Greedfall

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For Greedfall with the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and AMD Radeon RX 570, the measured data points to the Medium preset at 1920x1080 as the most balanced experience. The Medium row at 1080p delivers an average of 57 FPS with a recorded minimum of 49 FPS and maximum of 66 FPS. This is the only settings tier at 1080p that provides both a playable average and a documented floor above 45 FPS, which is critical for maintaining consistent frame pacing in an action RPG where combat timing matters.

The Low preset at 1080p achieves a higher average of 73 FPS, but the jump from Low to Medium costs only 16 FPS on average (from 73 to 57), while the visual uplift from Low to Medium in Greedfall's environments is substantial given the game's dense foliage and architectural detail. The High preset at 1080p drops to 52 FPS average, which is still nominally playable, but the margin above the 30 FPS threshold is thinner and leaves less headroom for demanding scenes. Ultra at 1080p is not recommended, as the average falls to 33 FPS — dangerously close to the minimum viable frame rate for a game that requires responsive parries and dodges.

At 2560x1440, the situation shifts. The Medium preset averages 40 FPS with a minimum of 34 FPS, which is borderline for action gameplay. Low at 1440p averages 51 FPS, making it the only 1440p tier that clears the 50 FPS mark. If a user prioritizes resolution over visual fidelity, Low at 1440p is the pragmatic choice, but the data suggests that 1080p Medium provides a better overall experience than 1440p Low, as the former maintains a higher average and a tighter minimum-to-maximum spread. For 3840x2160, no preset is genuinely playable; the best case is Low at 30 FPS average, which fails to hold a consistent 30 FPS in demanding sequences. The RX 570's 4 GB memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for 4K workloads in this title, as evidenced by the steep drop from 1440p to 4K across all settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU-GPU combo in Greedfall?

A: The data indicates 1920x1080 is the optimal resolution. At 1080p, all four settings tiers (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) produce playable-to-marginal averages ranging from 73 FPS (Low) down to 33 FPS (Ultra). At 2560x1440, only Low (51 FPS) and Medium (40 FPS) exceed the 30 FPS threshold, while High (36 FPS) and Ultra (23 FPS) are below comfortable levels. At 3840x2160, every preset fails to reach 30 FPS except Low, which averages exactly 30 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 570's 4 GB VRAM affect Greedfall performance?

A: The 4 GB GDDR5 memory with a 256-bit bus and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth appears to be a limiting factor at higher resolutions. The frame rate drops from 1080p Medium (57 FPS) to 1440p Medium (40 FPS) to 4K Medium (24 FPS), a degradation pattern consistent with memory bandwidth saturation. At 4K, even Low settings only manage 30 FPS, suggesting the GPU's memory subsystem cannot feed the render pipeline at that pixel count.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 7400F bottlenecking the RX 570 in this game?

A: Benchmark data for the CPU shows a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 21765 and single-core score of 3072, with a 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs. The RX 570's average benchmark score places it in the 74th percentile. Given that the GPU is the lower-ranked component and that frame rates scale consistently with resolution (indicating GPU-bound behavior), the CPU is unlikely to be the primary bottleneck at 1080p and above. The 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 processor provides ample headroom for Greedfall's threading model.

Q: What settings change has the largest impact on performance?

A: Moving from Ultra to High at 1080p yields a 19 FPS improvement (from 33 to 52 FPS), a 58% gain. The step from High to Medium adds another 5 FPS (to 57 FPS), while Medium to Low adds 16 FPS (to 73 FPS). The largest single-settings jump is from Ultra to High, indicating that the Ultra preset's additional effects are disproportionately expensive for this GPU.

Q: Can this combo run Greedfall at 1440p?

A: Yes, but only at Low or Medium settings. Low at 1440p averages 51 FPS, and Medium averages 40 FPS with a minimum of 34 FPS. High drops to 36 FPS, and Ultra falls to 23 FPS. For sustained action, Low at 1440p is the only tier that maintains a comfortable margin above 45 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations for Greedfall?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F + RX 570 combination ranks 2825 out of 2938 tested combos for Greedfall, placing it in the bottom 4% of all configurations. This low ranking reflects the GPU's age and memory limitations, not the CPU, which is a modern 7000-series part.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 570 is the dominant performance limiter in this pairing for Greedfall. The GPU's specifications — 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, base clock of 1168 MHz, boost clock of 1244 MHz, and 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth — define the ceiling for frame rates across all resolutions and settings.

