Thief

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a high-end desktop combination for Thief, a stealth title released on 2014-02-24. The CPU is a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake-R part with a 2.10 GHz base clock, a 5.40 GHz boost clock, 33 MB of shared L3 cache, and a 65 W TDP; its launch MSRP is $359. The GPU is a 24 GB RDNA 3.0 card with a 960.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and a launch MSRP of 999 USD. Measured frame-rate data covers three resolutions and four quality presets, and the combo ranks 105th out of 1,642 tested combinations.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination achieves rank 105 out of 1,642 tested combos in Thief, placing it in the upper tier of configurations. The CPU's aggregate benchmark score is 54,097, which sits 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (54,450) and 1.1% behind the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54,681). Against the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53,469) it is 1.2% ahead, and 1.7% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P (53,206). The CPU's percentile versus all CPUs is 94, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of tested processors. In specific workloads, the CPU scores 35,443 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 5,003 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 16,571 and a single-core score of 2,711. Passmark multithread reaches 41,765, and single-thread 4,261. The GPU's average benchmark score is 44,019, which is 0.8% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile (43,667) and 2% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (44,900). The GPU's percentile versus all GPUs is 85. The rank of 105 reflects a balanced pairing: the CPU is near the top of the desktop stack, and the GPU is a high-end part that trails only a few faster cards in aggregate compute. In Thief specifically, the measured frame rates confirm that this combo is capable of high refresh rates at 1080p and 1440p, with 4K performance that remains playable on High settings.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 31 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die. It carries 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, yielding 960.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The base clock is 1,929 MHz, the game clock is 2,365 MHz, and the boost clock reaches 2,498 MHz. Memory runs at 2,500 MHz, or 20 Gbps effective. The GPU has 6,144 shading units, 384 texture mapping units, 192 raster operation units, and 96 ray-tracing cores. Pixel rate is 479.6 GPixel/s, texture rate is 959.2 GTexel/s, and FP32 compute is 61.39 TFLOPS. The card's TDP is 355 W, with a suggested PSU of 750 W, and it measures 287 mm in length, 110 mm in height, and 51 mm in width. In synthetic benchmarks, the GPU scores 6,841 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 189,573 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 192,597 in Geekbench Vulkan. Its Passmark G3D score is 31,238, and Passmark GPU compute is 17,689. For Thief, the 24 GB frame buffer is far more than the game requires, but the high memory bandwidth and large ROP count help maintain frame rates at 4K. The GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases; at 1080p the CPU can feed the GPU easily, but at 4K the GPU's raw throughput determines the final frame rate.

Resolution Scaling

The measured data shows a clear progression as resolution rises. At High settings, the average FPS is 173.9 at 1920x1080, 119.6 at 2560x1440, and 70 at 3840x2160. At Ultra settings, the figures are 159.9, 112.2, and 63.8 respectively. At Medium, 188.9, 154.6, and 91. At Low, 208.1, 183.4, and 117.4. The drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial across all presets. For example, the 4K High result of 70 FPS is less than half the 1080p Low result of 208.1 FPS. The scaling pattern indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting component at 4K. The CPU, with 20 cores and a 5.40 GHz boost clock, is capable of sustaining high frame rates at lower resolutions; the fact that 1080p Low reaches 208.1 FPS shows that the CPU is not a bottleneck at that resolution. At 4K, the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints. The spread between Low and Ultra widens at higher resolutions: at 1080p, Low (208.1) and Ultra (159.9) are relatively close, while at 4K, Low (117.4) and Ultra (63.8) are far apart. This widening gap is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at 4K, where the cost of higher-quality shading and post-processing scales more steeply with pixel count.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 70 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 117.4 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 91 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 63.8 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 119.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 183.4 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 154.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 112.2 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 173.9 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 208.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 188.9 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 159.9 |

At 1920x1080, all four presets exceed 159.9 FPS, with Low reaching 208.1 FPS. This means the combo is never stressed at 1080p; even Ultra maintains a high refresh rate. At 2560x1440, Ultra drops to 112.2 FPS, while High is 119.6, Medium 154.6, and Low 183.4. All 1440p results are above 112.2 FPS, so the combo handles this resolution comfortably. At 3840x2160, the picture changes. Ultra falls to 63.8 FPS, High is 70, Medium is 91, and Low is 117.4. The 4K Ultra result is the lowest measured value in the entire set, and it is the only preset that drops below 70 FPS. The 4K High result of 70 FPS is still a solid margin above the Ultra figure, while Medium and Low provide increasingly comfortable headroom. The data shows that the combo is fully capable of 4K gaming, but the choice of preset has a significant impact on the final frame rate.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the optimal preset depends on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, Ultra delivers 159.9 FPS, which is sufficient for any display; there is no reason to lower settings. At 2560x1440, Ultra (112.2 FPS) and High (119.6 FPS) are both above 112.2 FPS, so either works; Medium (154.6 FPS) provides extra headroom for high-refresh monitors. At 3840x2160, Ultra (63.8 FPS) is the lowest measured result, while High (70 FPS) gives a small but useful margin. Medium (91 FPS) is the most comfortable 4K preset, and Low (117.4 FPS) is the smoothest. For a 4K display, High is the recommended preset, as it stays above the Ultra result while offering better visual quality than Medium. For higher refresh 4K panels, Medium is the better choice, since it nearly doubles the Ultra frame rate. The data shows that all presets remain playable, but the best experience per the measured rows is High at 4K, Ultra at 1440p, and Ultra at 1080p.