Thief

For the stealth title Thief, the pairing of an Intel Core i3-12100F processor and an AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT produce a set of measured performance rows spanning four presets and three resolutions. The combo records rank 1676 of the 3720 configurations tested, with the CPU sitting at the 68th percentile among all desktop parts and the GPU at the 71st, using average benchmark scores of 13494 and 26011 respectively. A fixed set of twelve readings—four quality levels à 1080, 1440, and 4K—are drawn from the measured data, with each pairing yield specific average, minimum (where recorded), and maximum (where recorded) FPS values. The subsequent sections derive actionable guidance from those precise points.

Settings Recommendations

Across the measured resolution and preset matrix, the most consistent experience comes from the Medium preset, which is the only setting to stay at or above 60 FPS at every resolution tested. At 2560x1440, Medium yields an average frame rate of 102 FPS, with a minimum of 87 and a maximum of 117; at 3840x2160, the same setting produces 60 FPS average, with a floor of 51 and a ceiling of 69; and at 1920x1080, the Medium preset records an average of 148 FPS, with 126 minimum and 171 maximum. The high and Ultra presets, while delivering higher image quality in many contexts, both drop below the 60 FPS threshold at 4K: High returns an average of 46 FPS at 3840x2160, while Ultra returns 43 FPS. For players who wish to avoid resolution-specific reconfiguration, Medium is the only preset that accommodates all three tested resolutions at a consistent 60+ FPS average.

If the purpose is to maximize image quality on a 1920x1080 display, the Ultra preset remains viable, at an average of 108 FPS (1440p Ultra is 74, 4K Ultra falls to 43. There's little point in pushing beyond Medium for a 1440p monitor if a 100 Hz refresh target is the goal; Medium’s 102 average is the only purple, red and 24 values beyond the High’s 78 and 117 maximum. At 3840x2160, the Low preset hits 79 average FPS, and Medium touches the 60 FPS parity point, so these are the two candidates for that resolution. Overall, the recommended default in the combat is Medium, with the caveat that High or Ultra at 1080p do record measurable gains inF.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT uses the Navi 22 die in RDNA 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 7 nm process. The graphics processor runs with a base clock of 2150 MHz, a game clock of 2495 MHz, and a boost clock of 2600 MHz; its memory subsystem uses 12 GB of GDDR6 hooked to a 192-bit bus with a bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s, at an effective memory clock rate of 18 Gbps. This pattern yields 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output processors, with nominal pixel throughput of 166.4 GPixel/s, texture throughput of 416.0 GTexel/s, and FP32 compute of 13.31 TFLOPS. With a count like that, the meaning is a 2014-era title is very well supported on memory capacity: the visible buffer use for a typical 4K scene in an older deduction game never reaches 12 GB, and the 192-bit interface still provides enough bandwidth to shuttle Thief geometry and texture data without limiting the measured frames.

The GPU’s absolute standing in the benchmark suite is elevated: it sits at the 71st percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26011. Curated delta-blocks against three of its nearest rivals: the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (slightly falling behind at 26035) — adjusting for delta percentages from the nearestRivals table: the RX6700 XT is ahead by 1.1% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (Mobile), and ahead of the AMD FirePro W7100 and FirePro D700 by 0.6% and 0.7% respectively. In Thief, the GPU’s high coupled texture throughput (416.0 GTexel/s) is likely the main driver separating the 1080p Ultra count of 108 FPS from the 4K Ultra count of 43 FPS, as the game becomes more fill-rate and memory-bandwidth limited at higher pixel counts. The 12 GB memory pool, more than enough for any of the 12 recorded rows, leaves headroom that is never allocated.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS numbers show a steep downward curve as the area resolution increases. Looking only at the Low preset, the average drops from 160 FPS at 1920x1080 to 134 FPS at 2560x1440, and then to 79 FPS at 3840x2160. The High preset turns the same sequence into 113, 78, and 46 FPS. At Ultra, the progression is 108, 74, and 43 FPS72. These steps show that the Radeon 6750 XT dominant pixels at 4K, the difference being the pixel count quadruple from 1080p to 4K. Since the 12 GB framebuffer and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth are both equal across settings, the drop is likely driven by the combination of shading, TMU, and ROP load rather than storage limitations.

The Medium preset at 4K holds 60 FPS exactly, and that 60 represents a 51 FPS minimum. Across the whole range, the 4K men positions are cluster between 1.5 and 1.6x slower than 1080p in terms of absolute frame loss, without calculating the implied proportion. For instance, Low slides from 169 to 79, a reduction of 90 FPS, while Ultra on the same two extremes loses 65. This scaling behavior indicates that the CPU’s 4-core limit is not the draw in resolution scaling, because the 720p and 4K differences are large and consistent at all settings, whereas typical CPU-bound once would tend to flatten or stagnate at high res.

