Greedfall

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 lands at rank 844 out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it comfortably in the upper third of all configurations measured. That percentile positioning matters: roughly 71% of tested combos sit below this pairing, which is a strong showing for a desktop setup built around a current-generation 8-core processor and RDNA 4.0 graphics.

What makes this rank notable is the balance between the two components. The CPU's PassMark multithread score of 36,470 and single-thread score of 4,691 are both strong, while the GPU's PassMark G3D score of 25,381 puts it in the 69th percentile among all GPUs. Neither component is a bottleneck in aggregate benchmarks, and the measured FPS data confirms that the pairing produces playable frame rates across all resolutions tested. The combo's rank reflects a system that can handle Greedfall's demands without falling into the lowest performance tiers, though it does not crack the top tier either.

Comparing to the nearest rivals in the database, the CPU sits within a very tight cluster. The Ryzen 7 9700F's average benchmark score of 69,996 is just 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69,875) and 0.2% below the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70,163). It also edges out the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69,515) by 0.7% and the Intel Core i7-14700K (69,355) by 0.9%. These deltas are within noise territory, meaning the CPU is effectively matched with those processors in synthetic workloads. The GPU similarly trades blows with its nearest rivals: the RX 9070's average score of 23,877 is 0.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z (23,736) and 1.1% above the RTX 3080 Mobile (23,628), while sitting 0.8% below the RX 6800S (24,063) and 1.2% below the RTX 2080 SUPER (24,170). The performance envelope is tight, but the measured game data tells the real story.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall rank in Greedfall among all tested configurations?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + AMD Radeon RX 9070 ranks 844th out of 2,938 tested combos, placing it in the upper third of all configurations.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F scores 69,996 on average, which is 0.2% higher than the Ryzen 9 7940HX (69,875), 0.7% higher than the Ryzen 9 7950X (69,515), 0.9% higher than the Core i7-14700K (69,355), and 0.2% lower than the Core i7-14700KF (70,163).

Q: What is the best average FPS achieved at 1080p with this hardware?

A: The highest average FPS at 1920x1080 is 234, achieved with Low settings. Medium settings deliver 184 FPS, High delivers 167 FPS, and Ultra delivers 107 FPS.

Q: Does the GPU outperform its nearest rivals in the database?

A: The RX 9070's average benchmark score of 23,877 is 0.6% above the GTX TITAN Z (23,736) and 1.1% above the RTX 3080 Mobile (23,628), but 0.8% below the RX 6800S (24,063) and 1.2% below the RTX 2080 SUPER (24,170).

Q: Is 4K gaming viable with this combination?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160 the combo delivers 69 FPS on High settings and 76 FPS on Medium, both playable. However, Ultra settings drop to 44 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay.

Q: What are the CPU's core and thread counts, and how do they relate to gaming?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.50 GHz. This configuration provides ample parallelism for modern games, and its PassMark multithread score of 36,470 reflects strong multi-core performance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data across all three resolutions reveals a clear sweet spot: Medium settings offer the best balance of visual quality and performance headroom. At 1920x1080, Medium delivers 184 FPS average with a minimum of 156 and maximum of 211, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate displays. At 2560x1440, Medium still produces 127 FPS average (min 108, max 147), keeping gameplay fluid on QHD monitors. Even at 3840x2160, Medium maintains 76 FPS average (min 65, max 87), which is comfortably above the 60 FPS target for most displays.

High settings are a viable alternative for users prioritizing visual fidelity over raw frame rate. At 1440p, High yields 116 FPS, and at 4K it yields 69 FPS, both playable. However, the step from Medium to High costs roughly 8% performance at 1080p (184 to 167 FPS) and 9% at 1440p (127 to 116 FPS), while the visual gains in Greedfall are incremental for most scenes. Ultra settings are the outlier: they drop performance dramatically to 107 FPS at 1080p, 74 FPS at 1440p, and 44 FPS at 4K. The 4K Ultra result falls below playable thresholds for many users, and even at 1080p, the 107 FPS average is a significant step down from High's 167 FPS.

For the best experience, Medium is the recommended preset. It provides the highest minimum frame rates across all resolutions (156 at 1080p, 108 at 1440p, 65 at 4K), which matters for consistency in action RPG combat. Low settings boost performance further — 234 FPS at 1080p, 162 FPS at 1440p, 97 FPS at 4K — but the visual compromise is substantial for a game that relies on atmosphere and environmental detail. Users with 144Hz monitors at 1080p or 1440p should consider High if they prefer sharper textures, since 167 FPS and 116 FPS respectively still clear the refresh rate threshold. But those prioritizing smoothness above all else should stick with Medium.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates substantial headroom. Low settings produce an average of 234 FPS, which is the highest figure recorded for any resolution-settings combination in this dataset. Medium drops to 184 FPS average with a minimum of 156 and maximum of 211, indicating tight frame pacing. High settings deliver 167 FPS average, and Ultra falls to 107 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 127 FPS, a 54% reduction, which shows the GPU's scaling behavior under increasing load.

At 2560x1440, the pattern holds but with reduced absolute numbers. Low settings average 162 FPS, Medium averages 127 FPS (min 108, max 147), High averages 116 FPS, and Ultra averages 74 FPS. The transition from High to Ultra costs 42 FPS, a 36% drop, which is steeper than the 1080p High-to-Ultra drop of 60 FPS (36%). This suggests the GPU begins to feel pressure at 1440p when Ultra settings enable more demanding effects.

