Greedfall

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X + RTX 5060 combo rank in Greedfall?

A: This combo ranks 841st out of 1705 tested combinations, placing it in the middle of the database. The processor sits at the 90th percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU is at the 73rd percentile among all GPUs, suggesting the pairing is balanced but not top-tier for this title.

Q: What is the best settings/resolution combination for smooth gameplay?

A: At 1920x1080, High settings deliver 134.6 FPS, Medium delivers 148 FPS, and Low hits 192.6 FPS. At 2560x1440, High delivers 91.5 FPS and Medium 103 FPS, while Ultra drops to 61.7 FPS. For 4K, High produces 55.3 FPS, making it the highest playable preset at that resolution.

Q: How much performance does the RTX 5060 lose when moving from 1080p to 4K?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 134.6 at 1920x1080 to 91.5 at 2560x1440, then down to 55.3 at 3840x2160. This represents a 59% reduction from 1080p to 4K at High settings, indicating the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions.

Q: Is the RTX 5060's 8 GB VRAM sufficient for Greedfall at 4K?

A: The data shows playable frame rates at 4K High (55.3 FPS) and 4K Medium (62.3 FPS), but Ultra at 4K drops to 35.9 FPS. The 8 GB GDDR7 memory with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth appears adequate for this 2019 title, though Ultra settings at 4K push the combination past its comfort zone.

Q: How does the RTX 5060 compare to its nearest rival, the RX 7700 XT?

A: The RTX 5060 has an average benchmark score of 30109, while the RX 7700 XT scores 30097, a delta of 0%. The RTX 5060 also sits within 0.6% of the RTX 5070 Mobile and 0.5% of the Tesla M60, making it statistically equivalent to all three in synthetic benchmarks.

Q: What is the CPU's single-threaded performance relative to its multi-threaded capability?

A: The Ryzen 9 5900X scores 4680 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 33150 in multi-core, a ratio of roughly 1:7. Its 12 cores and 24 threads provide substantial parallel throughput, while the 4.80 GHz boost clock keeps single-threaded performance competitive for game logic.

GPU Role

The RTX 5060's specifications directly shape Greedfall's performance envelope. With 3840 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs, the GPU delivers 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and a texture rate of 299.6 GTexel/s. The 8 GB GDDR7 memory operates at 28 Gbps effective across a 128-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These figures place the GPU at the 73rd percentile among all GPUs tested.

In Greedfall specifically, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced as resolution increases. At 1080p, the difference between Low and Ultra settings spans 192.6 FPS down to 87.7 FPS, a 55% performance spread. This gap widens at 4K, where Low produces 80.2 FPS but Ultra collapses to 35.9 FPS, a 55% reduction from Low. The pattern indicates that the GPU's raw throughput and memory bandwidth are the deciding factors at higher resolutions, while at 1080p the CPU can feed frames fast enough to expose the GPU's limits only at Ultra settings.

The RTX 5060's 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores suggest ray tracing capability, though Greedfall's data here does not include ray tracing presets. The GPU's predecessor is the GeForce 40 series, and its Blackwell 2.0 architecture uses a 5 nm process with 21,900 million transistors. The 145 W TDP and 300 W suggested PSU keep power requirements modest for a card of this class.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how Greedfall scales across resolutions. At High settings, the progression is 134.6 FPS at 1920x1080, 91.5 FPS at 2560x1440, and 55.3 FPS at 3840x2160. Each resolution step represents a factor of 1.78 in pixel count (1080p to 1440p) and 2.25 (1440p to 4K), yet the frame rate drops by 32% and 40% respectively. This non-linear scaling indicates that the GPU is becoming progressively more saturated as pixel count rises.

At Low settings, the scaling is more dramatic: 192.6 FPS at 1080p, 134.3 FPS at 1440p, and 80.2 FPS at 4K. The 1080p to 4K drop of 58% at Low settings versus 59% at High settings shows remarkable consistency, suggesting that the GPU's memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s) is a limiting factor regardless of shader workload. The 8 GB VRAM capacity may also constrain texture streaming at 4K, though the game's 2019 release date predates many modern VRAM-heavy titles.

