Greedfall

# Greedfall with AMD Ryzen 7 7700X + AMD Radeon RX 7600

Greedfall, the 2019 Action RPG from Spiders, presents an interesting test case for the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600. This combination sits at a notable position in the benchmark database, ranking 1184 out of 1705 tested combos for this game — placing it in the lower-middle tier of tested systems. The measured frame rates across resolutions and settings reveal a system that is clearly capable at 1080p but begins to strain under heavier loads, with the data showing distinct patterns about where the bottleneck shifts between CPU and GPU.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K tells a clear story about which component drives performance in Greedfall. At 1080p with High settings, this combo delivers 110.1 FPS, which drops to 76.4 FPS at 1440p (a 30.6% reduction) and further to 45.7 FPS at 4K (a 58.5% reduction from the 1080p baseline). This steep decline as resolution increases is the classic signature of a GPU-bound scenario — the RX 7600's rendering workload grows exponentially with pixel count while the CPU's role diminishes.

The scaling pattern becomes even more pronounced when examining the Low settings preset. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 150.6 FPS, but at 1440p Low it falls to 103.5 FPS, and at 4K Low it drops to 64.7 FPS. The percentage drops between resolutions are nearly identical across settings tiers, which suggests the GPU is consistently the limiting factor even at lower quality presets where CPU overhead might normally become more visible. The Ryzen 7 7700X's 8 cores and 16 threads clearly have enough headroom at these frame rates.

What is particularly revealing is the Ultra preset behavior. At 4K Ultra, the combo manages just 30.7 FPS — barely playable — while at 1080p Ultra it reaches 67.8 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra at 4K costs 15.0 FPS (from 45.7 to 30.7), a 32.8% performance hit for what is typically a modest visual improvement. This indicates that the Ultra preset in Greedfall contains settings that are disproportionately expensive on the RX 7600's 8 GB of VRAM and 128-bit memory bus.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's overall ranking of 1184 out of 1705 tested combinations places it in approximately the 30th percentile of all tested systems for Greedfall. This is a modest position that reflects the mid-range nature of the RX 7600 (which sits at the 63rd percentile among all GPUs) paired with a high-end CPU (the 7700X ranks at the 89th percentile among all CPUs). The discrepancy between CPU and GPU percentiles suggests that the graphics card is the primary constraint in this pairing.

The CPU's nearest rivals provide context for its synthetic benchmark performance. The Ryzen 7 7700X scores 34313 on the average benchmark suite, which is 0.4% higher than the Intel Core i5-13500 (34175) and 0.5% higher than the Intel Core i7-12800HX (34136). It trails the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H by 0.8% (34584) and the AMD EPYC 4244P by 0.8% (34599). These differences are within noise, indicating the 7700X is essentially tied with these competing processors in general compute tasks.

For the GPU, the RX 7600's average benchmark score of 20258 places it 0.6% behind the RX 7600 XT (20146) and 0.8% behind the RX 460 (20088), while leading the RTX 3070 Mobile by 1.3% (20534) and the Intel Arc B570 by 1.5% (20556). The naming convention here is confusing — the RX 7600 XT scoring lower than the RX 7600 in this database likely reflects different test conditions — but the practical takeaway is that the RX 7600 sits in a tight performance cluster with these four rivals.

FAQ

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 7700X bottlenecking the RX 7600 in Greedfall?

A: No. The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K follows a GPU-bound pattern. The CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads with a 5.40 GHz boost clock provide ample headroom, as evidenced by the 150.6 FPS achieved at 1080p Low settings where CPU overhead would be most visible.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in Greedfall?

A: At 4K High settings, the system delivers 45.7 FPS, which is playable but not smooth. At 4K Ultra it drops to 30.7 FPS, which is below the generally accepted playability threshold. Lowering to 4K Low yields 64.7 FPS, making 4K viable only with reduced quality settings.

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo?

A: The data shows 1440p High at 76.4 FPS provides a strong balance between visual quality and smoothness. At 1080p, all settings tiers exceed 67.8 FPS, with High hitting 110.1 FPS. The 1440p Medium preset at 85.3 FPS is also a strong option.

Q: How does the RX 7600 compare to its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic tests?

A: The RX 7600's average benchmark score of 20258 is within 1.5% of all four nearest rivals: the RX 7600 XT (20146, 0.6% faster), RX 460 (20088, 0.8% faster), RTX 3070 Mobile (20534, 1.3% slower), and Arc B570 (20556, 1.5% slower). Performance is effectively identical across this group.

Q: Does the Ultra preset provide a worthwhile performance trade-off?

A: The jump from High to Ultra costs 32.8% performance at 4K (45.7 to 30.7 FPS) and 38.4% at 1080p (110.1 to 67.8 FPS). Given these steep drops, Ultra appears to enable settings that are disproportionately demanding on this GPU's 8 GB VRAM.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its rivals?

