Greedfall

Greedfall is an Action RPG from 2019 that scales unusually well with modern hardware. The measured data for the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination shows a setup that delivers high frame rates across all resolutions, but the performance curve reveals a system that becomes increasingly GPU-bound as resolution climbs. This pairing sits in the 84th percentile for CPUs and the 85th percentile for GPUs, placing it in the top tier of tested components, and the in-game results confirm that this is a capable 1440p and 1080p powerhouse, with 4K requiring some settings compromises for smooth play.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent, which points directly at the GPU as the primary limiter at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average FPS falls from 210.6 at 1920x1080 to 143.9 at 2560x1440, a 31.7% reduction, and then to 88.5 at 3840x2160, a further 38.5% drop from 1440p. This pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 4070 Ti’s rendering workload increases with pixel count, while the CPU has ample headroom to feed it frames.

The scaling is even more pronounced at Ultra settings. The average FPS at 1080p Ultra is 131.8, which drops to 91.9 at 1440p and then plummets to 54.4 at 4K. That 4K Ultra figure is less than half of the 1080p result, indicating that the combination of high resolution and maximum graphical fidelity is too much for the GPU to sustain a smooth experience. The data shows that the RTX 4070 Ti, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth, is the component that dictates performance at 4K, particularly under heavy load.

Interestingly, the scaling from Low to Medium settings at each resolution is relatively modest. At 1080p, Low yields 290.5 FPS, and Medium yields 229.9 FPS, a 20.9% drop. At 4K, Low yields 119.7 FPS, and Medium yields 96.1 FPS, a 19.7% drop. This suggests that the game’s medium preset introduces additional shading and texture work that taxes the GPU, but the CPU is still not the bottleneck at these settings. The real performance cliff appears when moving from High to Ultra, where the gap widens significantly, indicating that Ultra settings enable effects that heavily burden the graphics card.

How This Combo Ranks

In Greedfall, this CPU-GPU combination ranks 218th out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the top 12.8% of all configurations in the database. That rank reflects a balanced pairing where neither component is severely holding back the other, though the resolution scaling data suggests the GPU is the more critical factor for high-refresh-rate gaming. The Ryzen 7 5700’s average benchmark score is 27220, which is only 0.7% ahead of the Intel Core i9-9900K and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i7-12700H, making it a peer of those CPUs in general compute tasks.

The GPU’s average benchmark score is 44900, which places it just 0.6% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile and 1.5% behind the Intel Arc A730M, but 1.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 580. This indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti is a strong performer in synthetic tests, and the in-game results generally align with that standing. The 218th rank out of 1705 combos is respectable, but it is not at the very top, as higher-tier GPUs and newer CPUs will naturally outperform this setup in Greedfall’s most demanding scenarios, particularly at 4K Ultra.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process and features 7680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 80 raster output units. Its base clock is 2310 MHz with a boost clock of 2610 MHz, and the memory runs at 1313 MHz, translating to 21 Gbps effective on a 192-bit bus. This configuration provides 504.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, which is sufficient for the game’s texture streaming at 1080p and 1440p but becomes a limiting factor at 4K Ultra where the 12 GB frame buffer is taxed heavily.

The GPU’s FP32 performance is 40.09 TFLOPS, and its texture rate is 626.4 GTexel/s, which are high figures that explain the strong performance at lower resolutions. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p High, the card achieves 210.6 FPS, and at 1440p High, it hits 143.9 FPS, both well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. However, at 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 54.4, which is below 60 and indicates that the card’s raw compute power is not enough to handle the highest settings at that resolution. The 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are present, but Greedfall does not appear to leverage ray tracing heavily, so the performance is primarily driven by rasterization throughput.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 4070 Ti and Ryzen 7 5700 deliver exceptional performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 290.5 FPS, Medium yields 229.9 FPS, High reaches 210.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 131.8 FPS. These numbers indicate that the CPU is not a bottleneck at 1080p, as even the most demanding preset remains well above 120 FPS, making this an ideal setup for high-refresh-rate monitors at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high but show a clear GPU influence. Low settings average 204.1 FPS, Medium averages 160.7 FPS, High averages 143.9 FPS, and Ultra averages 91.9 FPS. The drop from High to Ultra at 1440p is 36.1%, which is significant but still leaves the game playable at near-90 FPS. For competitive play, Low or Medium settings would be preferable, but High offers a good balance between visual quality and performance.

At 3840x2160, the GPU becomes the clear limiting factor. Low settings average 119.7 FPS, Medium averages 96.1 FPS, High averages 88.5 FPS, and Ultra averages 54.4 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the entire dataset, suggesting that this resolution and preset combination is beyond the card’s comfortable range. For a smooth 4K experience, High settings are recommended, as the 88.5 FPS average is solid, while Medium at 96.1 FPS provides a slight safety margin for demanding scenes.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. Its 65 W TDP and 16 MB of L3 cache make it a power-efficient choice, and its single-thread score in Cinebench R23 is 2916, while the multi-thread score is 20655. In 3DMark’s 16-thread test, it scores 6628, which is close to its max-thread score of 6617, indicating that the CPU scales well with multi-threaded workloads.

In Greedfall, the CPU’s role is more pronounced at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the average FPS of 290.5 suggests that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates, but the GPU is still the primary limiter even here. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 1762 and single-thread score of 901 indicate that the processor has strong single-core performance, which is important for game logic and draw calls. The CPU’s percentile rank of 84 places it above average, and its nearest rivals, such as the Intel Core i9-9900K with a delta of 0.7%, show that it is competitive with older high-end chips. However, the data does not show any scenario where the CPU bottlenecks the GPU in Greedfall, as even at 1080p Ultra, the frame rate is determined by the graphics card’s workload rather than processor limits.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combo for a smooth 60 FPS experience?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 54.4, which is below 60. For a stable 60 FPS, use High settings at 4K (88.5 FPS average), or Ultra at 1440p (91.9 FPS average). At 1080p, any settings preset exceeds 130 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5700 compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700 has an average benchmark score of 27220, which is 0.7% higher than the Intel Core i9-9900K’s score of 27043, and 0.8% higher than the Intel Core i7-12700H’s score of 27006.

Q: Is the GPU or CPU the limiting factor at 1080p High settings?

A: At 1080p High, the average FPS is 210.6, and since the CPU’s 3DMark 16-thread score is 6628, the data indicates the GPU is the bottleneck, as the processor has enough headroom to push beyond this frame rate.

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

A: At 2560x1440, Low settings average 204.1 FPS, while Ultra settings average 91.9 FPS, a difference of 112.2 FPS (55% reduction) when moving to maximum graphical fidelity.

Q: Does the RTX 4070 Ti’s memory bandwidth impact 4K performance?

A: The GPU has 504.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and the 4K Ultra average FPS of 54.4 suggests that the 12 GB frame buffer and bandwidth are sufficient for most settings, but Ultra at 4K exceeds the card’s comfortable performance envelope.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Greedfall?

A: This combo ranks 218th out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the top 12.8% of all configurations tested for this game.