Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and AMD Radeon RX 9070 combination delivers a robust experience in Greedfall, a 2019 Action RPG. The measured data shows that this pairing handles the game decisively at 1080p, remains highly capable at 1440p, and only begins to show strain at 4K when pushed to the Ultra preset. The benchmark results, drawn from twelve measured configurations across four settings levels and three resolutions, provide a clear picture of where the system’s strengths and limitations lie.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge), built on a 4 nm process at TSMC. It operates with a base clock of 4.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, with a 120 W TDP. The processor’s cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and a substantial 128 MB of L3 cache. This large L3 cache is particularly relevant for gaming workloads, as it reduces the latency of repeated data access patterns common in game logic and asset streaming.

In synthetic benchmarks, the 9900X3D scores 12,490 in 3DMark’s 16-thread test and 13,795 in the max-thread test, while single-thread performance registers at 1,269 in 3DMark. Cinebench R23 results show a multicore score of 47,737 and a single-core score of 6,739. These figures place the CPU in the 91st percentile among all tested processors, with an average benchmark score of 54,762. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF (average score 55,093, delta -0.6%), the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (54,053, delta 1.3%), the Intel Xeon 6505P (53,701, delta 2%), and the Intel Core i7-14700F (53,620, delta 2.1%). The 9900X3D trails the 245KF by a negligible 0.6% while leading the other three by 1.3% to 2.1% in aggregate score.

For Greedfall, the CPU’s role is evident in the high-frame-rate regimes. At 1080p Low, the average FPS reaches 234, which far exceeds the refresh rate of most displays and indicates that the CPU is not a bottleneck at lower graphical loads. The 12-core configuration ensures that background threads, physics, and AI routines do not starve the main render thread. The 24 threads allow the game to distribute its workload effectively, even in crowded scenes with multiple NPCs. The strong single-core performance, as reflected by the 1,269 3DMark single-thread score and 6,739 Cinebench R23 single-core score, helps maintain consistent frame pacing in Greedfall’s dialogue-heavy and exploration-driven sequences, where CPU-bound logic often dictates frame times.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Examining the measured FPS across the four settings presets, the data reveals a clear sweet spot: Medium. At 1080p Medium, the system averages 184 FPS with a minimum of 156 FPS and a maximum of 211 FPS. This provides a substantial margin above 144 Hz displays, ensuring smooth gameplay even during combat with multiple enemies. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 127 FPS, with a minimum of 108 FPS and a maximum of 147 FPS, still comfortably above 100 FPS. Even at 4K Medium, the average holds at 76 FPS, with a minimum of 65 FPS and a maximum of 87 FPS, which is playable on standard 60 Hz monitors.

The High preset offers diminishing returns relative to Medium. At 1080p High, the average is 167 FPS; at 1440p High, it falls to 116 FPS; and at 4K High, it drops to 69 FPS. While these numbers are still respectable, the step from Medium to High costs roughly 9% of performance at 1080p (from 184 to 167 FPS), 8% at 1440p (from 127 to 116 FPS), and 9% at 4K (from 76 to 69 FPS). The visual uplift from Medium to High in Greedfall is typically modest, as the game’s art style does not rely heavily on high-resolution textures or advanced shading effects that would justify the performance hit.

The Ultra preset, however, proves to be punishing. At 1080p Ultra, the average FPS is 107; at 1440p Ultra, it is 74; and at 4K Ultra, it collapses to 44 FPS. The drop from High to Ultra is severe: 36% at 1080p (167 to 107 FPS), 36% at 1440p (116 to 74 FPS), and 36% at 4K (69 to 44 FPS). This consistent 36% reduction across all resolutions indicates that the Ultra preset introduces a heavy computational load, likely from extreme shadow quality, ambient occlusion, and post-processing effects that tax the GPU uniformly. For the best experience, the Medium preset offers the optimal balance of visual quality and performance, with the High preset serving as a viable alternative for users with high-refresh-rate displays who can tolerate slightly lower margins.

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

The measured data shows a consistent pattern of frame rate degradation as resolution increases, but the magnitude of the drop varies by settings preset. At Low settings, the average FPS goes from 234 at 1080p to 162 at 1440p, then to 97 at 4K. This represents a 31% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 40% drop from 1440p to 4K. At Medium settings, the averages are 184, 127, and 76 FPS, respectively, with drops of 31% and 40% as well. At High settings, the progression is 167, 116, and 69 FPS, again showing drops of 31% and 41%. At Ultra settings, the numbers are 107, 74, and 44 FPS, with drops of 31% and 41%.

The consistency of these percentage drops across all settings presets is telling. The proportional decrease from 1080p to 1440p (31%) and from 1440p to 4K (40%) is nearly identical regardless of the graphical preset. This uniformity suggests that the GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 9070, is the primary limiting factor as resolution scales. The GPU’s rendering workload scales directly with pixel count, and the 4K resolution (3840x2160) has approximately 2.25 times the pixels of 1440p (2560x1440), which explains the steeper drop at the highest resolution. The CPU, with its strong multi-threaded and single-threaded performance, does not become a bottleneck even at 1080p Low where the frame rate is highest (234 FPS), as the 12-core/24-thread configuration can feed the GPU adequately. The data indicates that the RX 9070’s compute throughput, rather than the CPU’s processing capability, determines the frame rate ceiling at higher resolutions.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

*Q: What is the highest average frame rate recorded for this combination in Greedfall?*

A: The highest average frame rate is 234 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with the Low settings preset.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra preset compare to 4K Medium in terms of average FPS?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 44, while at 4K Medium, it is 76. The Ultra preset delivers 42% lower performance than Medium, indicating a steep performance penalty for the highest visual settings.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded at 1440p Medium?

