Thief

Based on the measured data, the Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 deliver a remarkably playable experience in Thief, hitting 138-171 FPS at 1080p, 122-151 FPS at 1440p, and a still-viable 72-127 FPS at 4K depending on the quality preset. The pairing, while heavily weighted toward the GPU, eliminates almost every performance boundary in this 2014-era stealth title, with the combo ranking 508th out of 3,720 tested hardware combinations. The RTX 4080’s massive 16 GB frame buffer and high boost clock carry the visual load, while the 6-core, 12-thread Alder Lake processor proves more than sufficient to feed that GPU is substantially low-resolution scenes—where the data shows peak frame rates exceeding 170 FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the overall ranking of this CPU and GPU combo for Thief?

The Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination ranks 508th out of 3,720 tested combinations for this game, according to the comboRankInGame data. This places it in the top ~13.7% of all tested configurations, meaning it outperforms roughly 3,212 other combos in the database for Thief specifically.

Q: How does the i5-12400F compare to its nearest CPU rivals percentile-wise?

The i5-12400F’s CPU percentile vs. all CPUs is 73, meaning it is better than 73% of processors on file for CPU benchmarks. Immediately adjacent, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS scores 19047 (a 0% delta), the Intel Core 3 201E scores 19056 (a -0.1% delta), and both the Intel Core i5-1335U and AMD EPYC 7773X score 18982 and 18979 respectively, each showing a 0.3% delta. This means the 12400F is functionally tied with these rivals in synthetic CPU performance.

Q: What are the core architectural features of this CPU?

It has 6 physical cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It sits on the Alder Lake-S architecture with an 18 MB shared L3 cache, and its L1 cache is 80 KB per core, L2 is 1.25 MB per core. Additionally, it supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode.

Q: What are the critical specs of the RTX 4080 GPU?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 utilizes the AD103 chip, built on Ada Lovelace architecture, with a base clock of 2205 MHz and a boost clock of 2505 MHz. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory operates across a 256-bit bus interface, producing a bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s. The GPU also features 9,728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 raster operation units.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of these two parts individually?

The Intel Core i5-12400F had a launch MSRP of $174. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 launched with an MSRP of 1,199 USD. The data only specifies these launch values, and no other price information is used in this analysis.

Q: Does the data list max FPS values for every setting included?

No. The measured FPS data includes minimum and maximum figures only for the Medium settings at all three resolutions tested. For instance, at 1920x1080 Medium, min FPS is 132 and max is 178; at 2560x1440 Medium, min is 116 and max is 157; and at 3840x2160 Medium, min is 85 and the highest is 114. High, Low, and Ultra settings have only an average FPS reported.

GPU Role — VRAM, Clocks, and their Effect on the Game

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 provides an extreme headroom for an older game like Thief. With reference to its memory capacity, the 16 GB GDDR6X sits at a extreme volume for the texture loads of a 2014 release, meaning frame times are unlikely to be destabilized by VRAM pressure. The 256-bit memory bus carries 716.8 GB/s, which vastly exceeds what Thief requires at any of the measured settings; this is why we instead see the GPU modifying average FPS scaling due to raw shading and ROP capacity rather than bandwidth constraint. With a base clock of 2205 MHz and a boost clock of 2505 MHz, the GPU’s texture rate is 761.5 GTexel/s, while the pixel rate matches 280.6 GPixel/s. These metrics are excellent for filling a 3840x2160 display.

The measurements verify this GPU strength: at 4K Ultra, average FPS drops to 72, but that only requires casting the game’s highest shadow and geometry effects. If we compare it to the synthetic asset value accumulated, the RTX 4080 Benches to a 86th percentile vs all GPUs, with a 54,800 average G3DV score. In direct GPU Buff data, this core outperforms its nearest test-life rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, by exactly 0.0%+ (delta +0.1%) in the GPU's average benchmark score. The data suggests the GPU is the dominant component in this pairing, as its clock boosts and massive ROP count scale directly between 1080p, 1440p, and 4K settings.

CPU Role — Cores, Clocks, and How the Combination Performs

The Intel Core i5-12400F brings a capable 12-thread workload to the table with a base frequency of 2.50 GHz and a 4.40 GHz boost. In Thief, this ensures that frame generation at the CPU side never hits a wall, even when targeting high refresh rate 1080p outcomes. The CPU’s PassMark multi-thread score of 19,433 combined with a single-thread score of 3,481 signals that its per-core performance remains strong for low-resolution, high-FPS loads—exactly the situation that games like this present.

In this validated dataset, , no matter the resolution or preset, the CPU is not the restrictive part. For example, at 1920x1080 Low settings, the chain achieves an 171 FPS average (the fastest value in the entire test suite). This is a vividly clear demonstration of the 12400F’s capability, because the GPU is still allying its power, but 171 FPS above 144Hz refresh rate peaks due to the 48.74 TFLOPS FP32 rating of the GPU. Single-thread performance appears fully efficient – the core benchmark does 3DMark single thread 909 and Cinebench R23 1,680 points. The 65W TDP and 18 MB shared L3 cache might be modest, but in terms of Thief, what matters is the throughput.

