Thief

In this analysis, average frame rates measured in Thief with an AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT form the basis of the data examined. The combined setup ranks 1026 out of 3720 tested configurations in this stealth title. The CPU sits at the 77th percentile across all processors, while the GPU falls at the 51st percentile across all graphics cards, suggesting a CPU-strong balance. Below, settings recommendations, a FAQ, and the resolution-by-resolution performance breakdown are presented using only the measured figures.

Settings Recommendations

• At 3840x2160 (4K), the Medium preset is the clear choice. It delivers an average of 70 FPS, with a minimum of 60 FPS and a maximum of 81 FPS, making it the only 4K setting where the average stays above the 60 FPS threshold. The High preset averages 70 FPS, and you must dial down to 54 FPS for High, and then to a dramatic drop to 93 FPS on Low.
• At 2560x1440 (1440p), the Ultra preset still returns an average of 87 FPS, and the High preset 91 FPS, so either is playable. For a smoother result, the Medium preset raises the average to 120 FPS, with a minimum of 102 and a maximum of 138.
• At 1920x1080 (1080p), all settings exceed 100 FPS on average, with Ultra at 126 FPS and High at 133 FPS. The Medium preset jumps to 170 FPS, and the Low preset reaches 188 FPS. For maximum the average is 133, but even the Ultra preset holds above 120.

When picking settings, the objective is consistent performance. At 4K the Medium setting is optimal for maintaining high frame rates. At 1440p, the Ultra preset is still above 60 FPS, so visual fidelity can be a priority. At 1080p, the Ultra preset also holds above 120, so it is always a safe choice for the built-in tested preset. The data indicates that 4K is the only resolution where the Ultra preset drops below the 60 FPS threshold, averaging 51 FPS.

FAQ

Q: How does the combination perform in the game at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the measured average FPS ranges from 158 on Low to 120 on Medium, 91 on 110 High, and 87% on Ultra. The Medium preset gives a minimum of 102 and a maximum of 138 at that resolution.

Q: At which setting does the game maintain an average above 60 FPS at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, only the Medium preset has an average of 70 FPS with a minimum 60 FPS. The High preset averages 54, and Ultra averages 51, both below 60 FPS.

Q: What is the GPU’s percentile ranking?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is at the 51st percentile versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 11627. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (average score 11680, delta −0.5%), the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M (11528, delta +0.9%), the NVIDIA Tesla K20c (11480, delta +1.3%) and the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (11840, delta −1.8%).

Q: How does the CPU’s multi-threadede score compare to its average?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500F reports a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 1600, and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 22799. Its average benchmark score of 15968 is always within a small margin of the closest rivals, such as the Intel Core i7-13620 with an average of 24911 (delta +0.2%).

Q: Does this game favor the GPU or the CPU?

A: The measured FPS data shows a large spread between settings and resolution. At 1080p Low, the average is 188 FPS; at 4K Ultra, it is 510 FPS. The CPU percentile is 203, and the GPU isthe 51st percentile in their respective pools. The strong scaling with resolution implies that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher settings, while the CPU can easily sustain frame rates in the hundreds at lower resolutions.

Q: What is the minimum FPS for the Medium preset?

A: The measured minimum FPS is only available for the Medium preset. At 1080p Medium the minimum is 144 FPS, for a 1440p minimum it is 102, and at 4K it is 60 FPS.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is the GPU in this combination. Its specification: a Navi 32 chip on TSMC’s 5 mm process, with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, giving a memory bandwidth of 624.1 GB/s. The base clock is 1295 MHz and the boost clock is 2430 MHz; there is also a game clock of 2124 MHz. The card carries 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units and 96 raster operators, plus 60 RT cores.

The GPU’s average benchmark score of 11627 puts it in the 51st percentile overall. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark dataset are within a few percent of that score; for example, the GeForce GTX 1660 has a 11680 score (−0.5% difference) and the Radeon Pro 5500M has a 11528 ( +0.9% difference). In terms of raw compute, the card delivers 37.32 TFLOPS FP32 and a pixel rate of 233.3 GPixel/s.

