Greedfall

# Greedfall with Intel Core i5-11400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

The combination of the six-core Intel Core i5-11400F and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 delivers a surprisingly consistent experience across Greedfall's resolution and settings matrix, though the pattern of frame rate scaling reveals a system that behaves differently depending on where you point it. At 1080p, this pairing produces triple-digit frame rates even at the highest preset, while at 4K Ultra the average drops to just 50 FPS — a spread that tells a clear story about which component is doing the heavy lifting. The measured data shows a combo that ranks 788th out of 3,703 tested combinations, placing it in the upper quintile of all possible pairings, which suggests the RTX 5070's 82nd percentile standing among all GPUs is doing most of the work here.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate erosion from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent across every preset, but the magnitude of the drop varies dramatically depending on the quality setting. At Low settings, the average frame rate falls from 265 FPS at 1920x1080 to 110 FPS at 3840x2160 — a 58.5% reduction that indicates the GPU is increasingly saturated as pixel count quadruples. The Medium preset shows a similar proportional decline, moving from 208 FPS down to 86 FPS, which represents a 58.7% loss. High settings follow the same trajectory: 189 FPS at 1080p falls to 78 FPS at 4K, a 58.7% drop. Ultra is the outlier in absolute terms but not in relative scaling — 121 FPS at 1080p collapses to 50 FPS at 4K, a 58.7% reduction that mirrors the other presets almost exactly.

This uniformity in percentage loss across all four quality levels is striking. It suggests that Greedfall's rendering workload scales predictably with resolution, regardless of how much graphical complexity is being processed. The fact that every preset loses roughly 59% of its 1080p performance when moving to 4K implies that the limiting factor is pixel throughput rather than any specific rendering feature. The RTX 5070's 192-bit memory bus and 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth appear to be the bottleneck at higher resolutions, as fill-rate demands outpace what the 12 GB of GDDR7 memory can feed. At 1440p, the picture is rosier — High settings maintain 131 FPS, Medium hits 144 FPS, and even Ultra stays at a playable 84 FPS, indicating that this resolution is the sweet spot where the GPU's 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 compute can flex without being starved by memory constraints.

GPU Role

The RTX 5070's specifications explain much of its behavior in Greedfall. With a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, the Blackwell 2.0 architecture's 6,144 shading units are running at relatively modest frequencies, yet the card still manages to push 265 FPS at 1080p Low. This performance level aligns with the GPU's 82nd percentile ranking among all graphics cards, a position that puts it ahead of 82% of its peers. The 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which appears sufficient for 1440p gaming but becomes strained at 4K Ultra, where the 50 FPS average suggests the memory subsystem is struggling to keep up with the increased memory pressure from higher-resolution textures and effects.

The 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores are present in the hardware, but Greedfall — a 2019 title from before the ray tracing era — likely doesn't leverage these specialized units heavily. The fact that the GPU's passmark G3D score of 29,137 and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5,077 both rank highly among tested hardware reinforces that this is a compute-heavy card, yet the measured FPS in Greedfall shows a ceiling that is more about memory bandwidth than raw compute. The 8 ROPs per memory controller configuration (80 total) may also be a limiting factor at 4K, where pixel fill rate requirements multiply. The GPU's pixel rate of 201.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 482.3 GTexel/s are impressive on paper, but the measured data suggests that at 4K Ultra, the card is hitting a wall that no amount of shader work can overcome.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 788 out of 3,703 tested combinations places it in the 78.7th percentile of all pairings, which is a strong showing for a mid-range processor paired with a high-end graphics card. This ranking is buoyed by the RTX 5070's individual standing — the GPU's average benchmark score of 40,377 puts it just 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 580 and 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100, while trailing the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 by 1.2% and the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile by 2%. The CPU's own ranking is more modest; the Core i5-11400F holds a 71st percentile position among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17,177 that sits 0.3% above the AMD EPYC 7H12 and 0.6% above the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U, while lagging 0.4% behind the Intel Core i5-12450H and 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G.

This rank disparity between components is telling. The GPU is performing near the top of its class, while the CPU is merely average for its generation. In Greedfall, this means the combo's overall position is likely held back by the processor in CPU-bound scenarios, but the measured FPS data shows that even at 1080p Low — the most CPU-sensitive configuration — the system still produces 265 FPS, suggesting the i5-11400F is not a significant drag in this particular title. The 788th rank out of 3,703 combos indicates that 2,915 other pairings perform worse, which puts this system comfortably in the upper echelon of tested configurations.

FAQ

Q: Is the RTX 5070 the limiting factor at 4K Ultra in Greedfall?

A: Yes. The measured data shows 50 FPS at 3840x2160 Ultra versus 121 FPS at 1920x1080 Ultra, a 58.7% drop that aligns with the GPU's memory bandwidth constraints. The GPU's 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus provides 672.0 GB/s, which appears insufficient for 4K Ultra's demands.