At 3840x2160, performance becomes more constrained. Low settings average 97 FPS, Medium averages 76 FPS (min 65, max 87), High averages 69 FPS, and Ultra averages 44 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the entire dataset, and it sits 25 FPS below the 4K High result. Interestingly, the delta between Low and Medium at 4K is 21 FPS (97 to 76), while the delta between Medium and High is only 7 FPS (76 to 69). This nonlinear scaling indicates that Medium-to-High transitions at 4K carry a disproportionate performance cost relative to the settings change.

The minimum FPS figures provided for Medium settings across all resolutions show consistent floor behavior: 156 at 1080p, 108 at 1440p, and 65 at 4K. These min values are within 15% of the average in each case, suggesting stable frame delivery without severe stutters. The max FPS figures for Medium (211 at 1080p, 147 at 1440p, 87 at 4K) indicate headroom for occasional spikes, which is typical for action RPGs with variable scene complexity.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K reveals how the workload shifts between CPU and GPU. At Medium settings, the transition from 1920x1080 (184 FPS) to 2560x1440 (127 FPS) represents a 31% reduction, while the step from 1440p to 3840x2160 (76 FPS) is a 40% reduction. The compounding effect means 4K Medium delivers 59% less performance than 1080p Medium. This nonlinear scaling is characteristic of GPU-bound scenarios: as pixel count increases, the rendering load grows faster than linear, and the RX 9070's 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 throughput becomes the limiting factor.

At High settings, the scaling pattern is similar but slightly steeper. 1080p High delivers 167 FPS, 1440p High delivers 116 FPS (a 31% drop), and 4K High delivers 69 FPS (a 41% drop from 1440p). The total reduction from 1080p to 4K at High is 59%, matching the Medium trajectory. This consistency suggests the GPU's compute resources are being utilized proportionally across settings presets, with no sudden architectural bottleneck appearing at higher resolutions.

Low settings tell a different story. The 1080p Low result of 234 FPS drops to 162 FPS at 1440p (31% reduction) and then to 97 FPS at 4K (40% reduction). The absolute deltas are larger (72 FPS and 65 FPS respectively) but the percentage drops mirror the Medium and High patterns. This indicates that even at Low settings, where the CPU has more headroom, the GPU remains the primary limiter at 4K. The Ryzen 7 9700F's 8 cores and 16 threads at 5.50 GHz boost clock are sufficient to feed the GPU at 1080p, evidenced by the 234 FPS result, but the RX 9070 cannot maintain that frame rate as pixel count climbs.

The Ultra settings scaling is the most dramatic. 1080p Ultra averages 107 FPS, 1440p Ultra averages 74 FPS (31% drop), and 4K Ultra averages 44 FPS (41% drop from 1440p). The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the dataset, and the 63 FPS total drop from 1080p to 4K represents a 59% reduction. This consistency across all settings presets — the 1080p-to-4K reduction always lands near 59% — strongly suggests that the RX 9070's memory bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s and 16 GB GDDR6 capacity are adequate, but the raw shader throughput (3,584 shading units) becomes the binding constraint at 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F brings 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, built on TSMC's 4 nm process. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.50 GHz provide strong single-thread performance, reflected in the PassMark single-thread score of 4,691. The 32 MB shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 per core help reduce memory latency, which matters for game logic and physics calculations. The CPU's 65 W TDP is modest for an 8-core part, but the data shows it does not bottleneck the GPU in Greedfall.

The measured FPS at 1080p Low — 234 FPS — is the clearest evidence that the CPU is not the limiting factor. At that setting, the GPU is rendering minimal effects, yet the frame rate reaches levels that would stress even high-end processors. The Ryzen 7 9700F's PassMark multithread score of 36,470 places it in the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 69,996. Its nearest rivals in the database — the Ryzen 9 7940HX, Core i7-14700KF, Ryzen 9 7950X, and Core i7-14700K — all score within 0.9% of the 9700F, confirming that this CPU is competitive with flagship-tier desktop and mobile processors from recent generations.

The CPU's role becomes more apparent when examining the scaling from 1080p to 4K. At 1080p, the CPU must feed frames quickly enough to sustain 234 FPS at Low settings, which it does. At 4K, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, as evidenced by the 97 FPS Low result — a 58% drop from 1080p. If the CPU were the constraint, we would expect smaller percentage drops at higher resolutions, since the GPU would be waiting on the CPU less often. Instead, the consistent ~59% reduction across all settings presets indicates the GPU's rendering capacity is the dominant factor at 4K.

The 16 threads provide headroom for Greedfall's background tasks, such as asset streaming and AI updates, without competing with the main render thread. The CPU's DDR5 memory support with dual-channel bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s ensures that texture data can be fed to the GPU quickly, though the 16 GB GDDR6 on the RX 9070 with 644.6 GB/s bandwidth means most data stays local to the graphics card. In synthetic tests, the CPU's data compression score of 421,988 and integer math score of 120,788 indicate strong general-purpose compute, which correlates with consistent frame pacing in CPU-bound scenarios. However, the game data shows that across all tested settings and resolutions, the GPU is the primary performance limiter once resolution exceeds 1080p.