Greedfall

Greedfall on the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT combination delivers a playable experience across most settings, but the data shows a clear preference for the High preset at 1440p and 4K. At 1080p, the Ultra preset reaches an average of 72.2 FPS, which is acceptable, but the jump to High yields a substantial increase to 110.5 FPS, a 53% improvement that makes High the obvious choice for smoother gameplay. At 1440p, High produces 79.2 FPS, while Ultra drops to 51.9 FPS, a difference of 52.7% that pushes Ultra into marginal territory for demanding scenes. The 4K resolution is where the settings hierarchy becomes critical: High averages 46.8 FPS, Medium 51.4 FPS, and Low 63.2 FPS, while Ultra falls to 27.9 FPS, which is below the threshold for comfortable play. The data suggests that for the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the High preset is the recommended starting point, with Medium as a fallback for 4K if frame rate consistency is prioritized over visual detail.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results indicate that the High preset offers the most efficient performance-to-quality ratio across all three resolutions. At 1080p, High delivers 110.5 FPS, which is 34.6% higher than Medium’s 123.7 FPS—wait, that is not correct. High is lower than Medium in that comparison, so the actual data shows High at 110.5 FPS versus Medium at 123.7 FPS, meaning Medium is 11.9% faster. However, the visual quality difference between Medium and High is typically significant, and the 110.5 FPS from High still provides a smooth experience. At 1440p, High achieves 79.2 FPS, which is 6.6% below Medium’s 84.8 FPS but 52.7% above Ultra’s 51.9 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra widens at higher resolutions, making High the most sensible choice for maintaining frame rates above 60 FPS at 1440p. At 4K, High produces 46.8 FPS, which is playable but not ideal; Medium offers a 9.8% improvement at 51.4 FPS, while Low jumps to 63.2 FPS, a 35% increase over High. Given that Greedfall is an action RPG where combat responsiveness matters, the data suggests that players targeting 60 FPS should use Low at 4K, High at 1440p, and can comfortably use High or even Ultra at 1080p if they accept the 72.2 FPS average.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1980 MHz, a game clock of 2470 MHz, and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. In Greedfall, the 16 GB VRAM capacity is more than sufficient for the game’s textures and assets, even at 4K with High settings, where the average FPS is 46.8. The GPU’s memory bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s appears to be a limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the frame rate drops from 110.5 FPS at 1080p High to 79.2 FPS at 1440p High, a 28.3% reduction, and further to 46.8 FPS at 4K High, a 40.9% reduction from 1440p. The RDNA 3.0 architecture, with 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs, delivers a pixel rate of 176.3 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s, which are adequate for the game’s visuals but not exceptional. The GPU’s FP32 performance of 22.57 TFLOPS suggests it can handle the computational load, yet the measured data indicates that the 4K Ultra preset, at 27.9 FPS, is severely constrained, likely due to the combination of memory bandwidth and shader throughput limits. The GPU’s 190 W TDP and 1x 8-pin power connector are typical for this class, and the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface provides sufficient bandwidth for the game’s data transfer needs.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT ranks 1127 out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database. This ranking reflects the CPU’s 78th percentile among all processors and the GPU’s 63rd percentile among all GPUs, indicating that neither component is a top-tier performer for this game. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 20680 is nearly identical to its nearest rivals, including the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT (20740, -0.3% delta), Intel Core i7-10700 (20746, -0.3% delta), and Intel Core i5-12490F (20794, -0.5% delta), while the Intel Xeon 6325P (20538, 0.7% delta) is slightly lower. Similarly, the GPU’s average score of 20146 is closely matched by the AMD Radeon RX 460 (20088, 0.3% delta) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (19774, 1.9% delta), with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (20258, -0.6% delta) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, -1.9% delta) showing minor differences. The combo’s rank of 1127 out of 1705 suggests that while the hardware is capable, many other pairings achieve higher frame rates in Greedfall, likely due to more powerful GPUs or CPUs with better single-thread performance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across resolutions and settings. At 1920x1080, the average frame rates range from 157.6 FPS on Low to 72.2 FPS on Ultra, with Medium at 123.7 FPS and High at 110.5 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 54.2% reduction in frame rate, with the largest single drop occurring between Medium and High (a 10.7% decrease) and between High and Ultra (a 34.7% decrease). At 2560x1440, the frame rates are 107.9 FPS on Low, 84.8 FPS on Medium, 79.2 FPS on High, and 51.9 FPS on Ultra. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 51.9%, which is slightly less than at 1080p, suggesting that the GPU becomes more of a bottleneck at higher resolutions. At 3840x2160, the frame rates are 63.2 FPS on Low, 51.4 FPS on Medium, 46.8 FPS on High, and 27.9 FPS on Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is particularly striking, as it represents a 45.1% drop from High, indicating that the Ultra preset’s additional effects overwhelm the GPU’s resources. Across all resolutions, the Low preset provides the highest frame rates, but the visual quality trade-off is substantial, making it suitable only for competitive play or when frame rate is the absolute priority.

Resolution Scaling

The scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals how the system’s bottleneck shifts with resolution. At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 157.6, which drops to 107.9 at 1440p (a 31.5% reduction) and 63.2 at 4K (a 41.4% reduction from 1440p). This pattern indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is likely the primary limiter, as the frame rates are high enough that the GPU is not fully saturated. However, as resolution increases, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint, with the 4K Ultra result of 27.9 FPS showing severe GPU-bound behavior. The scaling factor from 1080p to 4K on the High preset is 2.36x (110.5 FPS to 46.8 FPS), which is close to the theoretical pixel count difference of 4x but not exactly proportional, suggesting that other factors such as memory bandwidth and fill rate play a role. The Medium preset scales from 123.7 FPS at 1080p to 84.8 FPS at 1440p (a 31.5% drop) and 51.4 FPS at 4K (a 39.4% drop from 1440p), showing a more consistent scaling pattern. The Low preset shows the least relative drop from 1440p to 4K (41.4%), while the Ultra preset shows the largest relative drop from 1440p to 4K (46.2%), indicating that the Ultra settings are disproportionately affected by the resolution increase. The data confirms that for this combo, 1080p is the sweet spot for high refresh rates, while 1440p is playable with adjusted settings, and 4K requires significant compromises to maintain acceptable frame rates.