Greedfall

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for Greedfall at 1080p with High settings on this AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D + RTX 3070 combo?

A: The measured average FPS is 148.3 frames per second at 1920x1080 with High settings.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5800X3D compare to its closest rival in overall CPU benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800X3D has an average benchmark score of 26574, which places it 0.1% ahead of the AMD EPYC 8024P and the Intel Core i9-11900K, both with average scores of 26555 and 26546 respectively.

Q: What is the VRAM capacity of the RTX 3070, and what memory type does it use?

A: The RTX 3070 features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Q: What is the boost clock speed of the CPU in this tested combo?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a boost clock of 4.50 GHz and a base clock of 3.40 GHz.

Q: At which resolution and settings does the combo achieve its highest measured average FPS?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 206.5, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs based on its average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 3070 ranks in the 72nd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 28238.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is the primary driver of frame rates in Greedfall, a 2019 Action RPG. The GPU's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory operates at 1750 MHz with a 14 Gbps effective data rate, feeding a 256-bit bus for a total bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. This bandwidth is substantial enough to handle the texture streaming and geometry workloads typical of an action RPG at high resolutions.

The GPU's core configuration includes 5888 shading units, 184 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. The base clock is 1500 MHz, boosting to 1725 MHz under load. The pixel rate of 165.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 317.4 GTexel/s indicate that the card is well-balanced for rasterization-heavy scenes. The RTX 3070 also includes 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores, though Greedfall's rendering workload in the measured data appears to be traditional rasterization given the strong performance at 1080p.

The measured FPS data shows a clear relationship between GPU load and settings. At 4K Ultra, the average FPS drops to 38.6, indicating the GPU is the limiting factor. The GPU's FP32 throughput of 20.31 TFLOPS provides the raw compute headroom needed for higher settings, but the memory subsystem and shading units are pushed harder as resolution increases. The GPU's percentile ranking at 72 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 28238, places it slightly above the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (0.9% higher) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (1% higher), but slightly below the AMD FirePro S7150 (-0.6%) and AMD Radeon R9 M295X (-1.1%).

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how Greedfall scales across three resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo achieves 206.5 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low drops this to 142.6 FPS, a reduction of 63.9 FPS. At 4K Low, the average FPS falls further to 81.8, a drop of 60.8 FPS from 1440p. This scaling pattern shows a roughly linear relationship with pixel count, which is expected for a GPU-bound scenario at Low settings where the CPU has less impact.

The scaling becomes more compressed at higher settings. For High settings, the FPS goes from 148.3 at 1080p to 102.6 at 1440p (a drop of 45.7 FPS), then to 60.0 at 4K (a drop of 42.6 FPS). The relative drop from 1080p to 4K at High is about 59.5%. At Ultra settings, the progression is 93.7 FPS at 1080p, then 63.3 FPS at 1440p, then 38.6 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is about 58.8%.

These scaling patterns indicate that the RTX 3070 is the dominant limiting factor as resolution increases. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, maintains enough headroom at lower resolutions, but the GPU's rendering workload scales directly with pixel count. The fact that the FPS drops are not perfectly proportional to pixel count (4K has 4x the pixels of 1080p) suggests that memory bandwidth and cache efficiencies help mitigate some of the load, but the overall trend is clear: this is a GPU-limited scenario.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest results. Low settings produce 206.5 FPS average. Medium settings yield 160.1 FPS, which is 22.5% lower than Low. High settings produce 148.3 FPS, a further 7.4% reduction from Medium. Ultra settings drop to 93.7 FPS, which is 36.8% lower than High. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 112.8 FPS, showing that settings have a massive impact at this resolution.

