Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a playable but uneven experience in Greedfall, with performance scaling heavily on resolution and settings. The combo ranks in the 29th percentile (rank 2624 of 3703 tested combinations), indicating that while this pairing is far from the top of the database, it remains capable of hitting smooth framerates at 1080p and 1440p with adjusted settings. The data shows a clear pattern: the RTX 2060 SUPER is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions, while the Ryzen 5 9600X’s strong single-thread performance ensures the CPU rarely limits the frame rate.

FAQ

*Q: What is the maximum average FPS this combo achieves in Greedfall?*

A: The highest recorded average is 152 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At 3840x2160, the highest average drops to 63 FPS under Low settings.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 9600X compare to its nearest CPU rivals in overall benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 5 9600X has an average benchmark score of 29713, placing it 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (29656) and 0.5% below the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868). It sits 0.6% and 0.8% below the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and Ryzen 7 8845HS, respectively.

Q: Does the RTX 2060 SUPER outperform the AMD Radeon RX 460 in this database?

A: Yes, but marginally. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s average benchmark score is 18093, while the Radeon RX 460 scores 18373, meaning the RX 460 is 1.5% ahead. The RTX 2060 SUPER also trails the RTX 3060 Mobile by 0.4% and the Radeon Pro 5700 by 0.5%.

Q: What is the most demanding setting for this combo at 4K?

A: Ultra settings at 3840x2160 produce the lowest average FPS of 29. Medium settings at the same resolution yield 49 FPS, while High settings reach 45 FPS.

*Q: Is the 8 GB VRAM of the RTX 2060 SUPER sufficient for Greedfall at high resolutions?*

A: The benchmark data shows playable averages at 1440p High (75 FPS) and 4K High (45 FPS), but the steep drop to 29 FPS at 4K Ultra suggests that the 8 GB memory capacity, combined with the GPU’s compute limits, becomes a constraint at the highest settings.

Q: How does the CPU’s single-thread performance compare to its multi-thread performance?

A: The Ryzen 5 9600X scores 2183.5 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 17528.5 in multi-core. Its PassMark single-thread score is 4570, while the multithread score is 30027, indicating a strong single-core advantage that benefits older game engines like Greedfall.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the 12 nm Turing architecture with 2176 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. It operates at a base clock of 1470 MHz and boosts to 1650 MHz, with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications place the card at the 62nd percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 18093.

In Greedfall, the GPU’s role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. At 1920x1080, the card delivers high framerates across all settings, but at 3840x2160, the average FPS drops by roughly half or more compared to 1440p. The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for Low through High settings at all tested resolutions, but Ultra at 4K appears to exceed what the memory subsystem can handle efficiently, resulting in the lowest observed average of 29 FPS. The GPU’s 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores are present, but Greedfall does not appear to leverage ray tracing in these measurements, so the traditional rasterization performance of the 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is what drives these results.

The RTX 2060 SUPER’s nearest rivals in the database include the RTX 3060 Mobile (0.4% faster), the Radeon Pro 5700 (0.5% faster), and the Radeon RX 460 (1.5% faster). This clustering suggests that the card’s performance is well-known and consistent, but it also means that the GPU is the limiting factor in this combo for Greedfall at higher resolutions, as the CPU has ample headroom to feed it more frames.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a consistent and predictable scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K, revealing where the bottleneck shifts. At 1920x1080, the combo achieves 152 FPS on Low, 119 FPS on Medium, and 108 FPS on High, with a significant drop to 69 FPS on Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, those numbers fall to 105 FPS (Low), 83 FPS (Medium), and 75 FPS (High), with Ultra dropping to 48 FPS. At 3840x2160, the averages are 63 FPS (Low), 49 FPS (Medium), 45 FPS (High), and 29 FPS (Ultra).

The percentage drops from 1080p to 4K are substantial: Low settings fall from 152 to 63 FPS (a 58% reduction), Medium from 119 to 49 FPS (a 59% reduction), High from 108 to 45 FPS (a 58% reduction), and Ultra from 69 to 29 FPS (a 58% reduction). This uniform drop across all settings strongly indicates that the GPU is the limiting component, as the performance penalty is directly proportional to the pixel count increase.

