Greedfall

# FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall position among tested systems in Greedfall?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ranks 325th out of 3,703 tested combinations in Greedfall, placing it in the top 8.8% of all systems measured.

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

A: The Ryzen 7 9700X posts an average benchmark score of 37,943, sitting just 0.1% above the Intel Core i9-14901E and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, and 0.3% ahead of the Intel Core 5 211E. It also edges the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 by 0.4%, showing an extremely tight cluster at this performance tier.

Q: What is the GPU's nearest competitor according to average benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER averages 54,209 points, which is 0.1% below the standard RTX 4080 (54,247). The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X trails by 1.1%, while the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and Radeon 8060S sit 2.7% and 2.8% behind, respectively.

Q: What kind of frame rates can one expect at 1080p with this hardware?

A: At 1920x1080, average FPS ranges from 316 on Low settings down to 144 on Ultra. The Medium preset delivers 248 FPS average with a minimum of 211 FPS, while High settings produce 225 FPS on average.

Q: How does the system perform at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160, the combo averages 131 FPS on Low, 103 FPS on Medium (with a minimum of 87 FPS), 93 FPS on High, and 59 FPS on Ultra. The step from High to Ultra at 4K costs 34 FPS, a dramatic drop.

Q: Is the 16 GB VRAM on this GPU relevant for Greedfall?

A: Given that the game's highest measured frame rate at 4K Ultra is 59 FPS, the 16 GB GDDR6X memory capacity is not the limiting factor in this title. The data suggests the rendering workload, not memory size, governs performance at these settings.

# GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER brings 16 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 256-bit bus, yielding 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. For Greedfall, an Action RPG from 2019, this memory subsystem is ample — the game's demands are well within what this GPU can feed. The card's 10,240 shading units and 80 RT cores indicate raw compute headroom, yet the measured results show a clear ceiling imposed by the game engine rather than the hardware.

The GPU's clock behavior matters more than the raw specifications. With a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2550 MHz, the RTX 4080 SUPER sustains high frequencies under load. In Greedfall, this translates to 316 FPS at 1080p Low — a figure that suggests the GPU is barely breaking a sweat at lower resolutions. The frame rates scale predictably: 248 FPS at Medium, 225 FPS at High, and 144 FPS at Ultra. The jump from High to Ultra at 1080p costs 81 FPS, indicating that Ultra settings introduce effects that disproportionately stress the render pipeline.

Moving to 1440p, the pattern holds but with lower absolute numbers. The GPU averages 219 FPS at Low, 172 FPS at Medium, 156 FPS at High, and 100 FPS at Ultra. The 1440p Medium result includes a minimum of 146 FPS and a maximum of 198 FPS, showing a 52 FPS spread that hints at scene-dependent complexity. At 4K, the GPU finally encounters meaningful resistance: 131 FPS at Low, 103 FPS at Medium, 93 FPS at High, and just 59 FPS at Ultra. The 4K Ultra result is the only measured configuration that dips below 60 FPS, marking the boundary of this GPU's comfort zone in this game.

The GPU's percentile rank of 86 versus all GPUs positions it well above the median, but the nearest rivals — the RTX 4080 at -0.1% and the Radeon Pro W5700X at -1.1% — suggest that within its own tier, the 4080 SUPER is not dramatically ahead. In Greedfall specifically, the data shows that the GPU can deliver high refresh rates up to 1440p High, but 4K Ultra demands compromises. The 16 GB VRAM never becomes a bottleneck in these measurements; the limiting factor is the shader and pixel throughput required by Ultra settings.

# CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on 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 substantial single-thread headroom, which is critical for older game engines like the one powering Greedfall. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 per core help maintain data locality, though the game's age means it likely doesn't exploit the full memory hierarchy.

Synthetic benchmarks reveal the CPU's character: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20,485 and single-core score of 2,211, alongside a Geekbench multi-core of 17,906 and single-core of 3,023. The 3DMark results show scaling from 1,280 single-thread to 9,824 at 16 threads and 9,771 at max threads — indicating that beyond 16 threads, there is negligible gain. This saturation point matters for Greedfall, which likely uses fewer threads, meaning the CPU's single-core performance becomes the primary contributor to frame pacing.

