Greedfall

Greedfall, the 2019 Action RPG from Spiders, presents an interesting scalability study when paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. The measured frame rates show a clear progression from a CPU-bound state at 1080p to a GPU-bound state at 4K, with the gap between settings narrowing as resolution increases. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 264.7 FPS, but this drops to 192.4 FPS at High and 124.3 FPS at Ultra, indicating that the Ryzen 5 4600G's six cores are sufficient to feed the RX 7900 XT at lower graphical loads. Moving to 1440p, the frame rates remain high, with a Low setting average of 182.4 FPS and a High setting average of 132.3 FPS, showing that the GPU still has headroom. At 4K, the situation inverts; Ultra settings produce just 50.6 FPS, while Low settings yield 107.6 FPS, demonstrating that the RX 7900 XT's rendering workload becomes the primary limiting factor at this resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling data reveals a textbook shift in bottleneck behavior. From 1080p to 1440p, the frame rate drop for High settings is from 192.4 FPS to 132.3 FPS, a reduction of 31%. Moving from 1440p to 4K, the same High setting drops from 132.3 FPS to 77.8 FPS, a 41% reduction. This pattern suggests that at 1080p, the system is partially limited by the CPU's single-thread performance, as the gap between Low and Ultra settings is substantial (264.7 FPS vs 124.3 FPS). The Ryzen 5 4600G, with its 3.70 GHz base clock and 4.20 GHz boost clock, appears to be the ceiling for achieving ultra-high refresh rates. In contrast, at 4K, the scaling is more linear and dependent on the GPU's raw compute. The difference between Low (107.6 FPS) and Ultra (50.6 FPS) at 4K is a 53% performance penalty, which aligns with the increased pixel count and shading complexity that the RX 7900 XT must handle. The data indicates that 1440p is the sweet spot for this pairing, where the CPU can still provide adequate frame pacing while the GPU's 20 GB of GDDR6 memory and 800.0 GB/s bandwidth are fully utilized.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations, this specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 4600G with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT ranks 398th out of 1705 combos for Greedfall. This places it in the top 23% of all tested systems, which is a strong showing given the CPU's mid-range positioning. The rank reflects that the RX 7900 XT is doing the heavy lifting, as the GPU alone sits in the 82nd percentile of all tested GPUs. However, the CPU's 75th percentile ranking among all processors suggests a slight mismatch; a higher-tier CPU would likely push this combo higher in the rankings. The data shows that the combo is not bottlenecked to the point of poor performance, but the CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 726 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1919 indicate that it is not a top-tier gaming processor. The 398th rank out of 1705 implies that there are 397 other combinations that deliver better aggregate performance in this specific title, but it also means the vast majority of systems (1307 combos) are slower.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 2 architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 7 nm process. Its base clock of 3.70 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz are modest by modern standards, but the processor's performance in Greedfall is more dependent on its single-thread capabilities than its multi-thread throughput. The benchmark results show a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 13593 and a single-core score of 1919, which is a ratio of about 7:1. In Greedfall, a title that is not heavily multi-threaded, the single-core score is more relevant. The data from 1080p Low settings (264.7 FPS) suggests that the CPU can handle the game's logic and draw call submission at very high frame rates, but the drop to 124.3 FPS at Ultra settings indicates that the GPU is waiting on the CPU to process additional effects and objects. The 8 MB of shared L3 cache is a limitation for this game, as it may cause more frequent cache misses when compared to processors with larger caches. The nearest rivals for this CPU include the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5355GE (deltaPct 0) and the Intel Core i5-12450H (deltaPct 0.1), indicating that the 4600G is closely matched in synthetic benchmarks, but its real-world gaming performance is slightly held back by its lower boost clock relative to newer parts.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are consistently high, with Low settings at 264.7 FPS, Medium at 209.5 FPS, High at 192.4 FPS, and Ultra at 124.3 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 140.4 FPS, which is significant and highlights the CPU's role in handling the increased draw calls and physics calculations. At 2560x1440, the averages are 182.4 FPS (Low), 144.5 FPS (Medium), 132.3 FPS (High), and 82.9 FPS (Ultra). The drop from High to Ultra at 1440p is 49.4 FPS, a 37% reduction, which is more pronounced than the 35% reduction seen at 1080p. This suggests that Ultra settings introduce effects that are particularly taxing on the GPU's shading units and ROPs. At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more moderate: 107.6 FPS (Low), 86.6 FPS (Medium), 77.8 FPS (High), and 50.6 FPS (Ultra). The 4K Ultra result is the only one below 60 FPS, indicating that players targeting 4K with this combo will need to adjust settings to High or lower for a smooth experience. The data shows a consistent pattern where Medium settings provide a good balance, with 209.5 FPS at 1080p, 144.5 FPS at 1440p, and 86.6 FPS at 4K.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain the high frame rates observed. With 5376 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 192 ROPs, the GPU has substantial raw compute power, delivering 51.48 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The 20 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit bus provides 800.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for Greedfall's texture and geometry data at any resolution. The GPU's boost clock of 2394 MHz and game clock of 2025 MHz are high for the RDNA 3.0 architecture, and the 84 ray tracing cores, while not heavily utilized in this title, add to the overall feature set. In the benchmark data, the GPU's Passmark G3D score is 29009, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 5623, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile, has a deltaPct of 0, indicating near-identical synthetic performance, but the RX 7900 XT's desktop-class cooling and power delivery (300 W TDP) allow it to sustain higher clocks in real-world scenarios. The 4K Ultra result of 50.6 FPS is not a reflection of the GPU's inability, but rather the combined load of the CPU's slower single-thread performance and the GPU's pixel throughput. The GPU's 1080p Low result of 264.7 FPS shows that it is capable of far higher frame rates, but the CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 726 limits the maximum achievable FPS.