Greedfall

# Greedfall Performance Analysis: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

The combination of AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA's Turing-based RTX 2070 SUPER delivers a playable but resolution-sensitive experience in Greedfall, with the GPU consistently acting as the primary bottleneck as resolution climbs. The measured data covers twelve distinct configurations across three resolutions and four quality presets, revealing a system that excels at 1080p but struggles to maintain smooth frame rates at 4K Ultra settings.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate deltas between 1080p and 4K are dramatic across all quality presets, clearly indicating that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the limiting component at higher resolutions. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 119.4 FPS at 1920x1080 to 83.3 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of roughly 30% just by moving to 1440p. The scaling continues steeply to 4K, where the same High preset yields only 51.8 FPS — a 56.6% drop from 1080p.

The Low preset shows the most extreme scaling, with 169 FPS at 1080p falling to 113.4 FPS at 1440p and then to 70.9 FPS at 4K. This 58% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings suggests the GPU's raw throughput is saturated even when graphical features are minimized. The Ultra preset tells a similar story: 75.8 FPS at 1080p degrades to 53.7 FPS at 1440p and bottoms out at 34.1 FPS at 4K.

The pattern across all settings is consistent: the gap between 1440p and 4K is proportionally larger than the gap between 1080p and 1440p. For instance, at Medium settings, the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 28.5%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 41.2%. This accelerating degradation at higher resolutions points directly to pixel throughput limits on the GPU rather than any CPU constraint.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is built on the 12 nm TU104 chip with 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. Its boost clock of 1770 MHz and base clock of 1605 MHz drive a FP32 performance of 9.062 TFLOPS. The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which becomes a critical factor when Greedfall's asset streaming demands increase at 4K resolution.

The GPU's benchmark positioning places it in the 65th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 22,206. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A400 (0.5% lower score) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z (0.9% lower), while the RTX 4060 Mobile sits 2.3% higher and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 trails by 2.5%. This clustering suggests the RTX 2070 SUPER remains competitive with mid-range offerings from subsequent generations.

In Greedfall specifically, the GPU's 8 GB VRAM capacity combined with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth appears sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming, as evidenced by the strong frame rates at those resolutions. However, the 4K Ultra result of 34.1 FPS indicates that the memory subsystem and compute resources are overwhelmed at the highest settings. The GPU's 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores, while present, do not appear to provide meaningful acceleration for this title's traditional rasterization workload.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X brings substantial processing headroom to this pairing, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge codename) built on TSMC's 4 nm process. With a base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 5.50 GHz, the CPU delivers strong single-thread and multi-thread performance that far exceeds what Greedfall requires. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 cache per core provide ample fast memory for game logic and AI computations.

The CPU's benchmark results confirm its high-end positioning. In Cinebench R23, the Ryzen 7 9700X scores 31,588 in multi-core and 4,459 in single-core tests. Geekbench results show 17,002 multi-core and 3,353 single-core. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 9,824 and single-thread score of 1,280 further illustrate balanced performance. With an 89th percentile ranking among all CPUs and an average benchmark score of 36,029, the 9700X sits within 0.4% of the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (36,165) and 0.2% of the Intel Core i5-14500HX (35,940).

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is clearly secondary. Evidence comes from the measured frame rates: at 1080p Low, the system achieves 169 FPS, which approaches the practical ceiling for this GPU configuration. The fact that raising resolution to 4K Low still yields 70.9 FPS while CPU load remains unchanged demonstrates that the Ryzen 7 9700X is never the bottleneck. Even at 1080p Ultra with 75.8 FPS, the CPU has ample headroom given its 5.50 GHz boost capability and 16 threads.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers excellent performance across all settings. Low settings produce 169 FPS average, Medium achieves 130.7 FPS, High reaches 119.4 FPS, and Ultra still maintains a very playable 75.8 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 93.2 FPS, indicating that quality presets have substantial impact even at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, performance remains strong but the quality preset gap narrows. Low settings average 113.4 FPS, Medium drops to 93.4 FPS, and High follows at 83.3 FPS. Ultra at 1440p falls to 53.7 FPS, which is the first configuration in the dataset that dips below the 60 FPS threshold. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 59.7 FPS, showing that GPU limits begin to compress the performance range.

At 3840x2160, the RTX 2070 SUPER clearly struggles. Low settings average 70.9 FPS, which remains fluid, but Medium drops to 54.9 FPS and High to 51.8 FPS. Ultra at 4K produces just 34.1 FPS, making it the only configuration in the entire dataset that falls below 40 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K narrows further to 36.8 FPS, confirming that the GPU is saturated and quality settings have diminishing returns. Across all resolutions, the system's overall ranking in Greedfall is 1,031 out of 1,705 recorded combinations, placing it in the upper portion of tested configurations.

FAQ

Q: Is this system capable of 60 FPS gaming in Greedfall at 1440p?

A: Yes, at Low, Medium, and High settings. The measured results show 113.4 FPS at Low, 93.4 FPS at Medium, and 83.3 FPS at High for 2560x1440. Only Ultra settings at 1440p fall below 60 FPS with 53.7 FPS.

Q: What is the best resolution for Ultra settings with this hardware?

A: 1920x1080 is the only resolution where Ultra settings maintain a comfortable frame rate. The system delivers 75.8 FPS at 1080p Ultra, compared to 53.7 FPS at 1440p Ultra and 34.1 FPS at 4K Ultra.

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

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER scores 22,206 on average, sitting just 0.5% below the NVIDIA RTX A400 (22,307) and 0.9% above the GTX TITAN Z (22,006). The RTX 4060 Mobile leads by 2.3% with 22,729, while the RX 5700 trails by 2.5% at 21,670.

Q: Does the Ryzen 7 9700X bottleneck the RTX 2070 SUPER in this game?

A: No. The CPU's strong performance, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 31,588 and single-core score of 4,459, means it has significant headroom. The consistent frame rate drops when moving from 1080p to 4K indicate the GPU is the limiting factor.

Q: What is the performance difference between 4K and 1080p at High settings?

A: At High settings, the system delivers 119.4 FPS at 1920x1080 but only 51.8 FPS at 3840x2160, representing a 56.6% reduction in average frame rate.

Q: How does this system rank overall for Greedfall performance?

A: The combination ranks 1,031 out of 1,705 total tested CPU-GPU combinations, placing it in the upper 40% of all configurations recorded for this game.