Greedfall

# Greedfall: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G + AMD Radeon RX 6600

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600G paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 delivers a decidedly mixed experience in Greedfall, with the combo ranking in the 1400th position out of 1705 tested combinations. The data reveals a system that handles 1080p gaming comfortably but struggles significantly at higher resolutions, particularly when pushing Ultra settings. The bottleneck shifts clearly from GPU-bound at 4K to a more balanced scenario at 1080p, where the CPU's six cores and twelve threads begin to show their influence on frame pacing.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a steep performance cliff as resolution increases. At 1080p with High settings, the combo produces 101.2 FPS, but this drops to 68 FPS at 1440p and further to 40.4 FPS at 4K. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p represents a 32.8% performance loss, while the jump from 1440p to 4K costs another 40.6% of frame rate. This aggressive decline indicates that the Radeon RX 6600 is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the GPU's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 128-bit bus width become increasingly strained.

The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens dramatically at each resolution step. At 1080p, the spread between Low (139.6 FPS) and Ultra (66.7 FPS) is 72.9 FPS, but at 4K this spread compresses to just 34.7 FPS (58.1 FPS Low vs 23.4 FPS Ultra). This compression at 4K suggests that the GPU is saturating its compute resources regardless of quality settings, a classic sign of a pixel-bound scenario rather than a shading or texture-bound one.

Interestingly, the Medium preset at 1440p (75.3 FPS) outperforms the High preset at 4K (40.4 FPS) by 86.4%, highlighting how resolution scaling dominates over settings adjustments. The data indicates that players targeting 60 FPS should stay at 1080p or 1440p with medium-to-high settings, as 4K only achieves 60 FPS on the Low preset (58.1 FPS, which is close but not quite there).

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 5600G brings six cores and twelve threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and boost up to 4.40 GHz. In Greedfall, an Action RPG that typically relies on single-thread performance for game logic and AI, the CPU's single-core capabilities become relevant. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2365 and multicore score of 16758 place this processor in the 78th percentile among all CPUs, indicating solid but not exceptional performance.

The benchmark results show that at 1080p, the CPU can feed the GPU adequately. The jump from Low (139.6 FPS) to Ultra (66.7 FPS) at 1080p demonstrates that the GPU is the limiting factor even at lower quality settings, as the CPU has headroom to push higher frame rates. However, the combo's overall rank of 1400 out of 1705 suggests that this CPU-GPU pairing is not optimally balanced for Greedfall specifically. The 16 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth may constrain performance in open-world sections that require streaming large amounts of data.

Compared to nearest rivals, the CPU sits within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX in average benchmark score, though that comparison is misleading given the Threadripper's vastly different market position. The more relevant comparison is against the Intel Core i7-11600H, which trails by only 0.2%, suggesting the 5600G's performance is well within mainstream territory.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data points to Medium settings as the sweet spot for this combo across most resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 110.2 FPS, which is 9% higher than High (101.2 FPS) and only 21% lower than Low (139.6 FPS). The visual quality improvement from Low to Medium is substantial in Greedfall's detailed environments, while the performance cost is a manageable 29.4 FPS at 1080p.

At 1440p, Medium (75.3 FPS) maintains a smooth experience, while High drops to 68 FPS and Ultra falls to 41.8 FPS, which would be noticeably choppy for an Action RPG. The recommendation is clear: Medium at 1440p provides the best balance between visual fidelity and playability, with 75.3 FPS offering comfortable headroom above the 60 FPS threshold.

For 4K, the situation is more challenging. Low (58.1 FPS) is the only preset that approaches playable frame rates, but it falls just short of 60 FPS. Medium at 4K (42.7 FPS) and High (40.4 FPS) are nearly identical, suggesting diminishing returns on GPU effort. Ultra at 4K (23.4 FPS) is not recommended under any circumstances. Players with 4K displays should consider dropping to 1440p and using Medium, as that combination yields 75.3 FPS compared to 58.1 FPS at 4K Low.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo sits at rank 1400 out of 1705 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 18% of all pairings tested for Greedfall. This is a surprisingly low ranking given the individual component specifications, indicating that the pairing is suboptimal for this specific title. The data suggests that either the CPU or GPU is not being fully utilized, or that the combination creates a bottleneck that limits overall performance.

