum of 103 FPS, representing a 32% drop from the 1080p Medium average. High settings reach 68 FPS average, while Ultra averages 65 FPS. The 1440p results show that the RTX 2070 SUPER can maintain playable frame rates at this resolution with all presets, though Ultra sits close to the 60 FPS line.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become evident. Low settings average 69 FPS, the only 4K preset to exceed 60 FPS. Medium averages 52 FPS with a minimum of 45 FPS and maximum of 60 FPS, indicating inconsistent frame delivery. High settings drop to 40 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 38 FPS average. The 4K results demonstrate that this combination is only viable at Low settings, with Medium being marginal and High/Ultra falling below smooth gameplay thresholds.

The minimum and maximum frame rate data is only available for the Medium preset at each resolution. At 1080p Medium, the range spans 111 to 150 FPS, a 39 FPS spread. At 1440p Medium, the range narrows to 76 to 103 FPS, a 27 FPS spread. At 4K Medium, the range compresses further to 45 to 60 FPS, a 15 FPS spread. This pattern suggests that as resolution increases, the frame rate becomes more consistent, likely because the GPU becomes the consistent bottleneck rather than fluctuating CPU or memory performance.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the combination scales with resolution. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 171 at 1080p to 118 at 1440p (a 31% reduction) and then to 69 at 4K (a 42% reduction from 1440p). The cumulative drop from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is 102 FPS, or 60% of the original value. This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the graphics card's fill rate and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors.

At Medium settings, the scaling follows a similar trajectory. The 1080p average of 130 FPS drops to 89 FPS at 1440p (a 32% reduction) and then to 52 FPS at 4K (a 42% reduction from 1440p). The total drop from 1080p to 4K is 78 FPS, or 60% of the original. This consistency between Low and Medium settings suggests that the GPU's compute resources, rather than memory bandwidth, are the primary constraint.

High settings show a steeper decline. The 1080p average of 99 FPS drops to 68 FPS at 1440p (a 31% reduction) and then to 40 FPS at 4K (a 41% reduction from 1440p). The total drop is 59 FPS, or 60% of the 1080p value. Ultra settings follow the same pattern: 94 FPS at 1080p, 65 FPS at 1440p (a 31% reduction), and 38 FPS at 4K (a 42% reduction). The consistent 31% drop from 1080p to 1440p and 41-42% drop from 1440p to 4K across all presets strongly indicates GPU-bound scaling.

The RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth appears sufficient for Thief's textures at all tested settings, as the frame rate scaling remains proportional to pixel count rather than showing abrupt drops from memory capacity limits. The GPU's 2560 shading units and 64 ROPs deliver the compute throughput that determines these scaling characteristics. The CPU's role is minimal, as even at 1080p Low where the CPU would be most likely to bottleneck, the combination still achieves 171 FPS, well above the CPU's single-thread performance limits.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 5 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The processor features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Its memory support includes DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, providing 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth.

In synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7400F demonstrates strong multi-threaded performance with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21765 and a single-core score of 3072. The PassMark multi-thread score of 25645 and single-thread score of 3689 further confirm its capabilities. The CPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all processors reflects its position as a high-performing mainstream chip, with an average benchmark score of 32750.

For Thief, a game from 2014, the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads provide ample processing power. The game was designed for an era of quad-core processors, so the Ryzen 5 7400F's modern architecture and high boost clock of 4.70 GHz ensure that CPU-bound scenarios are unlikely to limit performance. The measured frame rates support this, as the combination achieves 171 FPS at 1080p Low, which represents a frame time of approximately 5.8 ms. This is well below what would indicate CPU bottlenecking.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database all perform within 0.3% of its average score. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H is 0.2% faster, while the Intel Core i5-14600T, Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are 0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.3% slower respectively. This tight grouping suggests that the Ryzen 5 7400F's performance in Thief would be nearly identical to these alternatives, reinforcing that the GPU is the primary determinant of frame rates in this game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with the TU104 chip, manufactured on TSMC's 12 nm process. It features 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation units, along with 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz, delivering 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

In GPU benchmarks, the RTX 2070 SUPER achieves a PassMark G3D score of 18169 and a PassMark GPU Compute score of 7557. Its Geekbench scores include 83358 for OpenCL and 90637 for Vulkan. The GPU's 65th percentile ranking among all graphics cards, with an average benchmark score of 20282, places it in the mid-range tier of current hardware. Its nearest rivals all outperform it by 1% to 1.5%, with the Intel Arc A750 leading at 20582.

The measured performance in Thief reflects the GPU's mid-range position. At 1080p, the GPU delivers frame rates from 94 to 171 FPS depending on preset, indicating it has ample compute resources for this resolution. At 1440p, performance ranges from 65 to 118 FPS, remaining playable across all presets. At 4K, the GPU's limitations become apparent, with only Low settings exceeding 60 FPS. The 38 FPS Ultra result at 4K represents the GPU's worst-case scenario in this game.

The RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB VRAM capacity appears sufficient for Thief's requirements, as no sudden frame rate collapses occur that would indicate memory swapping. The 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth provides adequate throughput for the game's textures and geometry at all tested settings. The GPU's pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s determine how quickly it can fill the screen at higher resolutions, which explains the consistent 31% frame rate drop from 1080p to 1440p and 41-42% drop from 1440p to 4K across all presets.