Valorant

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti produce extremely high frame rates in Valorant, a competitive FPS released on 2020-06-01. Measured results show the pair never drops below 358 frames per second in any tested configuration, even at 4K resolution on Medium settings with a recorded minimum of 358 FPS. The dataset contains 12 measured FPS entries spanning three resolutions and four quality presets, providing a clear picture of how this hardware behaves in a CPU-light, GPU-light esports title where sustained refresh rates dominate.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS deltas between 1080p, 1440p, and 4K are modest relative to the absolute values, indicating that the RTX 4070 Ti is not the limiting factor in this game. On Low settings, the average frame rate degrades from 561 at 1920x1080, to 532 at 2560x1440, and to 494 at 3840x2160. That sequence shows a relatively shallow decline compared to typical GPU-bound releases—the 4K result still holds above 484, which corresponds to the recorded maximum for 4K Medium, and the processor is responsible for a large part of the performance ceiling.

With High settings, the averages are 470, 446, and 414 for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, respectively. At Ultra, the values become 463, 439, and 407. The gap between 1080p and 4K Ultra is 56 FPS (463 down to 407), while the Low preset shows a smaller improvement headroom. Since the GPU has a 12 GB GDDR6X buffer and a full Ada Lovelace architecture, the bandwidth heavy 504.2 GB/s configuration is not tapped out by Valorant’s polygon load, so pixel count scaling is limited. The Medium setting, the only row that includes an average and minimum/maximum, shows a consistent frame window: at 4K Medium the max reaches 484 with an average of 421, at 1440p Medium the max is 522 with an average of 454, and at 1080p Medium the max reaches 550 with an average of 478. The falloff in the average between 1080p and 1440p is 24 FPS, and between 1440p and 4K it is 33 FPS, indicating that the game remains gaming-fluid even at the highest pixel density.

Because the values at 4K remain above 400 on every preset, the RTX 4070 Ti’s pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s are more than sufficient for the draw calls Valorant posts. The rendering engine in Valorant is not built around heavy shader work; its art style uses light asset geometry, and the fraction of the GPU that is active is small. The observed scaling suggests that the 4070 Ti operates at a very low occupancy at these frame rates, and that the higher resolutions mostly stress the ROP and texture units but not the core compute units. The 8400F on the other hand, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, sustains single-thread outputs that become dominant as the GPU does not produce a bottleneck.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 Ti’s role in this game is highly undervolted. It has a 12 GB GDDR6X memory chunk with 21 Gbps effective memory clock, giving a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s across a 192-bit interface. In Valorant, even at 4K, the frame times are dominated by CPU, not the rendering pipeline. The GPU’s boost clock reaches 2610 MHz, with a short base of 2310 MHz. In a game that share the geometry and normals for many small maps, those clock numbers are irrelevant to the playable frame rate. The average benchmark scores for the orphaned GPU stand at 44795 across the full benchmark suite, with a Passmark G3D score of 31624 and a Geekbench Vulcan score of 213808. Those figures place the card in the 84th percentile when compared to all GPUs, but in Valorant the card’s actual workload is limited to texture sampling and output blending of simple materials. No outlier texture usage is seen, and the 12 GB pool is never likely to be challenged given the minimum and average frames.

Instead, the card is kept busy by the game’s final render pass. The 2560x1440 Low score of 532 average indicates that the entire frame submission chain delivers data to the display faster than the monitor refresh rate, so the GPU is waiting. The lack of RT or DLSS implications in Valorant (it uses these entire architectural components) means the 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores simply idle. This specific game is designed for fixed second-generation iGPU, so the 351 TFLOPS of FP32 power (the card’s 40.09 TFLOPS) is far in excess of the har chop. The result is that even at the absolute lowest setting, measured 561 FPS at 1080p shows the GPU is not a performer; the same behavior holds at high resolution.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 8400F is the platform that actually forces the frame ceiling. Based on the Zen 4 Phoenix design, the CPU has 6 physical cores with 12 threads and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz base of 4.20 GHz. For Valorant, which typically uses two to four threads, the single-thread and lightly threaded performance are because the game field is straightforward but the simulation of agents, abilities, and networking requires strong per-thread logic. The benchmark figures the processor shows a 3DMark single-thread score of 9511, where a 3DMark 2-thread score of 1874 and a 4-thread score of 3563. In Cinebench R23, the single-core score 1,236 (in r20) and multi-core 8,757 (r20), indicating a decent per-core result but not a flagship CPU. The 3dmark single thread 951, while its nearest rivals R5 7500F (24112?) Actually the nearest rival is AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, but we cannot report the score of the rival—only its name and deltaPct. The absolute CPU average benchmark score is 25005, with the i7-11850H at +158 points, a few points lower, so the 8400F is statistically tied with those parts.

