Greedfall

# How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 places at rank 1355 out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, putting it in the lower-middle portion of the field. This percentile position — roughly the 21st worst combo of those tested — reflects a pairing that is competent but not exceptional for this Action RPG. The combo's ranking suggests that while it can handle the game, many other CPU-GPU pairings deliver more headroom, particularly at higher settings and resolutions. The data indicates this is a mainstream configuration, one that sits far from the top-tier results but also avoids the bottom rungs where playability becomes questionable. Given the game's 2019 release, the i5-12400 and RX 6600 combination is clearly modern enough to run it, but the rank implies that users seeking maximum fidelity or high refresh rates will find this pairing wanting. The rank of 1355 out of 1705 is a strong signal that this is a baseline-capable setup rather than a performance-oriented one.

# GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 brings 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s. Its base clock runs at 1626 MHz, with a boost clock of 2491 MHz and a game clock of 2044 MHz. These clocks are substantial for a card in this class, and the 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation units provide the raw throughput needed for Greedfall's environments. The GPU's 8.928 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is directly relevant to how this game renders its scenes, as Greedfall is a title that relies heavily on traditional rasterization rather than ray tracing. The RX 6600's RDNA 2.0 architecture, built on a 7 nm process from TSMC, delivers efficiency that helps sustain clock speeds under load. In the measured data, the GPU's influence is most apparent at 4K, where frame rates drop sharply compared to lower resolutions — a clear indication that the RX 6600 becomes the limiting factor as pixel count rises. The card's 69th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25235, places it slightly below the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (deltaPct -0.2) and just above the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (deltaPct 0.2) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (deltaPct 0.5). This positioning shows the RX 6600 is a mid-pack performer, capable of handling Greedfall at 1080p but struggling to maintain high frame rates at 4K Ultra.

# Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combo scales across resolutions, with a predictable decline as pixel count increases. At 1080p High, the combo delivers 98.9 FPS, which drops to 70.7 FPS at 1440p High (a 28.5% reduction), and further to 41.7 FPS at 4K High (a 57.8% reduction from 1080p). This scaling pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens dramatically at 4K: 58.1 FPS at Low versus 26.4 FPS at Ultra, a difference of 31.7 FPS. At 1080p, the same Low-to-Ultra spread is 137.8 FPS versus 65.6 FPS, a 72.2 FPS gap. This widening delta at higher resolutions underscores the GPU's limited memory bandwidth and compute resources when pushed to 4K. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the card's 224.0 GB/s bandwidth becomes a constraint. The data suggests that for this combo, 1080p is the sweet spot where the CPU can still contribute meaningfully, while 4K is dominated by GPU limitations. The scaling from 1440p to 4K is particularly steep — a 41% drop in FPS at High settings — indicating that the RX 6600's 128-bit memory interface cannot sustain the increased memory pressure of higher resolutions.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo shows strong performance across all settings. Low settings yield 137.8 FPS, Medium delivers 108.9 FPS, High achieves 98.9 FPS, and Ultra drops to 65.6 FPS. These numbers indicate that 1080p is well within the capability of this pairing, with even Ultra settings remaining playable. The jump from Medium to High is modest (10 FPS), while the drop from High to Ultra is more pronounced (33.3 FPS), suggesting that Ultra settings introduce effects that heavily tax the GPU.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates decline noticeably. Low settings produce 96.9 FPS, Medium hits 77.5 FPS, High manages 70.7 FPS, and Ultra falls to 47 FPS. The 1440p results show that the combo can still maintain smooth gameplay at Medium and High, but Ultra settings dip below the 60 FPS threshold that many players consider the minimum for a comfortable experience. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 49.9 FPS, a significant spread that highlights the GPU's sensitivity to graphical fidelity.

At 3840x2160, the performance drops considerably. Low settings yield 58.1 FPS, Medium produces 44 FPS, High delivers 41.7 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 26.4 FPS. These numbers reveal that 4K is only viable at Low settings, and even then, the frame rate barely crosses 60 FPS. The 4K results are consistent with the GPU's 69th percentile ranking — it lacks the raw power to handle high-fidelity rendering at this resolution. The data shows a clear pattern: this combo excels at 1080p, is acceptable at 1440p with reduced settings, and struggles at 4K except for the lowest preset.

# CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 contributes a solid foundation for Greedfall, with 6 cores and 12 threads running at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This Alder Lake-S processor, built on Intel's 10 nm process, features 18 MB of shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 15935 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 2249 in single-core, with a 3DMark max threads score of 5890. These results place the i5-12400 at the 77th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19850. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-9700 (deltaPct 0.1), Intel Core i7-8700 (deltaPct -0.2), and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (deltaPct -0.4), indicating the i5-12400 is competitive with older higher-tier chips.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p, where the frame rates reach 137.8 FPS at Low settings. This high frame rate suggests the processor can keep up with the GPU's output at lower resolutions, but the scaling to 4K shows that the GPU becomes the limiting factor. The CPU's 12 threads are more than sufficient for a game from 2019, and the boost clock of 4.40 GHz provides strong single-threaded performance that Greedfall's engine can utilize. The Cinebench R20 single-core score of 944 and PassMark single-thread score of 3456 confirm that the i5-12400 has the per-core strength needed for this Action RPG. However, the data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combo delivers only 26.4 FPS — a result driven primarily by GPU limitations rather than CPU performance. The CPU's 65 W TDP and dual-channel memory support make it a balanced partner for the RX 6600, but the overall combo rank of 1355 out of 1705 suggests that neither component is pushing the other to its full potential in this title.