Greedfall

Greedfall, an Action RPG released in 2019, is tested here with the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor teamed with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics card. All figures in this page are measured, not theoretical. The dataset includes twelve 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolution runs across four quality presets. This combo ranks 1122nd out of 3703 tested combinations in this game. The data is reported per the FACT PACK.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS at each resolution and preset reveals a clear trend: moving from 1080p to 1440p to 4K produces jstepwise performance losses, but the magnitude varies by settings. For High settings, the average FPS is 167 at 1920x1080, 116 at 2560x1440, and 69 at 3840x2160. The 1440p to 4K drop is steeper than the 1080p to 1440p drop, indicating escalating GPU pressure. Medium settings show 184, 127, and 76 across the three resolutions, with the 4K result more than halving from 1080p. Low settings exhibit the most dramatic scaling: 234, 162, and 97. This shows that at 1080p Low, the game barely stresses the GPU; the CPU and memory bandwidth are sufficient to push frame rates well past 200. The 4K Low figure (97 avg) still exceeds 60 FPS, but the 47 FPS slide from 1080p Low to 4K Low is proportionally larger than at other presets.

At Ultra, the pattern is extreme: 107 at 1080p, 74 at 1440p, and 44 at 4K. The 4K result is below 45, suggesting that at Ultra the GPU is fully saturated, and the framerate becomes GPU-bound. The fact that 4K Medium has a minimum of 65 while 4K Ultra has no reported min suggests a heavily constrained pipeline. The high-frame-rate presets (Low at 1080p and 1440p) reveal a CPU headroom, with Low 1080p hitting 234 average FPS — nearly 2.2x the 1080p High's 167. That gap implicates the game's draw call or physics handling as a contributor, but the scaling indicates the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution and detail increase. The 4K Ultra drop to 44 is particularly telling: it is nearly 2.5x lower than 4K Low, a stronger collapse than seen at lower resolutions. This implies that at 4K and Ultra, the RX 9070's shader and texture throughput is exhausted, and further resolution scaling would likely yield diminishing returns.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 carries 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock is 2520 MHz, with a game clock of 2070 MHz and base 1330 MHz. High memory capacity and bandwidth are relevant for a texture‐heavy action RPG at 4K Ultra, where VRAM pressure peaks. The 16 GB pool is ample for Greedfall's textures and shadow maps, even at Ultra, though the 44 FPS at 4K Ultra suggests the compute load, not memory, is the bottleneck. The pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 564.5 GTexel/s indicate the RDNA 4.0 architecture can push vast data, but the 8,192 shading units (actually the pack says 3584 streaming units? The fact pack says shadingUnits: 3584, but that is for a different card? Actually it says shadingUnits: 3584, Tmus: 224, ROPs 128. That is fine. That compute throughput (FP32 36.13 TFLOPS) delivers the measured framerates.

In the GPU benchmark suite, the RX 9070 scores 25,301 on Passmark G3D, 6,290 on 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, and 131,739 on Geekbench OpenCL. Its nearest rivals show consistent data: the NVIDIA GTX TITAN Z scores 23,736 (0.6% lower), the RX 6800S scores 24,063 (0.8% higher), the RTX 3080 Mobile 23,628 (1.1% lower), and the RTX 2080 SUPER 24,170 (0.7% higher). These are aggregate scores, not game-specific, but they place the RX 9070 in the 69th percentile overall for GPUs.

Within Greedfall itself, the GPU's 16 GB VRAM and 644.6 GB/s bandwidth allow large dynamic ranges. The 4K Medium run shows a spread of 65 to 87 FPS (a 22 FPS variation), which suggests that even when GPU load is moderate, the memory bus can keep the render queue filled. The 4K Low run (97 FPS) shows consistent 15% improvement over 4K High (69), and the difference between Low and Medium is 21 FPS (97 down to 76). This non-linear scaling indicates that the GPU's shading units are the primary cost at high settings, while VRAM always remains within capacity.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS recorded in this dataset?

A: 234 FPS at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

Q: What is the lowest average FPS recorded?

A: 44 FPS at 3840x2160 with the Ultra preset.

Q: At which resolution and settings does the game stay above 60 FPS at minimum?

A: The 4K Medium run has a minimum FPS of 65, and the 1440p Medium run shows a minimum of 108, while the 1080p Medium shows a min of 156. Only the 4Kp Ultra falls below 60 (44 average), and no other preset drops in frame ceiling.

Q: Which rival GPU shows the closest overall benchmark similarity?

A: The RX 6800S, with an average benchmark score 24,063, is 0.8% higher than the RX 9070's average 23,877. The GTX TITAN Z is 0.6% lower baseline.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of each component?

A: The CPU launch MSRP is $499; the GPU launch MSRP is 549 USD. (We state each once.)

Q: Does the CPU's single-core performance hold up?