The CPU's percentile rank of 86 versus all CPUs places it in the top tier, but its nearest rivals are remarkably close. The Intel Core i9-14901E matches within 0.1%, and the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also sits at 0.1% behind. The data suggests that in CPU-bound scenarios, the 9700X is interchangeable with these competitors. For Greedfall, the measured FPS at 1080p Low (316 FPS) approaches the practical ceiling for many displays, and the fact that 4K Low still achieves 131 FPS implies the CPU is not the bottleneck even at reduced resolutions.

The 9700X's 65 W TDP is notably low for an 8-core part, but this does not appear to constrain gaming performance. The boost clock of 5.50 GHz is competitive, and the single-threaded Passmark score of 4,654 confirms strong per-core throughput. In Greedfall, where physics and AI calculations may be single-thread limited, this CPU provides sufficient headroom. The 3DMark 2-thread score of 2,525 and 4-thread score of 4,869 demonstrate that even with limited thread utilization, the CPU delivers high throughput. The measured frame rates across all resolutions and settings show no signs of CPU-induced stutter or minimum FPS collapses, suggesting the processor is never the limiting component in this combo.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 316 FPS, which is likely beyond the refresh rate of most monitors. Medium settings reduce this to 248 FPS with a minimum of 211 FPS and maximum of 285 FPS — a 74 FPS spread indicating scene complexity affects performance. High settings yield 225 FPS average, while Ultra drops to 144 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 172 FPS, a 54% reduction, showing that Ultra settings significantly increase rendering load.

At 2560x1440, the same settings ladder compresses. Low averages 219 FPS, Medium 172 FPS (with a minimum of 146 FPS and maximum of 198 FPS), High 156 FPS, and Ultra 100 FPS. The percentage drop from Low to Ultra is steeper here: from 219 FPS to 100 FPS, a 54% reduction as well, but the absolute numbers are lower. The 1440p Medium minimum of 146 FPS indicates that even during demanding scenes, the system stays well above 60 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the system's limits become apparent. Low averages 131 FPS, Medium 103 FPS (minimum 87 FPS, maximum 118 FPS), High 93 FPS, and Ultra just 59 FPS. The Ultra result at 4K is the only configuration that dips below the 60 FPS threshold, making it marginal for smooth gameplay. The Medium preset at 4K maintains a minimum of 87 FPS, which suggests that dropping one settings tier from Ultra provides a substantial playability margin.

Comparing across resolutions, the scaling from 1080p to 1440p to 4K is not linear. At High settings, the averages are 225 FPS, 156 FPS, and 93 FPS respectively. At Ultra, they are 144 FPS, 100 FPS, and 59 FPS. The data reveals that each resolution step roughly halves the pixel count, but the FPS does not halve accordingly — indicating that the GPU is not purely pixel-bound at lower resolutions brand, and that the CPU or memory bandwidth may play a role at 1080p.

The Medium settings provide the only fully populated FPS data (min, max, average) across all three resolutions, offering the clearest picture of frame time variance. At 1080p Medium, the spread is 74 FPS; at 1440p, it's 52 FPS; at 4K, it's 31 FPS. This narrowing spread at higher resolutions suggests that as the GPU becomes more loaded, frame times stabilize — a classic sign of GPU-bound behavior at 4K.

# How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 325th out of 3,703 tested combinations in Greedfall, placing it in the 91.2th percentile of all systems. This is a strong showing, but not the absolute top — the data implies that many high-end combinations outperform this pairing in this specific game. Given that the CPU and GPU each rank at the 86th percentile individually, the combo rank of 325/3703 (better than 91.2% of systems) demonstrates that the two components complement each other well in Greedfall.

The CPU's nearest rivals — the Intel Core i9-14901E and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 — are within 0.1% in average synthetic score, suggesting that swapping the 9700X for either would yield nearly identical results in this game. Similarly, the GPU's closest competitor, the standard RTX 4080, is just 0.1% behind in average benchmark score. This implies that the combo's rank is not unique to these exact parts; a system with an RTX 4080 instead of the 4080 SUPER would likely land within a few positions.

What's notable is that the GPU's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB at -2.7% and the Radeon 8060S at -2.8%. These are significantly slower cards on paper, yet the delta is small in synthetic terms. In Greedfall, the combo's rank suggests that the game is not heavily GPU-bound at lower resolutions, which would compress the performance gap between GPUs. The fact that this combo achieves 316 FPS at 1080p Low — a figure that exceeds what most displays can show — indicates that the ranking at higher resolutions carries more weight.

