Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-10400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers a robust 1080p and 1440p experience in Greedfall, but the data shows a steep performance cliff at 4K Ultra that shifts the bottleneck firmly onto the GPU. The combination ranks 468th out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the top 27.5% of all configurations, with the CPU holding a 73rd percentile standing against all processors and the GPU at an 82nd percentile against all graphics cards.

FAQ

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

A: The Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT combination ranks 468th out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the upper quartile of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i5-10400F has an average benchmark score of 14168. It is 0.4% faster than the AMD EPYC 7552 (score 14115) and 0.8% faster than the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (score 14277). It trails the Intel Core i5-8500 by 1.1% (score 14332) and the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 by 1.2% (score 14336).

Q: What is the best measured FPS result for this combo?

A: The highest average frame rate recorded is 248.5 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At the same resolution, High settings produce 176.5 FPS, Medium 192.4 FPS, and Ultra 116 FPS.

Q: How does the GPU’s synthetic performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RX 9070 XT has an average benchmark score of 39647. It is 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 575 (score 39703) and 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (score 39568). It trails the AMD Radeon Pro 575X by 0.5% (score 39836) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 by 0.6% (score 39879).

Q: Does the combo maintain playable frame rates at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the combo delivers 75.8 FPS on High, 79.8 FPS on Medium, and 103.9 FPS on Low. However, 4K Ultra drops to 47.2 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold typically expected for smooth gameplay.

Q: What is the GPU’s launch MSRP?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has a launch MSRP of 599 USD.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is the dominant component in this pairing, featuring 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth. Its architecture is RDNA 4.0 on a 4 nm process from TSMC, with a base clock of 1660 MHz, a game clock of 2400 MHz, and a boost clock of 2970 MHz. The GPU’s 4096 shading units and 128 ROPs drive a pixel rate of 380.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 760.3 GTexel/s, which directly influences how Greedfall renders its environments.

In this game’s measured results, the GPU’s role becomes clear when comparing resolution scaling. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 248.5 FPS, suggesting the CPU is capable of feeding the GPU well beyond typical display refresh rates. However, moving to 4K Ultra, the frame rate collapses to 47.2 FPS, a drop of 81% from the 1080p Low figure. This dramatic reduction is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the RX 9070 XT’s raw compute—48.66 TFLOPS FP32—is saturated by the higher resolution and settings. The GPU’s 82nd percentile ranking against all GPUs indicates strong performance, but Greedfall’s Ultra settings at 4K demand more than this card can sustain at 60 FPS.

The GPU’s 16 GB VRAM capacity is not a limiting factor in this title, as even at 4K Ultra, the frame rate drop is more attributable to shading and rasterization load than memory exhaustion. The card’s PCIe 5.0 x16 interface ensures adequate bandwidth to the CPU, though the i5-10400F only supports PCIe Gen 3. This mismatch does not appear to hinder results at lower resolutions, where the combo still delivers over 116 FPS at 1080p Ultra.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 248.5 FPS. Dropping to 1440p Low reduces this to 171.6 FPS, a 31% decrease. At 4K Low, the frame rate falls further to 103.9 FPS, another 39% reduction from 1440p. This consistent degradation across Low settings indicates that the GPU’s fill rate and bandwidth are the primary constraints as pixel count rises.

For High settings, the scaling is similar but with a steeper initial drop. From 176.5 FPS at 1080p, the combo falls to 122.9 FPS at 1440p (a 30% reduction) and then to 75.8 FPS at 4K (a 38% reduction from 1440p). The 4K High result of 75.8 FPS remains playable, but the margin over 60 FPS is slim. Medium settings show a comparable trajectory: 192.4 FPS at 1080p, 135.1 FPS at 1440p, and 79.8 FPS at 4K.

