Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 combination delivers a robust experience in Greedfall, with the data showing a clear performance hierarchy across the four tested presets. The benchmark results indicate that the Medium preset provides the most balanced experience, particularly at 4K where the average frame rate drops below the 70 FPS threshold on High settings. At 2560x1440, the High preset achieves a 116 FPS average, which is sufficient for smooth gameplay, but the Medium preset’s 127 FPS average offers a more comfortable margin above common refresh rates. At 1920x1080, even the Ultra preset maintains a 107 FPS average, but the jump from Medium to High only yields a 17 FPS difference, suggesting diminishing returns. Given the measured rows, the Medium preset is the recommended choice for the best framerate consistency across all resolutions, as it is the only setting that provides a minimum FPS reading (65 at 4K, 108 at 1440p, 156 at 1080p) and the lowest variance between average and minimum scores. For users prioritizing higher visual fidelity, the High preset is viable at 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K performance dips to 69 FPS, which may not suit all displays.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear trade-off between visual quality and performance, with the Medium preset emerging as the optimal configuration. At 3840x2160, the average frame rate falls from 76 FPS on Medium to 69 FPS on High, a 9.2% drop, while the minimum FPS on Medium is 65, indicating that the High preset would likely produce sub-60 FPS dips in demanding scenes. The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration to fall below 50 FPS, averaging just 44 FPS, which is a significant reduction from the Medium’s 76 FPS. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset’s 127 FPS average with a 108 FPS minimum provides a substantial buffer for high-refresh-rate monitors, making it a safer choice than High’s 116 FPS, which lacks a reported minimum. The 1920x1080 results reinforce this pattern: Medium delivers 184 FPS average with a 156 FPS minimum, while High reaches 167 FPS and Ultra drops to 107 FPS. The Low preset, while offering the highest frame rates (234 FPS at 1080p, 162 FPS at 1440p, 97 FPS at 4K), likely sacrifices too much visual detail for a marginal gain over Medium. Consequently, the data suggests that Medium is the best experience per the measured rows, as it consistently outperforms High by 7 to 10 FPS across all resolutions while maintaining stable minimums, and it avoids the severe performance penalty of Ultra.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070’s memory configuration plays a critical role in Greedfall’s performance, particularly at higher resolutions. The GPU is equipped with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s. This substantial memory pool is more than sufficient for the game’s demands, as evidenced by the smooth scaling from 1080p to 4K without any indication of memory-related stutters in the measured FPS. The GPU’s boost clock of 2520 MHz and game clock of 2070 MHz, built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with a 4 nm process, drive the frame rates seen in the data. The 3584 shading units and 128 ROPs are responsible for the pixel throughput, with a pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s, which explains why the GPU can maintain playable frame rates even at 4K Ultra (44 FPS) despite the heavy load. The benchmark results show that the GPU is the primary driver of performance at higher resolutions; the 4K Medium score of 76 FPS is only 41.3% lower than the 1080p Medium score of 184 FPS, indicating that the GPU’s compute resources scale reasonably well with resolution. The GPU’s percentile rank of 69 against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23877, places it in a competitive position, though the nearest rival data shows it is within 1.2% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, suggesting that the RX 9070’s raw performance is comparable to that older card, yet the 16 GB VRAM provides future-proofing for VRAM-heavy titles.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600’s six cores and twelve threads, based on the Zen 4 architecture, are sufficient to keep the RX 9070 fed in Greedfall, as evidenced by the high frame rates at 1080p. The CPU’s boost clock of 5.10 GHz and base clock of 3.80 GHz, combined with 32 MB of shared L3 cache, deliver strong single-threaded performance, which is crucial for the game’s logic and physics. The benchmark scores support this: the Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1852 and multi-core score of 12735 indicate a balanced processor. In the context of Greedfall, the CPU’s role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU has less work to do. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 234 FPS, which is 141% higher than the 4K Low score of 97 FPS, suggesting that the CPU is capable of pushing very high frame rates when the GPU is not the bottleneck. However, the CPU’s 78th percentile ranking against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26324, shows it is a mid-to-high-range part. The nearest rival data reveals a tight cluster: the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX scores 26274 (0.2% behind), the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS scores 26402 (0.3% ahead), the Intel Core i9-11900KF scores 26212 (0.4% behind), and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U scores 26187 (0.5% behind). This indicates that the Ryzen 5 7600 is not a performance outlier, but its strong single-threaded scores (Geekbench single-core of 2521) ensure that it does not bottleneck the GPU in this title, as the frame rates scale consistently with GPU load rather than hitting a CPU-imposed ceiling.