In its game performance, the GPU’s role is evident from the FPS progression. At 1920x1920 with High settings, the average FPS is heady 133; lowering to Low boosts that to 188. In 4K, the High average drops to 54, and Ultra to 510. The 16 GB of video memory is far beyond the demands for this 2014 title, so memory capacity is unlikely such a constraint. The scaling down of the FPS as resolution increases, alongside the card's middle-of-the-pack percentile ranking relative to GPUs, points to the RX 7800 XT's shader and memory bandwidth being the main factor behind the resolution delta.

Measured FPS Breakdown

Here is the entire measured data set from the game.

1920x1080

• Low: 186 average FPS
• Medium: 170 average FPS (min 144, max 195)
• High: 133 average FPS
• Ultra: 126 average FPS

2560x1440

• Low: 159 average FPS
• Medium: 120 average FPS (min 102, max 138)
• High: 91 average FPS
• Ultra: 87 average FPS

3840x2160

• Low: 93 average FPS
• Medium: 70 average FPS (min 60, max 81)
• High: 54 average FPS
• Ultra: 51 average FPS

The min and max FPS values are only provided for the Medium preset at each resolution. At 1080 Medium, the range spans 144–152, a 51 FPS spread. At 1440p Medium, the range is 102–138, a 90 FPS spread. At 4k Medium, the low end is 60 and high is 81, a spread of 21 FPS. This shows that the frame rate is also relatively stable.

Resolution Scaling

Moving from 1920×1080 to 2560×1440, and then to 3840×16, the average FPS decays across each settings level. For example, at the High preset, the average unfolds from 133 (1080p) to 91 (1440p) and then to 54 (4K). The Medium preset sees from 170/1080 to 120/1440p to 70/4K, and the Low preset from 188 to 158 to 93.

The drop is most pronounced at the 4K step. For Low setting, the 4K average is only 93, while 1440p is 158 – a reduction of about two-thirds of the 1440p value. On the Ultra preset, the 4K average of 51 is about 40% of the 1080p average of 126. Even so, the game runs well above 60 FPS at 1440p and 1080p, showing that the pair scales effectively across standard gaming resolutions.

This resolution scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound application. The CPU’s percentile of 77 indicates it has plenty of multi-threaded margin, yet the FPS drops almost exactly with the pixel count. For example, from 1440p to 4K, the required pixel count increases by 2.25×, and the Low preset slides from 158 FPS to 93, which is roughly 12% of that delta. The data indicates the GPU dominates the total frame time at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The CPU in this pairing is the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, a Foundation 7000-series part built on Zen 4 architecture at 5 nm. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, with base 3.7GHz and boost 5.0 GHz. The L3 cache is 32 MB shared, TDP is 65W. The CPU’s ownership also highlights the 3dmark multi-thread score of 3976, Cinebench R23 multi-core 22799, single-core 3218, and Geekbench multi-core 12362, single-core 2374. Its percentile is the 77th.

Its nearest rivals in the CPU benchmark list are all within half a percent in average score: the Intel Core i7-i11850H (average 24935, difference 0.1%), AMD Ryzen 5 8400F (average 25005, −0.2%), Intel Core i7-13620H (24911, +0.2%), and Intel Core 5 210H (24872, +0.4%). The 7500F’s own average benchmark score is 24964, which is essentially equal to these.

In Thief, the CPU is capable enough to let the GPU stretch. At 1080p Low, the game produces 188 FPS and the CPU side is not the frame limiter. At higher quality settings, the CPU utilization remains relatively stable. The high boost clock and efficient single-core performance (Cinebench R23 single-core 3218) keeps the game logic and draw call throughput above the GPU's ability to render at 4K. The differences across resolution settings are entirely driven by the GPU.