A: The 7700X scores 34313 on average benchmarks, placing it within 0.8% of its nearest four rivals. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 30325 and single-core score of 4281 demonstrate strong balanced performance that should not limit gaming workloads.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings range is well covered. Low settings produce 150.6 FPS, Medium reaches 120.9 FPS, High hits 110.1 FPS, and Ultra drops to 67.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 29.7 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is 42.3 FPS — the Ultra drop is disproportionately large, suggesting a specific rendering feature causes a significant hit.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but at lower absolute values. Low delivers 103.5 FPS, Medium achieves 85.3 FPS, High reaches 76.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 49.2 FPS. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is remarkably consistent across settings: Low drops 31.3%, Medium drops 29.4%, High drops 30.6%, and Ultra drops 27.4%. This uniformity reinforces that resolution scaling is consistent regardless of quality tier.

At 3840x2160, the system begins to struggle. Low still manages 64.7 FPS, which is playable. Medium drops to 47.4 FPS, High to 45.7 FPS, and Ultra to 30.7 FPS. The difference between Medium and High at 4K is just 1.7 FPS, which is within measurement noise — the GPU is so saturated at this resolution that the visual quality differences between these presets have minimal impact on frame rate.

The full spread across all 12 measured configurations shows a maximum of 150.6 FPS (1080p Low) and a minimum of 30.7 FPS (4K Ultra). The average FPS across all configurations is approximately 79.4 FPS, but this average masks the wide variance between the best and worst cases.

Settings Recommendations

The data points toward 1440p High as the sweet spot for this combo. At 76.4 FPS, it delivers smooth gameplay while maintaining good visual quality. For players who prioritize frame rate, 1080p High at 110.1 FPS provides excellent responsiveness with only a minor visual compromise compared to Ultra.

The Ultra preset should generally be avoided. At 1080p it costs 38.4% of the High preset's frame rate (67.8 vs 110.1 FPS), and at 1440p the drop is 35.6% (49.2 vs 76.4 FPS). The visual gains from Ultra over High are typically subtle in Greedfall, making this a poor trade-off for this hardware combination.

For 4K gaming, the Medium preset at 47.4 FPS is the highest quality tier that remains barely playable. However, the Low preset at 64.7 FPS provides a much smoother experience and is the recommended choice if 4K resolution is non-negotiable. The 4K High preset at 45.7 FPS offers a marginal improvement over Medium while remaining in the same playability bracket.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X is a Zen 4 architecture processor built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 8 cores and 16 threads. Its base clock of 4.50 GHz and boost clock of 5.40 GHz provide substantial single-thread performance, as reflected in its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4281 and Geekbench single-core score of 2985. These metrics matter for Greedfall, which is an Action RPG that typically relies on a few heavily loaded threads for game logic and physics.

The CPU's multi-threaded capabilities are equally strong, with Cinebench R23 multi-core scoring 30325 and Geekbench multi-core at 15538. The 3DMark tests show scaling from 2112 for 2 threads to 8859 for 16 threads, with 8 threads at 7057 and max threads at 8852 — the near-identical scores between 8 and 16 threads (7057 vs 8852) indicate the processor is effectively saturated at 8 cores for this workload, which aligns with its physical core count.

The 7700X's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 83.2 GB/s memory bandwidth provide ample data throughput for gaming workloads. Its 89th percentile ranking among all CPUs confirms it is a top-tier processor, and its nearest rivals — all within 0.8% in average benchmark scores — demonstrate that this CPU is not a limiting factor in the tested configurations.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip on TSMC's 6 nm process. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, with 32 ray tracing cores. The GPU's boost clock of 2655 MHz and game clock of 2250 MHz drive its 21.75 TFLOPS FP32 compute throughput.

The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is likely the primary constraint at higher settings in Greedfall, particularly at 4K Ultra where the frame rate drops to 30.7 FPS. The 8 GB capacity can be exhausted by high-resolution textures, forcing the GPU to use slower memory fallbacks.

Synthetic benchmarks place the RX 7600 at the 63rd percentile among all GPUs. Its OpenCL score of 82501 and Vulkan score of 90825 in Geekbench demonstrate solid compute performance, while 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 scores 2310. The PassMark G3D score of 16634 and GPU compute score of 8790 further characterize its capabilities.

The GPU's nearest rivals are all within 1.5% of its average benchmark score, indicating it sits in a tightly contested performance segment. The RX 7600 XT (0.6% faster) and RX 460 (0.8% faster) edge it out, while it leads the RTX 3070 Mobile (1.3%) and Arc B570 (1.5%). This clustering means that in Greedfall, the RX 7600's performance is representative of its entire competitive class, and the differences in game frame rates between these GPUs would be minimal.