How This Combo Ranks

In the Thief frame-rate list, the i3-12100F + 6750 XT combination sits at rank 1677 out of 3720 tested 373. With 1677 combos ahead of it, this places the part pairing slightly above the lower quartile of the test set. Looking at the two component percentiles (CPU 68, GPU 71) it shows that the pairing’s rank in this specific game is lower than the GPUs age distribution suggests, meaning that that the CPU’s 4-core/8-thread configuration is at least roughly the point which drags a likely strong result. Yet, measured frames are still, so the relationship is likely due to the compatibility of Thief’s single-threaded scene loop to the 3.3 GHz base clock and 4.30 GHz boost.

When comparing the CPU’s nearest rivals in this system context, the core i3-12100F scores 13494, which is 0.3% higher than the Intel Core i5-9500 (13452) cross and basically tied with the Core 3 N355 (13492). The Core 5 120UL and i7-1250U are at 13594 and 13351, respectively. For the GPU, the data places it 1.1% ahead of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti(Laptop), your margin over R9 M395X is 0.5%. These benchmarks refer to synthetic loads, but they give context that the parts are functionally on par with a cluster of alternatives, which partially explains why certain settings reach a natural ceiling rather than a linear increase with resolution.

FAQ

Q: For a 1440p monitor, what is the most stable average FPS among the chosen presets?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium preset produces 102 FPS average, with 87 as the minimum and 117 as the maximum — the best balance of the four.

Q: On which setting does the 4K run give an exact 60 FPS average?

A: At 3840x2160, the Medium preset hits an average of 60 FPS, with a minimum of 51 and a maximum of 69.

Q: How many combinations out of the tested pool does this CPU-GPU pair outrank?

A: It ranks 1676th of the 3720 total list, meaning that the areas not counting head, 2044 combos are above, but from the number it is below the median ranking.

Q: Which memory size is installed on the graphics card for handling the demanding 4K textures?

A: The Radeon RX 6750 XT has 12 GB of GDDR6, with a connection 192-bit bus and 432.0 GB/s peak bandwidth.

Q: Apart from resolution, which hardware feature is correlatable with the 4K-frame falloff?

A: The GPU's pixel throughput of 166.4 GPixels/s and texture rate of 416.0 GT/tex/s are both present in the spec sheet, but no exact FF numbers are assigned to them in the measurements. The raw average FPS drop on 4K High to 46 strongly matches the GPU pixel raw rate bottleneck more than the 12 GB memory.

Q: What's the base-and-boost clock arrangement for the CPU in the pairing?

A: The Intel Core i3-12100F has a 3.30 GHz base and a 4.30 GHz boost, with 4 physical cores and 8 threads.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The all twelve measurements are listed below by resolution, settings, and the recorded average, minimum and maximum values.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Minimum | Maximum |

|------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 108 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | High | 113 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 148 | 126 | 171 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 169 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 74 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | High | 78 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 102 | 87 | 117 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 134 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 43 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | High | 46 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 60 | 51 | 69 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 79 | – | – |

The format confirms that at 4K, only the Low and Medium presets go 60 or above. At 1440p, every preset is above 60, with Medium the highest yield. The 1080p part is “above 100” for all presets, the CPU-GPU balance for the low resolution.

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The Intel Core i3-12100F part has 4 physical cores and 8 threads, based on a 3.30 GHz base clock and 4.30 GHz boost clock, with the operating 10 nm process. It holds a 12 MB shared L3 cache and carries a TDP of 58 W. In synthesized benchmarks, it scores 11860 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1674 in single-core, and 7252 in Geekbench multi-core alongside 1932 single-core. More meaningful to a 4-core part, results in the 3DMark use indicate that the 4-thread score is 2859, the 8-thread 4026, and the 16-thread 4051, effectively flat past 8 threads—meaning the extra threading gains are only marginal. To the overview the natural rival positions: the i3-12100F average score 13494, compared to Intel Core 3 N355 (13492), Core i5-9500 (13452), and a negative match against Core 5 120U (13594; delta -0.7%), and a positive 1.1% above the Core i7-1250C and the 1250U.

The exact bearing that has on Thief is a CPU-focused test is seen in the 1920x1080 result: at lowest settings, the frame rate reaches 169, and the 1080p Ultra only falls to 108, 608, confirming that the processor is strong enough to keep the four high core count in a 2014 title without driving CPU total consumption. The 7th generation core design also allows the i3 pair to rely on the high single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single 1674) to keep the render thread at a high duty. The fact that the 1080p Low produces an average 169 over high FPS suggests that the scene is not CPU limited at this point; even the most extreme 169 is merely the 1080px Low average, matching the GPU’s low work effect.

The CPU's 4 cores with 8 threads lead to the reasoning that while multi-core stream loads in modern titles can be more numerous, this 2014 stealth sequence included a linear–the highest 4 core thread counts are not spread heavily. Thus the CPU becomes shelf but not the limiter; the limiting angle delineated by these records is definitely the GPU’s scaling on 4K-presets. Overall