Undisputed

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT delivers a surprisingly robust experience in Undisputed, but the data reveals a clear ceiling at the highest settings. The benchmark results show this combo is best utilized at High settings across all resolutions, offering a balance of visual fidelity and frame rate that the Ultra preset cannot match. While the combo ranks in the 28th percentile of all tested configurations, its performance is highly consistent and capable of delivering smooth gameplay for the majority of display setups, provided the user prioritizes High over the more demanding Ultra options.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data makes a compelling case for the High preset as the optimal choice for this hardware combination. At 1920x1080, the High preset yields an average of 136 FPS, which is nearly 35% faster than the 88 FPS average seen at Ultra. This difference is not merely a matter of smoothness; it represents the difference between a locked, high-refresh-rate experience and one that may dip below the refresh rate of common 144Hz monitors. The Medium preset offers a marginal improvement to 165 FPS, but the jump from Medium to High is a small 31 FPS loss, while the jump from High to Ultra results in a substantial 48 FPS drop. This indicates that the Ultra preset imposes a disproportionately heavy load for the visual gains it provides.

Moving to 2560x1440, the trend continues. High delivers a solid 98 FPS average, which is an excellent result for a 1440p panel. The Ultra preset drops to 63 FPS, which is playable but sacrifices the headroom needed for consistent high-refresh-rate performance. The Low preset at 165 FPS is essentially unnecessary for competitive play in a sports title, and the visual compromise is not worth the extra frames when High is so close. At 3840x2160, High manages to stay above the critical 60 FPS threshold with an average of 62 FPS. This is the highest setting that guarantees a fluid 4K experience. The Medium preset provides a more comfortable cushion at 75 FPS, but the data suggests that High is the sweet spot for image quality, while Ultra at 40 FPS is firmly in the field of a slideshow and should be avoided.

The conclusion is unambiguous: the High preset is the recommended setting for this combo at any resolution. It offers the best balance of image quality and performance, maintaining an average above 60 FPS even at 4K. The Ultra preset is the only setting that pushes the hardware past its limits, and the data shows a significant and consistent performance cliff across all resolutions when it is selected.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is the primary driver of the performance characteristics observed in Undisputed. The GPU's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides a 256.0 GB/s bandwidth, which is sufficient for the game's assets at the tested settings. The card's RDNA 2.0 architecture, built on a 7 nm process, includes 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. These specifications translate into a pixel rate of 165.7 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 331.4 GTexel/s, which are the raw throughput figures that determine how quickly the card can fill frames.

The GPU's clock behavior is also a factor in its performance. The base clock is rated at 1968 MHz, with a game clock of 2359 MHz and a boost clock of 2589 MHz. The boost clock is the maximum theoretical speed, and the card's ability to sustain high clocks under load dictates its real-world performance. The benchmark results show that the card is capable of delivering high frame rates at lower settings, but the significant drop at Ultra settings indicates that the GPU's raw compute power—rated at 10.60 TFLOPS FP32—is the limiting factor when the game's visual complexity increases.

The GPU's percentile ranking versus all GPUs is 70, placing it in the upper tier of hardware. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630, is only 0.7% behind in average benchmark score, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is 1.1% ahead. This context shows that the RX 6600 XT is positioned competitively, and its performance in Undisputed reflects its mid-range status. The card's 8 GB VRAM is not the bottleneck here; the core processing power is what limits the Ultra preset performance. The data clearly shows a GPU-bound scenario at high settings, where the card's 64 ROPs and shader count are unable to keep up with the demands of the Ultra preset's rendering workload.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K provides insight into the limiting component of this combo. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 136 at 1920x1080 to 98 at 2560x1440, a 28% decrease, and then further to 62 at 3840x2160, a 54% decrease from the 1440p result. This pattern is classic GPU-bound behavior; as the resolution increases, the number of pixels the GPU must process grows exponentially, and the frame rate drops accordingly.

The data also shows how the scaling changes with settings. At Low settings, the frame rate drops from 229 FPS at 1080p to 165 FPS at 1440p (a 28% drop) and then to 105 FPS at 4K (a 36% drop from 1440p). The percentage drop from 1440p to 4K is smaller at Low settings compared to High settings, which suggests that at Low settings, the CPU or other system components are beginning to play a more significant role in limiting performance, preventing the GPU from being the sole bottleneck.

