Undisputed

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT lands at rank 1220 out of 1580 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database. This positioning reflects a substantial gap between the CPU's raw compute strength and the GPU's aging architecture. The processor alone sits in the 94th percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54097, trailing the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X by just 0.6% and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D by 1.1%. The graphics card, by contrast, holds only the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with an average score of 24731—nearly matching the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile at a 0.1% deficit and edging out the Intel Arc A350M by 0.3%.

What this rank means in practice is that the combo is heavily bottlenecked by the GPU in almost every scenario. The i7-14700F's 20 cores and 28 threads, boosting up to 5.40 GHz, provide far more headroom than the RX 5700 XT can exploit in a sports title like Undisputed. The data shows a consistent pattern: at every resolution and settings level, the frame rates are constrained by the graphics card's limits rather than the processor's capabilities. This is not a poorly matched pair for general use—the CPU's Cinebench R23 multicore score of 35443 and single-core score of 5003 demonstrate elite processing power—but for gaming, the GPU becomes the ceiling.

The rank also reflects how the combo compares to other pairings in the database. Being in the 77th percentile of tested combos (1220 of 1580) means roughly a quarter of all tested systems perform better in Undisputed. That is a meaningful distinction for a game that rewards smooth, high-refresh-rate gameplay. The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 4261 and multithread score of 41765 indicate it could drive far more powerful graphics cards, but as configured, the bottleneck is unmistakable.

# GPU Role

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is built on the RDNA 1.0 architecture with a Navi 10 chip fabricated on TSMC's 7 nm process. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1750 MHz, which translates to 14 Gbps effective, while the GPU's base clock is 1605 MHz, with a game clock of 1755 MHz and a boost clock of 1905 MHz. These specifications define its performance envelope in Undisputed.

The card's 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operations pipelines produce a pixel rate of 121.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 304.8 GTexel/s. Its FP32 throughput of 9.754 TFLOPS is modest by modern standards, and the FP16 figure of 19.51 TFLOPS (2:1) does not meaningfully help in this DirectX 12 title. The GPU supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, which covers Undisputed's API requirements.

In the measured results, the GPU's VRAM capacity and bandwidth become the limiting factors at higher settings and resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the combo manages only 37.7 FPS, a figure that suggests the 8 GB frame buffer is being saturated by the game's texture demands. Dropping to 4K High improves this to 62.2 FPS, while 4K Medium reaches 73.3 FPS and 4K Low jumps to 102.6 FPS. The scaling pattern indicates that memory bandwidth and capacity, not raw shading power, are the primary constraints at 4K.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce this interpretation. Its Passmark G3D score of 16277 and DirectX 12 score of 64 are unremarkable, while its Geekbench Vulkan score of 73091 and OpenCL score of 77773 show compute capability that is adequate but not exceptional. The card's percentile rank of 68 places it below many modern mid-range options, and its nearest rivals—the RTX A5000 Mobile, Arc A350M, RTX 5060 Mobile, and Quadro RTX 5000—all cluster within a 1% performance band, indicating that the RX 5700 XT is at parity with a specific performance tier rather than being an outlier.

# Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data across three resolutions and four quality presets provides a clear picture of where this combo delivers playable performance. At 1080p, the sweet spot is High settings, where the system averages 134.3 FPS. This is well above the 85 FPS seen at Ultra and comfortably ahead of the 163.7 FPS at Medium. High settings offer a substantial visual upgrade over Medium while still leaving enough headroom for smooth gameplay on high-refresh monitors.

For 1440p, High settings again emerge as the optimal choice, with an average of 95.8 FPS. This is a significant drop from 1080p High, but still firmly in playable territory. The Medium preset at 1440p delivers 118.1 FPS, which is smoother but sacrifices visual fidelity. Ultra at 1440p falls to 62.4 FPS, which is borderline for a sports title that benefits from consistent frame pacing. The data suggests that 1440p High is the best balance of image quality and performance for this combo.

