Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-12400 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT delivers a compelling 1080p and 1440p experience in Greedfall, but the data reveals a steep performance cliff when pushing toward 4K Ultra settings. At 1080p Low, the combo produces 230.9 FPS, which drops to 166.3 FPS at High and 102.9 FPS at Ultra, indicating a GPU that scales predictably with graphical load. At 1440p, the pattern holds with 161.5 FPS at Low, 123.9 FPS at Medium, and 73.7 FPS at Ultra. However, the 4K results expose a significant bottleneck: High settings yield 65.5 FPS, Medium 74.5 FPS, but Ultra collapses to 41.1 FPS. This nonlinear drop—from 74.5 at Medium to 41.1 at Ultra—suggests that the RDNA 2.0 architecture’s 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 512.0 GB/s bandwidth are being saturated by the game’s most demanding preset, rather than the CPU becoming the limiting factor.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K tells a clear story about where the bottleneck shifts. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 230.9 FPS, which is 2.45 times higher than the 94.1 FPS seen at 4K Low. This scaling factor indicates that at lower resolutions, the CPU—with its 6 cores and 12 threads—is capable of feeding the GPU efficiently, allowing the RX 6800 XT to stretch its legs. The gap narrows at Medium settings: 184 FPS at 1080p versus 74.5 FPS at 4K, a 2.47x difference, showing consistent behavior. However, at High settings, the scaling becomes more pronounced: 166.3 FPS at 1080p drops to 114.9 FPS at 1440p, then to 65.5 FPS at 4K. The 1080p-to-4K ratio here is 2.54x, slightly worse than Low, suggesting that the GPU’s shading units (4608) and texture units (288) are working harder.

The most telling data point is the Ultra preset. At 1080p Ultra, the combo produces 102.9 FPS, which is still highly playable. At 1440p Ultra, it falls to 73.7 FPS, a 28% reduction. But at 4K Ultra, the frame rate crashes to 41.1 FPS—a 60% drop from 1080p Ultra. This nonlinear degradation points directly to the GPU being the primary limiter at 4K Ultra, as the CPU’s single-thread score of 910 in 3DMark and multi-thread score of 5890 remain unchanged regardless of resolution. The data shows that the RX 6800 XT’s 20.74 TFLOPS FP32 compute and 288.0 GPixel/s pixel rate cannot sustain the pixel shader workload at 4K Ultra, making the GPU the clear constraint in that scenario.

FAQ

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

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 230.9 at 1080p with Low settings. This drops to 102.9 FPS at Ultra settings, showing a 55% penalty for maxing out graphical fidelity at that resolution.

Q: How does the combo perform at 1440p for competitive play?

A: At 1440p, the combo delivers 161.5 FPS on Low and 123.9 FPS on Medium, both above 120 FPS thresholds. However, High settings drop to 114.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 73.7 FPS, indicating that 1440p Ultra is not ideal for high-refresh monitors.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-12400 a bottleneck for the RX 6800 XT in this game?

A: The data suggests the CPU is not a bottleneck at 1080p or 1440p, as frame rates scale consistently with GPU load. The CPU’s 3DMark max-thread score of 5890 and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15935 provide ample headroom. The bottleneck only appears at 4K Ultra, where the GPU’s rendering limits dominate.

Q: What is the performance difference between High and Ultra settings at 4K?

A: At 4K, High settings produce 65.5 FPS, while Ultra produces 41.1 FPS—a 37% performance drop. This is the largest settings-based gap across all resolutions, highlighting Ultra as a particularly demanding preset for this GPU.

*Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations in Greedfall?*

A: The combo ranks 608th out of 1705 tested combinations, placing it in the 64th percentile. This indicates it outperforms the majority of systems but is not in the top tier, likely due to the CPU’s mid-range positioning.

Q: What does the 4K Medium frame rate of 74.5 FPS indicate about the system?

