Greedfall

# Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data for Greedfall with the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 reveals a clear pattern of resolution-dependent scaling. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo delivers 353.3 FPS average. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 241.6 FPS, a decline of roughly 31.6%. At 3840x2160 Low, the average falls to 144.8 FPS, representing a further 40.1% reduction from the 1440p figure. The scaling from 1080p to 4K at Low settings is a 59.0% reduction in average FPS, which indicates the workload is becoming progressively more GPU-bound as pixel count rises.

For High settings, the pattern is similar but with lower absolute values. At 1080p High, the average is 250 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 171.6 FPS (31.4% decrease); at 4K High, it reaches 104.6 FPS (39.0% decrease from 1440p). The 4K-to-1080p gap at High settings is 58.2%. Ultra settings show the steepest resolution penalty: 158.5 FPS at 1080p, 113.8 FPS at 1440p (28.2% decrease), and 68.7 FPS at 4K (39.6% decrease from 1440p). The overall 4K-to-1080p drop at Ultra is 56.7%.

These numbers tell a consistent story about the limiting component. The fact that even at 4K Ultra the combo maintains 68.7 FPS average suggests the RTX 4090 is still providing substantial headroom. The RTX 4090's 24 GB of GDDR6X memory and 1.01 TB/s memory bandwidth are clearly sufficient for Greedfall's demands at any resolution tested. The Ryzen 5 9600X, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, appears capable of feeding the GPU adequately even at 1080p Low where the frame rate exceeds 350 FPS. The CPU's single-thread performance, evidenced by a Geekbench single-core score of 3363, likely plays a role in maintaining high minimum frame rates in this Action RPG.

The resolution scaling behavior indicates that Greedfall is not exceptionally demanding on either component. The RTX 4090's benchmark percentile of 91 among all GPUs and the Ryzen 5 9600X's percentile of 85 among all CPUs place both in the upper tier of hardware. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra (68.7) is still well above playable thresholds, while at 1080p Low the 353.3 FPS figure suggests the CPU is the more likely bottleneck at lower resolutions, as the GPU has ample headroom to render frames faster than the CPU can issue draw calls.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 4K Ultra settings for this combo?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 68.7 FPS. This is the lowest average across all tested settings and resolutions, yet it remains comfortably playable.

Q: How does the 1080p Low result compare to the 4K Ultra result?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 353.3 FPS average, which is 5.1 times higher than the 68.7 FPS at 4K Ultra. The difference of 284.6 FPS between these two extremes highlights the significant impact of both resolution and settings on performance.

Q: Is the RTX 4090's memory capacity a factor in Greedfall performance?

A: The RTX 4090 comes with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus. Given that Greedfall is a 2019 title, this memory configuration is far beyond what the game requires, and the measured FPS data shows no signs of memory-related stuttering or capacity constraints at any resolution or settings level.

Q: What does the combo's rank of 55 out of 1705 combos indicate?

A: The comboRankInGame of 55 out of 1705 tested combos places this pairing in the top 3.2% of all tested configurations for Greedfall. This means only 54 other CPU-GPU combinations delivered higher average FPS in this game.

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

A: The Ryzen 5 9600X has an average benchmark score of 28246, which is 0.3% higher than the Intel Core i5-13490F (28173) and 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 230 (28164). It trails the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS by 0.4% (28369) and the Intel Core i5-14500T by 0.5% (28377).

Q: What is the FPS difference between Medium and High settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium settings produce 192.5 FPS average, while High settings produce 171.6 FPS. The difference of 20.9 FPS between these two settings levels at the same resolution is modest, suggesting diminishing returns from reducing settings from High to Medium.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD102 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The GPU contains 76,300 million transistors on a 609 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 125.3M per mm². This hardware foundation translates to a massive compute configuration: 16,384 shading units, 512 texture mapping units, and 176 raster output pipelines. The GPU also includes 128 ray tracing cores and 512 tensor cores, which support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 APIs.

Clock behavior is notable for this game's performance. The base clock is 2235 MHz with a boost clock of 2520 MHz. The memory operates at 1313 MHz, which translates to 21 Gbps effective on GDDR6X modules. The memory bandwidth is 1.01 TB/s across a 384-bit bus. These clocks and bandwidth figures are among the highest available, and the measured FPS in Greedfall reflects this capability. At 4K High, the 104.6 FPS average represents a substantial workload for the memory subsystem, yet the 1.01 TB/s bandwidth ensures no bottleneck from memory throughput.

The pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,290.2 GTexel/s provide theoretical ceilings that far exceed what Greedfall requires. The FP32 performance of 82.58 TFLOPS is particularly relevant for a game like Greedfall, which relies on traditional rasterization techniques rather than heavy ray tracing. The RTX 4090's FP16 performance is also 82.58 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), indicating no throughput penalty for half-precision workloads.

The GPU's power configuration includes a 450 W TDP and requires a suggested 850 W power supply, with a single 16-pin connector. The triple-slot design measures 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 61 mm in width. This physical footprint is substantial but justified by the thermal requirements of the AD102 chip. The GPU's production status is end-of-life, having been released on 2022-09-19, with the GeForce 30 series as predecessor and GeForce 50 series as successor.