The percentile ranks (86 for both CPU and GPU) versus the combo rank (better than 91.2% of systems) highlight a synergy: when paired, these components achieve more than their individual percentiles would suggest. This could be due to the CPU's strong single-thread performance complementing the GPU's high fill rate, or it could reflect that Greedfall favors the specific balance this combo offers. The data does not include other combos' FPS, but the rank position relative to the total pool implies that this pairing is well above the median experience.

# Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the system averages 248 FPS with a minimum of 211 FPS — far above any display's refresh requirements. At 1440p Medium, the average is 172 FPS with a minimum of 146 FPS, still ensuring smooth gameplay even in demanding scenes. At 4K Medium, the average of 103 FPS with a minimum of 87 FPS provides a comfortable margin above the 60 FPS threshold.

The High preset is viable but less forgiving. At 1080p High, the 225 FPS average is excellent, but the lack of minimum FPS data makes it harder to assess worst-case performance. At 1440p High, the 156 FPS average is strong, though the step from Medium to High costs 16 FPS. At 4K High, the 93 FPS average is playable but begins to approach the edge of comfort.

Ultra settings are only recommended at 1080p, where the 144 FPS average ensures smooth gameplay. At 1440p Ultra, the 100 FPS average is acceptable but represents a significant drop from Medium. At 4K Ultra, the 59 FPS average falls below the 60 FPS threshold, making it the only configuration that risks perceptible stutter. For players prioritizing frame rate consistency, Medium at 4K or Ultra at 1440p is preferable to High at 4K, as the Medium preset's minimum FPS (87 at 4K) is higher than the High preset's average (93 FPS but no minimum data).

The Low preset, while delivering the highest frame rates (316 FPS at 1080p, 219 FPS at 1440p, 131 FPS at 4K), sacrifices visual fidelity for performance that most displays cannot utilize. Given that Medium at 4K still achieves 103 FPS, there is little reason to drop below Medium on this hardware unless targeting extreme refresh rates on high-end monitors.

# Resolution Scaling

The FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the averages are 248 FPS (1080p), 172 FPS (1440p), and 103 FPS (4K). The step from 1080p to 1440p represents a 30.6% decrease (76 FPS), while the step from 1440p to 4K represents a 40.1% decrease (69 FPS). This non-linear scaling indicates that the system becomes more GPU-bound as resolution increases, which is expected given the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K.

At High settings, the pattern shows averages of 225 FPS (1080p), 156 FPS (1440p), and 93 FPS (4K). The drops are 30.7% from 1080p to 1440p, and 40.4% from 1440p to 4K. These percentages are remarkably consistent with the Medium preset, suggesting that the rendering workload scales similarly regardless of quality level. At Ultra settings, the averages are 144 FPS (1080p), 100 FPS (1440p), and 59 FPS (4K), with drops of 30.6% and 41.0% respectively.

The fact that the percentage drops are nearly identical across all settings implies that the limiting component scales predictably. If the CPU were the bottleneck, we would expect smaller FPS drops when increasing resolution, because the CPU workload remains constant while the GPU workload increases. Instead, the consistent ~30-40% drops suggest that even at 1080p, the system is partially GPU-bound, or that the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU at all resolutions.

The 4K Ultra result of 59 FPS is particularly informative. At this setting, the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, as the CPU's performance is unlikely to change with resolution. The fact that 4K Medium achieves 103 FPS — a 44 FPS increase over Ultra — indicates that the Ultra preset introduces effects (likely shadows, reflections, or post-processing) that disproportionately tax the GPU. The resolution scaling from 1080p to 4K at Ultra costs 85 FPS, while at Low it costs 185 FPS, showing that the game's scaling behavior is not uniform across quality presets.

Overall, the data suggests that this combo is balanced for 1440p gaming, where it delivers between 100 FPS (Ultra) and 219 FPS (Low). At 4K, the system can handle Medium settings comfortably but struggles with Ultra, indicating that players seeking 4K should prioritize the Medium preset for a smooth experience. The CPU's strong single-thread performance ensures that resolution scaling is smooth and predictable, with no signs of CPU-induced frame drops even at 1080p.