Ultra settings tell a different story: 87.7 FPS at 1080p, 61.7 FPS at 1440p, and 35.9 FPS at 4K. The 1080p Ultra result is still highly playable, but 4K Ultra falls below the 40 FPS threshold many consider minimum for action RPGs. This suggests that Greedfall's Ultra preset includes effects that disproportionately tax the GPU's 48 ROPs and 19.18 TFLOPS compute. For 4K play, High settings at 55.3 FPS represent the practical ceiling for this combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 5060 delivers strong results across all presets. Low settings produce 192.6 FPS, Medium 148 FPS, High 134.6 FPS, and Ultra 87.7 FPS. The 1080p Ultra figure remains well above 60 FPS, making this resolution suitable for high-refresh displays even with maximum quality.

At 2560x1440, performance remains solid: Low hits 134.3 FPS, Medium 103 FPS, High 91.5 FPS, and Ultra 61.7 FPS. The Ultra result sits just above 60 FPS, so gamers targeting 1440p with v-sync at 60 Hz can enable maximum settings. Those with 144 Hz monitors should stick to Medium or High, as 103 FPS at Medium approaches refresh-rate parity on standard 144 Hz panels.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's limitations become apparent. Low delivers 80.2 FPS, which is playable, but Medium drops to 62.3 FPS and High to 55.3 FPS. Ultra falls to 35.9 FPS, which is below smooth gameplay standards for an action RPG with real-time combat. The 4K data suggests that 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus are just sufficient for High settings, but the 35.9 FPS Ultra result indicates the card is memory-constrained at this resolution.

Across all resolutions, the gap between Low and Ultra narrows as pixel count increases: 105 FPS at 1080p, 72.6 FPS at 1440p, and 44.3 FPS at 4K. This compression indicates that resolution scaling dominates over settings scaling at higher pixel counts, reinforcing the GPU-bound nature of 4K performance.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 841st out of 1705 tested combinations, placing it just below the median of the database. This mid-pack ranking is consistent with the individual component percentiles: the CPU at 90th percentile and GPU at 73rd percentile. The CPU is clearly the stronger component in this pairing, yet the GPU's 73rd percentile keeps the overall combination from climbing higher in the rankings.

The GPU's nearest rivals illustrate its positioning: the RX 7700 XT scores 30097 (0% delta), the RX 570 scores 30158 (-0.2%), the Tesla M60 scores 29969 (0.5%), and the RTX 5070 Mobile scores 29928 (0.6%). All four GPUs are within 0.6% of each other, meaning the RTX 5060's synthetic performance is statistically indistinguishable from these cards. In Greedfall, this translates to frame rates that would be nearly identical to any of these rivals at the same settings.

The CPU's nearest rivals show similar clustering: the EPYC 4245P at 39383 (0.2% delta), the Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS at 39747 (-0.7%), the i7-13700F at 39095 (0.9%), and the i7-13700 at 39857 (-1%). The Ryzen 9 5900X's average benchmark score of 39453 places it in tight competition with modern desktop and mobile parts, confirming that its 12-core, 24-thread configuration remains competitive for gaming workloads.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 9 5900X brings 12 cores and 24 threads based on Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer), fabricated on TSMC's 7 nm process with 8,300 million transistors across a dual 74 mm² die configuration. Its 64 MB L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s dual-channel DDR4 memory bandwidth provide substantial data throughput for game logic and asset streaming. The CPU's base clock of 3.70 GHz boosts to 4.80 GHz, and its 105 W TDP keeps thermals manageable with a capable air cooler.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p, where frame rates reach 192.6 FPS at Low settings. This figure approaches the practical limit for many game engines and indicates that the CPU can feed the GPU faster than the RTX 5060 can render at lower resolutions. The 3DMark multi-threaded score of 10075 and single-threaded score of 941 show balanced performance, while Cinebench R23 scores of 33150 (multi-core) and 4680 (single-core) confirm strong throughput in both threaded and lightly-threaded workloads.

The CPU's benchmark profile includes a PassMark multithread score of 39002 and a Geekbench multicore score of 11877, with single-thread scores of 3469 and 2202 respectively. These figures place the 5900X at the 90th percentile among all CPUs, meaning it outperforms 90% of processors in the database. However, in Greedfall, the bottleneck shifts to the GPU at 1440p and 4K, as evidenced by the diminishing returns from CPU-heavy Low settings versus GPU-heavy Ultra settings at higher resolutions.

The 12 cores and 24 threads exceed Greedfall's likely requirements as a 2019 title, so the CPU is unlikely to be the limiting factor except at very high frame rates with Low settings. The 64 MB L3 cache helps with data locality in open-world environments, and the PCIe Gen 4 interface (though the GPU uses PCIe 5.0 x8) ensures no bandwidth bottleneck for the RTX 5060.