Greedfall

# Greedfall with AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D produces a benchmark profile in Greedfall that is strongly GPU-limited at higher settings, yet reveals a CPU ceiling at lower presets. This combo ranks 46th out of 2,938 tested combinations, placing it in the top 1.6% of all recorded systems for this title. The measured frame rates span from 72 FPS at 4K Ultra to 362 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating a wide performance envelope that shifts bottleneck behavior depending on resolution and settings.

Resolution Scaling

The data shows a clear pattern of frame rate degradation as resolution increases, but the magnitude of that drop is heavily influenced by the graphics preset. At High settings, the transition from 1080p to 1440p reduces average FPS from 273 to 190, a decrease of 83 frames. Moving from 1440p to 4K at High settings drops the average from 190 to 113, another 77-frame reduction. This consistent ~30% loss per resolution step at High settings indicates the RTX 5090 D is scaling predictably with pixel count, suggesting the GPU remains the primary constraint at this preset.

The Low settings curve tells a different story. At 1080p Low, the system produces 362 FPS, but this drops to 266 FPS at 1440p Low and 159 FPS at 4K Low. The percentage losses here are steeper in relative terms at lower resolutions — a 26.5% drop from 1080p to 1440p compared to 30.4% at High settings. More tellingly, the 1440p Low result of 266 FPS versus the 1080p High result of 273 FPS shows that this combination can achieve similar frame rates at higher resolution when settings are reduced, pointing to a GPU-bound scenario at these extremes.

The Ultra preset reveals the most dramatic scaling behavior. At 1080p Ultra, the system manages 175 FPS, falling to 121 FPS at 1440p Ultra, and further to 72 FPS at 4K Ultra. The 4K Ultra result represents only 41% of the 1080p Ultra frame rate, a more severe drop than seen at High settings. This suggests that Ultra settings introduce rendering features that disproportionately burden the GPU at higher resolutions, making the 5090 D the clear limiting factor. Conversely, the Medium preset shows moderate scaling: 301 FPS at 1080p, 209 FPS at 1440p, and 125 FPS at 4K, with min FPS values of 256, 178, and 106 respectively across the three resolutions.

The pattern across all presets indicates that at 1080p with Low or Medium settings, the frame rates exceed 300 FPS, which approaches the practical limits where CPU-bound behavior would manifest. However, the absence of min/max data for Low settings makes it impossible to confirm frame pacing characteristics. The 4K Ultra result of 72 FPS is the only sub-100 FPS measurement in the entire dataset, confirming that this game at maximum settings and resolution stress the GPU far more than any other configuration tested.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved by this combo in Greedfall?

A: The highest measured average is 362 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: The 4K Ultra average of 72 FPS represents a 59% reduction from the 1080p Ultra average of 175 FPS.

Q: What is the only preset that maintains 100+ FPS at all three tested resolutions?

A: The High preset delivers 273 FPS at 1080p, 190 FPS at 1440p, and 113 FPS at 4K, making it the only preset to exceed 100 FPS everywhere.

Q: Are there any resolution/preset combinations where the GPU is clearly not the bottleneck?

A: The 1080p Low result of 362 FPS and 1080p Medium result of 301 FPS are high enough that CPU limitations likely come into play, though no min/max FPS data is provided for Low settings to confirm this.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded in the entire dataset?

A: The 4K Medium setting has a min FPS of 106, while 1440p Medium shows 178 min FPS and 1080p Medium shows 256 min FPS. No min FPS values are listed for other settings.

Q: How many total system combinations were ranked for this game?

A: This combo ranks 46th out of 2,938 total tested combinations in Greedfall.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D brings 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock of 2407 MHz and base clock of 2017 MHz are backed by 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 ROPs. The GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are substantial, yet the game's frame rates at Ultra settings suggest that raw throughput is still challenged by the title's rendering demands at high resolutions.

At 4K Ultra, the system produces only 72 FPS, which is a surprisingly low result for a GPU of this class. The 32 GB VRAM capacity is far beyond what Greedfall requires, so memory capacity is not the constraint. Rather, the 4K Ultra workload appears to stress the GPU's compute and memory subsystems heavily, as evidenced by the steep drop from 121 FPS at 1440p Ultra. The RTX 5090 D's performance relative to its nearest rivals shows an average benchmark score of 77,712, which is 1.1% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904) but 1.6% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940). This places the GPU in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs tested.

The Medium preset results include min FPS values, which provide insight into frame time stability. At 4K Medium, the min FPS of 106 against an average of 125 represents an 85% stability ratio. At 1440p Medium, the min of 178 versus average 209 gives an 85.2% ratio, and at 1080p Medium, 256 min versus 301 average yields 85% — a consistent frame pacing pattern across resolutions. This consistency suggests the GPU delivers predictable performance under Medium settings, which is useful for understanding its behavior in less demanding scenarios.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data clearly supports High settings as the optimal balance for this combo. At 4K High, the system maintains 113 FPS average, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The 1440p High result of 190 FPS and 1080p High result of 273 FPS both provide excellent headroom for high refresh rate displays. Compared to Ultra settings, High delivers 56.9% more frames at 4K (113 vs 72), 57% more at 1440p (190 vs 121), and 56% more at 1080p (273 vs 175). This consistent ~57% improvement makes High the clear choice for maximizing frame rate without sacrificing visual quality.

