Greedfall

Greedfall, an Action RPG from 2019, places specific demands on a system that the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti combination handles with clear, predictable scaling. The measured data reveals a configuration where the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, while the CPU provides a robust foundation at lower settings.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K in Greedfall produces a dramatic and consistent drop in frame rates across all settings, clearly identifying the GPU as the limiting component as pixel count rises. At Ultra settings, the average frame rate falls from 69.7 FPS at 1920x1080 to 49 FPS at 2560x1440, then plummets to 30.3 FPS at 3840x2160. This represents a 56.5% reduction in performance from 1080p to 4K, a steep curve that points squarely at the RTX 3060 Ti’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and its 448.0 GB/s bandwidth being saturated by the higher resolution workload.

The scaling pattern remains consistent across all quality presets. At High settings, the drop from 111.6 FPS at 1080p to 75.8 FPS at 1440p and finally to 46.9 FPS at 4K shows a similar trajectory. Low settings offer the highest headroom, starting at 151.3 FPS at 1080p, settling at 102.4 FPS at 1440p, and still managing 60.4 FPS at 4K. The fact that even the lowest settings cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K indicates that the resolution itself, rather than the graphical complexity, is the dominant factor limiting performance.

Interestingly, the gap between 1440p and 4K is more punishing than the gap between 1080p and 1440p. For Medium settings, the 1080p to 1440p drop is 37 FPS (from 120.9 to 83.9), while the 1440p to 4K drop is 32.7 FPS (from 83.9 to 51.2). This suggests that the memory subsystem and the 256-bit bus of the RTX 3060 Ti are being pushed to their limits as the pixel count approaches 4K, where the 8 GB frame buffer becomes a hard constraint.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 8000 series built on Zen 4 architecture, provides ample computational headroom for Greedfall. With a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, this CPU demonstrates strong single-thread performance, scoring 2943 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 951 in 3DMark single-thread tests. These scores place it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs, indicating it is well-suited for gaming workloads that often rely on a few fast cores.

The CPU’s multi-threaded capabilities, while not the primary factor in Greedfall’s frame rates, are nonetheless robust. A Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 6165 show that the 8400F can handle background tasks and any game logic that scales across cores. The 16 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth ensure that data can feed the GPU without becoming a bottleneck at lower resolutions.

At 1080p Low settings, the combination achieves 151.3 FPS, a figure that likely approaches the CPU’s practical limit for this game engine. The fact that frame rates at 1440p Low (102.4 FPS) and even 4K Low (60.4 FPS) remain high suggests that the CPU is never the limiting factor in these scenarios. The data indicates that the Ryzen 5 8400F, with its 4 nm process and 25,000 million transistors, delivers sufficient instruction throughput to keep the RTX 3060 Ti fed, even in the most demanding CPU-bound scenarios.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, based on the Ampere architecture and GA104 chip, is the decisive component in this pairing for Greedfall. With 4864 shading units, 152 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs, the GPU has substantial raw compute power, rated at 16.20 TFLOPS for FP32 operations. Its boost clock of 1665 MHz and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provide 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for texture-heavy scenes common in Action RPGs.

The GPU’s performance in Greedfall scales directly with resolution, as expected. The PassMark G3D score of 20349 places it in the 69th percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 6700M and RX 6600, both within 0.5% of its average benchmark score. However, the measured FPS data shows that the 3060 Ti’s VRAM capacity becomes a limiting factor at 4K Ultra, where the average frame rate collapses to 30.3 FPS.

At 1440p, the GPU demonstrates its sweet spot. High settings yield 75.8 FPS, and even Ultra settings manage 49 FPS, which is playable for most users. The 8 GB VRAM appears sufficient for 1440p, but the jump to 4K exposes the memory limitation, as the Ultra preset’s 30.3 FPS average indicates the GPU is struggling to manage the increased texture and geometry data. The 14 Gbps effective memory speed and 1750 MHz memory clock are competitive, yet they cannot overcome the sheer data volume at 2160p.

How This Combo Ranks

Among the 1705 tested combos in the database, the Ryzen 5 8400F and RTX 3060 Ti combination ranks 1179th for Greedfall. This places it in the lower third of the ranking, which is surprising given the individual component scores. The CPU ranks in the 82nd percentile and the GPU in the 69th percentile, yet their combined performance in this specific game is less impressive than those standalone metrics would suggest.

This discrepancy likely stems from the game’s engine and its particular reliance on GPU memory bandwidth at higher resolutions. The combination excels at 1080p, where it delivers consistently high frame rates across all settings, from 69.7 FPS at Ultra to 151.3 FPS at Low. However, the ranking is an aggregate across all tested resolutions and settings, and the 4K Ultra result of 30.3 FPS drags the overall position down.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing is not a top-tier performer for Greedfall, but it is far from the bottom. The rank of 1179 out of 1705 suggests that while it handles 1080p and 1440p admirably, it lacks the VRAM capacity and raw GPU power to compete with higher-end configurations at 4K. Users seeking maximum settings at 2160p would need to look elsewhere, but for 1440p gaming, this combo offers a balanced experience.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best results. Low settings produce an average of 151.3 FPS, which drops to 120.9 FPS at Medium, 111.6 FPS at High, and 69.7 FPS at Ultra. The gap between High and Ultra is substantial, representing a 37.5% performance hit, which indicates that the Ultra preset introduces significant GPU load that the 3060 Ti can manage but not without a noticeable cost.

Moving to 2560x1440, the scores are 102.4 FPS at Low, 83.9 FPS at Medium, 75.8 FPS at High, and 49 FPS at Ultra. The scaling is more linear here, with each preset step costing roughly 15-20% performance. The Ultra setting at 1440p approaches the limit of playability, but the High preset offers a strong 75.8 FPS that balances visual quality and smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the results are: 60.4 FPS at Low, 51.2 FPS at Medium, 46.9 FPS at High, and 30.3 FPS at Ultra. Only the Low setting achieves a playable 60 FPS, and even that is a marginal pass. The Ultra preset’s 30.3 FPS is below the standard threshold for smooth gameplay, confirming that 4K is not this combo’s intended territory. The data shows a clear pattern: this pairing is a 1080p champion and a 1440p workhorse, but it falls short of 4K Ultra aspirations.