Greedfall

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates across the three tested resolutions reveal a system that scales predictably with pixel count, but the rate of decline points decisively at the GPU as the primary constraint. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers 119 FPS average. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same settings drops that to 83 FPS, a 30% reduction. The jump to 3840x2160 High yields 49 FPS, which is another 41% decline from the 1440p result and only 41% of the original 1080p performance.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all settings presets, which reinforces the GPU-bound narrative. At Low settings, the trio of scores reads 167 FPS at 1080p, 116 FPS at 1440p, and 69 FPS at 4K. The absolute drops are larger at Low settings because the headroom is higher, but the percentage losses are similar in magnitude. At Medium settings, the data includes minimum and maximum frame times: 131 FPS average at 1080p with a 112 FPS minimum, 91 FPS at 1440p with a 77 FPS floor, and 54 FPS at 4K with a 46 FPS minimum. The spread between average and minimum grows as resolution increases, indicating that the rendering load is causing more pronounced frame time variance at higher pixel counts.

Ultra settings produce the steepest curve. The 1080p Ultra average is 76 FPS, which drops to 53 FPS at 1440p and then to 31 FPS at 4K. These numbers suggest that the RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB VRAM and 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are being saturated at the highest quality preset, particularly at 4K where the 31 FPS average falls below the 30 FPS threshold that many users would consider playable. The data shows that this combination is genuinely playable at 1080p across all settings, viable at 1440p for High and Medium, but only suitable for 4K at Low or Medium settings if smoothness is a priority. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration tested that drops below 40 FPS, and it does so by a significant margin.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU and GPU pairing in Greedfall?

A: The data indicates 1920x1080 is the sweet spot. At High settings the combo averages 119 FPS, and even the demanding Ultra preset maintains a 76 FPS average. At 2560x1440 High, the average falls to 83 FPS, which is still smooth, but 4K Ultra drops to 31 FPS, suggesting that resolution is only suitable for lower settings.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER's VRAM capacity affect 4K performance?

A: The card has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS collapses to 31, and at 4K Medium the minimum FPS is 46. The steep drop from 4K Medium (54 FPS) to 4K Ultra (31 FPS) suggests that the VRAM capacity and bandwidth are insufficient for the highest texture and effect loads at that resolution.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5500 holding back the RTX 2070 SUPER in this game?

A: Based on the resolution scaling, no. The frame rate drops by roughly 30-40% at each step from 1080p to 1440p to 4K, which is characteristic of a GPU-limited scenario. The 6-core, 12-thread processor with a 4.20 GHz boost clock appears to keep pace, as evidenced by the 167 FPS result at 1080p Low, which is high enough to expose any CPU bottleneck.

Q: What are the minimum FPS figures for the Medium preset?

A: The measured data includes minimum FPS for Medium settings at all three resolutions. At 3840x2160 the minimum is 46 FPS, at 2560x1440 it is 77 FPS, and at 1920x1080 it is 112 FPS. These figures show that even the lowest frame times remain comfortably above 30 FPS at 4K and above 70 FPS at 1440p.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested combinations in Greedfall?

A: The combination ranks 2150 out of 3703 tested combos, placing it in the 42nd percentile. This means approximately 58% of all tested CPU and GPU pairings deliver higher average FPS in this specific game. The rank is based on measured data, not synthetic benchmarks.

Q: Does the GPU's benchmark percentile align with its in-game performance?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs based on average synthetic benchmark scores, with an average score of 20282. The combo's in-game rank of 2150 out of 3703 (42nd percentile) is lower, which suggests that Greedfall is particularly demanding on the GPU relative to other components, or that the specific pairing does not optimize the GPU's strengths fully.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 3703 tested CPU and GPU combinations in Greedfall, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER achieves the 2150th position. That puts it in the lower half of the field, at roughly the 42nd percentile. The ranking is determined by measured average FPS across the tested settings and resolutions, and the data shows that this combo is not a top-tier performer for this title.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark standing gives context. The RTX 2070 SUPER scores at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20282. Its nearest rivals in the synthetic database are the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480, 1% higher), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 1.2% higher), the Intel Arc B570 (20556, 1.3% higher), and the Intel Arc A750 (20582, 1.5% higher). The fact that the GPU ranks at the 65th percentile synthetically but the combo ranks at the 42nd percentile in-game indicates that Greedfall's engine does not extract the full potential from this card, or the CPU is not the limiting factor and the game's GPU demands are high.

The CPU side shows a similar story. The Ryzen 5 5500 sits at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19593. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (19617, 0.1% higher), the Intel Core i5-12500 (19668, 0.4% higher), the Intel Core i7-10700F (19499, 0.5% lower), and the Intel Core i5-11600KF (19723, 0.7% higher). A CPU at the 73rd percentile paired with a GPU at the 65th percentile should theoretically land in the upper-middle range of game performance, but the 42nd percentile rank in Greedfall suggests the game is heavily GPU-bound and that the RTX 2070 SUPER's Turing architecture is not ideal for this particular workload.

