Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-11400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 delivers a playable and often smooth experience in Greedfall across most settings and resolutions, but the data reveals a clear performance ceiling at 4K Ultra. The benchmark results show this combo ranks 2568th out of 3703 tested combinations for this game, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database. This pairing, with a six-core Rocket Lake CPU and a 8 GB Navi 33 GPU, produces a consistent story about where the bottlenecks lie—the GPU at high resolutions, and the CPU at high frame rates. By examining the measured FPS across resolutions and settings, the limiting factors become clear, and the interplay between the 11400F’s single-thread capabilities and the RX 7600’s bandwidth tells most of the story.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Greedfall shows a steep and predictable drop as resolution scales from 1080p to 4K, but the gradient between settings reveals which component is under stress. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo averages 152 FPS; at 2560x1440 Low, it drops to 106 FPS—a 30% decrease. That is a hefty hit for a resolution increase, suggesting the GPU is already the primary limiter even at lower presets. However, the gap from 1440p to 4K at Low settings is even more severe: 106 FPS to 63 FPS, which is a 41% drop. That sharper falloff is a signature of the GDDR6 memory bandwidth and the 128-bit bus being saturated at 4K, rather than raw pixel rate alone.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is even more punishing. The 1920x1080 Ultra average is 69 FPS, dropping to 48 FPS at 2560x1440 Ultra—a 30% decline—and then collapsing to 29 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra, which is a 40% drop from 1440p. The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS is below the generally accepted playable threshold, and the data implies the GPU cannot handle the full shader load at that resolution. Notably, the only rows with min/max values are the Medium settings at each resolution, showing a spread of 36 FPS at 1080p (102 to 138), 24 FPS at 1440p (71 to 95), and 15 FPS at 4K (42 to 57). That narrowing spread at higher resolutions suggests the GPU is more consistently saturated, while at 1080p the CPU may be causing occasional frame dips.

The scaling pattern indicates that for this game, 1440p is the sweet spot where the CPU still has headroom and the GPU is doing the majority of the work. From 1080p High to 1440p High, the drop is from 109 to 75 FPS—a 31% loss—but from 1440p High to 4K High, the drop is from 75 to 45, which is a 40% loss. This nonlinear scaling points to the GPU’s 8 GB frame buffer, the 128-bit memory interface, and the 288.0 GB/s bandwidth as the limiting factors at 4K, not the CPU’s six cores.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a 204 mm² die and 13,300 million transistors on a 6 nm process. The base clock is 1720 MHz, the boost clock is 2655 MHz, and the game clock sits at 2250 MHz, while the memory clock is 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The shading units total 2048, with 128 TMUs and 64 ROPs, and it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. The card’s pixel rate is 169.9 GPixel/s, texture rate is 339.8 GTexel/s, and FP32 performance is 21.75 TFLOPS.

In Greedfall, the GPU’s performance in the measured FPS is clearly the main actor at higher resolutions. The 4K results show the card struggling to maintain even 50 FPS on Medium and only reaching 63 FPS on Low. The 8 GB VRAM, while sufficient for this 2019 release, is not a huge advantage at 4K, but the 128-bit bus is likely causing the steep drop. The 4K Ultra score of 29 FPS is unplayable for most, and even 4K High at 45 FPS is marginal. The average benchmark score for this GPU is 15171, placing it in the 57th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM (avg score 15199, delta -0.2%), the AMD Radeon Pro 560X (15082, delta +0.6%), the AMD Radeon 680M (15270, delta -0.7%), and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti (15063, delta +0.7%). In Greedfall, the card’s performance relative to those rivals is likely similar—it is a mid-range part that can deliver 60+ FPS at 1080p High but not at 4K Ultra.

The GPU’s clock behavior is notable. The boost clock of 2655 MHz is high for a 165 W card, and the game clock of 2250 MHz suggests a sustained boost under load. The pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s is modest, but the texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s helps with detailed environments. In Greedfall, the game’s world is full of textures, and the card’s 128 TMUs are working hard. The measured 4K Medium row with a 42 FPS minimum suggests that even with reduced settings, the GPU cannot guarantee a smooth 60 FPS at 4K, making 1440p the most you should expect.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Core 11th Gen series, using the Rocket Lake architecture on a 14 nm process. It has a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz, with a 12 MB shared L3 cache. The memory support is DDR4 with dual-channel and a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. In Greedfall, the CPU’s role is less demanding than the GPU, as seen in the frame rates at 1080p. The 1080p Low setting achieves 152 FPS, which is high, but the 1080p Ultra drops to 69 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 83 FPS, which is a massive gap, and that size of a gap suggests the CPU is not the main constraint at 1080p—the GPU is. However, the CPU’s six cores and 12 threads are sufficient for Greedfall’s engine, which is not known for heavy multi-threading.

The CPU’s 3DMark scores show a single-thread score of 868, a 4-thread score of 3171, and an 8-thread score of 4691. The max-threads score is 5652. In Cinebench R23, the multicore score is 14340 and the singlecore score is 2024. Geekbench scores are 1777 single-core and 7737 multi-core. These numbers indicate a solid mid-range CPU that can handle the game’s logic without being a bottleneck at most settings. However, the data shows that in Greedfall, the CPU does not hold back the GPU at 1080p, because the GPU is already hitting its limit. The 1080p Medium min FPS of 102 with a max of 138 shows a 37 FPS spread, which is typical of a GPU-limited scenario with some CPU stalls.