A: The minimum FPS at 2560x1440 with Medium settings is 108, with an average of 127 FPS and a maximum of 147 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to limit performance at 1080p Low?

A: At 1080p Low, the average FPS is 234, which is exceptionally high. The CPU’s strong multi-threaded score (47,737 in Cinebench R23 multicore) and single-thread score (6,739) suggest it is not the limiting factor; the GPU is likely the constraint at this low graphical load, though the frame rate remains far above typical display refresh rates.

Q: How does the Ryzen 9 9900X3D compare to its nearest rival, the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF, in average benchmark score?

A: The Ryzen 9 9900X3D has an average benchmark score of 54,762, while the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF scores 55,093. The delta is -0.6%, meaning the 9900X3D trails by less than 1%.

Q: What are the measured FPS values at 4K High?

A: At 3840x2160 with High settings, the average FPS is 69. The minimum and maximum FPS are not provided in the measured data for this configuration.

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

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture (Navi 48 chip), fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC with 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die. It features a base clock of 1330 MHz, a boost clock of 2520 MHz, and a game clock of 2070 MHz. The memory subsystem comprises 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s, with memory clocks at 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective). The GPU has 3,584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 128 raster output units, along with 56 ray tracing cores. Its compute capabilities include 36.13 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 operations, with a pixel rate of 322.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 564.5 GTexel/s.

In synthetic benchmarks, the RX 9070 scores 6,290 in 3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12), 131,539 in Geekbench OpenCL, and 58,705 in Geekbench Vulkan. The Passmark G3D score is 25,381, with a GPU compute score of 14,737. These results place the GPU in the 69th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23,877. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z (average score 23,736, delta 0.6%), the AMD Radeon RX 6800S (24,063, delta -0.8%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile (23,628, delta 1.1%), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (24,170, delta -1.2%). The RX 9070 outperforms the TITAN Z and RTX 3080 Mobile by 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively, while trailing the RX 6800S and RTX 2080 SUPER by 0.8% and 1.2%.

For Greedfall, the GPU’s 16 GB of VRAM is more than sufficient for the game’s textures, even at 4K, as the title’s asset sizes are modest for its 2019 release. The 644.6 GB/s memory bandwidth ensures that texture streaming does not cause hitches, as evidenced by the consistent minimum FPS values at Medium settings (e.g., 65 FPS at 4K Medium). The 2,520 MHz boost clock allows the GPU to sustain high frame rates at lower resolutions, but the 4K Ultra result of 44 FPS demonstrates that the 36.13 TFLOPS of compute throughput is challenged by the most demanding settings. The RT cores, while present, are not heavily utilized in Greedfall, as the game lacks significant ray-traced effects, so their impact on the measured FPS is minimal.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

At 1920x1080, the system delivers the following average FPS: Low settings produce 234 FPS, Medium settings produce 184 FPS with a minimum of 156 FPS and a maximum of 211 FPS, High settings produce 167 FPS, and Ultra settings produce 107 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a steady decline, with the largest single-step drop occurring between High and Ultra (167 to 107 FPS, a 36% reduction). The Medium preset’s minimum of 156 FPS ensures that even the most demanding scenes remain well above 144 Hz.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS values are: Low at 162 FPS, Medium at 127 FPS with a minimum of 108 FPS and a maximum of 147 FPS, High at 116 FPS, and Ultra at 74 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is consistent at approximately 31% across all settings, reflecting the GPU’s scaling with pixel count. The Medium preset’s minimum of 108 FPS indicates that gameplay remains smooth on 100 Hz and 120 Hz displays, though users with 144 Hz monitors may notice occasional dips below the refresh rate.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS values are: Low at 97 FPS, Medium at 76 FPS with a minimum of 65 FPS and a maximum of 87 FPS, High at 69 FPS, and Ultra at 44 FPS. The 4K Medium preset is the only configuration that maintains a minimum above 60 FPS, making it the recommended choice for 4K displays. The 4K Ultra result of 44 FPS falls below the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that this preset is not viable for smooth gameplay at 4K. The 4K Low average of 97 FPS shows that the GPU can handle 4K when graphical settings are reduced, but the visual quality trade-off may not be worthwhile given the Medium preset’s superior balance.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and AMD Radeon RX 9070 combination ranks 844th out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall. This places the system in the 71st percentile of all tested combinations, meaning it outperforms roughly 71% of the configurations in the benchmark database for this game. The rank of 844 is notable because it reflects the specific pairing’s aggregate performance across the measured presets, accounting for both CPU and GPU contributions.

Given that the CPU ranks in the 91st percentile among all CPUs and the GPU ranks in the 69th percentile among all GPUs, the combo’s overall rank of 844 suggests that the GPU is the more limiting component in this pairing for Greedfall. The CPU’s exceptional performance does not fully compensate for the GPU’s mid-tier position, particularly at higher resolutions where the GPU’s workload dominates. The combo’s rank is higher than the GPU’s percentile would suggest, indicating that the CPU’s strong single-threaded and multi-threaded performance helps boost the system in CPU-bound scenarios, such as the 1080p Low preset where the average FPS reaches 234.

The data shows that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming with Medium to High settings, where it ranks comfortably among the top quartile of tested systems. At 4K, the combo’s performance is more modest, with only the Medium preset achieving a minimum FPS above 60. The 844th rank out of 2,938 reflects a system that is solidly above average but not elite, with the RX 9070’s mid-tier compute capabilities being the primary constraint on the highest settings and resolutions.