At Medium settings, the minimum FPS values are telling. The 1080p Medium preset has a minimum of 140 FPS, while the 1440p Medium preset has a minimum of 101 FPS. This 39 FPS difference in minimums is larger than the 26 FPS difference in averages (165 vs 119), indicating that frame pacing becomes less consistent at higher resolutions. The 4K Medium setting has an average of 75 FPS and a minimum of 64 FPS, showing that the GPU is working harder and frame times are less stable. This analysis confirms that the RX 6600 XT is the primary performance limiter, as the frame rate scales inversely with pixel count, a hallmark of a GPU-bound workload.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the Intel Core i5-11400F and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT ranks 2667 out of 3718 tested combos in Undisputed. This places it in the 28th percentile of all configurations, which is a lower-middle ranking. It is important to note that this rank is specific to this game; the same combo may rank higher or lower in other titles depending on their optimization and engine requirements.

The rank indicates that while the combo is capable of playing the game, there are a significant number of other hardware pairings that achieve higher average frame rates. The ranking does not mean the experience is poor, as the measured FPS data shows playable results at most settings. However, it does suggest that the CPU or GPU is holding the system back relative to more powerful components. The CPU's average benchmark score is 17177, and its nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7H12 with a delta of 0.3% and the Intel Core i5-12450H with a delta of -0.4%, showing that the CPU is a solid mid-range performer. The GPU's average benchmark score is 24442, with its nearest rival being the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 at a 0.7% delta. The combination of these two mid-range components results in a system that is not at the top of the charts but is far from the bottom.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F provides the processing foundation for this combo. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, a configuration that is well-suited for modern games. Its base clock is 2.60 GHz, and it can boost up to 4.40 GHz, which is a substantial frequency headroom for single-threaded tasks. The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 512 KB of L2 per core, and a 12 MB shared L3 cache. This cache configuration helps reduce memory latency and improve performance in scenarios where data is reused across threads.

In Undisputed, a sports game, the CPU's role is to manage game logic, physics, and AI. The benchmark results suggest that the CPU is not the primary bottleneck in this title. For instance, at 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 229 FPS, which is a very high frame rate that would likely be limited by the GPU's maximum output at this setting. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would plateau regardless of resolution or settings.

The CPU's benchmark scores support its adequacy for this task. Its Cinebench R23 multicore score is 14340, and its single-core score is 2024. The 3DMark 16-thread score is 5619, and the single-thread score is 868. These scores indicate a balanced processor that can handle both multithreaded workloads and the single-threaded tasks often found in game engines. The CPU's 65W TDP and 14 nm process node are older technologies, but they do not prevent it from delivering sufficient performance for this game. The data indicates that the CPU is a capable partner to the GPU, providing enough throughput to allow the GPU to become the limiting factor at higher settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers a wide range of performance depending on the preset. The Low preset achieves an average of 229 FPS, which is exceptionally high. The Medium preset has an average of 165 FPS, with a minimum of 140 and a maximum of 189 FPS. The High preset drops to an average of 136 FPS. The Ultra preset brings the average down to 88 FPS, which is a significant 48 FPS drop from High, highlighting the heavy cost of the highest settings.

At 2560x1440, the results are lower but still respectable. The Low preset averages 165 FPS. The Medium preset averages 119 FPS, with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137 FPS. The High preset averages 98 FPS, which is a strong result. The Ultra preset averages 63 FPS, which is playable but on the lower end for fast-paced action.

At 3840x2160, the combo begins to show its limits. The Low preset averages 105 FPS, which is still very smooth. The Medium preset averages 75 FPS, with a minimum of 64 and a maximum of 87 FPS. The High preset averages 62 FPS, which just passes the 60 FPS threshold for a playable experience. The Ultra preset averages only 40 FPS, which is not recommended for a smooth gameplay experience.

The data set is missing minimum and maximum FPS values for the Low, High, and Ultra presets at all resolutions except Medium. The Medium preset data shows consistent frame times, with the 1080p minimum at 140 FPS and the 4K minimum at 64 FPS. This suggests that the Medium preset is the most stable in terms of frame pacing, but the High preset offers a better performance-to-quality ratio. The measured FPS values across all resolutions and settings paint a clear picture of a hardware combo that is best suited for High settings, with 4K Ultra being the only configuration that falls below the standard of playability.