The CPU’s nearest rivals in the database are the AMD EPYC 7H12 (avg 17120, delta +0.3%), the Intel Core i5-12450H (17239, delta -0.4%), the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17278, delta -0.6%), and the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17074, delta +0.6%). The i5-11400F’s average benchmark score is 17177, placing it in the 71st percentile of all CPUs. In Greedfall, the CPU’s single-thread strength is important for the game’s core logic, but the game does not show the CPU as a limiting factor until perhaps the 1080p Low settings, where the 152 FPS average is likely CPU-bound. At that point, the CPU’s 4,4 GHz boost clock and 12 threads are enough to sustain high FPS, but the GPU cannot push beyond 152 FPS at Low.

The CPU’s 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth is also a factor, but it is not a bottleneck in a game that is not memory-bandwidth sensitive. The CPU’s 65 W TDP is low, but that is not relevant to the game’s performance. The data shows that the CPU is a capable partner, but the GPU is the one that determines playability in Greedfall.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The database provides measured average FPS (and in some rows, min and max) for three resolutions and four settings. At 1920x1080, the results are as follows: Low averages 152 FPS, Medium averages 120 FPS with a min of 102 and max of 138, High averages 109 FPS, and Ultra averages 69 FPS. The step from Medium to High is only 11 FPS, but High to Ultra is a 40 FPS drop, which is a large jump. At 1920x1080, all settings are playable, with even the Ultra setting hitting 69 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the numbers are: Low 106 FPS, Medium 83 FPS (min 71, max 95), High 75 FPS, and Ultra 48 FPS. The Ultra setting falls below 60 FPS, which is a common threshold for smooth gameplay. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 58 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset is too heavy for this GPU. The Medium preset provides a good balance, with a 71 FPS minimum that is still above 60.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low 63 FPS, Medium 50 FPS (min 42, max 57), High 45 FPS, and Ultra 29 FPS. Only the Low setting is above 60 FPS, and it only just makes it at 63 FPS. The Ultra setting is not playable at 29 FPS. The Medium min FPS of 42 is a significant dip, but the max of 57 shows the variability.

The data shows a clear pattern: the GPU is the bottleneck at 4K, and the CPU is not a limiting factor at any resolution. The measured FPS rows are all from actual data, and the min/max values for Medium settings provide a sense of frame pacing, with no other rows reporting min/max values.

4.4 FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Greedfall?

A: The highest average FPS is 152 FPS at 1920x1080 with Low settings.

Q: At which resolution and settings does this combo fail to reach 60 FPS?

A: At 2560x1440 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 48, which is below 60. At 3840x2160, only the Low setting reaches 63 FPS; Medium (50 FPS), High (45 FPS), and Ultra (29 FPS) all fall below 60.

Q: How does the RX 7600’s 8 GB VRAM affect performance in this game?

A: The 8 GB frame buffer is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but the 128-bit bus and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth appear to be a constraint at 4K, especially at Ultra settings, where the average FPS drops to 29.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-11400F a bottleneck in Greedfall?

A: The CPU is not the primary bottleneck; the GPU is. The 1080p Low setting reaches 152 FPS, showing the CPU can handle high frame rates, but the GPU limits higher resolutions.

Q: What do the min and max FPS values for Medium settings tell us?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the min and max are 102 and 138 FPS; at 2560x1440 Medium, 71 and 95 FPS; and at 3840x2160 Medium, 42 and 57 FPS. The spread narrows as resolution increases, indicating the GPU is more consistently loaded.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested combos for Greedfall?

A: The combo ranks 2568th out of 3703 tested combinations for this game, placing it in the lower half of the database.

Settings Recommendations

For a smooth 60 FPS at 1080p, the Medium or High settings are recommended, with High averaging 109 FPS and Medium 120 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1080p drops to 69 FPS, which is still playable, but the 40 FPS drop from High to Ultra suggests that Ultra is not worth the cost. For 1080p, High is the best balance, with 109 FPS and a stable experience. At 1440p, the Medium preset is the best choice, averaging 83 FPS with a 71 FPS minimum, while High at 75 FPS is acceptable but the Ultra at 48 FPS is not. The Low preset at 1440p reaches 106 FPS, but the visual quality is too low for most users.

At 4K, the only preset that achieves 60 FPS is Low, with 63 FPS, but Medium at 50 FPS is the most balanced if you can tolerate a lower frame rate. The High preset at 45 FPS and Ultra at 29 FPS are not recommended for 4K gaming. The data shows that the Medium preset is the sweet spot across all resolutions, as it has a min FPS that is still playable at 1440p and 1080p. At 4K, Medium is the highest setting that stays above 40 FPS, but it does not reach 60. For players who prioritize visuals, High at 1440p is the way to go, but for a smoother experience, Medium at 1440p is the most recommended preset.

How This Combo Ranks

In the Greedfall benchmark database, the combination of the Intel Core i5-11400F and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 ranks 2568th out of 3703 tested combos. This places it in the bottom third of the database, which might sound worse than the actual performance. The ranking is based on a weighted average of all tested combos, and for this pair, the strong 1080p performance (109 FPS High) is offset by the weak 4K performance (29 FPS Ultra). The combo’s 1080p High score of 109 FPS is a good result, but the 4K Ultra score of 29 FPS is a poor one. The GPU’s 57th percentile and the CPU’s 71st percentile do not automatically translate to a high rank in this game, because the game’s engine is more GPU-intensive at high resolutions.

The combo’s rank of 2568 out of 3703 indicates that many other systems can beat it, but the data shows this is a mid-range solution. The CPU is not the weak link; the GPU is, at 4K. At 1080p, the combo is strong enough, but the database ranking is likely pulled down by the 4K results. The GPU’s nearest rival, the RTX 3050 OEM, has a similar average score, but in Greedfall, the RX 7600’s higher texture rate and pixel rate might give it an edge, but the ranking suggests it is not a top-tier performer. For a player with a 1080p or 1440p monitor, this combo is more than capable, but for 4K, it is not recommended. The rank is a reminder that this is a mid-range pairing, and the data shows it is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K only for less demanding settings.