In Greedfall specifically, the RTX 4090's benchmark data shows a PassMark G3D score of 38194 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9223. The GPU's percentile of 91 among all GPUs places it in the top 9% of all tested graphics cards. This ranking is consistent with the measured FPS results, which show the GPU never dropping below 68.7 FPS even at the most demanding settings combination. The RTX 4090's nearest rivals in benchmark scores include the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (66733, -0.4% delta), NVIDIA Tesla P40 (66127, +0.5% delta), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (67097, -0.9% delta), and NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (67320, -1.3% delta), though these are professional and workstation-class cards rather than gaming-oriented alternatives.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low settings produce 353.3 FPS average, Medium produces 276.9 FPS, High produces 250 FPS, and Ultra produces 158.5 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 194.8 FPS, which represents a 55.1% reduction in average FPS when moving from the lowest to the highest quality settings. The step from Medium to High is relatively small at 26.9 FPS, while the step from High to Ultra is much larger at 91.5 FPS, indicating that Ultra settings impose a disproportionately heavy load.

At 2560x1440, the measured averages are: Low at 241.6 FPS, Medium at 192.5 FPS, High at 171.6 FPS, and Ultra at 113.8 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread here is 127.8 FPS, a 52.9% reduction. Compared to 1080p, the 1440p results show a more compressed range in percentage terms, but the absolute FPS values are still very high. The gap between Medium and High narrows to 20.9 FPS, while the High-to-Ultra gap is 57.8 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the measured averages are: Low at 144.8 FPS, Medium at 112.2 FPS, High at 104.6 FPS, and Ultra at 68.7 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra spread is 76.1 FPS, a 52.5% reduction. The Medium-to-High gap at 4K is only 7.6 FPS, which is the smallest settings-based difference observed across all resolutions. This suggests that at 4K, the GPU is becoming the primary constraint, and the difference between Medium and High settings has a minimal impact on frame rate. The High-to-Ultra gap at 4K is 35.9 FPS, still significant but less pronounced than at lower resolutions.

When comparing across resolutions at the same settings, the scaling factors are consistent. At Low settings, 1080p to 1440p is a 31.6% decrease, and 1440p to 4K is a 40.1% decrease. At Medium settings, 1080p to 1440p is a 30.5% decrease, and 1440p to 4K is a 41.7% decrease. At High settings, 1080p to 1440p is a 31.4% decrease, and 1440p to 4K is a 39.0% decrease. At Ultra settings, 1080p to 1440p is a 28.2% decrease, and 1440p to 4K is a 39.6% decrease. The consistency of these scaling factors across settings levels indicates that Greedfall's performance profile is well-behaved and predictable.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 achieves a combo rank of 55 out of 1705 tested combinations in Greedfall. This places the pairing in the 96.8th percentile of all tested combos, meaning it outperforms 96.8% of all CPU-GPU configurations tested in this game. Only 54 other combinations deliver higher average FPS in Greedfall, which is a remarkable result given the breadth of hardware tested in the database.

The CPU component of this combo, the Ryzen 5 9600X, has an average benchmark score of 28246 across all tested workloads. This places it in the 85th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals in CPU benchmark scores are the Intel Core i5-13490F (28173, 0.3% higher score), AMD Ryzen 5 230 (28164, 0.3% higher), AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (28369, 0.4% lower), and Intel Core i5-14500T (28377, 0.5% lower). These delta values are all within 0.5%, indicating that the Ryzen 5 9600X sits in a tightly clustered group of mid-range CPUs with near-identical average benchmark performance.

The GPU component, the RTX 4090, has an average benchmark score of 66473, placing it in the 91st percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are professional-grade cards: NVIDIA Tesla T4 (66733, -0.4% delta), NVIDIA Tesla P40 (66127, +0.5% delta), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (67097, -0.9% delta), and NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (67320, -1.3% delta). These deltas are also within 1.3%, though the comparison is less relevant for gaming performance since these rival cards target workstation and datacenter workloads.

The combination of an 85th-percentile CPU and 91st-percentile GPU yields a 96.8th-percentile result in Greedfall specifically. This suggests that the game is more dependent on GPU performance than CPU performance, as the combo rank exceeds what would be expected from a simple average of the two components' percentiles. The RTX 4090's dominance in raw rasterization performance, evidenced by its PassMark G3D score of 38194, appears to be the primary driver of the high combo rank. The Ryzen 5 9600X's strong single-thread performance, with a Geekbench single-core score of 3363 and a 3DMark single-thread score of 1253, ensures that the CPU does not bottleneck the GPU at any resolution or settings level tested.

The gap between the combo's rank (55th) and the CPU's percentile (85th) is notable. This indicates that while the CPU is good, it is not the limiting factor in this configuration. Conversely, the GPU's higher percentile (91st) more closely aligns with the combo's top-tier ranking. The measured FPS data supports this interpretation: at 1080p Low, where CPU load is highest relative to GPU load, the 353.3 FPS figure is still exceptionally high, and the scaling to 4K Ultra at 68.7 FPS shows the GPU carrying the additional load gracefully. For Greedfall, this combo represents a near-optimal pairing where the RTX 4090's capabilities are fully utilized without CPU-induced frame rate caps.