Greedfall

Greedfall, an Action RPG released on 2019-09-09, presents an interesting scaling profile for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti combination. The measured data shows a clear progression of performance degradation as resolution increases, moving from an average of 156.2 FPS at 1920x1080 on High settings down to 61.7 FPS at 3840x2160 on the same settings. This represents a substantial drop of approximately 60% when moving from 1080p to 4K, which strongly indicates that the rendering workload is shifting heavily onto the GPU as pixel count rises.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling behavior of this combo reveals a predictable pattern typical of a balanced mid-to-high-end pairing. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system achieves a very high 213.2 FPS, which drops to 156.2 FPS at High settings and further to 96.9 FPS at Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is about 116 FPS, demonstrating that the GPU is the primary bottleneck even at this lower resolution. Moving to 2560x1440, the same settings sweep yields 150.9 FPS at Low, 108.1 FPS at High, and 69.4 FPS at Ultra—a compression of the performance envelope that signals the GPU becoming progressively more strained.

At 3840x2160, the scaling steepens dramatically. The Low setting produces 87.2 FPS, Medium drops to 73.2 FPS, High falls to 61.7 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 42.6 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 4K is only about 44.6 FPS, compared to roughly 116 FPS at 1080p. This narrowing spread indicates that at 4K, the RTX 3070 Ti is saturated across all quality presets, and the CPU headroom from the Ryzen 5 5600X is no longer the limiting factor. The data shows that 4K Ultra is barely playable at 42.6 FPS, while 1440p High at 108.1 FPS offers a much smoother experience for demanding gameplay.

The transition from 1080p to 1440p at High settings costs about 48 FPS, while moving from 1440p to 4K at the same settings costs another 46.4 FPS. This near-linear drop suggests that Greedfall’s rendering pipeline scales consistently with pixel count, placing the RTX 3070 Ti’s 8 GB GDDR6X memory and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth under increasing pressure. At 4K, the 61.7 FPS average on High is respectable, but the 42.6 FPS at Ultra reveals that maxing out settings at this resolution will strain the GPU’s capabilities.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X brings a 6-core, 12-thread configuration based on the Zen 3 architecture, code-named Vermeer, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. This CPU scores 917 in the 3dmark single-thread test and 5588 in the 3dmark max-threads test, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18578. These figures indicate strong single-thread performance, which is critical for Greedfall’s gameplay logic and AI routines, even as the GPU handles the bulk of the rendering.

In this game, the CPU’s role becomes evident when examining the 1080p Low results. At 213.2 FPS, the system is pushing well beyond typical refresh rates, and the CPU must feed the GPU with draw calls and game state updates. The 5600X’s single-thread score of 2622 in Cinebench R23 and 917 in 3dmark single-thread suggests it can keep up with high frame rates, but the data shows a ceiling around 213 FPS at 1080p Low, which is likely CPU-bound given that the GPU’s utilization at such low settings would be incomplete.

As resolution increases, the CPU’s influence wanes. At 4K, the difference between Low and High settings is only 25.5 FPS (87.2 vs 61.7), compared to a 57 FPS difference at 1080p (213.2 vs 156.2). This pattern confirms that the Ryzen 5 5600X provides ample headroom for this game, and the GPU becomes the sole bottleneck at higher resolutions. The CPU’s 32 MB L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support at 51.2 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for Greedfall’s open-world environments, which do not appear to demand extreme memory throughput based on the consistent scaling.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 5 5600X and RTX 3070 Ti achieves a combo rank of 659 out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all possible pairings. This percentile position—roughly the top 38%—indicates that while this setup is capable, it is not among the elite configurations for this specific title. The rank reflects the balanced nature of the pairing: the CPU sits at the 78th percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU at the 74th percentile among all GPUs, so neither component is dragging the other down significantly.

Looking at the CPU’s nearest rivals, the Ryzen 5 5600X posts an average benchmark score of 20680, which is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT at 20740 (a delta of -0.3%) and the Intel Core i7-10700 at 20746 (-0.3%). The Intel Core i5-12490F scores 20794, putting it 0.5% ahead, while the Intel Xeon 6325P trails at 20538, a 0.7% deficit. These close margins indicate that the 5600X is well-matched to its peers, and swapping to any of these CPUs would yield negligible differences in Greedfall’s frame rates, given the GPU-bound nature at higher resolutions.

For the GPU, the RTX 3070 Ti’s average benchmark score of 30849 places it near the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME at 30755 (0.3% ahead) and the AMD Radeon RX 6700 at 31112 (0.8% behind). The NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31142 is 0.9% ahead, and the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q at 31220 is 1.2% ahead. These rival comparisons show that the RTX 3070 Ti is competitively positioned, but its rank of 659 out of 1705 in Greedfall suggests that other combos with faster GPUs or more optimized CPUs achieve better results, particularly at 4K where the GPU’s 8 GB memory capacity and 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 performance become limiting factors.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1440p High settings?

A: The combo achieves 108.1 FPS at 2560x1440 on High settings, which is a smooth experience for most displays.

Q: How does the CPU’s single-thread performance impact Greedfall?

A: The Ryzen 5 5600X scores 917 in 3dmark single-thread and 2622 in Cinebench R23 single-core, providing strong per-core performance that supports high frame rates at 1080p, as evidenced by the 213.2 FPS Low result.

Q: Is this combo better than one using an Intel Core i7-10700?

A: The two CPUs have nearly identical average benchmark scores (20680 vs 20746, a -0.3% delta), so in Greedfall, the difference would be negligible, especially since the GPU becomes the bottleneck above 1080p.

Q: What is the lowest FPS recorded at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS drops to 42.6, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: Does the RTX 3070 Ti outperform the AMD Radeon RX 6700?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti scores 30849 in average benchmarks, while the RX 6700 scores 31112, meaning the RX 6700 is 0.8% faster in synthetic tests, so the real-world difference in Greedfall would be minimal.

Q: What is the combo’s rank among all tested configurations?

A: It ranks 659 out of 1705 combos, placing it in the upper-middle tier for Greedfall performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with the GA104 chip, fabricated on Samsung’s 8 nm process with 17,400 million transistors. Its 8 GB of GDDR6X memory runs at 19 Gbps effective across a 256-bit bus, delivering 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU’s base clock is 1575 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz, and it contains 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. These specifications translate to a pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute reaching 21.75 TFLOPS.

In Greedfall, the GPU’s role is dominant at every resolution above 1080p. The data shows that at 1440p, the frame rates scale closely with settings, from 150.9 FPS at Low down to 69.4 FPS at Ultra, a 81.5 FPS range that highlights the GPU’s sensitivity to quality presets. At 4K, this sensitivity becomes even more pronounced, as the 42.6 FPS at Ultra versus 87.2 FPS at Low demonstrates a 44.6 FPS spread. The RTX 3070 Ti’s 8 GB VRAM appears sufficient for High settings at 4K (61.7 FPS), but Ultra presets likely push memory usage higher, contributing to the significant performance drop.

The GPU’s benchmark scores reinforce its mid-to-high-end positioning: it scores 23356 in Passmark G3D and 137518 in Geekbench OpenCL, with a percentile of 74 among all GPUs. However, its nearest rivals show only marginal differences, so the RTX 3070 Ti is not a standout performer for Greedfall specifically. The 4K Ultra result of 42.6 FPS is the weakest point in the dataset, suggesting that for this game, the GPU’s 21.75 TFLOPS and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth are stretched thin at maximum settings on 4K displays. For most users, targeting 1440p High or 4K High appears to be the sweet spot, balancing the GPU’s capabilities against playable frame rates.