Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER places at rank 1292 out of 1705 tested combinations for Greedfall. This position, within the bottom quarter of the database, reflects a pairing where the GPU’s age and mid-range positioning constrain the experience more than the processor’s substantial headroom. The combination lands in the 24th percentile of all tested setups, indicating that most other configurations deliver higher average frame rates in this Action RPG. While the CPU is a top-tier part—ranking in the 90th percentile of all CPUs—the GPU’s 63rd percentile standing pulls the overall result down, creating a notable imbalance that defines this combo’s performance profile.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip manufactured on a 12 nm process at TSMC, containing 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which proves adequate for Greedfall’s textures but becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions. The GPU’s base clock runs at 1470 MHz with a boost of 1650 MHz, while memory operates at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). With 2176 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, the card delivers 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and a pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s.

Benchmark data shows the GPU’s average score at 19774, placing it just 0.3% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN and 0.5% ahead of the RTX 2070, while trailing the Quadro K5200 by 0.8%. These margins are razor-thin, suggesting the RTX 2060 SUPER sits at a performance plateau where generational improvements are minimal. In Greedfall specifically, the GPU’s role becomes evident when examining frame rates across settings. At 1080p High, the combo achieves 106.4 FPS, but dropping to Low yields 149.5 FPS—a 40% increase that shows the GPU’s workload scaling directly with visual fidelity. The card’s 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores are present but unused in this title, as Greedfall does not leverage ray tracing, meaning the GPU’s traditional rasterization pipeline carries the entire load.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates reveal a clear pattern of GPU limitation as resolution increases. At 1080p High, the combo produces 106.4 FPS, which drops to 72.8 FPS at 1440p (a 31.6% reduction) and further to 44.1 FPS at 4K (a 58.5% reduction from 1080p). This scaling curve is steep, indicating that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s memory bandwidth and compute resources become increasingly saturated at higher pixel counts. The Ultra preset tells a similar story: 66.6 FPS at 1080p falls to 47.6 FPS at 1440p and bottoms out at 30.5 FPS at 4K—a 54.2% total drop that makes 4K Ultra effectively unplayable for smooth gameplay.

The data suggests the CPU is not the bottleneck at any resolution. If the Ryzen 9 5900X were limiting performance, frame rates would remain relatively flat across resolutions, but the consistent 30-40% drops between 1080p and 1440p, and again from 1440p to 4K, point squarely at the GPU. The Low preset at 4K achieves 62.6 FPS, which is higher than the Ultra preset at 1080p (66.6 FPS is close, but 4K Low still delivers playable performance). This indicates that even at 4K, reducing settings can unlock acceptable frame rates, but the GPU’s ceiling is clearly visible. The gap between Medium and High at all resolutions is modest—around 10%—while the jump from High to Ultra is much larger, suggesting the Ultra preset introduces disproportionately heavy effects that strain the GPU’s 8 GB frame buffer and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank in Greedfall?

A: This configuration ranks 1292 out of 1705 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 24% of all tested setups for this game.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its closest rivals?

A: The GPU’s average benchmark score of 19774 is just 0.3% higher than the GeForce GTX TITAN and 0.5% higher than the RTX 2070, while trailing the Quadro K5200 by 0.8% and the Tesla K40m by 1.3%.

Q: What frame rate can be expected at 1440p with High settings?

A: The combo delivers 72.8 FPS at 2560x1440 with High settings, which is a 31.6% reduction from the 106.4 FPS achieved at 1080p with the same settings.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in this pairing?

A: The frame rate scaling across resolutions indicates the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the Ryzen 9 5900X’s 90th percentile CPU ranking vastly exceeds the GPU’s 63rd percentile standing.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming?

A: At 4K Ultra, the combo produces only 30.5 FPS, but lowering to Medium yields 46.9 FPS and Low achieves 62.6 FPS, showing that playable results require reduced settings.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory configuration?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for 1080p but strained at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X provides substantial computational headroom that goes largely unused in Greedfall. With 12 cores and 24 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture (codenamed Vermeer) on a 7 nm TSMC process, the CPU runs at a 3.70 GHz base clock and boosts to 4.80 GHz. Its 64 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s bandwidth ensure no data starvation occurs for the GPU. The CPU’s 105 W TDP and PCIe Gen 4 interface are more than adequate for this title, which released in 2019 and does not demand high core counts.

Benchmark results confirm the CPU’s strength: Cinebench R23 multicore scores 33150, and single-core reaches 4680, while Geekbench multicore hits 11877. The processor’s average benchmark score of 39453 places it in the 90th percentile of all CPUs, marginally ahead of the AMD EPYC 4245P by 0.2% and the Intel Core i7-13700F by 0.9%, while trailing the Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS by 0.7% and the Core i7-13700 by 1%. These rival deltas are all within 1%, indicating the 5900X sits at a performance tier where minor architectural differences dominate.

In Greedfall, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic without becoming a limiting factor. The evidence is clear: at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 149.5 FPS, which is 40% higher than 1080p High (106.4 FPS). If the CPU were the bottleneck, this setting change would produce minimal FPS gains, but the substantial increase shows the GPU’s workload is the constraint. The 12-core, 24-thread configuration handles the game’s single-threaded and lightly-threaded tasks effortlessly, with 3DMark single-thread scores of 941 and 16-thread scores of 9075 confirming balanced performance. The CPU’s 64 MB L3 cache and 8,300 million transistors provide ample headroom for background tasks and future titles, but for Greedfall specifically, the processor’s 90th percentile ranking versus the GPU’s 63rd percentile creates a mismatch where the GPU consistently determines the final frame rate.