Valorant

The Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination in Valorant posts extreme frame rates, with measured averages ranging from 385 FPS at 4K Ultra to 530 FPS at 1080p Low. The CPU sits at the 73rd percentile while the GPU reaches the 86th percentile, and the pairing is ranked 1071 of 3708 tested combos in this game. The performance profile suggests a strongly CPU-oriented game that leaves the RTX 4080 with a light load, even at 4K.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS shows a small but consistent drop when resolution moves from 1920×1080 to 3840×2160 across all settings. At High, the average declines from 445 at 1080p to 422 at 1440p and then 392 at 4K. For Low, the numbers are 530, 503, and 467 respectively. Medium goes from 452 (1080p) to 429 (1440p) to 398 (4K). Ultra: 438, 415, and 385.

The difference between 1080p and 4K is 63 FPS at Low (530 to 467) and only 53 FPS at Ultra (438 to 385). These are modest reductions compared to what a GPU-limited game would typically show. The RTX 4080’s memory bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s and its 256-bit GDDR6X bus are far from being saturated by Valorant. The compact scene geometry and the high-speed input processing demanded by the game keep the CPU as the main frame rate governor, which explains why the drop from 1080p to 4K is so contained.

What the data implies about the limiting component is clear: a GPU with RTX 4080-class resources is not pushed to its ceiling. The framerate difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is only 467 vs 385 FPS, a gap of 82 FPS, but that is still on the low absolute scale. If the game were GPU-bound, raising resolution would produce a much larger drop. The graph of measured values shows a nearly flat line where resolution scaling, across all presets, remains under a 20% reduction even when moving to a three‑fold increase in pixel count. In this FIGHT, the CPU’s single‑thread performance is the foundation that keeps the experience far above the cost of 4K or Ultra. In terms of the bottleneck, the small loss in FPS when going from 1080p to 4K points to a component that is only partially utilized; the CPU dictates the floor.

FAQ

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

A: The top average is 530 FPS, seen at 1920×1080 with Low settings.

Q: At 4K Ultra, how does the performance hold?

A: The average is 385 FPS, which is still substantially above any high-refresh monitor, though no monitor type is mentioned in the data.

Q: How does the combo rank among other tested combos in this game?

A: The combo ranks 1071 out of 3708 combos in the measured dataset, meaning a large portion of slower combinations.

Q: Is the data measured or estimated?

A: The field `dataIsMeasured` is set to true, and the measuredFps rows contain explicit average numbers for the four presets at three resolutions.

Q: Which CPU percentile does the i5-12400F hold?

A: The CPU is at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs in the database.

Q: What is the GPU percentile of the RTX 4080?

A: It ranks at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, placing it within the top 15% of the GPU benchmark dataset.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F provides 6 cores and 12 threads on Alder Lake architecture. Base clock is 2.50 GHz with a turbo of 4.40 GHz. The 18 MB of shared L3 cache is beneficial for a game like Valorant, which often works with the same set of tens of thousands of data points. The CPU’s Cinebench R23 single-core test yields 1680, while multi-core reaches 12380; a single-core-to-multi-core ratio of about 1:7.6 shows the chip is not single‑threaded only but also scalable. However, in a competitive FPS, the 6 cores are more than enough because the engine typically uses one of the cores for the frame loop, while the other cores handle audio, networking, and theater.

The CPU’s 3DMark 2-thread score is 1699, and the 4-thread score is 3067; the 16-thread result is 5895. Those numbers show a smooth scaling—less in the absolute performance of the core itself but enough to avoid CPU-bound stalls in most titles. Its nearest rival variants give context: AMD Ryzen 7 5735HS scores essentially the same average. The i5-12400F's average benchmark sits at 19039, percentile 73, and it is within 0.3% of the Intel Core 3 201E and within 0.1% of the i5-1335U. These small differences mean that the CPU is not dramatically ahead of its closest competitors in pure computational throughput, but in the measured FPS of Valorant, even a modest CPU is enough to feed a fast GPU.

How This Combo Ranks

In the global ranking of measured combos in Valorant, the i5-12400F + RTX 4080 holds position 107 out of 3679 entries. Since a smaller rank number indicates a faster combo, this is about the top 29% of the full field. The CPU holds the 73rd percentile, the GPU the 86th. The gap between those percentiles suggests the overall result is not limited by the GPU. The GPU is comfortably in the top quarter of all graphics cards; the CPU is just above middle tier. Yet the rank is still high because the game is not demanding for this GPU class. The RTX 4080's average benchmark score of 54247 is 0.1% ahead of the RTX 4080 Super and 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon 8060S that ran within a -2.7% delta. In the game’s own measured data, the GTX score does not define the ranking; the CPU.

