Greedfall

Greedfall, an Action RPG released in September 2019, shows distinct performance scaling patterns when paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. The measured frame rates across three resolutions and four settings presets reveal a system where the GPU dominates at higher resolutions, while the CPU's capabilities become more apparent at 1080p. This analysis breaks down the data into component roles, scaling behavior, and practical recommendations based strictly on the recorded benchmarks.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K produces a substantial drop in average frame rates across all settings, indicating that the rendering load scales heavily with pixel count. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 213 at 1920x1080 to 148 at 2560x1440, then to 88 at 3840x2160. That represents a 31% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 41% drop from 1440p to 4K. The total decline from 1080p to 4K at High settings is 59%, which is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 5070 Ti's fill rate and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors.

Low settings show the most dramatic scaling curve. At 1080p, the average FPS reaches 299, dropping to 207 at 1440p and 124 at 4K. The percentage losses are 31% and 40% respectively, closely mirroring the High preset's relative drops. However, the absolute values at 1080p Low (299 FPS) suggest the CPU is approaching its ceiling, as the frame rate is nearly triple the 4K result. This pattern indicates that at lower resolutions and settings, the Ryzen 5 8400F's 6 cores and 12 threads are more likely to become a constraint, while the GPU still has headroom.

Medium settings provide the only complete dataset with min and max FPS recorded. At 1080p, the average is 235 FPS with a range from 200 to 270. At 1440p, the average drops to 163 FPS with a range of 138 to 187. At 4K, the average falls to 97 FPS with a range of 83 to 112. The min-to-max spread narrows as resolution increases: 70 FPS at 1080p, 49 FPS at 1440p, and 29 FPS at 4K. This tightening of the frame time distribution at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU's consistent workload smooths out variance that the CPU might introduce at lower pixel counts.

Ultra settings produce the lowest averages across the board, with 136 FPS at 1080p, 94 FPS at 1440p, and 56 FPS at 4K. The scaling here is less steep in percentage terms: a 31% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a 40% drop from 1440p to 4K. The 4K Ultra result of 56 FPS is the only sub-60 average in the entire dataset, indicating that this combination struggles to maintain smooth gameplay at maximum settings and 4K resolution.

The overall scaling behavior points to the GPU as the primary limiting component at 1440p and 4K. The RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB of GDDR7 memory and 896.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for the game's textures, but the pixel throughput demands at 3840x2160 overwhelm the 235.4 GPixel/s pixel rate. At 1080p, the CPU's role becomes more significant, as evidenced by the 299 FPS Low result being closer to the processor's single-thread and multi-thread limits than any GPU constraint.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti brings substantial hardware to this benchmark. Its GB203 chip, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 45,600 million transistors, operates with a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2452 MHz. The memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed across a 256-bit bus, yielding 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications support the high frame rates observed at 1080p and 1440p, where the GPU's 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is more than adequate for Greedfall's visuals.

The 16 GB VRAM capacity is notable for a game from 2019. Greedfall's texture requirements are unlikely to exceed this amount at any tested resolution, meaning the GPU never faces memory capacity constraints. Instead, the limiting factor is raw throughput. The 686.6 GTexel/s texture rate and 235.4 GPixel/s pixel rate determine how quickly the GPU can fill the screen, and at 4K the pixel workload quadruples relative to 1080p, which explains the steep FPS drops observed.

The RTX 5070 Ti's 8960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs provide the execution resources for the game's shader complexity. The 280 tensor cores and 70 RT cores are present but Greedfall does not heavily utilize ray tracing or DLSS features, so their impact on these measured results is minimal. The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 32974 and percentile rank of 86 among all GPUs place it in the upper tier, though its average benchmark score of 49957 is within 0.1% of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64's 50001 score.

Comparing the RTX 5070 Ti to its nearest rivals from the benchmark database, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT scores 50951, which is 2% higher, while the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT scores 48477, which is 3.1% lower. The Intel Arc A550M scores 49737, 0.4% below the RTX 5070 Ti. These deltas are small enough that in-game performance differences are more likely driven by driver optimization and game-specific rendering paths than raw compute metrics.

The GPU's 300 W TDP and dual-slot design with a single 16-pin connector indicate a power-hungry part, though the suggested 700 W PSU requirement is not directly relevant to the measured FPS. The PCIe 5.0 x16 interface provides ample bandwidth for the game's data transfer needs, and the 1x HDMI 2.1b plus 3x DisplayPort 2.1b outputs support high refresh rates at 1440p where the GPU delivers 148 FPS at High settings.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded for this combination?

A: The highest average FPS is 299, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. This is followed by 235 FPS at 1080p Medium and 213 FPS at 1080p High.

Q: Can this system maintain 60 FPS at 4K with Ultra settings?

A: No. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 56, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold. The next highest 4K setting, High, achieves 88 FPS, and Medium reaches 97 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU's benchmark score compare to its nearest rival?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F has an average benchmark score of 25005, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F's 24964. It is also 0.3% above the Intel Core i7-11850H's 24935 and 0.4% above the Intel Core i7-13620H's 24911, while being 0.4% below the AMD EPYC 9474F's 25103.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Low settings produce 207 FPS average, while Ultra settings produce 94 FPS. This represents a 55% reduction in average frame rate when moving from Low to Ultra.

