Greedfall

# Greedfall Performance Analysis: AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 delivers a robust Greedfall experience across all tested resolutions and settings, with the data showing a combination that ranks 254th out of 3,703 tested combos in this title. The 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 processor with a 5.50 GHz boost clock and the Ada Lovelace GPU with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory produce frame rates that range from a playable 60 FPS at 4K Ultra to a staggering 318 FPS at 1080p Low, indicating significant headroom for high-refresh-rate displays at lower resolutions.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals a clear hierarchy of performance across the four quality presets, and the optimal choice depends heavily on the target resolution and display capabilities. At 1920x1080, every preset exceeds 145 FPS on average, with Low hitting 318 FPS, Medium at 249 FPS, High at 226 FPS, and Ultra at 145 FPS. Given that even Ultra at 1080p delivers frame rates well above standard 144 Hz monitors, users with 1080p displays can confidently select Ultra settings without sacrificing smoothness, as the 145 FPS average remains competitive for most gaming scenarios.

Moving to 2560x1440, the data shows a similar pattern with more moderate margins. Ultra produces 100 FPS average, High reaches 157 FPS, Medium 173 FPS, and Low 220 FPS. For 1440p users, the sweet spot appears to be High or Medium, as both comfortably exceed 144 Hz thresholds while providing substantially better visual fidelity than Low. The 57 FPS gap between Ultra and High at this resolution suggests that the Ultra preset introduces a significant rendering cost that may not justify the visual gains for competitive play, though 100 FPS remains perfectly serviceable for a single-player Action RPG like Greedfall.

At 3840x2160, the performance landscape shifts dramatically. Ultra drops to 60 FPS average, which is technically playable but leaves no headroom for demanding scenes. High settings at 4K yield 94 FPS, Medium 103 FPS, and Low 131 FPS. The recommendation for 4K is clearly High or Medium, as both provide smooth frame rates above 90 FPS while maintaining acceptable visual quality. Ultra at 4K should be reserved for players who prioritize image fidelity over frame rate consistency, as the 60 FPS average sits at the minimum threshold for many gamers. Overall, the best experience per the measured rows is High settings at any resolution, as it balances the 94 FPS at 4K, 157 FPS at 1440p, and 226 FPS at 1080p with substantial visual improvements over Low and Medium.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 plays a pivotal role in Greedfall's performance, particularly as resolution increases and the rendering load shifts toward the graphics subsystem. The GPU features 9,728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 raster output units, operating at a boost clock of 2505 MHz. With 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, the card provides 716.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, which proves ample for Greedfall's textures and geometry at all tested settings.

The data demonstrates that the RTX 4080 scales predictably with resolution when settings remain constant. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 226 FPS at 1080p to 157 FPS at 1440p (a 31% reduction) and further to 94 FPS at 4K (a 58% reduction from 1080p). This scaling pattern is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions, where the 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 280.6 GPixel/s pixel rate become the limiting factors. The GPU's 16 GB memory capacity ensures that even at 4K Ultra, there is no indication of VRAM throttling, as the 60 FPS average at that preset is more attributable to compute load than memory exhaustion.

The RTX 4080's nearest rivals in the synthetic benchmark data include the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% higher average score) and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (2.6% lower). While these synthetic scores suggest near-parity with the SUPER variant, the measured Greedfall results show the RTX 4080 delivering excellent real-world performance that aligns with its 86th percentile ranking among all GPUs. The card's 320 W TDP and triple-slot design indicate a high-power component, but the benchmark results justify this footprint with consistently high frame rates across the entire settings matrix.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals important insights about the system's bottleneck characteristics in Greedfall. At Low settings, the frame rates are 318 FPS at 1080p, 220 FPS at 1440p, and 131 FPS at 4K. This represents a 31% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 59% drop from 1080p to 4K. The near-linear scaling with pixel count (1080p has 2.07 million pixels, 1440p has 3.69 million, and 4K has 8.29 million) suggests that at Low settings, the GPU is the primary limiter even at 1080p, since the Ryzen 7 9700F's 8 cores and 16 threads are capable of feeding the GPU at these extreme frame rates.

At Medium settings, the scaling shows 249 FPS at 1080p, 173 FPS at 1440p, and 103 FPS at 4K, with the 1440p-to-4K drop being 40% and the 1080p-to-4K drop being 59%. The High preset follows a similar trajectory: 226 FPS at 1080p, 157 FPS at 1440p, and 94 FPS at 4K, representing a 58% reduction from 1080p to 4K. Ultra settings exhibit the steepest scaling curve: 145 FPS at 1080p, 100 FPS at 1440p, and 60 FPS at 4K, a 59% decrease from 1080p to 4K.

The consistency of the 58-59% performance drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings strongly indicates that the RTX 4080 is the dominant performance limiter at 4K, with the CPU providing sufficient headroom even at the lowest preset. The 1080p-to-1440p drops range from 31% to 38%, which is slightly less than the theoretical pixel count increase of 78%, suggesting that at 1080p, there may be some CPU overhead that becomes less relevant as resolution increases. However, the Ryzen 7 9700F's strong single-thread performance (PassMark single-thread score of 4,691) ensures that even at 1080p Low with 318 FPS, the processor does not become a catastrophic bottleneck.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combination achieves a combo rank of 254 out of 3,703 tested configurations in Greedfall, placing it in the top 6.9% of all tested combos. This ranking reflects the substantial performance headroom demonstrated in the measured FPS data, where even the most demanding preset (4K Ultra) maintains a 60 FPS average. The CPU's 94th percentile ranking among all processors and the GPU's 86th percentile ranking among all GPUs combine to create a system that excels in this Action RPG title.

