Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti pairing produces a wide spread of frame rates in Greedfall, an Action RPG from 2019. Measured data shows the combo hitting 149.5 FPS at 1080p Low, but falling to 30.3 FPS at 4K Ultra. This range reveals a system that is comfortable at mainstream resolutions yet struggles at the highest settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a consistent, steep drop as resolution climbs from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. On High settings, the average frame rate falls from 108.4 FPS at 1080p to 72.3 FPS at 1440p, then to 43.4 FPS at 4K. That is a 60% reduction from 1080p to 4K (108.4 → 43.4). The pattern repeats across all quality presets: Low drops from 149.5 to 103 to 63.1 (a 58% decline from 1080p to 4K), Medium from 118.9 to 81 to 51 (57% decline), and Ultra from 72.2 to 45.9 to 30.3 (58% decline). The near-uniform percentage drop—roughly 57–60%—indicates that the GPU is the primary limiter as pixel count increases. The RTX 3060 Ti, with its 8 GB GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, can sustain high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K the compute load overwhelms it, especially on Ultra where the average dips to 30.3 FPS—just above the 30 FPS threshold.

Notably, 1440p High (72.3 FPS) almost exactly matches 1080p Ultra (72.2 FPS). This suggests that the GPU’s workload scales almost linearly with resolution, reinforcing the conclusion that the graphics card, not the CPU, dictates performance at higher resolutions. The RTX 3060 Ti’s launch MSRP is 399 USD, and its synthetic benchmark percentile (69th among all GPUs) aligns with its mid-range positioning. In Greedfall, the data shows that 4K Ultra is not a viable target for this combo, while 1440p High remains playable.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz. Its 16 MB L3 cache and 7 nm process node contribute to strong synthetic scores: Cinebench R23 multi-core reaches 16,429, single-core 2,319, and 3DMark 16-thread scores 5,386. These results place the CPU in the 79th percentile of all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 20,875. Its nearest rivals in average score include the Intel Core i5-12500 (delta -0.1%) and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (delta -0.1%), showing that the 5500 is competitive in general compute tasks.

In Greedfall, the CPU’s influence is most visible at 1080p Low, where the combo reaches 149.5 FPS—a frame rate high enough to suggest the CPU is not the bottleneck at that resolution. As resolution increases, the FPS drops sharply, and the GPU takes over as the limiting factor. The CPU’s launch MSRP is $159, and its 65 W TDP makes it an efficient choice, but the game’s performance ceiling is clearly set by the RTX 3060 Ti. The CPU’s 79th percentile ranking does not translate into a high combo rank in this title, indicating that Greedfall is more sensitive to GPU throughput than to CPU multi-threading or single-core speed.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Ultra?

A: The combo delivers 72.2 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings.

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 30.3.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested systems in Greedfall?

A: It ranks 1283rd out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the lower portion of the field.

Q: What are the CPU’s core and thread counts?

A: The Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores and 12 threads.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory configuration?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus.

Q: What is the GPU’s percentile among all GPUs?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti sits in the 69th percentile based on synthetic benchmarks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 43.4 |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 63.1 |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 51.0 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 30.3 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 72.3 |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 103.0 |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 81.0 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 45.9 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 108.4 |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 149.5 |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 118.9 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 72.2 |

The table shows a clear hierarchy: 1080p Low is the only configuration that exceeds 140 FPS, while 4K Ultra is the only one that falls below 31 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at each resolution is substantial—at 1080p, Low is 149.5 FPS versus Ultra’s 72.2 (a 51% difference); at 1440p, Low is 103.0 versus Ultra’s 45.9 (55% difference); at 4K, Low is 63.1 versus Ultra’s 30.3 (52% difference). This consistent spread indicates that the GPU’s shading and memory bandwidth are the dominant factors across all settings.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of 1,705 tested CPU+GPU combinations for Greedfall, this pairing holds the 1283rd position. That means 1,282 combos deliver higher average FPS, while only 422 are slower. The rank is notably lower than the individual component percentiles would suggest: the CPU is in the 79th percentile and the GPU in the 69th, yet the combo sits in the bottom 25% of all tested systems. This discrepancy points to a mismatch—the Ryzen 5 5500 is a capable mid-range processor, but the RTX 3060 Ti, while solid for 1080p and 1440p, cannot push Greedfall to high frame rates at 4K Ultra. The GPU’s nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (delta -0.2%) and RX 6600 (delta -0.5%), but those scores do not translate to a strong in-game ranking here.

The data suggests that for Greedfall, the RTX 3060 Ti is the limiting component. At 1080p, the combo can exceed 100 FPS on Low and Medium, but at 4K Ultra it barely holds 30 FPS. The CPU’s 6-core/12-thread design and 4.20 GHz boost clock are sufficient to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 149.5 FPS at 1080p Low. However, the game’s rendering demands at higher resolutions overwhelm the GPU, dragging the overall combo rank down. For users targeting 1080p or 1440p, this pairing offers playable performance, but for 4K enthusiasts, the rank indicates that many other combinations—likely with stronger GPUs—would be more appropriate.