Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Souls-like · 2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Hornet explores a vast, haunted kingdom ruled by silk and song.

Base FPS

300

CPU dependence

1.0×

VRAM base

3 GB

Developer: Team Cherry · Publisher: Team Cherry

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Workload profile

Balanced

How this title tends to pressure your system during typical gameplay.

VRAM demand

Light (3 GB+)

Estimated VRAM floor for stable high settings at 1080p.

Base target

300 FPS

Reference FPS target before applying your exact CPU, GPU, and resolution.

Recommended Settings for Hollow Knight: Silksong

These are title-specific settings with the biggest FPS gain for the least visual tradeoff.

V-Sync

Fast / Off (G-Sync)

Pixel-perfect needle slash inputs.

Build Configuration

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Graphics Card (GPU)

Target Resolution

Algorithm

Resolution-scaled hardware vectors combined with per-game load offsets. Details on Methodology.

Estimated Game FPS

292FPS

Hollow Knight: Silksong · 1080p · realistic optimized settings.

Bottleneck Level

27%

Percentage of frames capped by the weaker component.

CPU-bound at 1080p

Intel Core i5-12400F can't keep NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super fully fed in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Lower resolution amplifies the gap; a faster CPU would unlock frames.

Estimated System Load

CPU Load91%

GPU Load72%

Smart Upgrade Path

Auto-derived from your current build imbalance.

Suggested CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Rebalances your NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super — pushes projected bottleneck under 8%.

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