Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER produces a distinctive performance profile in Greedfall, one that is defined more by the graphics card’s limits than by the processor’s substantial headroom. Measured data across three resolutions and four quality presets shows a system that can deliver smooth gameplay at 1080p and 1440p, but which struggles to maintain playable frame rates at 4K Ultra. This analysis breaks down those results, examines the roles of the CPU and GPU, and provides actionable settings guidance based solely on the measured rows.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Greedfall reveals a clear and consistent pattern: as resolution increases, average frame rates drop in near-linear fashion across all settings presets. At 1080p with the Low preset, the combo achieves an average of 152 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low drops that to 105 FPS, a reduction of 47 FPS (or roughly 31%). At 4K Low, the average falls further to 63 FPS, which is 42 FPS below the 1440p result and 89 FPS below the 1080p figure. This scaling suggests the GPU is the primary limiting factor; the RTX 2060 SUPER’s rendering throughput is being saturated as pixel count rises.

The Medium preset shows a similar trend. At 1080p, the average is 119 FPS, with a minimum of 101 FPS and a maximum of 137 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 83 FPS, with a minimum of 70 FPS and a maximum of 95 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 49 FPS, with a minimum of 42 FPS and a maximum of 57 FPS. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is about 30%, and from 1440p to 4K it is about 41%. This steeper decline at higher resolutions is typical of a GPU-bound scenario, where the number of pixels being processed doubles and quadruples relative to 1080p.

High preset results further confirm this. At 1080p High, the average is 108 FPS. At 1440p High, it is 75 FPS (a 30.6% drop). At 4K High, it is 45 FPS (a 40% drop from 1440p). The Ultra preset, which places the heaviest load on the GPU, shows the most dramatic scaling: 69 FPS at 1080p, 48 FPS at 1440p (a 30.4% drop), and just 29 FPS at 4K (a 39.6% drop from 1440p). Across all presets, the transition from 1080p to 4K results in a frame rate reduction of roughly 55-58% of the original 1080p value. For instance, 1080p High at 108 FPS falls to 45 FPS at 4K, which is 41.7% of the original.

These numbers indicate that the limiting component is unambiguously the GPU. The RTX 2060 SUPER, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, is being pushed to its limits at 4K, especially on the Ultra preset where the average of 29 FPS is below the 30 FPS threshold commonly considered the bare minimum for playability. At 1080p, the same card produces 69 FPS on Ultra, showing that the game’s visual complexity at higher resolutions is the bottleneck, not the processor.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip manufactured on a 12 nm process from TSMC. It features 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operations pipelines. The GPU’s base clock is 1470 MHz, with a boost clock of 1650 MHz. Its memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The memory clock is listed as 1750 MHz, which corresponds to 14 Gbps effective. These specifications place the card in the 62nd percentile among all GPUs in the benchmark database, with an average benchmark score of 18093.

In Greedfall, the GPU’s role is dominant. The measured FPS data shows that even at 1080p Low, where the CPU could theoretically be a factor, the average is 152 FPS. This is high, but not exceptionally so for a modern 8-core processor. The fact that lowering resolution from 1440p to 1080p produces a 47 FPS increase on Low (from 105 to 152) suggests the GPU still has headroom at lower resolutions, but the CPU is not the binding constraint. Instead, the data points to the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth being the critical factors. At 4K Ultra, the 29 FPS average aligns with the card’s position relative to its nearest rivals in the database. Its closest competitor, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, has an average score of 18159, just 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 scores 18189 (0.5% higher), while the AMD Radeon RX 460 scores 18373 (1.5% higher) and the Intel Arc A770M scores 18383 (1.6% higher). The RTX 2060 SUPER’s score of 18093 is at the bottom of this group, which helps explain why it cannot maintain higher frame rates at 4K.

