Greedfall

Greedfall, a 2019 Action RPG, shows a striking performance profile when paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D. The measured FPS data reveals that this combination is overwhelmingly GPU-bound at higher resolutions, while at 1080p the CPU begins to emerge as a limiting factor. This analysis walks through the resolution scaling, component roles, and measured frame rates to provide a clear picture of what this hardware duo delivers.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial, but the pattern is far from uniform across settings presets. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 383 at 1920x1080 to 159 at 3840x2160, a reduction of 58.5%. At Medium settings, the drop is from 301 to 125, a 58.5% decrease as well. High settings show a similar trajectory, going from 273 to 113, which is a 58.6% decline. The Ultra preset, however, tells a different story: it drops from 175 at 1080p to 72 at 4K, a 58.9% reduction.

These consistent percentage drops across all presets indicate that the RTX 5090 D’s rendering workload scales almost linearly with pixel count. The 4K resolution has 4 times the pixels of 1080p, but the frame rates do not drop to one-quarter; they settle at roughly 41-42% of the 1080p values. This suggests that while the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, it still has enough headroom to maintain playable frame rates, with the 4K Ultra average of 72 FPS being the only figure that dips below the 100 FPS threshold.

The scaling pattern also reveals that at 1080p, the CPU becomes more relevant. The gap between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p is 383 vs 175 FPS, a 208 FPS spread. At 4K, the same settings gap is 159 vs 72 FPS, an 87 FPS spread. The narrower absolute gap at 4K suggests that the GPU is so heavily loaded that even Low settings cannot push frame rates much higher, whereas at 1080p the CPU is able to feed the GPU more frames, allowing the settings preset to have a larger impact. This is classic behavior for a high-end GPU paired with a mid-range CPU: the CPU becomes the ceiling at lower resolutions.

FAQ

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

A: The highest measured average FPS is 383, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low settings preset.

Q: Is the RTX 5090 D able to maintain 60 FPS at 4K Ultra?

A: Yes, the 4K Ultra preset delivers an average of 72 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold. The 4K Medium preset is even higher at 125 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU’s performance compare to its closest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32750. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14600T, scores 32707, which is a 0.1% difference. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H scores 32812, putting it 0.2% ahead of the 7400F.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded in the data?

A: The only recorded minimum FPS values are for the Medium preset: 106 at 4K, 178 at 1440p, and 256 at 1080p. No minimum FPS data is available for the other presets.

Q: Does the GPU’s memory bandwidth play a role in these results?

A: The RTX 5090 D features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, providing 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This is sufficient to feed the GPU’s 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, preventing memory bandwidth from being a bottleneck in Greedfall’s scenes.

Q: How does this combo rank against other tested combinations?

A: This specific combination of the Ryzen 5 7400F and RTX 5090 D ranks 1st out of 2938 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it at the top of the benchmark database.

GPU Role

The RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain why. It is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a GB202 chip, featuring 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units, and 176 raster output units. The GPU operates at a base clock of 2017 MHz and boosts to 2407 MHz, driving a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s. The FP32 performance of 104.8 TFLOPS is the raw compute horsepower behind the frame rates.

In Greedfall, the GPU’s role is most evident at 4K resolution. At 4K High, the average FPS is 113, while at 4K Low it is 159. This 46 FPS difference shows that the GPU is being utilized heavily, but the settings preset still has a meaningful impact. The 4K Ultra preset drops to 72 FPS, indicating that the most demanding settings (likely including higher shadow quality, draw distances, and post-processing effects) impose a significant load on the GPU.

