Greedfall

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data for Greedfall with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 reveals a pronounced resolution scaling curve that shifts the bottleneck between CPU and GPU depending on the preset. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 238 FPS, which drops to 165 FPS at 1440p Low (a 31% reduction) and then to 98 FPS at 4K Low (a 41% reduction from 1440p). This pattern—where each resolution step costs roughly a third to two-fifths of the remaining performance—indicates that at Low settings, the GPU is already being pushed hard enough that pixel count dominates, but the CPU still has headroom to feed high frame rates.

Moving to High settings, the scaling becomes steeper. The combo delivers 170 FPS at 1080p, 118 FPS at 1440p, and 70 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 52 FPS (31%), while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 48 FPS (41%). Interestingly, the percentage losses are nearly identical to Low settings, suggesting that the relative load between CPU and GPU does not change dramatically when moving from Low to High—both presets are GPU-limited at these resolutions, but the GPU's workload scales uniformly with pixel count.

Ultra settings tell a different story. At 1080p Ultra, the combo hits 108 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it falls to 75 FPS (a 31% drop); and at 4K Ultra, it plummets to 45 FPS (a 40% drop from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result—45 FPS—is the only sub-60 FPS average in the entire dataset, and it represents a 58% loss compared to 1080p Ultra. This steep decline at 4K Ultra suggests that the RTX 3080's 10 GB of GDDR6X memory and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth are being saturated by the combination of maximum settings and high pixel count, with the GPU's compute resources (29.77 TFLOPS FP32) struggling to maintain playable rates.

The data implies that Greedfall's rendering load scales almost perfectly with resolution, regardless of preset. The consistency of the ~31% drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~40-41% drop from 1440p to 4K across Low, High, and Ultra settings indicates that neither the CPU nor the GPU becomes disproportionately stressed at any particular resolution. Instead, the system behaves as a balanced pairing where the RTX 3080's rendering throughput is the primary constraint at 4K, while the Ryzen 5 5600F's six Zen 3 cores with 12 threads provide sufficient instruction throughput to avoid becoming the limiting factor even at 1080p Low where frame rates approach 240 FPS.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F is a six-core, 12-thread processor from the 5000 series, built on TSMC's 7 nm process with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.00 GHz. Its Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, features 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 cache per core, with a dual-channel DDR4 memory bus delivering 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The processor's PassMark multithread score of 19,236 and single-thread score of 2,872 place it in the 85th percentile against all CPUs, indicating strong general-purpose performance for its class.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role becomes most apparent at lower resolutions and settings where the GPU is less burdened. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 238 FPS—a figure that suggests the Ryzen 5 5600F can sustain very high frame rates without becoming a bottleneck. The fact that 1080p Medium produces 187 FPS and 1080p High produces 170 FPS shows that the CPU maintains a comfortable margin above the GPU's output at these settings. However, the 1080p Ultra result of 108 FPS, which is 30 FPS below the High preset's 170 FPS, indicates that the GPU's workload increases substantially with Ultra settings, and the CPU is no longer the primary constraint.

Comparing the Ryzen 5 5600F to its nearest rivals in the PassMark benchmarks provides context for its game performance. The Intel Core Ultra 5 225 scores 36,938 (a 0% delta), the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D scores 37,018 (-0.2%), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 scores 37,093 (-0.4%), and the Intel Core i9-12900T scores 37,112 (-0.5%). These deltas are negligible, meaning the 5600F's overall benchmark average of 36,945 is statistically identical to these competitors. For Greedfall, this implies that any of these CPUs would produce nearly identical frame rates in CPU-limited scenarios, but the measured data here reflects the 5600F specifically.

The processor's 65 W TDP and active production status suggest it is a power-efficient choice for sustained gaming sessions. Its PassMark physics score of 1,043 and data compression score of 232,836 indicate strong integer and floating-point throughput, which are relevant for game logic and physics calculations. In Greedfall, an Action RPG with real-time combat and AI-driven NPCs, these capabilities likely contribute to the stable frame rates observed across all resolution-preset combinations, even at 4K Ultra where the GPU is clearly the limiting factor.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is built on the GA102 chip using Samsung's 8 nm process, with 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die. Its Ampere architecture includes 8,704 shading units, 272 texture mapping units, 96 raster output units, 68 ray tracing cores, and 272 tensor cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1440 MHz and a boost clock of 1710 MHz, with memory running at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) across a 320-bit bus for 760.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The 10 GB of GDDR6X memory is a defining characteristic that directly impacts Greedfall's 4K performance.

