Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT combination delivers a distinctly GPU-limited experience in Greedfall, with performance scaling that clearly prioritizes resolution and visual fidelity over CPU throughput. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 153.6 FPS, but this falls to 66.7 FPS at Ultra settings, a 56.6% reduction that underscores the graphics card’s dominant role. Moving to 1440p, the same settings range yields 102.4 FPS at Low and 48.4 FPS at Ultra, while 4K drops to 60.0 FPS at Low and 29.5 FPS at Ultra. The data indicates that the RX 6600 XT, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 256.0 GB/s bandwidth, becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases, while the CPU’s 6-core, 12-thread configuration remains sufficient to feed the GPU at lower settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS deltas across resolutions reveal a classic GPU-bound scenario. From 1080p to 1440p at High settings, average FPS drops from 108.1 to 74.8, a 30.8% decline. Scaling further to 4K High yields 42.7 FPS, which is 60.5% lower than the 1080p High result. This pattern holds across all settings presets, with the most pronounced degradation occurring between 1440p and 4K. At Low settings, the transition from 1080p (153.6 FPS) to 1440p (102.4 FPS) represents a 33.3% reduction, while 4K Low (60.0 FPS) is 60.9% below the 1080p baseline. These percentages align closely with the pixel-count differences between resolutions, confirming that the GPU’s rendering throughput is the primary constraint.

The scaling behavior also indicates that the CPU is not a bottleneck at any tested configuration. At 1080p Low, where CPU overhead is typically highest, the combo still reaches 153.6 FPS, suggesting the Ryzen 5 5500’s Zen 3 architecture, with a boost clock of 4.20 GHz and 16 MB of L3 cache, provides ample headroom. The gap between Low and Ultra settings at each resolution further supports this: at 1080p, the difference between Low (153.6 FPS) and Ultra (66.7 FPS) is 86.9 FPS, a span that would be much narrower if the CPU were limiting. At 4K, the same settings gap narrows to 30.5 FPS (60.0 vs. 29.5), reinforcing that the GPU’s workload scales with resolution while the CPU’s contribution remains relatively constant.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT ranks 1255th out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall. This places it in the lower third of all configurations, which is notable given that the individual components hold respectable percentile ratings. The CPU sits at the 79th percentile among all processors, while the GPU is at the 71st percentile among all graphics cards. The combination’s rank suggests that Greedfall’s engine does not scale particularly well with this pairing, likely due to the game’s age (released in 2019) and its preference for fewer, higher-clocked cores rather than the 6-core/12-thread layout of the Ryzen 5 5500.

Comparing to nearest rivals, the CPU’s average benchmark score of 20875 is nearly identical to the Intel Core i5-12500 (20897, delta -0.1%), meaning the two processors are effectively interchangeable in synthetic tests. However, in Greedfall, the actual FPS data shows the combo’s rank is more dependent on the GPU. The RX 6600 XT’s average benchmark score of 27985 places it just 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (27956) and 0.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (27883). This proximity to older high-end cards suggests that Greedfall’s optimization may favor architectures with higher fill rates, which the RX 6600 XT provides via its 64 ROPs and 165.7 GPixel/s pixel rate. The rank of 1255 out of 1705 indicates that many combinations with newer or higher-tier GPUs achieve better results, but this pairing remains competitive for its class.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Greedfall?

A: The highest measured average is 153.6 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The lowest is 29.5 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the combo perform at 1440p with High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the average FPS is 74.8, which is 33.3 FPS lower than the 1080p High result of 108.1 FPS. This represents a 30.8% performance drop when moving from 1080p to 1440p.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly the limiting component. The average FPS ranges from 60.0 at Low to 29.5 at Ultra, with the CPU’s 12 threads providing sufficient processing power. The 60 FPS at Low settings indicates the GPU is at its maximum output, not the CPU.

Q: How does the combo rank relative to other tested configurations?

A: The combination ranks 1255th out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the lower 26.4% of all configurations. This is despite the CPU ranking in the 79th percentile and the GPU in the 71st percentile individually.

Q: What is the performance difference between Medium and High settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the average FPS at Medium settings is 122.7, while High settings yield 108.1 FPS. The difference is 14.6 FPS, or an 11.9% reduction when moving from Medium to High.

Q: Does the combo achieve playable frame rates at 4K Ultra?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 29.5, which is below the typical 30 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. For a more playable experience, users would need to lower settings to High (42.7 FPS) or Medium (51.7 FPS).

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce 153.6 FPS, Medium drops to 122.7 FPS, High reaches 108.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 66.7 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 56.6% reduction in performance, with the largest single-step drop occurring between High and Ultra (41.4 FPS). This suggests that Ultra settings introduce effects that heavily tax the GPU’s 2048 shading units and 128 texture mapping units.

At 2560x1440, the same settings pattern yields 102.4 FPS at Low, 83.2 FPS at Medium, 74.8 FPS at High, and 48.4 FPS at Ultra. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at each setting is consistent: 51.2 FPS at Low, 39.5 FPS at Medium, 33.3 FPS at High, and 18.3 FPS at Ultra. The smaller absolute drop at Ultra settings indicates that the GPU is already heavily loaded at 1080p Ultra, so additional resolution has a diminishing relative impact.

At 3840x2160, performance becomes marginal for high-fidelity play. Low settings achieve 60.0 FPS, Medium provides 51.7 FPS, High drops to 42.7 FPS, and Ultra yields 29.5 FPS. The gap between 1440p and 4K is substantial: 42.4 FPS at Low, 31.5 FPS at Medium, 32.1 FPS at High, and 18.9 FPS at Ultra. Notably, the 4K Low result of 60.0 FPS is exactly the same as the 1080p Ultra result of 66.7 FPS, showing that the GPU can maintain playable rates at 4K only when visual settings are minimized.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT plays the decisive role in Greedfall’s performance profile, as evidenced by the resolution scaling data. The GPU’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for the game’s texture-heavy environments at 1080p and 1440p, but becomes strained at 4K Ultra where the 29.5 FPS result indicates memory pressure. The clock speeds—1968 MHz base, 2359 MHz game, and 2589 MHz boost—allow the card to maintain high utilization, but the 4K Ultra result suggests that the 64 ROPs are the limiting factor for pixel fill rate.

The RX 6600 XT’s benchmark scores place it in the 71st percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 27985. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, is only 0.1% behind, which is surprising given the architectural differences. In Greedfall, the GPU’s 10.60 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 331.4 GTexel/s texture rate directly translate to the measured FPS. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the card is not fully utilized (153.6 FPS), but at 4K Ultra, it is saturated (29.5 FPS). This range of 124.1 FPS across settings and resolutions highlights the GPU’s dynamic workload capability, with the 8 GB VRAM being adequate for 1080p and 1440p but potentially limiting at 4K with High or Ultra textures. The card’s RDNA 2.0 architecture, built on a 7 nm process with 11,060 million transistors, provides the efficiency needed to sustain these results without thermal throttling, though the data does not include temperature or power measurements.