Greedfall

# Greedfall with AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D + Intel Arc B390

This combination pairs a high-end 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D processor with Intel's integrated Arc B390 graphics, producing a system that is heavily GPU-limited across all tested resolutions. The data shows playable frame rates only at 1080p with lower presets, while higher resolutions and settings push the Arc B390 well beyond its comfort zone. The CPU sits in the 89th percentile among all processors, while the GPU languishes in the 9th percentile, creating an extreme bottleneck that defines every measured result.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy: at 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 84 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded for this combo in any configuration. Dropping from Low to Medium reduces the average to 66 FPS, a 21% decrease, while High further lowers it to 60 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p falls to 38 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay in an Action RPG like Greedfall. The Medium preset at 1080p also shows a minimum of 56 FPS and a maximum of 76 FPS, indicating reasonable consistency, whereas the High and Low presets lack min/max data in the measurements.

For the best experience per the measured rows, the Low preset at 1920x1080 stands out as the only configuration exceeding 80 FPS. However, the Medium preset at 1080p, with its 66 FPS average and recorded minimum of 56 FPS, offers a better visual quality-to-performance balance for players who prioritize image fidelity. The 10 FPS gap between Low and Medium at 1080p is modest compared to the 22 FPS drop from Medium to Ultra, suggesting that Medium captures most of the visual improvements without the steep penalty of the highest preset.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset produces 58 FPS, which is playable but noticeably lower than the 1080p Low result. The Medium preset at 1440p averages 46 FPS with a minimum of 39 FPS, which may feel inconsistent during combat-heavy scenes typical of Action RPGs. The High preset at 1440p drops to 42 FPS, and Ultra falls to 27 FPS, making both less desirable for consistent gameplay. At 3840x2160, all presets fall below 35 FPS, with Low at 35 FPS, Medium at 27 FPS, High at 25 FPS, and Ultra at just 16 FPS — none of these are recommended for serious play.

The data implies that this combo is best suited for 1080p gaming with Low or Medium settings. The Ultra preset at any resolution is essentially unusable, given that even at 1080p it fails to reach 40 FPS. For players who prioritize smoothness, 1080p Low is the clear choice; for those who want a balance, 1080p Medium provides the highest preset that maintains a 60+ FPS average. The 1440p and 4K options are only viable at Low settings, and even then, the 4K Low result of 35 FPS is marginal.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D features 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 4.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.50 GHz. This is a 7000-series processor built on the Raphael codename using a 5 nm process from TSMC, with 96 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache per core. Its PassMark multithread score is 25,047, while the single-thread score is 3,494, and the average benchmark score sits at 44,573. The CPU's percentile versus all CPUs is 89, placing it well above the majority of processors.

In Greedfall, an Action RPG from 2019, the CPU's role is likely secondary to the GPU, given the game's age and the integrated graphics pairing. The Ryzen 5 7500X3D's strong single-thread performance, reflected in its 3,494 PassMark single-thread score, should be more than sufficient for the game's logic and AI computations. The nearest rivals in CPU benchmarks include the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H with an average score of 44,466 (0.2% ahead), the Intel Core i9-13950HX at 44,342 (0.5% ahead), and the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 at 44,309 (0.6% ahead). The Intel Core i5-14600 trails by 0.7% with a score of 44,889.

The data suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this combo. The measured FPS at 1080p Low (84 FPS) is far below what the Ryzen 5 7500X3D could theoretically deliver in a less GPU-constrained scenario. The 3D V-Cache technology, indicated by the "X3D" suffix, typically benefits gaming workloads, but with the Arc B390's 9th percentile GPU performance, the CPU's advantages are largely untapped. The 65W TDP and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth further position this as a capable gaming CPU, but the integrated GPU pairing creates an imbalance.

Across resolutions, the FPS scaling from 1080p to 1440p to 4K shows a pattern consistent with GPU limitation. At Low settings, the FPS drops from 84 at 1080p to 58 at 1440p to 35 at 4K — a 58% reduction from 1080p to 4K. This scaling is far more dramatic than what would be expected if the CPU were the bottleneck, as CPU-bound scenarios typically show smaller FPS differences across resolutions. The CPU's benchmark scores, including a PassMark physics score of 2,779 and integer math score of 70,774, indicate robust processing power that remains idle while the GPU struggles.