The RTX 3080's PassMark G3D score of 25,086 and average benchmark score of 23,172 place it in the 68th percentile against all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the PassMark database include the NVIDIA P106-100 (23,249, -0.3%), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 (23,250, -0.3%), AMD Radeon RX 6600M (23,273, -0.4%), and AMD Radeon R9 M290X (23,276, -0.4%). These deltas are tiny, but the RTX 3080's measured Greedfall performance—ranging from 45 FPS at 4K Ultra to 238 FPS at 1080p Low—demonstrates that its real-world gaming capability far exceeds what the raw benchmark scores might suggest, especially at lower resolutions.

At 4K Ultra, the combo produces 45 FPS, which is the lowest point in the entire dataset. This result aligns with the GPU's 10 GB VRAM capacity: Greedfall at Ultra settings with 4K resolution likely requires more than 10 GB of memory for textures and geometry, causing the RTX 3080 to rely on memory compression or slower fallbacks. The 4K High result of 70 FPS and 4K Medium of 77 FPS (with a minimum of 66 FPS and maximum of 89 FPS) show that reducing settings from Ultra to High or Medium provides substantial relief, suggesting that the VRAM or shader complexity at Ultra is the primary constraint.

Interestingly, the RTX 3080's 4K Low result of 98 FPS is still below the 1440p High result of 118 FPS, which is below the 1080p Ultra result of 108 FPS. This ordering indicates that resolution has a greater impact on performance than settings at this GPU's level. The 4K Low 98 FPS versus 1440p Ultra 75 FPS comparison is particularly telling: dropping resolution from 4K to 1440p while raising settings from Low to Ultra yields a 23% frame rate reduction, confirming that pixel count is the dominant factor for the RTX 3080 in Greedfall.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination ranks 800th out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the top 27% of all systems evaluated. This rank of 800 among 2,938 represents a percentile position of approximately 73rd, meaning the combo outperforms roughly three-quarters of all tested configurations while being surpassed by the top quarter.

The ranking context is important because Greedfall is a 2019 title (released September 9, 2019), and the RTX 3080 was released in August 2020 with the Ryzen 5 5600F following much later in September 2025. The combo's position at 800th suggests that while the RTX 3080 remains a capable GPU (68th percentile overall), the pairing with the 5600F does not push it into elite territory for this specific game. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p and 1440p, the combo delivers very high frame rates (170-238 FPS at 1080p across Low through High), which would place it above many systems, but at 4K Ultra it drops to 45 FPS, which likely pulls the overall rank down.

The fact that the combo ranks 800th despite producing 238 FPS at 1080p Low suggests that many other tested systems achieve even higher frame rates at lower resolutions, possibly using newer GPUs with higher boost clocks or more VRAM. The RTX 3080's 68th percentile ranking and its nearest rivals—all of which have nearly identical PassMark scores—indicate that the GPU is solidly mid-to-high tier but not exceptional by 2025 standards. The Ryzen 5 5600F's 85th percentile CPU ranking is actually higher than the GPU's percentile, implying that the processor is comparatively stronger relative to its peers than the GPU is relative to its peers.

This combination of a high-percentile CPU with a lower-percentile GPU means that in Greedfall, the RTX 3080 is more likely to be the limiting component at higher resolutions, while the 5600F provides ample headroom. The rank of 800 out of 2,938 reflects this balance: the combo is solidly above average, but systems with more powerful GPUs (higher VRAM or newer architectures) would outperform it at 4K Ultra, where the RTX 3080's 10 GB VRAM and 45 FPS result become the weakest link.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low produces 238 FPS average, Medium produces 187 FPS (with a minimum of 159 FPS and maximum of 215 FPS), High produces 170 FPS, and Ultra produces 108 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 130 FPS, representing a 55% reduction in performance when maxing out settings. The Medium preset's minimum of 159 FPS indicates that even in demanding scenes, the system stays well above 144 Hz refresh rates, making 1080p gaming exceptionally smooth for this combo.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show more sensitivity to settings. Low produces 165 FPS, Medium produces 130 FPS (minimum 110 FPS, maximum 149 FPS), High produces 118 FPS, and Ultra produces 75 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 90 FPS, a 55% reduction mirroring the 1080p pattern. The 1440p Ultra result of 75 FPS is still comfortably above 60 FPS, suggesting that the combo can handle max settings at this resolution without dipping into unplayable territory.

