Greedfall

FAQ

Q: What is the overall performance rank of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 combination in Greedfall?

A: This combo ranks 1776 out of 2938 tested combinations in the database, placing it in the lower-middle portion of the field.

Q: How much faster is the CPU at 1080p Low compared to 4K Ultra?

A: The average FPS jumps from 30 at 4K Ultra to 160 at 1080p Low, representing a more than fivefold increase in frame rate.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration?

A: The RTX 5050 features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering a bandwidth of 320.0 GB/s.

Q: What is the CPU's boost clock speed?

A: The Ryzen 5 8400F has a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a base clock of 4.20 GHz.

Q: At which resolution and settings does the combo achieve the highest average FPS?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 160, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 5050's average benchmark score is 21035, which is 1.6% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (20713) and 0.6% lower than the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL (21153).

GPU Role

The RTX 5050 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process node from TSMC, featuring 16,900 million transistors on a 149 mm² die. Its 2560 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 32 raster operations pipelines form the core of its rendering capability. The GPU operates with a base clock of 2317 MHz and a boost clock of 2572 MHz.

Memory bandwidth is a critical factor for Greedfall's open-world environments. The 8 GB GDDR6 frame buffer communicates over a 128-bit bus, achieving 320.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a moderate amount by current standards, and the data reflects its impact. At 4K Ultra settings, the average FPS collapses to 30, which strongly suggests the memory capacity or bandwidth becomes a limiting factor when texture detail and draw distances are maxed out.

The GPU's pixel rate is 82.30 GPixel/s and texture rate is 205.8 GTexel/s, figures that align with a mid-range card targeting 1080p and 1440p gaming. The FP32 compute throughput of 13.17 TFLOPS is consistent with this positioning. The data shows the RTX 5050 handles 1080p High at 114 FPS and 1440p High at 79 FPS, indicating the card's sweet spot is below the 4K resolution threshold.

The 20 RT cores and 80 tensor cores are present for ray tracing and AI features, though Greedfall's measured results do not explicitly indicate their utilization. The GPU's percentile rank of 66 among all GPUs means it outperforms about two-thirds of the database's GPU entries, yet its nearest rivals include older mobile and desktop parts like the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and HD 8970M, showing the competitive landscape it sits within.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of how settings presets scale performance across resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers 73 FPS average, which is playable but not ideal for high-refresh-rate displays. Dropping to High raises this to 114 FPS, a 56% improvement that makes it the best balance for smooth gameplay at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the High preset yields 79 FPS, which is a solid experience for most players. The Medium preset at 87 FPS offers a modest gain, while Low jumps to 111 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p falls to 50 FPS, which introduces noticeable stutter in fast-paced combat. The recommendation for 1440p is High settings, as it maintains a comfortable frame rate without sacrificing the visual quality that makes Greedfall's world immersive.

The 4K Ultra preset is essentially unplayable at 30 FPS average. Even 4K High only reaches 47 FPS, which is borderline. The data suggests that 4K gaming with this combo requires Low settings (66 FPS) or Medium settings (52 FPS with a minimum of 44 and maximum of 60). The Medium preset at 4K provides the most consistent experience with its 44 FPS minimum ensuring no severe dips below playability.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset consistently offers the highest FPS, but the visual trade-off is substantial. The best experience per the measured rows is High at 1080p, where the 114 FPS average comfortably exceeds the 60 FPS threshold, and the visual quality is significantly better than Low.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination rank of 1776 out of 2938 tested combos places this system in the 60th percentile of all tested pairings. This is a mid-pack result, indicating that while the CPU and GPU are individually capable, their combined performance in Greedfall does not boost them into the upper echelon.

The CPU's individual percentile is 77 among all CPUs, which is notably higher than the GPU's percentile of 66. This disparity suggests the RTX 5050 is the performance bottleneck in this pairing. The CPU's average benchmark score of 25005 is very close to its nearest rivals: the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (24964, 0.2% faster), Intel Core i7-11850H (24935, 0.3% faster), and Intel Core i7-13620H (24911, 0.4% faster). The AMD EPYC 9474F is 0.4% higher at 25103.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 21035 places it near the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (20713, which is 1.6% lower) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL (21153, which is 0.6% higher). This tight clustering indicates the RTX 5050 performs at a level comparable to previous-generation mid-range cards.