The deltaPct values from the nearest rivals show that both components are closely matched to their immediate competitors. The RTX 2070 SUPER is within 1.5% of its nearest rivals, and the Ryzen 5 5500 is within 0.7% of its nearest rivals. This indicates that swapping in any of these near-identical alternatives would likely produce similar in-game results, and the combo's rank is more a function of the game's demands than of a specific bottleneck in this pairing.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination produces its best results. Low settings deliver a 167 FPS average. Medium settings yield 131 FPS average, with a minimum of 112 FPS and a maximum of 151 FPS. High settings drop to 119 FPS average. Ultra settings produce a 76 FPS average. The spread from Low to Ultra is 91 FPS, showing that the GPU has substantial headroom at this resolution and that even the most demanding preset remains well above the 60 FPS threshold.

At 2560x1440, performance scales down proportionally. Low settings maintain a 116 FPS average. Medium settings average 91 FPS, with a minimum of 77 FPS and a maximum of 105 FPS. High settings average 83 FPS. Ultra settings fall to a 53 FPS average. The 1440p results show that the combo can handle high refresh rates at lower settings but falls below 60 FPS for the Ultra preset, making it a borderline choice for that configuration.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly overmatched at the highest quality settings. Low settings produce a 69 FPS average, which is playable. Medium settings average 54 FPS, with a minimum of 46 FPS and a maximum of 63 FPS. High settings average 49 FPS. Ultra settings collapse to a 31 FPS average, which is below the 30 FPS threshold that many consider the floor for interactive frame rates. The 4K Ultra result is the only tested configuration where the average FPS falls below 40, and it does so by a significant margin.

The Medium settings data is the only preset where minimum and maximum FPS are recorded for all three resolutions. At 1080p, the minimum of 112 FPS indicates that even the worst frame time stays above 110 FPS. At 1440p, the 77 FPS minimum shows that the frame rate rarely dips below the 60 FPS threshold. At 4K, the 46 FPS minimum is still above 30 FPS, but the 54 FPS average suggests that there may be occasional stutters in demanding scenes.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture using the TU104 chip, fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC with 13,600 million transistors and a die size of 545 mm². The GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The card has 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, 40 ray tracing cores, and 320 tensor cores. Its pixel rate is 113.3 GPixel/s, texture rate is 283.2 GTexel/s, and FP32 performance is 9.062 TFLOPS.

The measured FPS data shows a clear GPU-bound pattern. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 167 FPS, which is high enough to suggest that the CPU can feed the GPU adequately. The drop from 167 FPS at 1080p Low to 116 FPS at 1440p Low (a 30% reduction) and then to 69 FPS at 4K Low (a 59% reduction from 1080p) is consistent with the GPU's fill rate and bandwidth being the limiting factors. The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic decline: from 76 FPS at 1080p to 53 FPS at 1440p and 31 FPS at 4K. This 59% drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra settings suggests that the 8 GB VRAM capacity is being stressed, and the 448.0 GB/s bandwidth cannot keep up with the texture and geometry loads at 4K.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark results place it at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, with an average score of 20282. Its nearest rivals in the synthetic database are all within 1.5% of its score, which indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER is a mid-to-upper tier card from a compute standpoint. However, in Greedfall, the combo's rank of 2150 out of 3703 suggests that the game's engine may not fully utilize the Turing architecture's features, or the 8 GB VRAM is insufficient for the game's 4K Ultra preset. The 4K Medium results, with a 54 FPS average and 46 FPS minimum, show that the GPU can handle 4K when settings are moderated.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 5000 series, based on the Zen 3 architecture with the Cezanne codename. It is manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC, with 10,700 million transistors and a die size of 180 mm². The base clock is 3.60 GHz, and the boost clock is 4.20 GHz. The CPU has a 64 KB L1 cache per core, 512 KB L2 cache per core, and a 16 MB L3 cache. It supports DDR4 memory in dual-channel configuration with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and it connects via PCIe Gen 3. The TDP is 65 W, and the launch MSRP was $159.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role appears to be secondary to the GPU. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 167 FPS, which is a high frame rate that would typically expose any CPU bottleneck. The fact that the frame rate scales consistently with resolution indicates that the Ryzen 5 5500 is not the limiting component. If the CPU were holding back performance, we would expect to see a plateau in FPS at lower resolutions, not the smooth scaling observed in the data.

The CPU's synthetic benchmark scores are solid. It achieves 16429 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2319 in single-core. In Passmark, it scores 19330 in multi-thread and 3058 in single-thread. These scores place it at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19593. Its nearest rivals are all within 0.7% of its score, indicating that it is a well-rounded mid-range processor.

The 6-core, 12-thread configuration appears sufficient for Greedfall's engine. The game's measured FPS at 1080p High (119 FPS) and 1080p Ultra (76 FPS) show that the CPU can maintain high frame rates even when the GPU is under moderate load. The 4K results, where the CPU has even more time to prepare frames, show that the processor is not a constraint. The data suggests that if the GPU were upgraded, the Ryzen 5 5500 would likely still keep pace, given its 4.20 GHz boost clock and Zen 3 architecture's strong single-thread performance. However, the combo's 42nd percentile rank in-game relative to the CPU's 73rd percentile synthetic rank indicates that the GPU is the primary factor limiting overall performance in Greedfall.