Greedfall

Resolution Scaling

Resolution scaling in Greedfall shows a classic GPU-bound progression for this AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 pairing, but with a notable twist at the top end. At 1080p High, the combo averages 226 FPS; stepping up to 1440p High drops that to 157 FPS, a 30.5% reduction; and at 4K High, the average falls to 94 FPS, another 40.1% cut from the 1440p figure. The scaling pattern is steep, indicating that the RTX 4080's rendering load dominates as pixel count rises, while the CPU has ample headroom at lower resolutions.

The Low settings run tells the same story more dramatically. At 1080p Low, the system pushes 318 FPS. At 1440p Low, it reaches 220 FPS, and 4K Low still delivers 131 FPS. The 1080p-to-4K drop on Low is 58.8%, which is larger than the High-setting drop of 58.4% — but both are near-identical percentages, suggesting the GPU is the primary limiter across all settings. At Ultra, the 4K average collapses to 60 FPS, exactly half of the 1440p Ultra average of 100 FPS, and 41.4% below the 1080p Ultra figure of 145 FPS. This halving from 1440p to 4K at Ultra is the clearest sign that the RTX 4080 is stretched to its limit at maximum quality in 4K.

What this means for the limiting component: the CPU is never the bottleneck in this configuration. Even at 1080p Low, where frame rates exceed 300 FPS, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D with 8 cores and 16 threads keeps up without creating a ceiling. The RTX 4080, with its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth, handles the pixel throughput, but the 4K Ultra result of 60 FPS shows that the GPU's compute resources — 9,728 shading units and 48.74 TFLOPS FP32 — are fully engaged at that resolution and quality level. The data indicates that for 4K gaming, users should expect to dial settings to High or Medium for playable frame rates; at 1080p and 1440p, the combo is overkill for Greedfall's demands.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to run Greedfall with this combo for a balance of quality and frame rate?

A: At 1440p High, the average FPS is 157, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold. 4K High drops to 94 FPS, which is still playable but closer to the edge. The data shows that 1440p High or Ultra (100 FPS) provides the best quality-per-frame-rate tradeoff, while 4K High is viable for those prioritizing resolution.

Q: How does the RTX 4080's VRAM capacity affect Greedfall performance?

A: The RTX 4080 has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory. In Greedfall, a 2019 Action RPG, this capacity is more than sufficient; even at 4K Ultra, the bottleneck is the GPU's compute throughput (48.74 TFLOPS), not memory. The 256-bit bus and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth ensure memory bandwidth is not a limiting factor at any measured setting.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700X3D holding back the RTX 4080 in Greedfall?

A: No. The CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads, with a boost clock of 4.10 GHz, are more than adequate. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 318 FPS, which is far beyond what most displays can handle and shows no CPU-induced plateau. The GPU is the limiting component at all resolutions and settings.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Medium and Ultra at 4K?

A: At 4K, Medium averages 103 FPS (with min 88 and max 119), while Ultra drops to 60 FPS. That is a 41.7% reduction from Medium to Ultra. The jump from High (94 FPS) to Ultra (60 FPS) is a 36.2% loss, indicating that Ultra settings impose a severe penalty at 4K.

Q: How does this combo's in-game ranking compare to other tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 254th out of 3,703 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the top 6.9% of all combinations. This is a strong result, but not top-tier, reflecting that while the hardware is capable, Greedfall is not the most demanding title and the ranking is relative to many higher-end multi-GPU or newer CPU setups.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the RTX 4080, and does it influence this analysis?

A: The RTX 4080 had a launch MSRP of 1,199 USD. This analysis focuses on performance data only; the price point is provided for reference but does not alter the measured FPS results or the performance conclusions drawn from them.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested Greedfall combinations, this pairing of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 sits at rank 254 out of 3,703 total combos. That places it in the 93.1st percentile — only 6.9% of all tested configurations achieve higher in-game performance. The rank reflects the RTX 4080's dominance: the GPU alone has an average benchmark score of 54,247 and sits in the 86th percentile of all GPUs, while the CPU is in the 77th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 24,709.

