Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination delivers a highly capable Greedfall experience, with performance scaling that clearly identifies the GPU as the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The data shows a strong, playable foundation across all tested settings, but the gap between 1080p and 4K frames reveals where this pairing’s strengths and limits lie.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frames per second tell a clear story about how this combo handles increasing pixel counts. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system produces 247.4 FPS, which drops to 174.9 FPS at 2560x1440, and then falls to 103 FPS at 3840x2160. That represents a 58.4% reduction in frame rate from 1080p to 4K at Low settings. The Ultra preset tells a similar but more dramatic tale: 111.1 FPS at 1080p, 79 FPS at 1440p, and 47.6 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 4K on Ultra is a 57.2% decline.

This scaling pattern is a textbook sign of a GPU-bound workload. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D, with its 16 cores and 32 threads, is never the limiting factor here; the RTX 4070’s rendering throughput is what determines the final frame counts. Notice that the relative performance gap between Low and Ultra shrinks as resolution increases. At 1080p, the Ultra preset runs at 44.9% of the Low preset’s speed. At 4K, that ratio improves to 46.2%. This indicates that at higher resolutions, the GPU is so saturated that the additional shading work from Ultra settings has a smaller marginal impact on the frame rate. The component is already working at near-maximum capacity, so the extra load from higher quality settings is partially hidden by the sheer rendering demand.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested combinations, this pairing sits at rank 417 out of 1705 combos for Greedfall. That places it in the top 24.5% of all tested systems, a strong showing that confirms this is a high-end configuration. The ranking is a direct function of the measured FPS across all resolutions and settings, and the data suggests that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D’s exceptional CPU performance is not fully utilized in this title, as the GPU consistently becomes the performance ceiling.

The CPU itself benchmarks in the 96th percentile against all processors, with an average benchmark score of 71660. Its nearest rival, the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270, scores 71056, putting the Ryzen a mere 0.9% ahead. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X trails by 1.8% with a score of 70420, while the Intel Core i7-14700KF is 2.2% behind at 70104. These scores indicate that the 9950X3D is at the very top of the CPU hierarchy, but in Greedfall, that headroom is largely irrelevant. The GPU’s 81st percentile ranking against all graphics cards, with an average score of 37283, is the more defining metric for this game.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is the workhorse of this pairing for Greedfall. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides a memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s, which is sufficient for the textures and geometry at all tested settings. The GPU’s boost clock is 2475 MHz, and its 5888 shading units are responsible for the raw pixel-pushing power. The data shows that the card’s 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is what directly translates into the measured frame rates.

The RTX 4070’s role becomes most apparent when examining the 4K results. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the combo produces 47.6 FPS, which is just below the 60 FPS target many players prefer. The fact that the 4K High preset jumps to 70.5 FPS shows that the GPU is sensitive to the specific workload, and that the Ultra preset’s additional effects are particularly taxing on the 4070’s compute units. The GPU’s 46 RT cores and 184 Tensor cores are present, but Greedfall’s engine does not appear to leverage them to a degree that changes the overall performance picture. The core rasterization performance of the AD104 chip, running at its 1920 MHz base clock, is the dominant factor.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the data points to High settings as the optimal choice. At 2560x1440, High produces 125.8 FPS, which is a 59.2% improvement over the Ultra preset’s 79 FPS, while still offering a significant visual upgrade over Medium. Even at 3840x2160, High maintains 70.5 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The jump from Medium to High costs 8.9 FPS at 1440p (from 136.7 to 125.8), a small price for the visual gains.

Ultra settings are the most demanding, and the data suggests they are only viable at 1920x1080, where the combo still manages 111.1 FPS. At 1440p and 4K, the Ultra preset drops to 79 FPS and 47.6 FPS respectively, making it a less desirable choice for those prioritizing smoothness. Low settings offer the highest frame rates, with 247.4 FPS at 1080p, but the visual compromise is likely too steep for most players. The sweet spot is clearly High, which provides a robust experience at all three resolutions, with a minimum of 70.5 FPS at 4K.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete dataset for this combination across all resolutions and settings is as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 247.4 FPS, Medium hits 199.1 FPS, High reaches 176.3 FPS, and Ultra produces 111.1 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates are 174.9 FPS for Low, 136.7 FPS for Medium, 125.8 FPS for High, and 79 FPS for Ultra. At 3840x2160, the results are 103 FPS for Low, 81.9 FPS for Medium, 70.5 FPS for High, and 47.6 FPS for Ultra.

The scaling from Low to Ultra at each resolution shows a consistent pattern. At 1080p, the Ultra preset is 55.1% slower than Low. At 1440p, that difference grows to 54.8%. At 4K, it narrows slightly to 53.8%. This data confirms that the Ultra preset is a significant performance hit, but the relative cost is consistent across resolutions, reinforcing the GPU-bound nature of the workload. The 4K Ultra result of 47.6 FPS is the only measured point that falls below the 60 FPS standard, indicating that players targeting 4K should stick to High or Medium settings. The 1440p and 1080p results are all above 79 FPS, meaning even the most demanding preset is playable at those resolutions.