The VRAM capacity of 8 GB is sufficient for Greedfall at 1080p and 1440p, as evidenced by the playable averages (108 FPS at 1080p High, 75 FPS at 1440p High). At 4K, however, the combination of higher resolution textures and larger pixel counts likely exceeds the card’s ability to maintain smooth output, particularly on Ultra where the 29 FPS average indicates a severe bottleneck. The GPU’s pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s are not enough to keep up with 4K Ultra demands in this title. The card’s FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS is modest by modern standards, and the measured results reflect that.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p Medium settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Medium settings, the average FPS is 119, with a minimum of 101 and a maximum of 137.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K Ultra compared to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 29, while at 1080p Ultra it is 69. This represents a 58% reduction in average frame rate when moving from 1080p to 4K.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1440p High settings?

A: The data shows an average of 75 FPS at 1440p High. Given that the GPU’s average benchmark score (18093) is 38% lower than the CPU’s percentile rank would suggest (the CPU is in the 94th percentile), the GPU is the limiting component. The CPU’s high multi-thread score of 36470 and single-thread score of 4691 indicate it has ample headroom.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded in the measured data?

A: The lowest average FPS is 29, which occurs at 3840x2160 resolution with Ultra settings.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its nearest rival in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 18093. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, scores 18159, which is 0.4% higher. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 scores 18189 (0.5% higher), and the AMD Radeon RX 460 scores 18373 (1.5% higher).

Q: What is the highest average FPS achieved by this combo?

A: The highest average FPS is 152, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9700F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks 2074th out of 2938 tested combos for Greedfall. This places it in the lower half of all tested configurations, specifically at approximately the 70.5th percentile of the ranking (calculated as 2938 minus 2074 equals 864 combos below it, meaning it outperforms 864 combos, or 29.4% of the total). The rank of 2074 indicates that most other CPU-GPU pairings tested in this game achieve higher average frame rates.

This ranking is consistent with the GPU’s position relative to its peers. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 18093 places it in the 62nd percentile among all GPUs, but its nearest rivals (RTX 3060 Mobile at 18159, Radeon Pro 5700 at 18189, RX 460 at 18373, Arc A770M at 18383) all score higher, meaning this GPU is at the lower end of its immediate performance class. The CPU, by contrast, is a high performer. The Ryzen 7 9700F has an average benchmark score of 69996, placing it in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals — the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (avg score 69875, delta 0.2%), Intel Core i7-14700KF (70163, delta -0.2%), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69515, delta 0.7%), and Intel Core i7-14700K (69355, delta 0.9%) — are all within 1% of its score. This shows the CPU is not a weak link in this combo.

The combo’s rank of 2074 out of 2938 suggests that Greedfall is a GPU-intensive title, and the RTX 2060 SUPER’s mid-range performance limits the overall result. Had the CPU been paired with a stronger GPU, the rank would likely improve, but the data as measured shows that this specific pairing is held back by the graphics card, particularly at higher resolutions and settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a complete picture across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the lowest average is 69 FPS on Ultra, with High at 108 FPS, Medium at 119 FPS, and Low at 152 FPS. The Medium preset also records a minimum of 101 FPS and a maximum of 137 FPS, indicating stable performance. The spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 83 FPS (from 152 down to 69), showing that the Ultra preset imposes a significant cost.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 48 FPS on Ultra, 75 FPS on High, 83 FPS on Medium, and 105 FPS on Low. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 70 FPS and a maximum of 95 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent across all settings: High falls from 108 to 75 (a 30.6% reduction), Medium from 119 to 83 (30.3% reduction), Low from 152 to 105 (30.9% reduction), and Ultra from 69 to 48 (30.4% reduction). This uniformity confirms that resolution scaling is the dominant variable, independent of the preset.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 29 FPS on Ultra, 45 FPS on High, 49 FPS on Medium, and 63 FPS on Low. The Medium preset records a minimum of 42 FPS and a maximum of 57 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 4K results in larger percentage drops: High falls from 75 to 45 (a 40% reduction), Medium from 83 to 49 (41% reduction), Low from 105 to 63 (40% reduction), and Ultra from 48 to 29 (39.6% reduction). This steeper scaling at 4K indicates that the GPU is hitting a hard limit, likely due to memory bandwidth and pixel throughput constraints.

