Greedfall

# Greedfall Performance Analysis: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

This combination pairs a six-core Zen 3 processor with a high-end Ampere GPU, producing a system that scales predictably across Greedfall's four quality presets and three resolutions. The measured data reveals a setup that keeps frame rates comfortably playable at 4K while delivering triple-digit performance at 1440p and 1080p, with the GPU's substantial memory bandwidth and the CPU's solid multi-threaded throughput shaping the overall experience.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K follows a steep curve that clearly identifies the GPU as the dominant constraint at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate falls from 176 FPS at 1920x1080 to 122 FPS at 2560x1440, then to 73 FPS at 3840x2160 — a reduction of roughly 31% when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and another 40% when stepping up to 4K. This pattern indicates that the RTX 3080 Ti's rendering workload scales heavily with pixel count, while the Ryzen 5 5500 has ample headroom to feed frames at lower resolutions.

The scaling behavior differs across presets. At Low settings, the system delivers 247 FPS at 1080p, 171 FPS at 1440p, and 102 FPS at 4K — the percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is approximately 59%, which is slightly less severe than the 59% drop seen at High settings (176 to 73 FPS). Medium settings show a similar pattern: 194 FPS at 1080p, 134 FPS at 1440p, and 80 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset, however, exhibits the most dramatic scaling, crashing from 112 FPS at 1080p to 78 FPS at 1440p and finally to 46 FPS at 4K — a total reduction of about 59% from the lowest to highest resolution.

These results suggest that at 1080p and 1440p, the CPU can still influence maximum frame rates, particularly at Low and Medium settings where the GPU is not fully saturated. The fact that 1080p Low hits 247 FPS while 1080p Ultra only reaches 112 FPS indicates that the GPU's pixel and texture throughput becomes the limiting factor as quality settings increase, even at the same resolution. At 4K, the GPU is unequivocally the bottleneck across all presets, with the gap between Low (102 FPS) and Ultra (46 FPS) widening to over 2x, demonstrating that both resolution and quality settings compound the GPU workload.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database's tested combinations, this pairing achieves a rank of 993 out of 3,703 total combos for Greedfall, placing it in the top 27% of all tested systems. This percentile position reflects a configuration that is well above average for this title, though not at the extreme top tier where the fastest CPUs and GPUs would reside.

The ranking is influenced by both components. The RTX 3080 Ti sits in the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41,187, while the Ryzen 5 5500 lands in the 73rd percentile among CPUs with an average score of 19,593. When combined, these two parts produce a system that outperforms roughly three-quarters of the tested configurations in Greedfall, which is consistent with a GPU that was near-flagship at launch paired with a mid-range CPU from the same era.

The gap between this combo's rank and the top performers is primarily attributable to the CPU. The Ryzen 5 5500's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (delta -0.1%), the Intel Core i5-12500 (delta -0.4%), the Intel Core i7-10700F (delta +0.5%), and the Intel Core i5-11600KF (delta -0.7%). These tight margins — all within 1% of each other — suggest that the CPU's compute capability is not a differentiator in this ranking. Instead, the GPU's 83rd percentile standing, combined with the CPU's 73rd percentile, yields a composite rank that reflects the GPU's dominance in determining Greedfall's frame rates.

GPU Role

The RTX 3080 Ti brings substantial memory resources to this title. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus delivers 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for a game like Greedfall that loads dense environments and texture-rich assets. The memory clock runs at 1188 MHz with an effective 19 Gbps data rate, and the GPU's texture rate of 532.8 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 186.5 GPixel/s provide the fill throughput needed to sustain high frame rates at demanding resolutions.

The GPU's architecture, Ampere on Samsung's 8 nm process, includes 10,240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 raster output units. These resources translate into a measured FP32 performance of 34.10 TFLOPS, which is substantial for a 2021-era card. The boost clock of 1665 MHz (base 1365 MHz) allows the GPU to ramp up under load, and the 350 W TDP reflects the power required to drive this level of performance.