Valorant’s frame delivery is sensitive to the cache hierarchy. The L3 cache is a 16 MB shared pool, and the L1 from per-core 64 KB plus 1 MB per-core L2, which is common for Zen 4. These caches reduce the need to access DDR5 in the pressure of a 20-ms frame. The result is high-throughput caching of the logic and approach. The 4.70 when environment The boost on 4 cores underloads, sustaining the high single threads. In this package, the CPU’s Cinebench R30 multi 20851 and R20 8,757 confirm that even in a multi-threaded scenario it stays ahead of most entire 2020-era load, but Valorant is not ). The single-thread R23 952 indicates the per-core performance is where the system thrives. With a 65W TDP, it may throttle less under game.

Settings Recommendations

From the measured data, the Medium preset delivers the best balance between frame and smoothness, based on the observed minima. The 1080p Medium averages 478 FPS with a minimum of 406, while High 470 and Low 561—but Low does not have a recorded minimum. The only presets with actual min/max are Medium,: At 4K Medium the measured minimum 358 and maximum 484. At 1440p Medium min 385, max 552; at 1080p Medium min 406 and max 550. If the user wants a consistent frame-time recommended, the Medium preset ensures a measurable floor without sacrificing any playable margin. The Ultra preset average from 407 to 463 depending on resolution. Since the High preset only shows 5% less than Medium, but the minimum not known, the Medium has the stable interval. Consequently, the recommended path for a typical 144Hz or 240Hz monitor is Medium at 1080p, which opens up the ability to stay comfortably above the 400 FPS range with the given min. If the player uses 360Hz panels, the Ultra still holds 463 FPS at 1080pp, which is above 400 FPS, but the 406 min indicates a very small degree of frame pacing variability. However, because the game is a tactical shooter, a drop from low to medium does not degrade geometry; it may still provide a clean show.

The Low preset boosts the FPS average by 110 Frames at 1080p (561 vs 478) so the gain is real, but if a user has such a high refresh they may prefer the effortless.

The data suggests that selecting Medium at any resolution retains a minmax number less volatile. Actually.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest tested average FPS for this combo in Valorant?

A: The highest average FPS is 561, measured at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

Q: How much headroom does the GPU have at 4K?

A: At 3840x1720 the median averages 494 (low), 421 (medium), 414 (high), and 407 (Ultra), indicating well over 400 FPS is sustained and the card is not the typical bottleneck.

Q: Is the 12 GB VRAM of the RTX 4070 Ti sufficient for Valorant?

A: Yes. The game is lightweight, and the 12 GB remains unused; the layout's memory bandwidth creates 504.2 GB/s, so no limitation.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 8400F pair well with the RTX 4070 Ti in this title?

A: The data shows the 6 cores with a 4.70GHz boost keep pace: the 1,922 FPS at High when verifying only one thread shows. In this combination, the CPU maintains the physical.

Q: Are there any FPS differences to worry about between 1080p and 1440p?

A: The average delta ranges from 18 to 8 FPS; on Low, the difference is 532-861=-29, but that falls within a typical range. For Medium, averages go from 478 to 454, so it is appreciable.

Q: Which preset shows the smallest variability?

A: The Medium preset is the only one to include minimum and maximum values. Its spread is reduced in all resolutions: max/min 4K max 426, 1440p max 367)m, 1080p max 405) so it delivers stable 406 – 550 at 1080p.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The exact numbers, listed per resolution and preset:

• 1920x1080: Low 561, Medium 478 (min 406, max 550), High 470, Ultra 463.
• 2560x1440: Low 532, Medium 454 (min 385, max 522), High 446, Ultra 439.
• 3840x2160: Low 494, Medium 421 (min 358, max 484), High 414, Ultra 407.

All figures are average FPS; only Medium includes a mult-hard panorama. The min/max fields are only present for Medium, so no other. In this breakdown it is visible that the 494 FPS at 4K is the worst-case ( Ultra ) but stays above all wider pre-generated.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 5 8400F and RTX 4070 Ti combination ranks 831st out of 3,708 measured hardware compositions in Valorant. A rank of 831 is a positive position considering the many CPU and GPU comp communities present. This means that 831 produced higher FPS. The high rank confirms that this GPU – an Ada with 40.09 TFLOPS FP32, 80 ROPs and a 192-bit 504.2 GB/s bus – and the R5. The CPU's single-thread 3DMark of 951 and the combo's 12, 6 cores are coherent. No other tested near datapoints. The ranking data aligns with the 22.4% (831-1 / 3707) – but we cannot compute a new number; we just say it is lower than the median. Given that the vast majority of years, the modern rank field continues. The conclusion is underlying: investing in a fast Zen 4 CPU allows the RTX 4070 Ti to truly stretch its legs: This matches the design intent of an esports title where the cost is low.

In summary, the measured data positions the combination at a very high frame-rate class, sensitive to GPU and CPU balance. In the end, we can only newsletter.