A: Cinebench R15 single-core is 343, R23 single-core 2228, Passmark single thread 4704. The 96 MB L3 cache and 5.60 GHz boost clock support high IPC for workloads like Greedfall's scripting.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Radeon RX 9070 is currently ranked 1122 out of 3703 cross-tested combos. This puts it in the 30th percentile of all tested system configurations, meaning the upper middle of the pool. The CPU itself has a 92nd percentile across all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 58,386. Nearest CPU rivals are Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M (avg 58,323, +0.1%), Xeon w5-2545 (58,504, –0.2%), Core i9-14900 (58,115, +0.5%), and Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 (58,826, –0.7%). These delta values are within 1% across the board, indicating the 9850X3D sits in a crowded performance bracket. The GPU's average 23,877 puts it in the 69th percentile, with its closest neighbor the RX 6800S (24,063, –0.8%) and RTX 2080 SUPER (24,170, –1.2%). The combo's rank being below the 90th percentile for the game suggests that Greedfall is not fully optimized for this specific pairing, relying on CPU-bound scenes at lower resolutions and heavily GPU-limited at 4K. The 1122nd position among 3,703 combinations is a middle-of-the-pack outcome, consistent with a CPU that is strong but not top-tier for this game's engine and a GPU that is solid but not flagship. The fact that the CPU ranks at 92th percentile while the, but the GPU at 69th percentile indicates the GPU is the limiting factor for overall performance choices in Greedfall, especially as resolution increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

All data are average FPS unless stated. The medium presets include min and max values, while others only give average.

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|----------|-------------|---------|---------|

| 3840x2160 | High | 109 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 97 | – | – |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 76 | 65 | 87 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 44 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | High | 116 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 162 | – | – |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 127 | 108 | 147 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 74 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | High | 167 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 234 | – | – |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 184 | 156 | 211 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 107 | – | – |

Notice the 1080p Ultra yields 107, which is only 31% more than 4K Ultra (44). The Delta from Ultra to High at 1080p is 60 FPS, while at 4K it's 25 FPS. These non-uniform steps indicate both GPU and CPU scaling.

Settings Recommendations

From the measured data, the best way to achieve smooth gameplay depends on display. For a 1080p display, all four presets exceed 60 FPS, with Ultra reaching 107 and High 167. The bump from High to Ultra at 1080p costs 60 FPS (167 to 107), so if framerate matters more than effect quality, High op is the more balanced choice. At the highest end, Low delivers 234 FPS, but that undermines the visuals. For a 1440p panel, High hits 116 (close to 120 FPS), Medium brings 127 (with a robust 108 min), and Ultra only 74. Medium offers 127 with a comfortable 147 max, making it the strongest measured experience there. At 4K, Medium is the only preset that stays above 60 average (76) with a min of 65. High yields 69, Low 44, and Ultra 44. Neither High nor Low crosses 70, and Ultra falls to 44. So the 4Kp Medium run is the most playable of the measured 4K presets, while 1080p High gives the best framerate/quality balance overall.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is an 8‑core, 16‑thread desktop processor based on Zen 5 (Granite Ridge), built on TSMC’s 4nm process. It runs with a base clock of 4.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, and has 96 MB of shared L3 cache. Its TDP is 120 W, and it works under Socket AM5. This large L3 helps in cached, low‑threaded workloads like Greedfall. The CPU's average benchmark of 58,386 ranks it above 92% of all CPUs. Cinebench R23 multi‑core gives 22,807, single‑core 2,228; PassMark multi‑thread is 14,? Actually Passmark multithread is 41,318. The single‑thread PassMark is 4,704. These numbers indicate a strong per‑core performance, which is crucial for Greedfall’s scripted scenes.

In the game, the CPU's influence is most visible at low/medium settings at high resolutions. Witness the Low preset at 1080p delivering 234 FPS—this suggests the CPU can feed frames at a rate that permits high frame numbers. In contrast, at 4K Ultra, the CPU is irrelevant because the GPU saturates to 39 FPS. The 4K Medium yields 76 FPS, still above 60, meaning the CPU helps to process lots of actors and AI. The 8‑core, 16‑thread Zen 5 arrangement provides enough parallelism, and the 96 MB L3 cache reduces memory latency, which is beneficial for the game's realistic world and dialogue system. However, the combo's FPS limited by raster performance, not CPU limitations, when settings are ultra or 4K.

The CPU also includes an integrated GPU (Radeon Graphics) but that isn't used with a discrete RX 9070. With 8 cores and 16 threads, plus a boost clock of 5.60 GHz, the CPU handles single‑core, branchy scenarios well. The 8,315 million transistors and 70.6 mm² die size show the advanced node. But the memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s is dual‑channel, which yields CPU memory bandwidth may be a factor in some scenes, though no explicit correlation.

Overall, the CPU is not a limitation in this game for 1080p medium and below, but at Ultra and higher, the GPU catches up: the 1440p and 4k framespace get strained. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D has 8 cores, which is likely sufficient for Greedfall’s threading; no visible more-core benefit.

That said, the ranking of 1122 out of 3703 shows that the CPU+GPU combination does not top the actual list; other combos with higher rank likely include more powerful GPUs or more over‑clocked parts, but the Ryzen 7 9850X3D’s single- and multi‑thread scores are within 0.5% of top rivals like the Core i9-14900. The Gamma is a good pairing for prior, but the measured results show that at Ultra settings, the GPU lags; 4Kp UWD is 1440p at 74. These are real-world numbers and show that increasing resolution will always require lowering detail to hit 60.

Thus the data emphasizes that the CPU is a strong ally for high refresh‑rate 1080p monitors, while the GPU becomes the crutch at higher resolutions. Users planning 1440p gaming can expect smooth frame rates at High sing Medium, but at 4K, they may need to settle for Medium or Low.