At 3840x2160, performance drops significantly, especially at Ultra. Low produces 98 FPS, Medium produces 77 FPS (minimum 66 FPS, maximum 89 FPS), High produces 70 FPS, and Ultra produces 45 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS average in the entire dataset, and the 4K Medium minimum of 66 FPS shows that even Medium settings can occasionally dip below 70 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 4K is 53 FPS, a 54% reduction—again consistent with the other resolutions, confirming that the GPU's relative performance scales predictably with settings.

Comparing across resolutions for each setting reveals the resolution scaling factors. For Low settings, 1080p to 1440p is 238 to 165 FPS (69% retention), and 1440p to 4K is 165 to 98 FPS (59% retention). For High, 1080p to 1440p is 170 to 118 FPS (69% retention), and 1440p to 4K is 118 to 70 FPS (59% retention). For Ultra, 1080p to 1440p is 108 to 75 FPS (69% retention), and 1440p to 4K is 75 to 45 FPS (60% retention). The consistency of these retention rates—69% and ~59-60%—across all settings is remarkable and indicates that Greedfall's rendering pipeline scales linearly with pixel count, with no sudden bottlenecks emerging at any specific resolution-setting combination.

FAQ

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

A: The highest average FPS is 238, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: No, at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 45, which is below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the combo perform at 1440p High compared to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 1440p High, the combo delivers 118 FPS, while at 1080p Ultra it delivers 108 FPS. The higher resolution with lower settings actually produces a higher frame rate.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested systems in Greedfall?

A: The combo ranks 800th out of 2,938 tested combinations, placing it in the top 27% of systems.

Q: Which component is more likely to be the bottleneck at 4K?

A: The RTX 3080 GPU is the limiting factor at 4K, particularly at Ultra settings where 10 GB of VRAM and the GPU's compute resources produce only 45 FPS, while the Ryzen 5 5600F's 85th percentile CPU ranking suggests it has ample headroom.

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

A: The lowest minimum FPS is 66, recorded at 3840x2160 with Medium settings (average 77 FPS, maximum 89 FPS).

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings depend on the target resolution and desired frame rate. For 1920x1080, Ultra settings produce 108 FPS average, which is above 60 FPS and suitable for most displays. However, High settings at 170 FPS provide a 62 FPS improvement over Ultra with presumably minimal visual difference, making High the best balance for 1080p gaming, especially for high-refresh-rate monitors.

For 2560x1440, High settings produce 118 FPS, which is excellent for 144 Hz displays, while Ultra produces 75 FPS—still smooth but a 43 FPS reduction. Medium settings at 130 FPS offer an alternative for users who want higher frame rates than High without fully sacrificing visual quality, but the data shows that High is the sweet spot for 1440p, delivering near-120 FPS performance.

For 3840x2160, the choice is more constrained. Ultra produces only 45 FPS, which is not ideal for smooth gameplay. High produces 70 FPS, which is above 60 FPS and the best option for 4K gaming with this combo. Medium produces 77 FPS with a minimum of 66 FPS, offering a slight performance boost over High but likely with reduced visual fidelity. Low produces 98 FPS but sacrifices too much visual quality for most users. Therefore, High is the recommended preset for 4K, as it maintains 70 FPS average while preserving most graphical features.

Across all resolutions, High settings provide the most consistent experience relative to visual quality, with frame rates of 170 FPS at 1080p, 118 FPS at 1440p, and 70 FPS at 4K. This represents a balanced approach where the RTX 3080's capabilities are fully utilized without pushing into the diminishing returns of Ultra settings, which cost 62 FPS at 1080p, 43 FPS at 1440p, and 25 FPS at 4K compared to High. For users prioritizing maximum frame rates, Low settings at 1080p (238 FPS) or 1440p (165 FPS) are viable, but the visual quality loss is substantial. The data supports High as the optimal preset for overall experience across all three resolutions tested.