The measured frame rates show a consistent pattern: at 1080p, the GPU delivers 73 FPS on Low, 57 FPS on Medium, 52 FPS on High, and 33 FPS on Ultra. These numbers align with a GPU that has sufficient raw compute (5.095 TFLOPS FP32) but is constrained by its memory capacity and bandwidth. The 4 GB VRAM is particularly problematic at 1440p and 4K, where texture sets and geometry buffers exceed this capacity, forcing the driver to spill to system memory. This explains why the gap between 1080p and 1440p is relatively modest (16 FPS drop on Medium, from 57 to 40) but the gap between 1440p and 4K is severe (another 16 FPS drop on Medium, from 40 to 24).

The RX 570's benchmark scores place it in the 74th percentile among all GPUs, with an average score of 28766. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (deltaPct -0.4), the AMD Radeon R9 M295X (deltaPct 0.7), and the AMD Radeon RX 470 (deltaPct -0.8). These sub-1% differences indicate that the RX 570 is performing exactly at the level expected for its class — neither overperforming nor underperforming relative to its peers. However, Greedfall's demands on GPU memory and fill rate (39.81 GPixel/s pixel rate, 159.2 GTexel/s texture rate) exceed what this Polaris 20 chip can sustain at higher resolutions.

The GPU's 14 nm process node and GCN 4.0 architecture, released in 2017, lack the modern compression techniques found in newer architectures. This is evident in the 4K results: even at Low settings, the average FPS is exactly 30, with no headroom. The 4 GB memory is simply too small for 4K rendering in a game that uses large, detailed environments.

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 5 7400F + RX 570 combination ranks 2825 out of 2938 tested combos for Greedfall, placing it in the 4th percentile of all configurations. This ranking is a direct consequence of the GPU's limitations rather than any CPU deficiency. The CPU alone ranks in the 83rd percentile among all processors, while the GPU sits in the 74th percentile — but in Greedfall, the GPU's memory and bandwidth constraints dominate.

To contextualize this ranking: the combo is in the bottom 4% of all tested systems for this game. This means that 96% of tested combinations deliver better performance. The ranking reflects that Greedfall is a demanding title for older GPUs, and the RX 570 — despite being a competent 1080p card for its era — lacks the resources to push this game beyond modest settings.

The data shows a clear hierarchy: at 1080p, the combo can deliver a smooth experience at Medium (57 FPS) or High (52 FPS), but drops to 33 FPS at Ultra. At 1440p, only Low (51 FPS) and Medium (40 FPS) are viable. At 4K, nothing is truly playable, with the best case being exactly 30 FPS on Low. This performance envelope places the combo in the same territory as entry-level gaming systems from the mid-2010s, which is consistent with the RX 570's 2017 release date.

The ranking also reflects the game's release date of 2019-09-09. Greedfall launched after the RX 570's prime, and its graphical demands — particularly in terms of VRAM usage — exceed what a 4 GB card can comfortably provide at higher resolutions. The combo's rank is a warning to users who want to play Greedfall at 1440p or 4K: this hardware combination simply cannot deliver those experiences.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K reveals a GPU-bound system with clear memory constraints. At Medium settings, the average FPS drops from 57 at 1080p to 40 at 1440p (a 30% reduction) and then to 24 at 4K (a 40% further reduction). At Low settings, the progression is 73 → 51 → 30 FPS. At High settings, it is 52 → 36 → 22 FPS. At Ultra, it is 33 → 23 → 14 FPS.

The scaling pattern is not linear. The 1080p-to-1440p drop is consistent at roughly 30-35% across all settings, which is typical for a GPU that is compute-bound at these resolutions. However, the 1440p-to-4K drop is steeper in percentage terms for Medium (40% reduction) and High (39% reduction) than it is for Low (41% reduction) or Ultra (39% reduction). This suggests that at 4K, the GPU is hitting a hard wall — likely VRAM capacity — rather than a gradual compute scaling. The 4 GB memory buffer is insufficient for 4K texture sets, forcing the GPU to thrash between system memory and VRAM.