A: The 4K Medium result of 74.5 FPS is notably higher than the 4K High result of 65.5 FPS, suggesting that the Medium preset avoids certain GPU-intensive effects. This makes Medium the sweet spot for 4K gaming on this combo, as it stays above the 60 FPS playability threshold.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 608 out of 1705 tested configurations in Greedfall places it in the upper-mid tier of all systems evaluated. This ranking reflects a balanced pairing where the RX 6800 XT’s 87th percentile standing among all GPUs is tempered by the i5-12400’s 77th percentile CPU ranking. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 49982 is only 0.5% ahead of the Intel Arc A550M (49737) and 1.7% behind the NVIDIA RTX A1000 (50826), indicating that the RX 6800 XT is competitive but not dominant in raw compute. Meanwhile, the CPU’s average score of 19850 is nearly identical to the Intel Core i7-9700 (19831, 0.1% delta) and the Intel Core i7-8700 (19894, -0.2% delta), showing that the i5-12400 punches at the level of older i7 parts.

The rank of 608 out of 1705 suggests that while this combo excels at 1080p and 1440p, its 4K Ultra performance of 41.1 FPS drags it down relative to systems with higher-end GPUs or more balanced CPU-GPU pairings. The data shows that the combo’s measured FPS at 1080p Low (230.9) is exceptional, but the 4K Ultra figure is below the 60 FPS standard, which likely prevents a higher rank. In comparison to the nearest GPU rival, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (48704 avg score, 2.6% behind), this combo would likely trade blows at lower resolutions but lose at 4K Ultra due to the RX 6800 XT’s memory bandwidth constraints.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a comprehensive view of performance across three resolutions and four settings presets. At 1920x1080, the combo starts at 230.9 FPS on Low, drops to 184 FPS on Medium, 166.3 FPS on High, and bottoms out at 102.9 FPS on Ultra. These figures indicate that the CPU and GPU are well-matched at 1080p, with the GPU scaling linearly as settings increase. The 128% difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p demonstrates that the RX 6800 XT has sufficient headroom to handle the full range of presets without introducing CPU bound limitations.

At 2560x1440, the performance profile shifts downward. Low settings produce 161.5 FPS, Medium 123.9 FPS, High 114.9 FPS, and Ultra 73.7 FPS. The gap between Medium and High narrows to 7.3%, suggesting that the High preset adds minimal load compared to Medium. The Ultra preset, however, imposes a 36% penalty over High, indicating that certain effects at Ultra are disproportionately expensive for the GPU’s 128 ROPs. The 1440p results show that this combo can achieve 100+ FPS on High settings, making it suitable for high-refresh 1440p monitors.

At 3840x2160, the data reveals the GPU’s limits. Low settings yield 94.1 FPS, which remains playable, but Medium drops to 74.5 FPS and High to 65.5 FPS. The Ultra preset produces 41.1 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 4K is 56%, meaning the Ultra preset nearly halves the frame rate. This pattern confirms that the RX 6800 XT, with its 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, struggles with the memory-intensive effects at 4K Ultra, while the CPU continues to deliver consistent frame pacing.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, provides the computational foundation for this combo. Its base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz, combined with 18 MB of L3 cache, deliver strong single-thread performance, as evidenced by its 3DMark single-thread score of 910 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2249. These figures place the CPU in the 77th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19850 that is virtually identical to the Intel Core i7-9700 (19831, 0.1% delta) and Intel Core i7-8700 (19894, -0.2% delta). This means the i5-12400 performs on par with older i7 parts, providing ample processing power for Greedfall’s Action RPG workloads.

The CPU’s multi-threaded capabilities, shown in Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15935 and PassMark multi-thread score of 18747, ensure that the game’s AI, physics, and world-streaming systems operate without bottlenecking the GPU. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5873 and max-thread score of 5890 indicate that the 12 threads are efficiently utilized, though the game likely does not scale perfectly to all threads, as the 8-thread score of 4745 is only 19% lower than the 16-thread score. In the context of Greedfall, the CPU’s role is to maintain consistent frame delivery, which is evident in the FPS data: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 230.9 FPS, proving that the CPU can feed the GPU at high frame rates without becoming a limiting factor.

The 65W TDP and 10nm process node (Alder Lake) contribute to the CPU’s efficiency, allowing it to sustain boost clocks without thermal throttling, which is critical for maintaining frame rates in extended gaming sessions. The CPU’s PCIe Gen 5 support (16 lanes) ensures that the GPU’s PCIe 4.0 x16 interface operates at full bandwidth, eliminating any potential data transfer bottleneck. Overall, the i5-12400 serves as a capable mid-range partner for the RX 6800 XT, providing enough single-thread and multi-thread performance to keep pace with the GPU across all resolutions, with the only exception being the GPU-bound 4K Ultra scenario.