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks include the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (0.2% higher average score), Intel Core i7-14700KF (0.2% lower), AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (0.7% higher), and Intel Core i7-14700K (0.9% higher). These marginal differences of less than 1% indicate that the Ryzen 7 9700F is competitively positioned within the high-end desktop processor market, and its performance in Greedfall is unlikely to be a limiting factor except in the most extreme CPU-bound scenarios. The GPU's nearest rivals show a similar pattern, with the RTX 4080 SUPER 0.1% higher, the Radeon Pro W5700X 1.1% higher, and the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB 2.6% lower, placing the RTX 4080 in a tight cluster of high-performance graphics cards.

The combo rank of 254 suggests that while this pairing is exceptionally capable, there are 253 other configurations that deliver even higher performance in Greedfall, likely featuring more powerful GPUs like the RTX 4090 or newer generations. Nevertheless, the measured data shows that this combo provides excellent 4K Ultra playability at 60 FPS, which is a significant achievement for a game released in 2019.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F contributes to Greedfall's performance through its 8 cores and 16 threads, operating at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boosting to 5.50 GHz. Built on the Zen 5 architecture at TSMC's 4 nm process node, the processor features 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 80 KB of L1 cache per core, with 1 MB of L2 cache per core. The CPU's 65 W TDP and 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth on a dual-channel DDR5 interface provide sufficient memory throughput for feeding the RTX 4080 at high frame rates.

In the measured FPS data, the CPU's role becomes most apparent at 1080p Low, where the system achieves 318 FPS. This extreme frame rate requires the processor to deliver draw calls, physics calculations, and game logic updates at a rapid pace, and the Ryzen 7 9700F's 5.50 GHz boost clock and high single-thread performance (PassMark single-thread score of 4,691) enable this throughput. The PassMark multithread score of 36,470 further indicates robust multi-core capabilities, which benefit Greedfall's open-world environments that often utilize multiple threads for streaming and AI.

Comparing to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 7 9700F's average benchmark score of 69,996 places it within 0.9% of the Intel Core i7-14700K and 0.7% of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, demonstrating that it delivers competitive CPU performance despite having fewer cores than some alternatives. The data suggests that in Greedfall, the CPU is not the primary bottleneck at any tested resolution or setting, as the consistent 58-59% performance drop from 1080p to 4K across all presets indicates GPU-bound behavior at higher resolutions, while even at 1080p Low with 318 FPS, the processor keeps pace with the GPU's output.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for this system in Greedfall?

A: Based on the measured data, High settings at 2560x1440 provides an excellent balance with 157 FPS average, while 3840x2160 at High yields 94 FPS. For maximum visual quality at 4K, Medium settings at 103 FPS is preferable to Ultra at 60 FPS due to the substantial frame rate advantage.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 compare to its closest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER?

A: The RTX 4080's average benchmark score is 54,247, which is 0.1% lower than the RTX 4080 SUPER's 54,209 (deltaPct of 0.1). This indicates virtually identical synthetic performance, and in Greedfall, the RTX 4080 delivers frame rates that are effectively indistinguishable from the SUPER variant.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 9700F a bottleneck for the RTX 4080 in this game?

A: The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 318 FPS, and at 4K High, it reaches 94 FPS. The consistent 58-59% performance drop from 1080p to 4K across all settings indicates that the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions, while the CPU's 5.50 GHz boost clock and 8 cores provide sufficient headroom even at extreme frame rates.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra is 60 FPS, with no reported minimum or maximum values. This is the lowest average among all tested settings and resolutions, but it remains playable for a single-player Action RPG.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: This combination ranks 254th out of 3,703 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the top 6.9% of all configurations. This ranking reflects the system's ability to maintain high frame rates across all settings and resolutions.

Q: Does the CPU's 32 MB of L3 cache impact Greedfall performance?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700F features 32 MB of shared L3 cache, which helps reduce memory latency for frequently accessed data. While the measured data does not isolate cache effects, the CPU's strong PassMark scores (single-thread 4,691, multithread 36,470) suggest that cache and memory architecture are sufficient for the game's demands.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 318 FPS, Medium achieves 249 FPS with a minimum of 212 FPS and maximum of 287 FPS, High reaches 226 FPS, and Ultra settles at 145 FPS. These numbers indicate that at 1080p, every preset provides smooth performance suitable for high-refresh-rate displays, with even Ultra exceeding 144 Hz.

At 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows expected scaling. Low settings average 220 FPS, Medium averages 173 FPS with a range of 147 to 199 FPS, High produces 157 FPS, and Ultra drops to 100 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 147 FPS confirms that frame time consistency is maintained even during demanding scenes, while Ultra at 100 FPS still provides a solid experience for most users.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates become more moderate. Low settings average 131 FPS, Medium averages 103 FPS with a minimum of 88 FPS and maximum of 119 FPS, High reaches 94 FPS, and Ultra averages 60 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K demonstrates a notable minimum-to-average ratio, with the 88 FPS minimum indicating occasional dips but overall acceptable performance. High and Medium at 4K both exceed 90 FPS averages, making them the recommended presets for 4K displays, while Ultra should only be considered by users who prioritize visual fidelity over frame rate stability.