To that end, the integrated CPU compares gently with nearest rivals: with an average Benchmark score of 19,039, the i5 sits statistically zero above the Ryzen 5 7535HS (which avg 19,047). CB_R GPU-bound scenarios, any difference means nothing to the total FPS average. The ultra-high frame results at 1440p (122 Ultra pacing) concurrently reflect that the 6-core 12-thread pairing is adequate. Intel’s Alder Lake design executes cache-heavy and hiding anomaly behavior gracefully, keeping the frames from dipping below the maximum recalibrated Min FPS figures seen in Medium (as low as 132 at 1080p). GPU still bursts at the boundaries of this game's draw call limitation, but no CPU overhead poison appears across the 1,437-minute dataset.

Settings Recommendations

Looking at the measured results, the best experience via the rows data comes logically from the Medium power setting at 1440p. At 2560x1440 Medium, the combo averages 137 FPS (minimum 116, maximum 157). This is a perfectly high-refresh-rate experience with smooth 1% lows above the largest setting's baseline. Ultra reflects 122 FPS – that's 15 lower than Medium in the average — yet the cost, and the fact that Medium already supersizes the scene/detail threshold for this game, makes the jump to High not worth much.

For 1920x1080, the same logic is seen. In Medium, the average is 155 FPS, max 178, but the min is the tightest at 132; Ultra is 138 FPS, trouble if the player wants particle density close-up, but a 43-FPS reduction from Medium (+–– equivalent). So at 1080p, Medium is also the clear best per considering that the min FPS (132) stays above a 120Hz threshold. Low settings push the average to 171 FPS (aging) and 186 max, but a noticeable miss in threading the visual side of the run.

When roaming 4K territory, a recommendation becomes Medium again—not only for the singular average of 100 FPS (min 85 FPS), but because Ultra only produces an 72 FPS bullet, breaking fluidity above 60 Hz. High yields 76 FPS and is explicit or visually partially similar to the Media/Medium bump in weather – decluttering . So in all three resolutions, snapping to the presets is wasted by running separate numbers on Linda et or the CPU conservative to allocate to the overlay or pixel count.

How This Combo Ranks

Plot the combo at rank 508 out of 3,720 supported operating combinations. That’s the 86.4th percentile in this specific game, which is quite comfortable. It means that only 307 other pairings outperform this Intel Core i5-12400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 in Thief within these usage constraints. Given the sheer number of lower-end combos inevitably stacked with heavier GPUs, the position is still above average; it's a very competitive result for a mid-major CPU like the 6-core.

Crucially, this rank is not determined by CPU core tasks; the RTX 4080 blows past the frame budget typically needed at 1080p/1440p for this game. If a database locates the rank against the same sample of combos, the RTX 4080 socket pushes with the CPU. The RTX 4080’s own nearestRival is the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% simulation), so its GPU input position sits directly at the upper tier. The preceding accel of Ascd makes the 4080 brighter than 86% of all GPUs, a strong foundation for the average of 1080 markers.

In the game’s single-player model the deltaPct acts by mirror (cores). But the 508/3720 is the true exclusive ranking power behavior; practically top-14% of all possibly composed. This data shows that, for Thief specifically, you do not require a flagship CPU, just a solid 12-thread Part. The REP MEASURER of a combo victory rank: 508, 91.5th. negative param.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The exact frame data for this combination, as given by the performed measurements, appears below. Frame values are in FPS; Medium profiles include minimum and maximum captured, while High, Low, and Ultra report only the centralized average.

1920x1080:

| Setting | Average FPS | Minimum FPS | Maximum FPS |

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

| Low | 171 | - | - |

| Medium | 155 | 132 | 178 |

| High | 140 | - | - |

| Ultra | 138 | - | - |

Difference between the raw peak (171) and Ultra (138) is 33 FPS, a 24% difference. The Medium preset is the only one complete in min/max data, with a 46 FPS spread between min and max, which indicates the interplay between the 2.50/4.40 GHz CPU and the GPU’s boost clock is executing well without large hitches.

2560x1440 resolution:

| Low | 151 | - | - |

| Medium | 137 | 116 | 157 |

| High | 124 | - | - |

| Ultra | 122 | - | - |

At 1440p, performance brackets really shine: Ultra (122) vs Low (151) is a 29 FPS hold, and Medium holds avg 137 with a minimum here kept at 116. The minimum 116 in Medium ensures that 60 Hz displays are never broken and 144 Hz is within min windows.

3840x2160 resolution:

| Low: 127 | - | - |

| Medium | 100 | 85 | 114 |

| High | 76 | - | - |

| Ultra | 72 | - | - |

The gradient row is 4K: Low average drops to 127, Medium to 100, High to 76, Ultra to 72. Remember highest numbers in typical text are source- Max FPS on 4K Medium is 114 while min at 85, showing a responsive gorge even at 4K. The overall shape shows the GPU keeps the game fully fluid across 4 settings, and the 85 minimum at Medium itself guarantees a plausible 90 FPS class experience.