The memory subsystem is noteworthy: 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus yields 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. For a game like Greedfall, which was released in 2019 and is not known for requiring excessive VRAM, this configuration is overkill. The data shows no indication of a memory capacity or bandwidth bottleneck, as even the 4K Ultra preset maintains a playable average FPS. The GPU’s 92nd percentile ranking among all GPUs in the database further underscores its position as a top-tier part, though the nearest rivals listed (AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT and RX 6850M XT) are mobile parts with lower average scores, reinforcing that the desktop RTX 5090 D is in a class of its own.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the data shows a wide range of performance depending on the preset. The Low preset achieves an average of 383 FPS, which is exceptionally high and indicates the CPU is the primary limiter at this resolution, as the GPU is not fully saturated. The Medium preset drops to 301 FPS, with a minimum of 256 and a maximum of 346. High settings yield 273 FPS, and Ultra drops to 175 FPS. The spread from 383 to 175 is substantial, showing that Greedfall’s Ultra settings can nearly halve frame rates even at 1080p.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but at lower absolute values. Low settings produce 266 FPS, Medium delivers 209 FPS (min 178, max 240), High reaches 190 FPS, and Ultra falls to 121 FPS. The 1440p results show a 145 FPS spread between Low and Ultra, which is smaller than the 208 FPS spread at 1080p, confirming that the GPU is becoming more of a limiting factor as resolution increases.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates are more compressed. Low settings average 159 FPS, Medium averages 125 FPS (min 106, max 143), High averages 113 FPS, and Ultra averages 72 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 87 FPS, the smallest of the three resolutions. The 4K results demonstrate that the RTX 5090 D can handle Greedfall at 4K with ease, even at Ultra settings, as the 72 FPS average is still comfortably above the 60 FPS target. The minimum FPS values for the Medium preset across all resolutions (106 at 4K, 178 at 1440p, 256 at 1080p) indicate that frame pacing remains stable without severe drops.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 Raphael architecture, built on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU’s benchmark scores are solid for a mid-range desktop part: it scores 21,765 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3,072 in single-core, with a Passmark multithread score of 25,645 and a single-thread score of 3,689.

In Greedfall, the CPU’s role is clearly secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions, but it becomes more significant at 1080p. The fact that the 1080p Low preset achieves 383 FPS suggests the CPU can push a high number of frames, but the drop to 175 FPS at Ultra at the same resolution implies that the CPU is not the sole bottleneck; the GPU is still doing substantial work even at 1080p. If the CPU were completely maxed out, the frame rates would plateau regardless of resolution, but the data shows a clear resolution-dependent scaling, which points to the GPU being the dominant constraint.

The Ryzen 5 7400F’s performance relative to its rivals is close. Its average benchmark score of 32,750 is within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32,662) and 0.2% of the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32,697). The Intel Core i5-14600T is essentially tied at 32,707, a 0.1% difference. This tight grouping means that in CPU-limited scenarios in Greedfall, swapping to any of these rivals would produce nearly identical frame rates. The 83rd percentile ranking among all CPUs further situates it as a capable processor that does not hold back the RTX 5090 D in this title, except possibly in the most extreme 1080p Low settings where frame rates exceed 380 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the optimal settings preset depends on the target resolution and refresh rate. At 1920x1080, the High preset at 273 FPS offers a balanced experience, but the Ultra preset at 175 FPS is still exceptionally smooth for most monitors. If the goal is maximum visual fidelity, 1080p Ultra at 175 FPS is the best choice, as it provides a high frame rate while enabling the most demanding graphics options. The Medium preset at 301 FPS (min 256, max 346) is ideal for high refresh rate 240 Hz monitors, as it consistently stays above the refresh ceiling.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset at 121 FPS is the standout recommendation. It delivers a frame rate that exceeds the 120 Hz threshold for many gaming monitors, and the visual quality improvement over High (190 FPS) is likely worth the 69 FPS reduction. The Medium preset at 209 FPS is also viable for 144 Hz displays, but Ultra provides a more complete experience without dropping below 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the Medium preset at 125 FPS (min 106, max 143) is the sweet spot. It offers a high average frame rate with a minimum above 100 FPS, ensuring smooth gameplay. The High preset at 113 FPS is also excellent, but the Ultra preset at 72 FPS, while playable, does not maintain the high frame rate headroom that the GPU is capable of. For 4K gaming, the data suggests that either Medium or High provides the best balance of visual quality and performance, with Ultra reserved for players who prioritize image quality over frame rate.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 1st out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall. This top ranking indicates that among all CPU and GPU pairings tested, this specific configuration delivers the highest measured performance in this game. The rank is a direct consequence of the RTX 5090 D’s exceptional compute capabilities and the Ryzen 5 7400F’s adequate single-threaded performance, which together produce the frame rates documented above.

The rank of 1st is notable because it places this combo ahead of any other pairing in the database, including those with higher-end CPUs. This suggests that in Greedfall, the GPU is the primary performance determinant, and the Ryzen 5 7400F does not introduce a significant bottleneck that would drop the combo down the rankings. The data supports this interpretation: the 4K Ultra average of 72 FPS is a strong result, and the 1080p Low average of 383 FPS shows that the CPU can keep pace with the GPU even at lower resolutions. For users with this combination, the benchmark results indicate that they are using the top-performing setup currently recorded for this game.