The only preset with complete min/max data is Medium across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the min is 101 FPS and the max is 137 FPS, for a range of 36 FPS. At 1440p, the min is 70 FPS and the max is 95 FPS, for a range of 25 FPS. At 4K, the min is 42 FPS and the max is 57 FPS, for a range of 15 FPS. The narrowing range at higher resolutions suggests that frame times become more consistent when the GPU is fully saturated, whereas at 1080p there is more variance, likely due to CPU scheduling or driver overhead.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal settings depend on the target resolution and desired frame rate. For 1080p, the High preset at 108 FPS offers a strong balance between visual quality and smoothness. The Medium preset at 119 FPS is also viable, with a minimum of 101 FPS ensuring no drops below the 100 FPS threshold. The Ultra preset at 69 FPS is playable but may exhibit stutter on high-refresh displays, as the average is below 70 FPS. The Low preset at 152 FPS is only recommended for competitive play where maximum frame rate is prioritized over visuals.

For 1440p, the High preset at 75 FPS is the best choice for a smooth experience, as it stays above the 60 FPS rule of thumb. The Medium preset at 83 FPS, with a minimum of 70 FPS, is also excellent and provides a slight frame rate cushion. The Low preset at 105 FPS is overkill for most users, sacrificing visual fidelity for a frame rate that exceeds the refresh rate of most 1440p monitors. The Ultra preset at 48 FPS is not recommended, as it falls below the 60 FPS target and may result in noticeable judder.

For 4K, the data shows that only the Low preset at 63 FPS approaches playability, but even this is borderline. The Medium preset at 49 FPS, with a minimum of 42 FPS, is below the 50 FPS comfort zone. The High preset at 45 FPS and Ultra at 29 FPS are not recommended for a smooth experience. Users targeting 4K should either lower the resolution to 1440p or accept that the RTX 2060 SUPER cannot maintain high frame rates in this title at this resolution. The best overall experience across all resolutions is 1440p Medium, which offers 83 FPS average with a minimum of 70 FPS, providing both quality and consistency.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a desktop processor from the 9000 series, based on the Zen 5 architecture with the codename Granite Ridge. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The processor is built on TSMC’s 4 nm process node, with a die size of 70.6 mm² and 8,315 million transistors. Its cache configuration includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is DDR5 with a dual-channel bus and a bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The CPU supports ECC memory and has a TDP of 65 W.

In terms of benchmark scores, the Ryzen 7 9700F achieves a PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and a multi-thread score of 36470. Its integer math score is 120788, floating point math is 77955, and extended instructions score is 33688. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 69996, placing it in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. Its nearest rivals are all within 1% of its score, with the Intel Core i7-14700KF being 0.2% lower, the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX being 0.2% higher, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X being 0.7% higher, and the Intel Core i7-14700K being 0.9% higher.

In Greedfall, the CPU’s role is secondary to the GPU. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, where the CPU would be most likely to bottleneck, the average is 152 FPS. This is well above the refresh rate of most monitors, indicating the CPU is not limiting performance. At 1440p and 4K, the frame rates are even lower, further confirming that the GPU is the binding constraint. The CPU’s high single-thread score of 4691 ensures that game logic and draw call processing are handled efficiently, but the game’s rendering demands outpace the RTX 2060 SUPER’s capabilities.

The CPU’s 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Greedfall, which is not known for heavy multi-threading. The PassMark physics score of 2122 and data compression score of 421988 suggest strong general-purpose performance, but these metrics do not translate directly into higher frame rates in this GPU-bound scenario. The CPU’s 32 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth provide ample memory bandwidth for the game, but again, the GPU’s 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is the more critical factor. Overall, the Ryzen 7 9700F is a capable processor that does not hold back the RTX 2060 SUPER in Greedfall; the graphics card is the definitive performance limiter.