GPU Role

The Intel Arc B390 is an integrated graphics solution based on the Panther Lake chip with Xe3-LPG architecture, manufactured on Intel's 3 nm process. It operates with a base clock of 300 MHz and a boost clock of 2500 MHz, with system-shared memory that has system-dependent bandwidth. The GPU features 1,536 shading units, 48 TMUs, 24 ROPs, and 12 ray tracing cores, delivering a pixel rate of 60.00 GPixel/s, a texture rate of 120.0 GTexel/s, and 7.680 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. Its TDP is 80W, and it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

The Arc B390's benchmark data is limited to a single 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1,482, placing it in the 9th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are all older NVIDIA parts: the GeForce GT 520MX with a score of 1,463 (1.3% behind), the GeForce 800M at 1,460 (1.5% behind), the GeForce GT 625 OEM at 1,446 (2.5% behind), and the GeForce GT 710 at 1,443 (2.7% behind). This positions the Arc B390 as a very low-end graphics solution, more suited to basic tasks than demanding games.

In Greedfall, the GPU's limitations are evident across all measured configurations. At 1080p, the difference between Low (84 FPS) and Ultra (38 FPS) is 46 FPS, showing that the GPU's 24 ROPs and 7.680 TFLOPS are insufficient for high-detail rendering. The 4K results are particularly telling: even at Low settings, the average FPS drops to 35, and at Ultra it collapses to 16 FPS. The system-shared memory architecture means the GPU relies on the CPU's DDR5 bandwidth, which is 83.2 GB/s for the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, but this is clearly not enough to sustain playable frame rates at higher resolutions.

The boost clock of 2500 MHz is respectable for an integrated GPU, but the 300 MHz base clock and the shared memory subsystem limit sustained performance. The texture rate of 120.0 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 60.00 GPixel/s are theoretical maximums that the measured FPS data shows are rarely approached in real gaming scenarios. The ray tracing cores (12) are present but unlikely to provide meaningful performance in Greedfall, which likely does not heavily utilize RT features given its 2019 release. The GPU's percentile ranking of 9 confirms that it is among the weakest graphics solutions in the benchmark database.

FAQ

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

A: The highest average FPS is 84, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low preset. The next highest is 66 FPS at 1080p Medium, followed by 60 FPS at 1080p High.

Q: Is this combo capable of 4K gaming in Greedfall?

A: The data shows that 4K (3840x2160) performance is poor across all settings. The best 4K result is 35 FPS at Low settings, dropping to 25 FPS at High and 16 FPS at Ultra. None of these reach the 60 FPS threshold typically desired for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500X3D has an average benchmark score of 44,573. It is 0.2% behind the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (44,466), 0.5% behind the Intel Core i9-13950HX (44,342), and 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 (44,309). It is 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core i5-14600 (44,889).

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking, and which rivals are closest?

A: The Intel Arc B390 ranks in the 9th percentile among all GPUs, with a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1,482. Its closest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (1,463, 1.3% behind), followed by the GeForce 800M (1,460, 1.5% behind), the GeForce GT 625 OEM (1,446, 2.5% behind), and the GeForce GT 710 (1,443, 2.7% behind).

Q: Which preset at 1440p delivers the highest FPS?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers the highest average FPS at 58. Medium follows at 46 FPS, High at 42 FPS, and Ultra at 27 FPS. The Medium preset has a recorded minimum of 39 FPS and maximum of 53 FPS.

Q: How much FPS is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at Low settings?

A: At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 84 at 1920x1080 to 58 at 2560x1440 and then to 35 at 3840x2160. This represents a 49 FPS reduction from 1080p to 4K, or a 58% decrease in performance.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data across resolutions reveals a steep performance curve that is characteristic of GPU-bound scenarios. At Low settings, the progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K yields average FPS of 84, 58, and 35 respectively. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 26 FPS (a 31% reduction), while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 23 FPS (a 40% reduction). This scaling is consistent with the GPU struggling to fill an increasing number of pixels, rather than the CPU being overwhelmed.

At Medium settings, the same resolution progression shows 66 FPS at 1080p, 46 FPS at 1440p, and 27 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 1440p drop is 20 FPS (30%), and the 1440p to 4K drop is 19 FPS (41%). This pattern is remarkably similar to the Low settings, suggesting that the resolution scaling is independent of the quality preset — the GPU's pixel throughput is the dominant constraint. At High settings, the numbers are 60 FPS (1080p), 42 FPS (1440p), and 25 FPS (4K), with drops of 18 FPS (30%) and 17 FPS (40%) respectively.