The rank of 1776 out of 2938 means roughly 60% of tested combinations outperform this pairing in Greedfall. This is consistent with the GPU being a mid-range part that struggles at higher resolutions, as the measured FPS data confirms.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a significant dependency on resolution, which points to the GPU as the primary limiting component. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 160 at 1080p to 111 at 1440p (a 31% reduction) and then to 66 at 4K (a 41% reduction from 1440p). This scaling is steeper than the pixel count increase would suggest, indicating the GPU is hitting its bandwidth or compute limits.

At High settings, the progression is 114 FPS at 1080p, 79 FPS at 1440p (a 31% drop), and 47 FPS at 4K (a 41% drop from 1440p). The consistent percentage drops across settings presets point to a resolution-bound bottleneck rather than a settings-bound one.

The Medium preset shows similar behavior: 126 FPS at 1080p, 87 FPS at 1440p, and 52 FPS at 4K. The minimum FPS at Medium also scales, from 107 at 1080p to 74 at 1440p to 44 at 4K.

The Ultra preset is the most dramatic case, with 73 FPS at 1080p dropping to 50 FPS at 1440p and then 30 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result of 30 FPS is exactly at the threshold of playability, and the fact that it remains above 30 suggests the engine's optimization is adequate but the hardware is stretched thin.

This scaling pattern indicates that the RTX 5050's 8 GB memory and 320.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but 4K demands exceed what this card can deliver at high quality settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings achieve 160 FPS average, Medium reaches 126 FPS with a minimum of 107 and maximum of 144, High hits 114 FPS, and Ultra drops to 73 FPS. All presets at 1080p exceed the 60 FPS threshold, making this resolution fully playable across the settings spectrum.

At 2560x1440, the performance tier shifts downward. Low settings produce 111 FPS, Medium averages 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 and maximum of 100, High achieves 79 FPS, and Ultra falls to 50 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p is the first measured configuration that dips below the 60 FPS mark, indicating that the highest quality settings require a resolution reduction.

At 3840x2160, the card's limitations become apparent. Low settings manage 66 FPS, Medium averages 52 FPS with a minimum of 44 and maximum of 60, High drops to 47 FPS, and Ultra falls to 30 FPS. Only the Low preset at 4K maintains a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, while the Ultra preset sits exactly at the playability boundary.

The FPS deltas between settings presets are consistent across resolutions. Moving from Low to Medium costs approximately 20-25% of performance, from Medium to High costs around 10%, and from High to Ultra costs roughly 35-40%. This non-linear scaling suggests that the Ultra preset introduces disproportionately heavy effects, likely related to the GPU's memory bandwidth limitations at higher texture resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Phoenix, manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC. It operates with a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The CPU's cache hierarchy includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 16 MB of shared L3 cache.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU based on the performance scaling patterns. The CPU's strong single-thread performance, evidenced by a 3dmark single-thread score of 951 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2943, is sufficient to keep up with the GPU at all measured settings. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect FPS to remain flat across resolution changes, but the data shows clear resolution-dependent scaling.

The CPU's multithreaded capabilities are solid for a 6-core part, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 20851 and a 3dmark max-threads score of 6165. Greedfall, as an Action RPG, likely benefits from the 12 threads for game logic and AI processing, but the measured FPS ceiling of 160 at 1080p Low suggests the game does not heavily stress the CPU at lower settings.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 25005 places it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rivals being the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (0.2% higher), Intel Core i7-11850H (0.3% higher), and Intel Core i7-13620H (0.4% higher). This tight grouping indicates the 8400F is a competitive mid-range processor.

The 65 W TDP is modest, and the DDR5 memory support with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth ensures the CPU does not starve the GPU of data. The PCIe Gen 4 interface with 20 lanes provides adequate bandwidth for the RTX 5050, which uses a PCIe 5.0 x8 connection, though the CPU's Gen 4 support means the link operates at Gen 4 speeds.

The data indicates the CPU is not the limiting factor in this combo. At 1080p Low, where the GPU is least stressed, the FPS reaches 160, which is likely near the game engine's frame rate cap or the CPU's practical limit for this workload. At higher resolutions and settings, the GPU becomes the definitive bottleneck, as shown by the consistent FPS drops with increasing resolution.