Q: How does the Core i5-11400F compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The CPU scores 17,177 on average, which is 0.3% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7H12 (17,120) and 0.6% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 7 164U (17,074), but 0.4% behind the Intel Core i5-12450H (17,239) and 0.6% behind the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G (17,278).

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1440p with High settings?

A: The measured average is 131 FPS, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. This represents a 40.8% drop from the 1080p High result of 189 FPS, indicating the GPU is still comfortably handling the workload at this resolution.

Q: Does the combo perform better at 1080p Medium or 1440p High?

A: 1080p Medium averages 208 FPS, while 1440p High averages 131 FPS. The 1080p configuration has a 58.8% advantage in raw frame rate, but the 1440p High result is arguably more impressive given the 78% increase in pixel count while maintaining a 131 FPS average.

Q: How does the RTX 5070's benchmark performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The GPU's average benchmark score of 40,377 places it 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (40,318) and 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (40,063), while it trails the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (40,870) by 1.2% and the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568) by 2%.

Q: What is the best resolution to use with this combo for a balance of quality and performance?

A: The data shows 1440p offers the most balanced experience. At High settings, it produces 131 FPS, which is 68% higher than 4K High's 78 FPS, while still delivering a 44.4% improvement in pixel density over 1080p.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F is a six-core, twelve-thread processor based on the Rocket Lake architecture, manufactured on Intel's 14 nm process with a die size of 276 mm². Its base clock of 2.60 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz allow it to reach a 3DMark single-thread score of 868 and a multi-thread score of 5,652, which are respectable figures for a 2021-era desktop chip. The 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 80 KB of L1 cache per core provide adequate data locality for gaming workloads, while the dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth ensures the CPU can feed the GPU without becoming a bottleneck in most scenarios.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the minimal frame rate differences between 1080p and 1440p at the same settings. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5,619 and the Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14,340 indicate strong multi-threaded performance, but the game's reliance on GPU throughput means these CPU capabilities are not fully utilized. The 71st percentile ranking among all CPUs, with a passmark multi-thread score of 16,908, suggests the processor holds its own against newer alternatives, though it lags behind the Core i5-12450H and Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G in synthetic benchmarks. The fact that 1080p Low produces 265 FPS — a frame rate that would challenge even the fastest CPUs — indicates the i5-11400F is not the limiting component at lower resolutions, but the 58.7% drop to 4K makes it clear that the GPU takes over as the primary constraint as resolution increases.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data points to Medium settings as the optimal balance between visual quality and performance across all resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the system produces 208 FPS with a minimum of 177 FPS and maximum of 240 FPS, providing a substantial headroom above the 144 Hz refresh rate common on modern monitors. Moving to 1440p Medium yields 144 FPS with a 123 FPS minimum and 166 FPS maximum, which remains above 120 FPS for high-refresh displays. Even at 4K Medium, the 86 FPS average with a 73 FPS minimum stays above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, making this the only preset where 4K is consistently playable.

High settings are viable for 1080p and 1440p, with 189 FPS and 131 FPS averages respectively, but the jump to 4K High drops to 78 FPS — a 40.8% reduction from 1440p that may be acceptable for slower-paced action RPG gameplay. Ultra settings are only recommended for 1080p, where 121 FPS remains fluid, but the 84 FPS at 1440p and 50 FPS at 4K make these configurations less desirable for competitive or fast-paced play. Low settings offer the highest frame rates — 265 FPS at 1080p and 184 FPS at 1440p — but the visual fidelity trade-off is significant for a game like Greedfall, which emphasizes environmental storytelling and character detail.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured dataset provides a comprehensive view of the combo's performance across twelve configurations. At 1920x1080, the system delivers 265 FPS on Low, 208 FPS on Medium (with a 177 FPS minimum and 240 FPS maximum), 189 FPS on High, and 121 FPS on Ultra. The 1440p results show 184 FPS on Low, 144 FPS on Medium (123 FPS minimum, 166 FPS maximum), 131 FPS on High, and 84 FPS on Ultra. At 3840x2160, the frame rates drop to 110 FPS on Low, 86 FPS on Medium (73 FPS minimum, 99 FPS maximum), 78 FPS on High, and 50 FPS on Ultra.

The Medium preset is the only configuration where minimum and maximum frame rates were recorded, providing insight into frame time consistency. At 1080p, the 177-240 FPS range shows a 35.6% variance between minimum and maximum, while at 1440p the 123-166 FPS range demonstrates a 34.9% variance. At 4K, the 73-99 FPS range tightens to 35.6% variance, suggesting that Greedfall's frame pacing remains consistent across resolutions when using Medium settings. The absence of min/max data for other presets limits deeper analysis, but the available numbers indicate that Medium offers the most stable experience, with the 4K configuration maintaining a 73 FPS floor that stays comfortably above the 60 FPS playability standard.