Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a playable experience across most of Greedfall’s settings, but the data clearly identifies a sweet spot. The benchmark results show that Medium settings provide the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, especially at 1440p, where the combo achieves a 91.3 FPS average. High settings are nearly as strong at 85.2 FPS, but the jump to Ultra incurs a severe penalty, dropping the average to 54.4 FPS. At 1080p, Medium and High both comfortably exceed 120 FPS, making them ideal for high-refresh-rate displays, while Low settings push the frame rate to 168.1 FPS but sacrifice too much visual quality for the gains. At 4K, only Low settings remain fluid at 70.6 FPS, while Medium and High fall to 55.2 and 46.6 FPS respectively, and Ultra becomes nearly unplayable at 31.5 FPS. For the best experience, Medium at 1440p or High at 1080p are the recommended presets, as they maintain smooth frame rates without the steep cost of Ultra.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Greedfall?

A: The highest measured average is 168.1 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

Q: How does the RTX 2070 SUPER compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 22206, which is 2.5% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (score 21670) and 0.9% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z (score 22006), but it trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile by 2.3% (score 22729).

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5800XT strong enough to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at 1080p?

A: Yes, the data indicates the CPU is not a limiting factor. At 1080p Low settings, the combo reaches 168.1 FPS, and at 1080p High it maintains 121.4 FPS, showing the CPU can feed the GPU efficiently even at lower resolutions where CPU load is highest.

Q: What is the performance penalty for using Ultra settings instead of High at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average FPS drops from 85.2 on High to 54.4 on Ultra, a reduction of 30.8 FPS, which is a 36% decrease in frame rate.

Q: Does the combo rank in the top half of all tested configurations for Greedfall?

A: Yes, the combo ranks 1036 out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the upper portion of the database for this game.

Q: What is the single-threaded performance of the Ryzen 7 5800XT?

A: The CPU scores 959 in the 3dmark single-thread test and 3359 in the Cinebench R23 single-core test, indicating strong per-core performance that benefits gameplay.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of how resolution impacts performance for this CPU-GPU pairing. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at High settings reduces the average frame rate from 121.4 to 85.2 FPS, a 30% drop. The scaling from 1440p to 3840x2160 is even more severe, with the average falling from 85.2 to 46.6 FPS, a 45% reduction. This progressive decline strongly indicates that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is the primary limiting component as resolution increases. At 1080p, the combo achieves 121.4 FPS on High, suggesting the GPU still has headroom, but at 4K, the rendering load overwhelms the 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and the TU104 chip’s 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens with resolution: at 1080p, the difference is 88.6 FPS (168.1 vs 79.5), while at 4K, the difference is 39.1 FPS (70.6 vs 31.5). This compression at higher resolutions indicates that the GPU is becoming saturated, and the settings’ impact on pixel shading and memory bandwidth becomes less pronounced relative to the baseline resolution cost. For users targeting 4K, the data suggests that only Low settings can maintain a fluid experience, while 1440p offers a viable middle ground where Medium settings (91.3 FPS) and High settings (85.2 FPS) both deliver strong performance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080: At the lowest resolution, the combo demonstrates its peak capabilities. Low settings produce an average of 168.1 FPS, which is the highest frame rate recorded across all tests. Medium settings achieve 131.4 FPS, High settings reach 121.4 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 79.5 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra is 88.6 FPS, showing that the GPU has ample headroom at this resolution to absorb settings changes.

2560x1440: The 1440p results show a more balanced distribution. Low settings still deliver a high 113.7 FPS average, while Medium and High produce 91.3 and 85.2 FPS respectively. Ultra settings take a significant hit, falling to 54.4 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 59.3 FPS, indicating that the GPU is beginning to feel the pressure of higher pixel counts.

3840x2160: At 4K, the performance curve flattens considerably. Low settings manage 70.6 FPS, Medium drops to 55.2 FPS, High falls to 46.6 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 31.5 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is only 39.1 FPS, which shows that the GPU is the hard bottleneck at this resolution, and settings adjustments have a diminished relative impact. Only Low settings stay above the 60 FPS threshold, making it the only viable preset for 4K gaming with this combo.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER holds a rank of 1036 out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the 60th percentile of all configurations. This ranking reflects the GPU’s mid-range positioning, as the RTX 2070 SUPER sits at the 65th percentile against all GPUs in the database. The CPU, however, is a stronger component, ranking at the 86th percentile against all CPUs. The discrepancy between the two components’ percentiles suggests that the GPU is the limiting factor in this pairing. The combo’s rank of 1036 is consistent with a system that can handle 1080p and 1440p gaming with high settings but struggles with 4K Ultra. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU’s average score of 29774 places it within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (score 29868) and 0.1% of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (score 29740), showing that the 5800XT is a competitive performer in its class. The GPU’s average score of 22206 places it 2.3% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (score 22729) but 2.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (score 21670). These relative positions explain why the combo ranks in the upper-middle tier for Greedfall: the CPU provides ample headroom, but the GPU’s performance ceiling dictates the overall experience.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is built on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, using TSMC’s 7 nm process. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz. This configuration provides strong multi-threaded performance, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 23794 and Passmark multithread score of 27988. For Greedfall, an Action RPG, the CPU’s role is primarily to handle game logic, AI, and physics calculations. The benchmark data shows that the CPU is not a bottleneck in this pairing. At 1080p Low settings, the combo achieves 168.1 FPS, which is a high frame rate that would strain a weaker processor. The fact that the FPS scales so dramatically with resolution (from 168.1 at 1080p to 70.6 at 4K) indicates that the GPU is the limiting factor, not the CPU. The CPU’s single-thread performance is also strong, with a 3dmark single-thread score of 959 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3359, which is important for games that rely heavily on a few cores. The L3 cache of 32 MB helps maintain data locality, and the 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die allow for efficient operation. In synthetic tests, the CPU’s 8-thread score of 6141 in 3dmark is nearly identical to its max-thread score of 7680, indicating that scaling beyond 8 threads yields diminishing returns, which aligns with Greedfall’s likely thread usage. The CPU’s high percentile ranking (86th) compared to the GPU’s (65th) confirms that the Ryzen 7 5800XT has more headroom than the RTX 2070 SUPER, meaning future GPU upgrades could unlock higher frame rates without changing the processor.