When compared to other combos, the ranking is influenced more by the GPU than the CPU. The RTX 4080 is a high-end Ada Lovelace part with 9,728 shading units, 76 RT cores, and 304 tensor cores, and its benchmark scores (e.g., 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,567, Geekbench Vulkan score of 263,779) place it well above average. The CPU's nearest rivals in benchmark average — the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D (24,728, deltaPct -0.1%), the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (24,822, deltaPct -0.5%), and the Intel Core i5-12450HX (24,576, deltaPct 0.5%) — are all within 0.6% of the 5700X3D's average score, meaning the CPU is not a differentiator in this combo's rank; the GPU is.

The rank of 254 is not higher because Greedfall is a 2019 title that does not fully stress modern high-end hardware. The game's engine likely caps performance at certain points, and the combo's 4K Ultra result of 60 FPS — exactly at the typical 60 Hz refresh — suggests that the game's rendering pipeline is the limiting factor, not the hardware. For a game with simpler geometry and lighting, the RTX 4080's 280.6 GPixel/s pixel rate and 761.5 GTexel/s texture rate are overkill, which is why the combo does not crack the top 100.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers three resolutions (1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160) and four settings levels (Low, Medium, High, Ultra). All data is measured, not estimated, and includes average FPS for all configurations, with min and max FPS only for Medium settings across all resolutions.

1080p (1920x1080):

• Low: 318 FPS average
• Medium: 249 FPS average (min 212, max 287)
• High: 226 FPS average
• Ultra: 145 FPS average

At 1080p, the system is never taxed. The Low setting nearly doubles the 1440p Low average (220 FPS) and is 2.4x higher than 4K Low (131 FPS). The gap from High (226 FPS) to Ultra (145 FPS) is 35.8%, showing that Ultra's additional effects (likely higher draw distances and shadow quality) cost significant performance even at 1080p.

1440p (2560x1440):

• Low: 220 FPS average
• Medium: 173 FPS average (min 147, max 199)
• High: 157 FPS average
• Ultra: 100 FPS average

1440p is the sweet spot. The High setting delivers 157 FPS, which is 67% higher than the 4K High result (94 FPS) and 57% higher than 1080p Ultra (145 FPS). The Ultra setting at 1440p (100 FPS) is exactly the same as the 4K Medium average (103 FPS) minus a small margin, highlighting that Ultra at 1440p and Medium at 4K are roughly equivalent in rendering cost.

4K (3840x2160):

• Low: 131 FPS average
• Medium: 103 FPS average (min 88, max 119)
• High: 94 FPS average
• Ultra: 60 FPS average

At 4K, the RTX 4080's limits become apparent. The Low-to-High drop is 28.2% (131 to 94 FPS), but the High-to-Ultra drop is 36.2% (94 to 60 FPS). The Ultra setting's 60 FPS average is exactly at the 60 FPS standard, making it marginal for smooth gameplay. The Medium setting's min FPS of 88 shows that even at 4K Medium, the system never dips below 88 FPS, providing a comfortable buffer.

The scaling from 1080p Low to 4K Low is a 58.8% reduction (318 to 131 FPS), while 1080p High to 4K High is a 58.4% reduction (226 to 94 FPS). This near-identical percentage across settings confirms that the GPU's fill rate is the primary constraint — the RTX 4080's pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s is being saturated as resolution increases, regardless of quality level.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, based on the AD103 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture on a 5 nm TSMC process, is the dominant component in this combo for Greedfall. The GPU's 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus provides 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth, which is far more than Greedfall — a 2019 title — can utilize. The game's textures and geometry at 4K Ultra would require well under 8 GB, so memory capacity is a non-factor; the 16 GB headroom ensures no texture swapping or stutter.

