Greedfall

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 paired with the Intel Core i5-12400 delivers a highly playable Greedfall experience at 1080p and 1440p, with the data showing that the High preset offers the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate. At 1920x1080, the High preset produces an average of 109.2 FPS, which is a substantial 38.4 FPS advantage over the Ultra preset's 70.9 FPS, while the visual difference between these two settings in an Action RPG is often marginal. Moving to 2560x1440, High again proves optimal with an average of 79 FPS, comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, whereas Ultra drops to 52.1 FPS. The Low preset at 1080p reaches 152.9 FPS, but this comes at too great a visual cost for the benefit. For 4K, the situation changes: High yields 45.7 FPS, which is playable but not ideal, while Medium at 49.2 FPS is a better compromise than High, and Low at 61.2 FPS is the only preset that secures a fully smooth frame rate at 3840x2160.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows indicate that the High preset is the definitive sweet spot for this combination across most resolutions. At 1080p, the jump from High to Ultra costs 38.3 FPS (from 109.2 to 70.9), a 35% performance penalty that is difficult to justify for the incremental graphics enhancements in Greedfall’s environments. At 1440p, the same pattern holds: High delivers 79 FPS, which is 26.9 FPS more than Ultra’s 52.1 FPS. The data suggests that Ultra is reserved for users who prioritize image quality over frame rate, but for the majority of play sessions, High provides a strong experience without requiring any compromise in smoothness. At 4K, the recommendation shifts to Medium, as it provides 49.2 FPS versus High’s 45.7 FPS, a 3.5 FPS gain that is small but meaningful when approaching the edge of playability. Low settings at 1080p yield 152.9 FPS, which is useful for competitive scenarios, but Greedfall is a single-player RPG, so the visual downgrade is rarely worth the extra 43.7 FPS over High. The optimal strategy is to run High at 1080p or 1440p, and to drop to Medium at 4K to maintain a playable frame rate.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600, built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, is the primary driver of performance in Greedfall’s higher resolutions. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s, which is sufficient for the texture loads at 1080p and 1440p, but the data shows a sharp decline when moving to 4K. The GPU’s boost clock of 2655 MHz and game clock of 2250 MHz allow it to sustain high throughput, yet the 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS indicates a hard limit where the card’s 2048 shading units and 64 ROPs are overwhelmed. The benchmark results for the GPU, including a Passmark G3D score of 16634 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2310, place it in the 63rd percentile among all GPUs, suggesting it is a solid mid-range performer. In Greedfall specifically, the scaling from 1440p High at 79 FPS to 4K High at 45.7 FPS represents a 42% drop, which is a steeper decline than the resolution scaling would suggest, indicating that the GPU’s memory bandwidth and compute capacity are the limiting factors at 4K. The RX 7600’s closest rival, the RX 7600 XT, scores only 0.6% higher in average benchmarks, yet in-game the 7600 holds up well, proving that its 8 GB frame buffer is adequate for this title’s demands at mid-range resolutions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400, with its 6 cores and 12 threads from the Alder Lake architecture, plays a supporting but crucial role in Greedfall’s performance. The CPU’s base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz, combined with an 18 MB shared L3 cache, ensure that it does not bottleneck the GPU at any tested resolution. The benchmark data shows strong multi-threaded capability, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15935 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 5890, placing it in the 77th percentile among all CPUs. In Greedfall, the CPU’s influence is most apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU is less stressed. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 152.9 FPS, which is 43.7 FPS higher than at 1080p High, demonstrating that the CPU can feed the GPU with frames efficiently when the graphical load is light. The CPU’s nearest rival, the Intel Core i7-9700, scores nearly identically in average benchmarks with a deltaPct of 0.1%, yet the i5-12400’s 12 threads provide better headroom for background tasks. The single-thread performance, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2249, is critical for Greedfall’s game logic, and the data shows no signs of CPU-induced stuttering, as the frame rates scale consistently with GPU load. The 65 W TDP is modest, but the CPU’s 10 nm process and efficient design mean it can sustain boost clocks without thermal throttling, ensuring consistent frame delivery across all settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 ranks 1149 out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database. This rank reflects the GPU’s 63rd percentile standing and the CPU’s 77th percentile standing, but the in-game results are more favorable than the raw ranking suggests. The 4K Ultra result of 29 FPS drags down the overall score, yet at 1080p and 1440p, the combo performs admirably, with the High preset delivering 109.2 FPS and 79 FPS respectively. The rank indicates that many other combinations—likely those with higher-end GPUs—can achieve better 4K performance, but for the resolutions where this combo is targeted, it holds its own. The GPU’s nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, scores 1.3% higher in average benchmarks, and the Intel Arc B570 is 1.5% ahead, but in Greedfall, the RX 7600’s desktop-class performance with a 165 W TDP ensures it is not outclassed. The combo’s position in the lower half of the rankings is more a reflection of the database’s inclusion of high-end hardware than a condemnation of this pairing; the data shows that for 1080p and 1440p gaming, this combo delivers frame rates that many higher-ranked setups would struggle to match at the same settings.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling, with the CPU maintaining its role as a constant. At 1080p High, the average is 109.2 FPS; at 1440p High, it drops to 79 FPS; and at 4K High, it falls to 45.7 FPS. This represents a 27.6% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 42.2% drop from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is not linear, which indicates that the GPU’s memory bandwidth and pixel throughput are being taxed progressively harder. The Low preset shows a similar trend: 152.9 FPS at 1080p, 104.5 FPS at 1440p, and 61.2 FPS at 4K. The fact that the 4K Low result (61.2 FPS) is still higher than the 1080p Ultra result (70.9 FPS) is telling—it shows that the GPU is capable of handling 4K resolution when the graphical features are reduced, but the Ultra settings introduce effects that cripple performance. The limiting component is unequivocally the GPU, as the CPU’s performance metrics do not change with resolution, and the frame rate drops align with the GPU’s known compute capabilities. At 1080p, the system is not fully GPU-bound, as evidenced by the large gap between Low and Ultra (82 FPS difference), but at 4K, the gap narrows to 32.2 FPS, showing that the GPU is saturated. For users with 4K displays, the data recommends using Low or Medium presets, but for the intended 1080p and 1440p usage, this combo provides a robust experience that scales predictably with resolution.