Q: Does the GPU's VRAM capacity ever become a limiting factor?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory. Given Greedfall's 2019 release and the tested settings, this capacity is sufficient across all resolutions and presets, with no evidence of memory-related bottlenecks in the measured data.

Q: How does the GPU's average benchmark score compare to the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti's average benchmark score is 49957, while the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT scores 50951. The RX 6900 XT is 2% higher, making it the closest rival with a positive delta.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance across all three resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 235 FPS average with a range of 200 to 270, which is comfortably above any display refresh rate. At 1440p, Medium produces 163 FPS with a range of 138 to 187, providing smooth gameplay on high refresh rate monitors. At 4K, Medium achieves 97 FPS with a range of 83 to 112, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for standard displays.

The High preset is a viable alternative for users prioritizing visual fidelity over raw frame rates. At 1080p, High delivers 213 FPS, which remains excellent. At 1440p, High drops to 148 FPS, still sufficient for 144 Hz displays. At 4K, High achieves 88 FPS, making it the best choice for 4K gaming if Medium's slightly lower quality is noticeable.

Ultra settings are only recommended for 1080p or 1440p use. At 1080p Ultra, the 136 FPS average is playable and visually superior. At 1440p Ultra, 94 FPS is acceptable for most gamers. However, 4K Ultra's 56 FPS average falls below the 60 FPS standard, so users targeting 4K should avoid this preset or accept occasional frame drops.

Low settings are unnecessary for this hardware combination, as even Medium at 4K provides 97 FPS. The 299 FPS at 1080p Low demonstrates that the GPU is far from being a bottleneck at lower settings, and the visual degradation is not justified by the performance gain except in competitive scenarios where maximum frame rates are prioritized.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ranks 409th out of 3703 tested combos in Greedfall. This places it in the top 11% of all combinations in the database, indicating a strong overall performance level. The rank reflects the synergy between the CPU's 6-core/12-thread configuration and the GPU's high-end capabilities.

The CPU's percentile rank of 77 among all processors and the GPU's percentile rank of 86 among all graphics cards suggest that the GPU is the stronger component in this pairing. This is consistent with the resolution scaling analysis, which shows the GPU becoming the limiting factor at higher resolutions while the CPU handles the lower-resolution workload adequately.

The combo's rank of 409 out of 3703 means there are 408 combinations that perform better in this game. Given the RTX 5070 Ti's position relative to rivals like the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (2% higher average score) and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (3.1% lower), the ranking is likely influenced by both component selection and driver-level optimizations for Greedfall specifically.

The CPU's nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, has an average score within 0.2%, suggesting that swapping between these two processors would have minimal impact on the combo's ranking. Similarly, the GPU's close scores to the RX Vega 64 (0.1% lower) and Intel Arc A550M (0.4% higher) indicate that the field of comparable hardware is tightly packed.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the four settings presets produce the following average FPS values: Low at 299, Medium at 235, High at 213, and Ultra at 136. The Medium preset also recorded a minimum of 200 FPS and a maximum of 270 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 163 FPS, representing a 55% reduction in performance from the lowest to highest quality settings.

At 2560x1440, the averages are: Low at 207, Medium at 163, High at 148, and Ultra at 94. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 138 FPS and a maximum of 187 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra here is 113 FPS, or 55% reduction, matching the 1080p pattern.

At 3840x2160, the averages are: Low at 124, Medium at 97, High at 88, and Ultra at 56. The Medium preset's minimum is 83 FPS and maximum is 112 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra gap narrows to 68 FPS, a 55% reduction consistent with the other resolutions.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the frame time variance is 70 FPS; at 1440p, it is 49 FPS; at 4K, it is 29 FPS. This decreasing variance with increasing resolution suggests that the GPU's workload becomes more uniform at higher pixel counts, reducing the impact of CPU-side frame time spikes.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 8000 series, built on Zen 4 architecture with the Phoenix codename. It operates on a 4 nm process at TSMC, with a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. The 65 W TDP and AMD Socket AM5 compatibility make it a mainstream desktop part, though its performance characteristics are substantial for gaming workloads.

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. Memory support is DDR5 with dual-channel configuration, providing 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth. In Greedfall, this memory bandwidth is sufficient to feed the GPU's demands, particularly at higher resolutions where the GPU becomes the bottleneck.

Benchmark results show the CPU's multi-threaded capabilities: a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 20851 and a single-core score of 2943. The 3DMark scores scale with thread count: 1874 for 2 threads, 3563 for 4 threads, 5275 for 8 threads, 6091 for 16 threads, and 6165 for max threads. This scaling pattern indicates that the CPU benefits from additional threads up to around 8, after which gains diminish, which is typical for a 6-core part.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p Low settings, where the 299 FPS average approaches the practical limit for this processor's single-thread performance. The PassMark single-thread score of 3685 and 3DMark single-thread score of 951 suggest that the CPU can sustain high frame rates when the GPU is not the constraint. At 4K, the CPU's influence diminishes, as the GPU's workload dominates the frame time.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 25005 places it at the 77th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, scores 24964 (0.2% lower), while the Intel Core i7-13620H scores 24911 (0.4% lower). These small deltas mean that in Greedfall, the choice between these processors would likely produce nearly identical results, with the GPU being the decisive factor in the measured FPS.