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Ryzen 5 7600 and RX 9070 ranks 1122 out of 3703 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the 70th percentile of all configurations. This ranking is respectable, but it is not at the top tier, which is expected given the mid-range nature of the CPU. The data shows that the GPU is the more influential component in this pairing, as the combo’s performance is more closely aligned with the GPU’s capabilities. For instance, the 4K Ultra score of 44 FPS is a significant drop from the 4K Medium score of 76 FPS, which suggests that the GPU’s fill rate and shading power are the limiting factors at higher settings. The combo’s position in the middle of the ranking indicates that there are many faster configurations, likely those with higher-end CPUs like the Ryzen 9 or Intel Core i9 series, but the Ryzen 5 7600’s 6-core/12-thread design is sufficient to avoid severe bottlenecks. The average FPS across all measured settings and resolutions is approximately 127.5, which is a solid overall performance. Compared to the nearest rival combos, the CPU’s delta percentages are minimal (within 0.5%), but the GPU’s deltas are slightly larger, with the RX 9070 being 1.2% behind the RTX 2080 SUPER and 1.1% ahead of the RTX 3080 Mobile, indicating that the combo’s ranking is likely influenced by the GPU’s mid-tier positioning rather than the CPU.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals important insights about the limiting component in this system. Across all settings, the average frame rate decreases by approximately 56% when moving from 1080p to 4K. Specifically, at Medium settings, the FPS falls from 184 at 1080p to 127 at 1440p (a 31% drop) and then to 76 at 4K (a 40.2% drop from 1440p). This pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, as the pixel count increases fourfold from 1080p to 4K, requiring significantly more GPU compute and memory bandwidth. The GPU’s 644.6 GB/s bandwidth is being taxed, but the 16 GB VRAM is not a limiting factor, as the game’s memory usage at 4K Ultra does not cause a catastrophic frame rate collapse beyond what the compute load dictates. Conversely, the CPU’s role is more evident at 1080p, where the frame rates are high (234 FPS on Low), and the scaling from Low to Ultra (a 54.3% drop at 1080p) is more pronounced than at 4K (a 54.6% drop from Low to Ultra). This suggests that at 1080p, the CPU is still able to feed the GPU adequately, but the GPU’s shading units and ROPs are the limiting factor when the resolution increases. The data shows that the combo is well-balanced, with the CPU able to maintain high frame rates at lower resolutions, but the GPU’s performance ceiling becomes the dominant factor as resolution increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured frame rates provide a comprehensive view of the combo’s performance across all settings and resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers the highest average at 234 FPS, followed by Medium at 184 FPS (with a minimum of 156 FPS and maximum of 211 FPS), High at 167 FPS, and Ultra at 107 FPS. The delta between Medium and High is 9.2%, while the drop from High to Ultra is 35.9%, indicating that Ultra imposes a heavy load. At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 162 FPS, Medium averages 127 FPS (minimum 108, maximum 147), High averages 116 FPS, and Ultra averages 74 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at Medium settings shows a 31% reduction, which is consistent with the increased pixel count. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 97 FPS, Medium averages 76 FPS (minimum 65, maximum 87), High averages 69 FPS, and Ultra averages 44 FPS. The 4K Ultra score is the only measurement below 60 FPS, making it unsuitable for smooth gameplay on standard displays. The Medium preset at 4K is the only configuration with a reported minimum FPS (65), which suggests that the other presets may have more variance. Overall, the data shows that the combo is capable of 60+ FPS at 4K on Medium and High, but Ultra is reserved for lower resolutions or users willing to accept sub-50 FPS performance.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo in Greedfall?*

A: The Medium preset offers the best balance, providing a 76 FPS average at 4K, 127 FPS at 1440p, and 184 FPS at 1080p, with the only reported minimum FPS values (65, 108, and 156 respectively) ensuring stable performance.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The 4K Ultra preset averages 44 FPS, which is the lowest measured score and falls below the 60 FPS threshold, making it unsuitable for high-refresh-rate displays or sensitive users.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: The GPU is the limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the frame rate drops by 56% from 1080p to 4K across settings, while the CPU’s strong single-threaded performance allows for 234 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating no CPU bottleneck.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 1122 out of 3703 tested combos, placing it in the upper-middle tier, with the CPU’s nearest rival (AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS) being only 0.3% faster on average.

Q: What is the RAM configuration of the GPU, and does it affect performance?

A: The GPU has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 644.6 GB/s bandwidth, which is sufficient for this game, as the performance scaling from 1080p to 4K shows no memory-related stutters, only expected compute load reductions.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the components?

A: The CPU has a launch MSRP of $229, and the GPU has a launch MSRP of 549 USD, which are the only pricing details available in the data.