The GPU's core configuration — 9,728 shading units, 304 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 76 RT cores, and 304 tensor cores — delivers 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. This raw compute is what drives the frame rates. At 4K Ultra, the 60 FPS average indicates the GPU is fully occupied; the pixel rate of 280.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 761.5 GTexel/s are the limiting factors. The boost clock of 2505 MHz (base 2205 MHz) ensures the silicon runs at high frequency, but the Ada Lovelace architecture's efficiency cannot overcome the 4K Ultra workload.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its high-end position: it scores 6,567 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 214,739 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 263,779 in Geekbench Vulkan. Its passmark G3D score of 34,457 and GPU compute score of 20,671 place it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. Compared to its nearest rivals, the RTX 4080's average benchmark score of 54,247 is 0.1% higher than the RTX 4080 SUPER (54,209) and 1.1% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54,828, deltaPct -1.1%), meaning the 4080 is effectively tied with the SUPER and slightly ahead of the Pro W5700X in raw compute, though the W5700X has a higher average score (54,828) — the deltaPct is negative because the 4080's score is lower than the rival's average, indicating the 4080 is 1.1% below the W5700X in that comparison, not above.

In Greedfall, the GPU's role is to render the game's environments and characters. The measured FPS at 4K Medium (103 FPS) and 1440p Ultra (100 FPS) show that the GPU can handle high resolutions when settings are moderated. The 4K Ultra result of 60 FPS is the only configuration where the GPU falls below 90 FPS average, indicating that the RTX 4080 is a strong 4K High card, but not an Ultra card for this title.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D, a Zen 3 (Vermeer) part on the AM4 socket, provides 8 cores and 16 threads with a base clock of 3.00 GHz and a boost clock of 4.10 GHz. Its 96 MB of shared L3 cache (along with 64 KB L1 and 512 KB L2 per core) is a key feature for gaming, as the large cache reduces memory latency. The CPU's TDP is 105 W, and it supports DDR4 memory with dual-channel configuration and 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, along with PCIe Gen 4 (20 lanes).

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is minor because the game is not CPU-intensive. The benchmark scores show a strong mid-range performer: Cinebench R23 multicore score of 22,366 and single-core of 3,157; Geekbench multicore of 11,086 and single-core of 1,849; and 3DMark scores of 6,764 (16 threads), 5,357 (8 threads), 3,097 (4 threads), and 804 (single thread). The Passmark multithread score of 26,318 and single-thread of 2,970 indicate balanced performance.

The CPU's percentile rank of 77% of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 24,709, places it slightly below its nearest rivals: the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D (24,728, deltaPct -0.1%), the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (24,822, deltaPct -0.5%), and above the Intel Core i5-12450HX (24,576, deltaPct 0.5%) and Intel Core i5-11600 (24,563, deltaPct 0.6%). These deltas are all within 0.6%, meaning the 5700X3D is essentially a peer of these CPUs, with no significant advantage or disadvantage.

The CPU's influence on Greedfall FPS is best seen in the low-resolution results. At 1080p Low, the system hits 318 FPS, which is high enough that even a modest CPU would not bottleneck. The 8-core/16-thread configuration ensures that any background tasks or game logic threads are handled without contention. The 3D V-Cache (96 MB L3) is larger than typical, but Greedfall's code likely does not exploit it heavily; the game's age means it relies on single-threaded performance, where the 5700X3D's single-core score of 804 (3DMark) and 3,157 (Cinebench R23) is adequate but not exceptional.

The data shows no scenario where the CPU limits the combo. Even at 1080p Ultra (145 FPS) and 1440p High (157 FPS), the GPU is the constraint. The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s is sufficient for the game's data streaming, and the AM4 socket's DDR4 support is not a hindrance. In summary, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D provides a solid foundation that never becomes the weak link; the RTX 4080 is the component that determines the frame rates, and the CPU simply gets out of the way.