The minimum FPS data points (available for Medium at all resolutions) tell the same story. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 49 FPS — a comfortable floor. At 1440p Medium, the minimum drops to 34 FPS, which is still playable but close to the edge. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 20 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay. The spread between minimum and maximum FPS also widens with resolution: 17 FPS at 1080p (49-66), 12 FPS at 1440p (34-46), and 7 FPS at 4K (20-27). This narrowing spread at 4K indicates that the GPU is consistently saturated, leaving no headroom for scene complexity variations.

The limiting component is unequivocally the GPU. The Ryzen 5 7400F, with its 6 cores, 12 threads, and boost clock of 4.70 GHz, has more than enough compute headroom to feed the RX 570 at all resolutions. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect frame rates to remain flat or drop only slightly as resolution increases. Instead, the measured data shows a consistent 30-40% drop at each resolution step, which is the signature of a GPU-limited system.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings range produces the following averages: Low 73 FPS, Medium 57 FPS (min 49, max 66), High 52 FPS, and Ultra 33 FPS. The 1080p results are the only resolution where all four settings tiers are at least nominally playable, with the caveat that Ultra at 33 FPS leaves no margin for demanding scenes.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low 51 FPS, Medium 40 FPS (min 34, max 46), High 36 FPS, and Ultra 23 FPS. The 1440p results show a clear demarcation: Low and Medium are playable, High is marginal, and Ultra is not. The Medium minimum of 34 FPS is the lowest recorded minimum that remains above 30 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low 30 FPS, Medium 24 FPS (min 20, max 27), High 22 FPS, and Ultra 14 FPS. The 4K results are uniformly unplayable for sustained action. The Low preset's exactly-30 FPS average is misleading — it represents an external cap, not sustained performance, and the Medium preset's minimum of 20 FPS shows how far the GPU falls under load at this resolution.

The data set includes minimum and maximum FPS only for the Medium preset at each resolution. This provides a partial picture of frame time consistency. At 1080p Medium, the range is 49-66 FPS, a spread of 17 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the range narrows to 34-46 FPS (12 FPS spread). At 4K Medium, the range narrows further to 20-27 FPS (7 FPS spread). The narrowing range with increasing resolution indicates that the GPU is spending more time at its maximum utilization, reducing the variance that comes from CPU-bound frames.

The Ultra preset at 1080p (33 FPS average) is particularly instructive. It is 19 FPS below the High preset (52 FPS), which is a 37% performance loss for the visual upgrade from High to Ultra. This suggests that Ultra settings in Greedfall include effects that are disproportionately expensive on GCN 4.0 hardware, such as advanced shadow techniques or post-processing that stress the 32 ROPs and 4 GB memory.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is a modern 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Zen 4 architecture (Raphael), fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz, a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Its benchmark scores are strong: Cinebench R23 multicore 21765, single-core 3072, and a Passmark multithread score of 25645. The CPU's percentile ranking of 83rd among all processors places it in the upper tier of desktop CPUs.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls, physics calculations, and game logic. The measured frame rates show no evidence of CPU limitation. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 73 FPS — a high frame rate that would expose CPU bottlenecks if they existed. The fact that frame rates scale consistently with resolution (73 → 51 → 30 FPS at Low) indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor at every resolution. A CPU-bound system would show flat or increasing frame rates at higher resolutions, because the GPU would have more time to complete its work.

The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores include the Intel Core i5-14600T (deltaPct 0.1), Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (deltaPct 0.2), AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (deltaPct -0.2), and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (deltaPct 0.3). All of these are within 0.3% of the 7400F's average benchmark score, indicating that the CPU is performing at the expected level for its class. The 7400F's 6 cores and 12 threads are more than sufficient for Greedfall, which launched in 2019 and was designed for the 8-thread consoles of that generation.

The CPU's memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s (dual-channel DDR5) provides ample data throughput for the GPU to consume. The PCIe Gen 5 interface, with 24 lanes, ensures that the RX 570 (which uses PCIe 3.0 x16) is not starved for bandwidth. The CPU's 65 W TDP and 5 nm process node mean it runs cool and efficient, avoiding thermal throttling that could affect frame pacing in long gaming sessions.

The 7400F's release date of 2025-01-08 and launch MSRP of $229 position it as a modern budget-to-midrange processor. Its performance in Greedfall is entirely secondary to the GPU's limitations. The data shows that upgrading the GPU would yield substantial frame rate improvements at every resolution, whereas upgrading the CPU would yield negligible gains in this specific game. The combo's poor ranking (2825 out of 2938) is attributable to the RX 570, not the 7400F.