The data also shows that resolution scaling affects this combo more than settings scaling. For example, at 1080p, going from Low to Ultra reduces FPS by 55% (152 to 69), while at 4K, the same settings change reduces FPS by 54% (63 to 29). This consistency suggests that the RTX 2060 SUPER is hitting its compute ceiling at 4K, and no amount of CPU headroom can compensate. The Ryzen 5 9600X, with its 5.40 GHz boost clock and 12 threads, is clearly not the constraint here, as the FPS drops are nearly identical regardless of the CPU workload.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo provides excellent performance for smooth gameplay. Low settings produce an average of 152 FPS, which is more than enough for high-refresh-rate monitors. Medium settings yield 119 FPS with a minimum of 101 and maximum of 137, indicating stable frame pacing. High settings deliver 108 FPS on average, while Ultra drops to 69 FPS — still playable but showing a clear performance cliff.

At 2560x1440, the experience remains strong. Low settings average 105 FPS, Medium averages 83 FPS (min 70, max 95), and High averages 75 FPS. Ultra at 1440p falls to 48 FPS, which is borderline for action RPG combat but acceptable for slower exploration. The minimum FPS data for Medium settings (70 FPS) suggests that the GPU can maintain playable frames even in demanding scenes.

At 3840x2160, the combo struggles to maintain high refresh rates. Low settings average 63 FPS, which is playable, but Medium and High both sit in the 45–49 FPS range, requiring a compromise between visual quality and smoothness. Ultra at 4K averages just 29 FPS, which is below the threshold for comfortable gameplay in a real-time action game. The Medium setting at 4K shows a minimum of 42 FPS, indicating that even moderate settings can dip into the low 40s during intense moments.

The data reveals that the sweet spot for this combo is 1080p High (108 FPS) or 1440p Medium (83 FPS), both of which offer a good balance of visual fidelity and performance. At 4K, only Low settings (63 FPS) provide a consistently smooth experience, and even then, the margin for error is thin.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 2624 out of 3703 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the 29th percentile. This rank reflects the GPU’s mid-range status rather than the CPU’s capability, as the Ryzen 5 9600X sits at the 81st percentile among all CPUs.

The combo’s ranking suggests that many other pairings achieve higher FPS in this game, likely due to more powerful GPUs. However, the rank is not catastrophic — it means that roughly 71% of tested systems outperform this combo, but the remaining 29% perform worse. Given that the RTX 2060 SUPER is an end-of-life product (released in July 2019) and the CPU is a current-generation part (released in August 2024), this pairing represents a legacy GPU paired with a modern processor.

The GPU’s nearest rivals all score within 1.6% of each other, indicating that swapping the RTX 2060 SUPER for a similarly-ranked card would not meaningfully change the Greedfall results. The CPU’s rivals, meanwhile, are all within 0.8% of the Ryzen 5 9600X’s average score, so the CPU choice is not a differentiator in this title. The rank is driven almost entirely by the GPU’s 62nd percentile standing, and the data confirms that upgrading the GPU would yield far more benefit than upgrading the CPU.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge) on a 4 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.90 GHz and boosts up to 5.40 GHz, with 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB of L2 per core. Its average benchmark score is 29713, placing it at the 81st percentile of all CPUs.

In Greedfall, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with enough frames to avoid bottlenecking. The data shows that the CPU is not the limiting factor at any resolution tested. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 152 FPS, which is a high enough frame rate that a weaker CPU would likely start to show limitations, but the Ryzen 5 9600X has no trouble keeping up. Its single-thread performance is exceptional, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2183.5 and a PassMark single-thread score of 4570. Greedfall, released in 2019, is unlikely to utilize all 12 threads efficiently, so the CPU’s strong per-core performance is more valuable than its multi-thread capability.

The multi-thread scores are still respectable, with Cinebench R23 multi-core at 17528.5 and PassMark multithread at 30027, but these are not the differentiators in this game. The 65 W TDP and dual-channel DDR5 memory support (89.6 GB/s bandwidth) provide a solid foundation, but the benchmark results in Greedfall show that the FPS is almost entirely determined by the GPU’s workload. The fact that the FPS drops uniformly by about 58% from 1080p to 4K across all settings confirms that the CPU is not introducing any additional bottleneck at higher resolutions. In short, the Ryzen 5 9600X is overqualified for this GPU in Greedfall, and its performance headroom would be better utilized with a more powerful graphics card.