The GPU's percentile rank of 69 among all GPUs and the CPU's percentile rank of 78 among all CPUs suggest both components are mid-pack performers. However, their combined performance in Greedfall falls well short of what the individual rankings might predict. This discrepancy points to a potential architectural mismatch, possibly related to the CPU's PCIe Gen 3 interface (the GPU supports PCIe 4.0 x8) or the GPU's 8 GB memory capacity being insufficient for this game's higher-resolution assets.

The nearest GPU rivals include the AMD Radeon 890M (0% delta), AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (-0.2% delta), and AMD Radeon RX 6700M (0.2% delta). The RX 6600's average benchmark score of 25235 places it in a tight cluster, but the Greedfall-specific results appear to be penalized by factors not captured in general benchmarks.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 6600 features 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operations pipelines, built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture. Its boost clock of 2491 MHz and game clock of 2044 MHz provide solid compute throughput, with FP32 performance rated at 8.928 TFLOPS. The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory operates across a 128-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

In Greedfall, the GPU's role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. The 4K results show that even Low settings (58.1 FPS) cannot achieve 60 FPS, indicating that the GPU's pixel throughput is the hard ceiling. The memory bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s appears to be a constraint at 4K, where texture streaming and high-resolution assets require more bandwidth than the 128-bit bus can provide.

At 1080p, the GPU demonstrates more headroom. The difference between Low (139.6 FPS) and Medium (110.2 FPS) is 29.4 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High (101.2 FPS) costs only 9 FPS. This suggests that the GPU handles additional shading work reasonably well until Ultra settings introduce effects that disproportionately tax the ROPs and memory subsystem, as evidenced by the drop to 66.7 FPS at Ultra.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo achieve 60 FPS at 4K in Greedfall?

A: No. The highest 4K result is 58.1 FPS on Low settings, which falls just short of 60 FPS. All other 4K presets (Medium 42.7 FPS, High 40.4 FPS, Ultra 23.4 FPS) are well below the threshold.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p gaming?

A: Medium settings at 1440p provide 75.3 FPS, which offers the best balance. High settings deliver 68 FPS, while Ultra drops to 41.8 FPS, making it unsuitable for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the CPU's performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600G's average benchmark score of 19983 is 0.2% above the Intel Core i7-11600H (19949) and 0.3% above the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (19928). It sits 0.2% below the Intel Core i7-11800H and AMD EPYC 7713P (both 20024).

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the bottleneck at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the GPU is the primary bottleneck. The performance spread from Low (139.6 FPS) to Ultra (66.7 FPS) shows that the GPU's capabilities limit frame rates, while the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration provides sufficient headroom.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 1440p at High settings?

A: At High settings, the frame rate drops from 101.2 FPS at 1080p to 68 FPS at 1440p, representing a 32.8% performance loss. The drop from 1440p to 4K (40.4 FPS) is another 40.6% reduction.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combinations?

A: This pairing ranks 1400th out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the bottom 18% of all tested configurations.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080 resolution, the combo delivers 139.6 FPS on Low settings, 110.2 FPS on Medium, 101.2 FPS on High, and 66.7 FPS on Ultra. The 1080p results show a healthy range, with Low nearly doubling Ultra performance.

At 2560x1440, the frame rates drop to 96.3 FPS on Low, 75.3 FPS on Medium, 68 FPS on High, and 41.8 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p results demonstrate that Medium is the last playable tier, with Ultra falling below 45 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the results are 58.1 FPS on Low, 42.7 FPS on Medium, 40.4 FPS on High, and 23.4 FPS on Ultra. The 4K data reveals a compressed range where even the best settings fall short of 60 FPS, and Ultra produces less than half the frame rate of Low settings.