The Medium preset offers a middle ground, with 125 FPS at 4K and 209 FPS at 1440p. However, the difference between Medium and High is smaller than between High and Ultra: at 4K, High beats Medium by 9.6%, while at 1440p the gap is 9.1%, and at 1080p it is 9.3%. This relatively modest gain suggests that High settings provide meaningful visual improvements over Medium for a small performance cost. The Ultra preset, by contrast, imposes a 42% performance penalty compared to High across all resolutions, making it difficult to recommend unless visual fidelity is the absolute priority.

For players targeting 4K gaming, High settings at 113 FPS is the only configuration that combines high resolution with triple-digit frame rates. The 4K Medium result of 125 FPS is slightly higher, but the min FPS of 106 indicates occasional dips that could be noticeable. At 1440p, both High (190 FPS) and Medium (209 FPS) are excellent choices, with High offering better visual quality for a 9% frame rate reduction. The 1080p results above 270 FPS are primarily useful for competitive play or extremely high refresh rate monitors, where the difference between Low (362 FPS) and High (273 FPS) may matter more than visual fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D achieves a rank of 46 out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the top 1.6% of all systems. This high rank is notable given that the CPU is not a flagship model — the Ryzen 5 5600 sits in the 74th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 20,468. The GPU, however, is a top-tier part in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs with an average score of 77,712.

The combination's rank relative to the overall field suggests that Greedfall is more sensitive to GPU performance than CPU performance, as the modestly-ranked CPU does not drag down the combo's standing. The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (avg score 20,454, 0.1% slower), AMD Ryzen 5 8500G (20,425, 0.2% slower), and AMD EPYC 9454P (20,422, 0.2% slower), showing that the Ryzen 5 5600 is competitive with a broad range of processors. On the GPU side, the RTX 5090 D's nearest rivals are mobile GPUs — the RX 6650M XT (1.1% slower) and RX 6850M XT (1.6% faster) — which indicates that this desktop GPU is in a performance class with high-end laptop parts.

The rank of 46 suggests that only 45 other combinations out of nearly 3,000 produce higher frame rates in Greedfall. Given that the 4K Ultra result of 72 FPS is relatively low for a system with this GPU, the ranking likely benefits from the system's strong performance at more reasonable settings. The data indicates that this combo is well-matched for Greedfall, with the GPU providing enough headroom to overcome any CPU limitations at standard gaming resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system produces its highest frame rates across all settings. The Low preset averages 362 FPS, followed by Medium at 301 FPS (min 256, max 346), High at 273 FPS, and Ultra at 175 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 187 FPS, representing a 51.7% reduction from Low to Ultra. The Medium preset's min FPS of 256 is higher than the High preset's average of 273, indicating that Medium provides very consistent frame delivery with less than a 15% drop from average to minimum.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 266 FPS for Low, 209 FPS for Medium (min 178, max 240), 190 FPS for High, and 121 FPS for Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 145 FPS at this resolution, a 45.5% reduction. The Medium preset again shows strong consistency with a 178 min FPS against a 209 average. The High preset's 190 FPS at 1440p is nearly identical to the 1080p Ultra result of 175 FPS, suggesting that resolution scaling at these settings follows a predictable pattern.

At 3840x2160, the averages drop to 159 FPS for Low, 125 FPS for Medium (min 106, max 143), 113 FPS for High, and 72 FPS for Ultra. This is the only resolution where the Ultra preset falls below 100 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 87 FPS, a 54.7% reduction that is more severe than at lower resolutions. The Medium preset's min FPS of 106 is still above the Ultra average of 72, highlighting the substantial performance cost of Ultra settings at 4K. Across all resolutions, the High preset maintains a remarkably consistent ratio to Low: 75.4% at 1080p, 71.4% at 1440p, and 71.1% at 4K, indicating that High settings impose a nearly uniform 25-29% performance penalty regardless of resolution.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 provides six cores and twelve threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 64 KB L1 cache per core support a 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth over dual-channel DDR4. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 18,309 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2,584 in single-core, with a Geekbench multi-core score of 9,158 and single-core of 1,936. The Passmark multi-thread score of 21,541 and single-thread score of 3,256 further characterize its performance profile.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU at most settings, but the 1080p Low result of 362 FPS hints at CPU involvement. At this frame rate, the CPU must process over 360 game frames per second, which approaches the practical single-thread limits of the Ryzen 5 5600's 4.40 GHz boost clock. The CPU's single-thread performance, as measured by Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2,584, is sufficient for most gaming workloads, but frame rates above 300 FPS can expose CPU bottlenecks in game logic and draw call submission.

The CPU's 3DMark scores show a scaling pattern that matters for gaming: 2-thread score of 1,737, 4-thread of 3,313, 8-thread of 4,798, and 16-thread of 5,641. The jump from 4 to 8 threads (45% increase) is larger than from 8 to 16 threads (18% increase), indicating that the first few cores provide the most performance headroom. Greedfall, as an action RPG from 2019, likely uses fewer than eight threads effectively, meaning the Ryzen 5 5600's six cores are adequate. The CPU's 74th percentile ranking versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20,468, places it slightly above the AMD EPYC 9454P (20,422) and just below the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (20,454), demonstrating that it competes well with both desktop and server parts in synthetic workloads.