The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling: 38 FPS at 1080p, 27 FPS at 1440p, and 16 FPS at 4K. Here, the 1080p to 1440p drop is 11 FPS (29%), and the 1440p to 4K drop is 11 FPS (41%). The consistency of the percentage drops across all presets — roughly 30% for the first step and 40% for the second — strongly indicates that the limiting component is the GPU's rendering capability, not the CPU or memory subsystem. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the FPS would show less variation with resolution changes.

The data also reveals that the performance gap between Low and Ultra widens with increasing resolution. At 1080p, the difference is 46 FPS (84 vs 38), while at 1440p it is 31 FPS (58 vs 27), and at 4K it is 19 FPS (35 vs 16). This narrowing gap at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU becomes so overwhelmed that the quality preset has diminishing impact — at 4K, even dropping to Low only recovers 19 FPS from the Ultra baseline, which is insufficient to reach playable levels.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured results show a clear performance hierarchy across presets. The Low preset achieves an average of 84 FPS, making it the only configuration in this combo that exceeds 80 FPS. Medium follows at 66 FPS, with a recorded minimum of 56 FPS and maximum of 76 FPS, indicating a stable range. High drops to 60 FPS, and Ultra falls to 38 FPS. The 28 FPS gap between Low and Medium is significant, as is the 22 FPS gap between Medium and Ultra, suggesting that the GPU's resources are quickly exhausted as quality settings increase.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 58 FPS, which is the only 1440p result above 50 FPS. Medium averages 46 FPS with a minimum of 39 FPS and maximum of 53 FPS, showing more variance than the 1080p Medium result. High achieves 42 FPS, and Ultra drops to 27 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 31 FPS, and notably, the 1440p Ultra result (27 FPS) is lower than the 1080p Ultra result (38 FPS) by 11 FPS, confirming the resolution penalty.

At 3840x2160, all presets produce sub-60 FPS results. Low leads with 35 FPS, followed by Medium at 27 FPS (with a minimum of 23 FPS and maximum of 32 FPS), High at 25 FPS, and Ultra at 16 FPS. The 4K Medium data is the only 4K configuration with min/max values in the measurements, and its 23 FPS minimum is notably low for an Action RPG. The 19 FPS spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is the smallest across all resolutions, reinforcing the GPU's inability to handle any preset at this resolution.

Comparing the same preset across resolutions, the Low setting shows the largest absolute FPS loss from 1080p to 4K (49 FPS), while Ultra shows the smallest absolute loss (22 FPS). This is logical because the Ultra preset already produces low frame rates at 1080p, leaving less room for further degradation. The Medium preset's min/max data at 1080p (56-76 FPS), 1440p (39-53 FPS), and 4K (23-32 FPS) reveals a consistent narrowing of the FPS range as resolution increases, indicating that the GPU's frame pacing becomes more consistent but at lower overall performance levels.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D + Intel Arc B390 combination ranks 2,595 out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the bottom 12% of all systems measured. This ranking is unsurprising given the GPU's 9th percentile standing among all graphics cards, which severely limits the combo's gaming potential despite the CPU's 89th percentile performance. The rank of 2,595 means that 343 other combos perform worse, but the vast majority of tested systems outperform this pairing.

The data implies that this combo's ranking is almost entirely attributable to the GPU. The Ryzen 5 7500X3D's benchmark scores — including a PassMark multithread score of 25,047 and single-thread score of 3,494 — place it among the top processors, but these strengths are neutralized by the Arc B390's 1,482 3DMark Steel Nomad score. The combo's rank of 2,595 out of 2,938 suggests that even budget-oriented systems with discrete GPUs would likely outperform this configuration in Greedfall.

The nearest GPU rivals (GT 520MX, GeForce 800M, GT 625 OEM, GT 710) are all legacy parts from a decade ago, indicating that the Arc B390 is positioned at the very bottom of the performance spectrum. In contrast, the CPU's nearest rivals (Core Ultra X9 388H, Core i9-13950HX, Ryzen AI Max 385, Core i5-14600) are modern, high-performance processors, highlighting the extreme mismatch between the two components. This combo effectively pairs a top-tier CPU with an entry-level GPU, and the measured FPS data confirms that the GPU is the sole determinant of gaming performance in Greedfall.

For context, the combo's best result (84 FPS at 1080p Low) is a playable frame rate, but the 2,595 ranking reflects that this is achievable only at the lowest quality settings. The 4K results, where even Low settings produce just 35 FPS, underscore why this combo ranks so low — it cannot deliver a consistent experience at higher resolutions or settings. The data suggests that users of this combo would need to significantly compromise on visual quality to achieve smooth gameplay, and even then, only at 1080p.