In Greedfall specifically, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution and quality settings increase. At 4K Ultra, the card drops to 46 FPS average, which suggests that even this high-end GPU struggles with the game's most demanding configuration. The 12 GB VRAM capacity is unlikely to be exceeded at 4K in this title, but the raw compute and fill rate limits become evident. The deltaPct values from the GPU's nearest rivals — AMD Radeon Pro 5300 at +0.8%, NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB at -1.2%, NVIDIA Tesla M40 at -1.7%, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at +2% — show that the RTX 3080 Ti sits in a competitive band where small performance differences exist between adjacent GPUs.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system produces its highest frame rates across all presets. Low settings deliver 247 FPS average, Medium reaches 194 FPS with a minimum of 165 FPS and maximum of 223 FPS, High achieves 176 FPS, and Ultra drops to 112 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is approximately 2.2x, with the Medium preset's min-max range (165-223 FPS) showing reasonable consistency.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages decline but remain well above playable thresholds. Low settings hit 171 FPS, Medium averages 134 FPS (min 114, max 155), High reaches 122 FPS, and Ultra falls to 78 FPS. The percentage reduction from 1080p to 1440p ranges from about 30% at Low (247 to 171 FPS) to roughly 30% at High (176 to 122 FPS), with Ultra dropping by approximately 30% as well (112 to 78 FPS). This consistent scaling suggests a balanced workload increase across presets.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates compress into a narrower band. Low settings average 102 FPS, Medium averages 80 FPS (min 68, max 92), High reaches 73 FPS, and Ultra drops to 46 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 56 FPS, compared to 135 FPS at 1080p, indicating that resolution scaling dominates the performance equation at 4K. The Medium preset's min of 68 FPS at 4K is noteworthy as it remains above the 60 FPS threshold, while Ultra's 46 FPS average falls below it.

Settings Recommendations

For users targeting 60 FPS as a minimum, the data shows that Medium settings at 4K deliver an average of 80 FPS with a minimum of 68 FPS, making it the highest quality preset that maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS. High settings at 4K average 73 FPS but lack a reported minimum, which introduces uncertainty; however, the average is still above 60 FPS. Ultra at 4K at 46 FPS is clearly not suitable for smooth gameplay on standard 60 Hz displays.

At 1440p, the recommendation shifts to High settings, which average 122 FPS and provide a substantial improvement over Medium's 134 FPS while remaining well above any refresh rate concerns. Ultra at 1440p averages 78 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 36% drop from High — a significant visual-quality compromise for modest frame rate gains. For high-refresh-rate monitors at 1440p, Medium at 134 FPS (min 114, max 155) offers the best balance of smoothness and quality, as it exceeds 120 FPS on average.

At 1080p, the system is capable of exceeding 200 FPS on Medium (194 FPS average) and 176 FPS on High, making these presets ideal for 144 Hz or even 240 Hz displays. Ultra at 112 FPS is still fast but requires accepting a 36% reduction from High's 176 FPS. For esports-style play or maximum frame rates, Low at 247 FPS is available, though the visual trade-off is substantial. The Medium preset at 1080p, with its 165-223 FPS range, provides the most consistent high-refresh experience.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5500 contributes six cores and twelve threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.20 GHz. Its 16 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth (DDR4 dual-channel) are modest by modern standards, but the processor's single-thread performance is respectable, as evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,319 and a Geekbench single-core score of 1,730.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is most apparent at lower resolutions and quality settings where the GPU is not the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 247 FPS, which requires the CPU to maintain high frame delivery rates. The Ryzen 5 5500's multi-threaded capability — Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16,429 and PassMark multi-thread score of 19,330 — provides sufficient parallel processing for the game's background simulation tasks. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5,386 and max-thread score of 5,411 indicate that the CPU scales well with additional threads, though Greedfall is unlikely to fully utilize all 12 threads.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 5500's average benchmark score of 19,593 falls within 1% of the AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (19,617), Intel Core i5-12500 (19,668), Intel Core i7-10700F (19,499), and Intel Core i5-11600KF (19,723). These tiny deltas mean that swapping between these CPUs would produce negligible differences in Greedfall's frame rates, especially at 1440p and 4K where the GPU dominates. The 73rd percentile ranking among all CPUs confirms that this processor is above average but not exceptional, and its performance headroom is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 3080 Ti at most settings — although the 1080p Low result of 247 FPS suggests the CPU is near its practical limit in the most GPU-light scenarios.