The most telling data point is Ultra settings, where the frame rate plummets from 116 FPS at 1080p to 76.7 FPS at 1440p—a 34% drop—and then to 47.2 FPS at 4K, a further 38% reduction. The 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the entire measured set, and it signals that the RX 9070 XT’s 128 ROPs and 380.2 GPixel/s pixel rate are insufficient for the combined load of 4K resolution and Ultra quality presets. The scaling pattern across all settings shows a consistent 30-40% FPS loss per resolution step, confirming that the GPU, not the CPU, is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The i5-10400F’s 6 cores and 12 threads provide enough headroom at 4K, as evidenced by the relatively small FPS gap between Low and Medium at that resolution compared to the larger gap between Medium and Ultra.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its highest performance across all settings. Low settings produce 248.5 FPS average, which is the single highest figure recorded. Medium settings yield 192.4 FPS, High settings 176.5 FPS, and Ultra settings 116 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 132.5 FPS, representing a 53% reduction in frame rate when enabling the highest quality preset. Even at Ultra, the 116 FPS result comfortably exceeds 60 FPS and 100 FPS thresholds, making 1080p Ultra a viable option for high-refresh-rate displays.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but with expected reductions. Low settings average 171.6 FPS, Medium 135.1 FPS, High 122.9 FPS, and Ultra 76.7 FPS. The Ultra setting at 1440p is the first to dip below 100 FPS, but it still maintains a playable 76.7 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 94.9 FPS, a 55% drop. This suggests that Ultra settings at 1440p are pushing the GPU harder, but the result is still above the 60 FPS target.

At 3840x2160, the combo’s limits become apparent. Low settings average 103.9 FPS, which remains above 60 FPS and is impressive for 4K. Medium settings drop to 79.8 FPS, and High settings to 75.8 FPS. Both are playable but with less headroom. Ultra settings, however, fall to 47.2 FPS, a figure that is below the 60 FPS standard for smooth gameplay and represents a 55% reduction from 4K Low. The progression from Low to Ultra at 4K shows a clear linear degradation: 103.9 to 79.8 to 75.8 to 47.2. The steep drop from High to Ultra at 4K—from 75.8 to 47.2 FPS, a 38% decrease—indicates that the Ultra preset introduces effects that disproportionately tax the RX 9070 XT’s compute resources, including its 64 ray tracing cores and FP32 throughput of 48.66 TFLOPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 468 out of 1705 tested configurations places this i5-10400F and RX 9070 XT pairing in the 72.5th percentile of all combos tested in Greedfall. This is a strong showing, indicating that the system outperforms roughly three-quarters of all tested configurations. The CPU’s 73rd percentile ranking against all processors (average benchmark score 14168) is slightly lower than the GPU’s 82nd percentile ranking (average benchmark score 39647), suggesting that the GPU is the stronger relative component in this pairing.

Comparing to the CPU’s nearest rivals, the i5-10400F is nearly identical in synthetic performance to the AMD EPYC 7552 (deltaPct 0.4%) and the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (deltaPct -0.8%). It is marginally slower than the Intel Core i5-8500 (deltaPct -1.1%) and the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 (deltaPct -1.2%). These small deltas indicate that the CPU is not a differentiator in this combo’s ranking; instead, the RX 9070 XT’s position relative to its rivals—0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 575, 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile, and 0.5-0.6% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 575X and RX Vega 64—shows that the GPU is similarly clustered with its immediate competitors.

The measured FPS data supports the combo’s rank: at 1080p, the system is clearly GPU-bound at lower settings (248.5 FPS on Low), but the CPU’s 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a 4.30 GHz boost clock is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the GPU at 4K, where the 47.2 FPS Ultra result is purely a GPU limitation. The combo’s 468th rank reflects a balanced system that excels at mainstream resolutions but cannot reach the top tier of 4K Ultra performance, where higher-end GPUs would be required to maintain 60 FPS. Overall, this pairing is well-suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K playable on Low through High settings, and it earns its place in the upper quartile of tested combos.