This is an inversion of the typical bottleneck: a high-end 4K GPU rated in the 86th percentile has no trouble with 385–530 FPS, so the CPU that is only near the 73rd percentile becomes the controlling factor. Even at a high setting, the 4K Ultra still extracts 385 FPS from these components. The CPU’s 3DMark 2-thread score of 1699 and single-thread score of a undated number—the benchmark says 1248 (from 3DMark) but labeled as single‑thread. This is the main reason for the rank. In a game where sum of background physics and input latency is one of the most sensitive elements, a boost speed of 2.40 GHz is modest, but the 6 cores allow the OS scheduler to park other tasks, so the primary core runs at 4.4.

Measured CPU Breakdown — I'm resetting This was a mistake, please redo the heading. The correct heading is "Measured FPS Breakdown". Then we list the rows:

The detailed measured results are the following:

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 1920×1080 | Low | 530 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 452 | 384 | 520 |

| 1920×1080 | High | 445 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 438 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 503 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 429 | 365 | 493 |

| 2560×1440 | High | 422 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 415 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 467 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 398 | 338 | 458 |

| 3840×2160 | High | 392 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 385 | – | – |

The medium preset shows the only min/max values: for 1080p, min SS is 384, max 520; at 1440p it's 365/493; at 4K 338/458. These numbers are all above the typical refresh rate, but the short spread between minfps and maxfps at the same resolution indicates the frame pacing is steady. The low preset at 1080p runs 530, which is 78 more than a 1440p Medium (429), 24 fewer than a 1440p Low. High and Ultra are only tens of FPS behind at each resolution, but the Low preset consistently opens the store.

Settings Recommendations

Looking at the numbers, the fastest preset is Low at all three resolutions. At 1080p, the 530 average is 46 FPS higher than Medium (which is 452), and 85 FPS above High (445). However, the differences among Medium, High, and Ultra are small at 1080p: Medium 452, High 445, Ultra 438 – only 14 FPS separates them. The GPU power is so great that Ultra still delivers 438 FPS. If fluid play is the goal, the Low preset is the pure leader; but the data suggests that Medium or even High tweaks attention to detail without significant loss of frame rate. For a competitive title where hit registration and motion smoothness are key, the user must weigh the minimal margin. The medium preset includes min/max values that show a stable experience with a tight floor of 365 at 1440p and 338 at 4K, whereas the Low and High/Ultra rows have no recorded min/max. In advanced, for players with a 500 Hz panel, the Low setting is the one to hit the top end; for those wanting a balanced image, Medium provides almost identical headroom but might take a few GHz away from the CPU.

The measured sheet implies that the RTX 4080 is never challenged. Even the lowest json preset at 4K returns 467 FPS. Thus the proper approach is to prioritize CPU, and because the CPU i5-12400F has no place to be a bottleneck, the user can push to the Ultra preset at any resolution. The gap between Ultra (438) and Low (530) at 1440p is 12 FPS; at 4K, 467 vs Medium 398 – the extreme preset is still close. The delta in quality is present but not worth the cost of lower settings for a high-performance environment. The most sensible setting on that basis is High 1440p (422 FPS) or High 1080p (445) for those demanding visual fidelity while keeping framerate above 420.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a Super-mon GPU from the family of the RTX 4080 with 45,900 million transistors on a 5 nm process. It has 9728 shading units, 304 TMUs, and 112 ROPs, with 76 geometrically more RT cores and 304 tensor cores. The memory configuration is notable: 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s. The boost clock is 2505 MHz and the base clock is 2205 MHz. Together, these specs provide enormous fill and pixel throughput.

Its benchmark score of 54434? Actually the average benchmark score of the card is 54247, which is 0.1% ahead of the direct RTX 4080 Super, and 2.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB, and -2.7% vs the AMD Radeon 8060S. The raw values show that the GPU is not the limit, with a percentile of 86. In Valorant, the presence of 112 ROPs and 716.8 GB/s means even at 4K Ultra the scene fits within a small portion of carry data. The game’s rendered assignment is simple, and the GPU finishes each frame in far less time than the CPU can issue commands. The 280.6 GPixel/s pixel fill rate and 761.5 GTexel/s texture rate indicate a card that could push thousands of frames if other components could keep up.

This is why the bottleneck is in the CPU. For the game's average of 530 FPS, the GPU only needs to render a single frame in about 1.9 ms (the inverse of 530 is 0.0020 ms), which the 4080 is capable of. The fact that 4K Low still gives 467 FPS means the frame time at