Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 combination posts a rank of 28 out of 1,705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it comfortably within the top 2% of all configurations measured. This is a strong result for a pairing that pairs a six-core mainstream processor with a flagship graphics card, and the data indicates that the system is capable of delivering very high frame rates across all tested settings and resolutions. While the absolute ranking is impressive, the breakdown of the results shows that the relationship between the CPU and GPU is not always balanced, with the GPU taking on an increasingly dominant role as resolution and graphical fidelity increase.

How This Combo Ranks

The comboRankInGame of 28 out of 1,705 tested combos is a top-tier placement, signaling that this hardware pairing is among the most capable available for Greedfall. This rank suggests that the combination of the Ryzen 5 9600X and RTX 5090 is highly optimized for the game’s engine, avoiding major bottlenecks that could drag performance down. The Ryzen 5 9600X itself holds a percentileVsAllCpus of 85, meaning it outperforms 85% of all tested CPUs in general benchmarks, which provides a solid foundation for gaming. The RTX 5090, with a percentileVsAllGpus of 94, is even more dominant in the GPU space. The synergy of these two components results in a system that is clearly designed for high-refresh-rate gaming, as demonstrated by the measured FPS numbers that frequently exceed 200 frames per second at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is the undisputed performance driver in this configuration, particularly at higher resolutions where its massive memory pool and bandwidth come into play. The card features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This is a substantial amount of memory and bandwidth that ensures texture streaming and high-resolution assets are never a limiting factor in Greedfall. The GPU’s boost clock is rated at 2407 MHz, which is high for a large chip like the GB202. The benchmark results support the idea that the GPU is the primary driver of performance scaling: as the resolution increases from 1080p to 4K, the frame rates drop significantly, indicating that the GPU is being pushed harder and the CPU is less of a factor. The RTX 5090’s average benchmark score of 84,306 is only slightly ahead of its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D, by 0.1%, showing that it is at the very top of the performance stack for this generation.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 362.1 FPS, which is an extremely high number that suggests the CPU is still providing enough headroom. However, when moving to 2560x1440 at the same Low settings, the frame rate drops to 249.7 FPS, a reduction of 112.4 FPS. At 4K (3840x2160) with Low settings, the frame rate falls further to 147.3 FPS. This shows a consistent drop of roughly 30-40% with each step up in resolution, which is typical for a system where the GPU becomes the bottleneck. The gap between the CPU and GPU is most evident at 1080p, where the RTX 5090 is not fully utilized. At 4K, the GPU is working much harder, and the frame rates are still very playable, but the scaling suggests that the CPU’s single-thread performance is sufficient to keep up with the GPU’s demands, even if it is not the limiting factor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture of performance across all settings. At 1920x1080, the system is exceptionally fast: Low settings yield 362.1 FPS, Medium yields 285.2 FPS, High yields 260.9 FPS, and Ultra yields 164.8 FPS. The drop from Medium to High is 24.3 FPS, and from High to Ultra is 96.1 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset imposes a significant load on the system, likely due to advanced effects. Moving to 2560x1440, the results are still high but show the expected reduction: Low produces 249.7 FPS, Medium 198.7 FPS, High 179.5 FPS, and Ultra 112.8 FPS. At this resolution, the spread between Low and Ultra is 136.9 FPS. At 3840x2160, the system remains capable, though the frame rates are more moderate: Low hits 147.3 FPS, Medium 118.7 FPS, High 107.6 FPS, and Ultra 69.8 FPS. The Ultra setting at 4K is the only configuration that drops below the 100 FPS mark, suggesting that this is the most demanding scenario for the RTX 5090. The incremental differences between settings are consistent, showing that the game scales well with graphical fidelity.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X plays a supporting role in this combo, providing enough processing power to avoid becoming a bottleneck at most settings, but it is not the primary driver of the high frame rates. The CPU has 6 cores and 12 threads, based on the Zen 5 architecture with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. This is a modern design that performs well in gaming, with a single-thread benchmark score of 3,603 in Cinebench R23, which is a strong result that helps maintain high FPS in CPU-bound scenarios. However, its multi-threaded score of 25,525 in Cinebench R23 is less impressive when compared to higher-core-count rivals, yet it is still sufficient for Greedfall. The CPU’s nearest rivals in our database include the Intel Core i5-13490F and AMD Ryzen 5 230, both with average scores within 0.3% of the 9600X, indicating that the CPU is in the expected performance tier for its price point. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system is likely CPU-limited, as the GPU is so fast that it can render frames faster than the CPU can feed it, but this is not a practical concern given the extremely high frame rates. At 4K Ultra, the CPU’s role diminishes, and the GPU’s 32 GB of VRAM and 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance are the deciding factors.