Valorant

Valorant, an FPS released on 2020-06-01, has a measured benchmark dataset for the Intel Core i5-14400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. The data shows average frame rates from 411.9 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra to 563.6 FPS at 1920x1080 Low across the resolution/settings grid. This combo ranks 338th out of 1650 tested combinations in Valorant, and the CPU and GPU each sit at the 88th percentile of their component databases.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS curve is unusually flat. On the Low preset, the average is 563.6 FPS at 1920x1080, 533.9 FPS at 2560x1440, and 494.5 FPS at 3840x2160. On the High preset, the same progression yields 473.1 FPS, 447.9 FPS, and 414.7 FPS. On Ultra, the averages are 462.6 FPS, 440 FPS, and 411.9 FPS. Medium sits between High and Low at every resolution: 479.1 FPS at 1920x1080, 457.2 FPS at 2560x1440, and 420.7 FPS at 3840x2160.

The ordering of presets is consistent: Low is always the fastest, followed by Medium, High, then Ultra. The absolute FPS penalty for moving from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is modest compared to what would be expected if the renderer were the dominant constraint. The 4K Ultra result, 411.9 FPS, remains close to the 1080p Low result, 563.6 FPS. This pattern indicates that the CPU or the game workload itself, rather than the GPU, is the limiting component in this title. The RTX 4080 SUPER is capable enough that even the heaviest tested settings at 4K still produce a very high average frame rate.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14400F is a 10-core, 16-thread desktop processor on Intel Socket 1700. It uses Raptor Lake-R architecture and an Intel 10 nm process. Its base clock is 2.50 GHz, the boost clock is 4.70 GHz, and it has 20 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports dual-channel DDR4 and DDR5 memory. These specifications are relevant because Valorant’s measured FPS barely scales with resolution, which is the signature of a CPU-bound scenario. In that scenario, the boost clock and single-thread performance determine how fast the CPU can feed frames to the GPU.

Single-thread benchmark scores support this interpretation. The i5-14400F scores 3093 in Cinebench R23 single-core, 2333 in Geekbench single-core, and 3723 in Passmark single-thread. Multithreaded results are also strong: 21914 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 11209 in Geekbench multi-core, and 25783 in Passmark multithread. The CPU has an average benchmark score of 32508 and sits at the 88th percentile of all CPUs.

The nearest rival comparison places this chip in a very tight cluster. Intel Core i7-12800H has an average score of 32513 with deltaPct 0. AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 scores 32446 with deltaPct 0.2. AMD Ryzen 7 250 scores 32584 with deltaPct -0.2. Intel Core i7-13705H scores 32586 with deltaPct -0.2. For Valorant, where the measured FPS envelope is narrow across resolutions, small CPU positioning differences matter more than GPU headroom.

FAQ

Q: What is the fastest and slowest measured result for this combo in Valorant?

A: The fastest result is 563.6 FPS at 1920x1080 Low. The slowest result is 411.9 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra.

Q: Which component limits performance in this dataset?

A: The FPS values move only from 563.6 to 411.9 across the entire tested grid. Since raising resolution and settings does not cause a large drop, the data points to the CPU or game workload as the limiting component.

Q: How does the i5-14400F compare with its nearest CPU rivals?

A: Its average benchmark score is 32508. Against Intel Core i7-12800H, the score is 32513 with deltaPct 0. Against AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645, the score is 32446 with deltaPct 0.2. Against AMD Ryzen 7 250, the score is 32584 with deltaPct -0.2. Against Intel Core i7-13705H, the score is 32586 with deltaPct -0.2.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER compare with its nearest GPU rivals?

A: Its average benchmark score is 53610. The nearest rivals are AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT with 53489 and deltaPct 0.2, AMD Radeon Pro W6600M with 53414 and deltaPct 0.4, AMD Radeon RX 7700S with 52505 and deltaPct 2.1, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti with 52086 and deltaPct 2.9.

Q: What are the exact average FPS values at 2560x1440?

A: Low is 533.9 FPS, Medium is 457.2 FPS, High is 447.9 FPS, and Ultra is 440 FPS.

Q: What are the exact average FPS values at 3840x2160?

A: Low is 494.5 FPS, Medium is 420.7 FPS, High is 414.7 FPS, and Ultra is 411.9 FPS.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table below lists the full measured FPS dataset for Valorant with the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

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

| 1920x1080 | Low | 563.6 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 479.1 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 473.1 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 462.6 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 533.9 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 457.2 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 447.9 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 440 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 494.5 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 420.7 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 414.7 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 411.9 |

The table shows a clear pattern: at each resolution, Ultra is the slowest preset and Low is the fastest, and every preset loses a small amount of performance as resolution increases. The lack of a steep 4K penalty reinforces the conclusion that the CPU side of this pairing is the main constraint in Valorant.

How This Combo Ranks

In Valorant’s measured combo ranking, the i5-14400F plus RTX 4080 SUPER combination is 338th out of 1650 tested combos. That places it in the upper portion of the tested field. Both components also reach the 88th percentile in their component databases: the CPU has percentileVsAllCpus 88, and the GPU has percentileVsAllGpus 88.

Given that the measured frame rates remain high even at 4K Ultra, the combo rank is consistent with a pairing that has more GPU capability than the game’s CPU-limited workload can consistently use. The GPU side is not the deciding factor: the RTX 4080 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 53610, with nearest rivals spread across deltaPct values from 0.2 to 2.9. The CPU’s rival spread is even tighter, from deltaPct -0.2 to 0.2, which suggests that small single-thread performance differences can shift a system’s position in this title.

At 1920x1080 Low, this pairing reaches 563.6 FPS; at 2560x1440 Low it reaches 533.9 FPS; at 3840x2160 Low it reaches 494.5 FPS. Even the heaviest tested setting, 3840x2160 Ultra, holds 411.9 FPS. These measured results place the combo in a strong overall position, while the resolution scaling data shows that the CPU is the component that sets the ceiling.