At 2560x1440, the performance tiers compress somewhat. Low settings average 142.6 FPS. Medium settings produce 114.8 FPS, a 19.5% reduction from Low. High settings yield 102.6 FPS, which is 10.6% lower than Medium. Ultra settings drop to 63.3 FPS, a 38.3% reduction from High. The total spread from Low to Ultra at 1440p is 79.3 FPS, narrower than at 1080p but still substantial.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is clearly stressed. Low settings average 81.8 FPS. Medium settings produce 67.5 FPS, a 17.5% reduction from Low. High settings yield 60.0 FPS, a 11.1% reduction from Medium. Ultra settings drop to 38.6 FPS, a 35.7% reduction from High. The spread from Low to Ultra at 4K is 43.2 FPS, the smallest absolute spread of the three resolutions, indicating that the GPU's performance ceiling is being approached.

The Ultra preset at each resolution shows the most significant penalties. At 1080p, Ultra is 36.8% slower than High. At 1440p, Ultra is 38.3% slower than High. At 4K, Ultra is 35.7% slower than High. These consistent reductions suggest that Ultra settings introduce a similar relative workload increase across resolutions, but the absolute FPS at 4K (38.6) falls below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider playable.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimizing the experience. At 4K, the High preset delivers 60.0 FPS average, which is the only preset at that resolution to hit the 60 FPS mark. The Medium preset at 4K produces 67.5 FPS, which offers a small buffer above 60 FPS and is 12.5% faster than High. For players prioritizing smoothness at 4K, Medium settings are the recommended choice, as they maintain a higher average while still looking substantially better than Low.

At 1440p, the High preset yields 102.6 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold and provides headroom for demanding scenes. The Medium preset at 1440p produces 114.8 FPS, an 11.9% improvement over High. For players with high-refresh-rate displays at 1440p, Medium settings offer the best balance, as the jump from Medium to High costs 12.2 FPS but the visual difference may not justify the reduction. The Ultra preset at 1440p drops to 63.3 FPS, which is close to the 60 FPS threshold but leaves little margin for frame time spikes.

At 1080p, the data shows that even Ultra settings maintain 93.7 FPS, which is above 60 FPS. The High preset at 1080p produces 148.3 FPS, which is sufficient for 144Hz displays. For players with 240Hz monitors, the Low preset at 206.5 FPS is the only option that approaches that refresh rate. The Medium preset at 160.1 FPS is a strong middle ground, offering 8.0% more performance than High while likely maintaining similar visual quality in most scenes.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset appears to be the sweet spot. It consistently delivers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, with the smallest relative penalties compared to High. The Ultra preset is only recommended at 1080p, where the 93.7 FPS average still exceeds the 60 FPS threshold.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D provides the computational foundation for this combo. With 8 cores and 16 threads, the CPU offers substantial parallelism for game logic, physics, and AI workloads. The base clock of 3.40 GHz boosts up to 4.50 GHz, and the large 96 MB shared L3 cache is particularly beneficial for gaming scenarios where data reuse is common.

The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance. The Cinebench R23 multicore score is 24063, while the single-core score is 3397. The 3DMark 16-thread test yields a score of 7299, and the max-thread score is 7285, indicating that scaling is nearly linear up to 16 threads. The PassMark multithread score of 28309 and the data compression score of 329688 further demonstrate the CPU's capability in parallel workloads.

The CPU's percentile ranking is 83 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 26574. This places it just 0.1% above the AMD EPYC 8024P and Intel Core i9-11900K, and 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 5 7600. The Intel Core i9-12900HK is 0.4% above the 5800X3D. These rivals are all high-end desktop or mobile processors, indicating that the 5800X3D is near the top of the performance stack.

In Greedfall specifically, the measured FPS data suggests that the CPU is not the limiting factor at most resolutions. At 1080p Low, the 206.5 FPS average is likely approaching the CPU's frame generation limit, but the GPU is still producing the majority of frames. At 4K, the CPU has ample headroom, as the GPU is clearly the bottleneck given the significant FPS drops with increased resolution. The CPU's 16 threads ensure that any background tasks or game engine threads do not starve the main rendering pipeline, even at lower resolutions where frame times are shorter.