At 4K, the choices become more constrained. High settings produce 62.2 FPS, which is technically playable but leaves little margin for demanding scenes. Medium at 4K reaches 73.3 FPS, offering a smoother experience, while Low jumps to 102.6 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K is effectively unplayable at 37.7 FPS. For 4K users, Medium is the recommended preset—it provides a 18% improvement over High while maintaining acceptable visual quality. Low is viable for competitive play, but the visual downgrade is substantial.

The overall best experience across all resolutions is 1080p High, which combines strong visual fidelity with frame rates that fully utilize the CPU's capability. The i7-14700F's 20 cores are not stressed by this game, so the GPU is the only factor determining the quality ceiling.

# FAQ

Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p Ultra?

A: The average frame rate at 1080p Ultra is 85 FPS, which is playable but represents a 37% drop from the High preset's 134.3 FPS. The GPU's 8 GB VRAM and RDNA 1.0 architecture struggle with the Ultra preset's additional effects.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in Undisputed?

A: The GPU is overwhelmingly the limiting component. The i7-14700F ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 54097, while the RX 5700 XT sits in the 68th percentile. The frame rate scaling across resolutions confirms this, as performance drops sharply when resolution increases.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo?

A: 1080p offers the most consistent experience, with High settings delivering 134.3 FPS and even Ultra managing 85 FPS. 1440p is viable with High settings at 95.8 FPS, but 4K requires dropping to Medium (73.3 FPS) or Low (102.6 FPS) for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the RX 5700 XT compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 24731 is 0.1% below the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile (24763), 0.3% above the Intel Arc A350M (24647), and 0.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile (24592). All four cards are effectively performance peers.

Q: Can this combo handle high-refresh-rate gaming at 1440p?

A: At 1440p High, the average is 95.8 FPS, which is insufficient for 144 Hz monitors but adequate for 60 Hz or 100 Hz displays. The Medium preset reaches 118.1 FPS, which gets closer to high-refresh territory but sacrifices visual quality.

Q: Why does performance drop so dramatically from 1080p to 4K?

A: The frame rate at 4K High (62.2 FPS) is 54% lower than at 1080p High (134.3 FPS). This steep decline is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the RX 5700 XT's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 8 GB VRAM cannot keep up with the fourfold increase in pixel count.

# Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling behavior of this combo reveals a textbook GPU-limited profile. Moving from 1080p to 1440p at High settings, the average frame rate drops from 134.3 FPS to 95.8 FPS, a 29% reduction. Scaling further to 4K High brings the average down to 62.2 FPS, another 35% decline from 1440p. This progression is consistent with the GPU being the bottleneck at every step.

At Low settings, the scaling is even more pronounced. The 1080p Low average of 224.8 FPS drops to 162.3 FPS at 1440p, a 28% decrease, and then to 102.6 FPS at 4K, a 37% further reduction. The fact that even at Low settings the frame rate drops significantly with resolution indicates that the GPU's raw fill rate and memory bandwidth are insufficient to maintain performance as pixel count increases. The CPU, with its 20 cores and 5.40 GHz boost clock, is clearly not the constraint—if it were, the frame rates would remain flat across resolutions.

The Medium preset shows a similar pattern: 163.7 FPS at 1080p, 118.1 FPS at 1440p, and 73.3 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset, which is the most demanding, yields 85 FPS at 1080p, 62.4 FPS at 1440p, and 37.7 FPS at 4K. The relative consistency of these percentage drops—roughly 30% per resolution step—confirms that the GPU's shading units, texture units, and memory subsystem are being pushed to their limits.

The limiting component is definitively the graphics card. The RX 5700 XT's 9.754 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth are simply not sufficient for 4K gaming in a modern sports title. Even at 1440p, the card is operating near its ceiling, as evidenced by the steep drop-off from Medium to Ultra settings. For users seeking higher resolutions, the data indicates that a GPU upgrade would yield far greater gains than any CPU change, given the i7-14700F's substantial headroom in both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads.