Thief

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D perform in synthetic benchmarks relative to its nearest rivals?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score is 31580, placing it just 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-12700F (31543) and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (31495). It also leads the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX by 0.6% each, with scores of 31407 and 31402 respectively.

Q: What is the GPU’s standing among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 holds an 81st percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 37283. Its closest rival, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, scores slightly higher at 37507, representing a -0.6% delta for the RTX 4070.

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank in Thief?

A: This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 ranks 337th out of 1642 tested combos in Thief, placing it in the top 20.5% of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: What are the CPU’s core and thread specifications?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread processor from the 7000 series, built on the Zen 4 architecture (codename Raphael). It has a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, with a TDP of 120 W.

Q: What memory and cache configuration does the CPU use?

A: The CPU supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus, providing 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Its cache layout includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and a substantial 96 MB of shared L3 cache.

Q: What are the GPU’s memory specifications?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 comes with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz, with an effective data rate of 21 Gbps.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 serves as the rendering engine for this Thief configuration, and its memory subsystem is particularly relevant to the game’s demands. With 12 GB of GDDR6X VRAM, the card provides ample capacity for the game’s textures and assets at all tested resolutions. The 192-bit memory bus, combined with the 504.2 GB/s bandwidth, ensures that data can flow quickly from VRAM to the GPU cores, which is critical for maintaining consistent frame pacing in a stealth title where sudden visibility changes can spike load.

The GPU’s clock behavior is defined by a 1920 MHz base clock and a 2475 MHz boost clock. In practice, the boost clock is what the card sustains under load, and Thief’s engine appears capable of pushing the card toward this ceiling. The Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, packs 35,800 million transistors into a 294 mm² die. This density yields 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, giving the card substantial raw throughput for both rasterization and compute-heavy effects.

The RTX 4070’s 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is the theoretical ceiling, but in Thief, the data shows that the card’s real-world output is heavily influenced by settings and resolution. The GPU’s 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores are present, though Thief’s 2014 release date means these features are unlikely to be heavily utilized. Instead, the card’s traditional rasterization strength, measured by its 158.4 GPixel/s pixel rate and 455.4 GTexel/s texture rate, likely carries the load. The GPU’s 81st percentile ranking among all GPUs suggests it is a high-tier part, but its performance in Thief will be bounded by the game’s engine limits at lower resolutions, where the CPU becomes more relevant.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of scaling as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At 1080p with Ultra settings, the combo delivers 140.6 FPS. Moving to 1440p at the same settings drops this to 96 FPS, a reduction of 44.6 FPS. At 4K Ultra, the average falls to 58.2 FPS, which is 82.4 FPS below the 1080p result. This steep decline indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K, placing exponentially more strain on the rasterization units.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all settings. For High settings, the drop from 146.5 FPS at 1080p to 102.9 FPS at 1440p and finally 59.8 FPS at 4K represents a 59.2% reduction from the lowest to highest resolution. Medium settings show a similar trajectory: 167.3 FPS at 1080p, 132.3 FPS at 1440p, and 77.6 FPS at 4K. Low settings are the least demanding, with 182.1 FPS at 1080p, 163.4 FPS at 1440p, and 103.7 FPS at 4K.

The fact that 1080p frame rates exceed 140 FPS even at Ultra, while 4K dips below 60 FPS at the same settings, strongly suggests that the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is not the bottleneck at lower resolutions. The CPU’s high single-thread performance, evidenced by its 959 score in 3dmark single-thread and 4115 in Cinebench R23 single-core, is more than sufficient to feed the GPU at 1080p. The limiting component shifts decisively to the GPU as resolution climbs, with the 4K results showing the RTX 4070’s absolute ceiling in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates high performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 182.1 FPS, while Medium reaches 167.3 FPS. High settings deliver 146.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 140.6 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 41.5 FPS, indicating that the game’s higher settings impose a moderate penalty at this resolution. The 1080p results are all well above 140 FPS, suggesting that the CPU is capable of driving the GPU efficiently.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain strong but show a more pronounced settings impact. Low settings average 163.4 FPS, which is still exceptionally high. Medium settings deliver 132.3 FPS, a 31.1 FPS drop from Low. High settings produce 102.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 96 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 67.4 FPS, showing that the GPU is beginning to feel the pressure of higher resolution combined with increased graphical fidelity.

At 3840x2160, the results reflect a GPU-bound scenario. Low settings average 103.7 FPS, which remains playable. Medium settings drop to 77.6 FPS, a 26.1 FPS reduction from Low. High settings yield 59.8 FPS, and Ultra falls to 58.2 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 45.5 FPS, but the absolute values are much lower than at 1440p, confirming that the RTX 4070 is the limiting factor at this resolution. The 4K Ultra result of 58.2 FPS is just below the 60 FPS threshold, while 4K High at 59.8 FPS is nearly identical, suggesting that the GPU is saturated and additional settings have diminishing returns.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 achieves a combo rank of 337 out of 1642 tested configurations in Thief. This places the combo in the upper 20% of all tested setups, underscoring its capability in this title. The rank reflects the synergistic balance between the CPU and GPU, where the 7800X3D’s strong multi-threaded performance and the RTX 4070’s robust rasterization power combine to produce high frame rates.

In terms of CPU performance, the 7800X3D’s average benchmark score of 31580 places it at the 87th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-12700F, trails by a mere 0.1%, making the two effectively tied in synthetic tests. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX follows at 0.3% behind, while the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 7 7745HX are both 0.6% behind. This tight grouping indicates that the CPU is not a differentiator in Thief, as the game’s engine likely benefits more from the GPU.

The GPU’s 81st percentile ranking, with an average score of 37283, places it just below the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, which scores 37507. The RTX 4070 trails the Vega 56 by 0.6%, but leads the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A by 1.9% and the AMD Radeon RX 5300M by 2.5%. These deltas are small, suggesting that the RTX 4070 is in a competitive performance tier, but its combination with the 7800X3D yields a result that is better than the sum of its parts in Thief.

The 337th rank out of 1642 combos is a strong showing, particularly for a game released in 2014. The combo’s ability to exceed 140 FPS at 1080p Ultra and maintain nearly 60 FPS at 4K Ultra demonstrates that this pairing is well-suited for both high-refresh-rate monitors and 4K displays, with the CPU providing ample headroom for the GPU to operate at its full potential.