Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT delivers a balanced 1080p and 1440p experience in Greedfall, with the GPU’s 16 GB of VRAM and high boost clock proving more decisive than the CPU’s six cores at higher resolutions. Benchmark results show the combo ranking in the 65th percentile of tested configurations, with performance scaling that shifts from CPU-bound at 1080p to firmly GPU-bound at 4K.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 33 chip, featuring a base clock of 1980 MHz, a game clock of 2470 MHz, and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. These clock speeds are the primary driver of the GPU’s frame rate in Greedfall, as the data shows a clear correlation between settings that stress the shader units and the resulting FPS. The card has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 176.3 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s.

Crucially, the RX 7600 XT comes with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s. In Greedfall, an Action RPG with dense environments, this VRAM capacity is likely why the card maintains playable frame rates at 4K even when texture-heavy settings are enabled. The data shows that at 3840x2160 with High settings, the combo averages 50 FPS, while at Ultra settings it drops to 30.5 FPS. The 16 GB buffer prevents memory-related stutters that would otherwise appear at higher resolutions, though the 128-bit bus limits bandwidth compared to wider-memory rivals.

The GPU holds the 63rd percentile ranking among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 20146. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 7600, which scores 20258 (a delta of -0.6%), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER at 19774 (a delta of 1.9%). This places the RX 7600 XT slightly below the non-XT RX 7600 in raw compute, but the extra VRAM and higher boost clock (2755 MHz vs. the standard RX 7600) appear to help in Greedfall’s memory-heavy scenes, as the measured FPS at 1080p High (111 FPS) suggests headroom that the GPU can exploit without hitting memory ceilings.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Alder Lake generation, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It features 18 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core, with a TDP of 65 W. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU scores 16518 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 2332 in single-core, placing it in the 77th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 19221.

For Greedfall, the CPU’s role is most apparent at 1080p, where the frame rate scales dramatically with settings. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 158.9 FPS, while at High settings it drops to 111 FPS. This 47.9 FPS gap is far larger than what the GPU alone would produce if it were the sole bottleneck, indicating that the i5-12400F’s six cores are sufficient to feed the GPU at lower settings but become less relevant as the GPU load increases. The CPU’s boost clock of 4.40 GHz provides strong single-thread performance, which Greedfall’s engine appears to leverage, as the game is not heavily multi-threaded based on the measured results.

Compared to its nearest rivals, the i5-12400F sits within 1.3% of the AMD EPYC 7773X (which scores 18979) and 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-8700K (19210). This tight clustering means the CPU is not a differentiator in Greedfall; the data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combo delivers 30.5 FPS, a figure that is nearly identical to what a slower CPU would produce, confirming the GPU as the limiting component at that resolution.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a clear trend: as resolution increases, the frame rate drops proportionally, indicating a shift in bottleneck from CPU to GPU. At 1080p High, the combo delivers 111 FPS. Moving to 1440p High, it drops to 76.1 FPS, a 31.4% reduction. At 4K High, it falls to 50 FPS, a 54.9% reduction from 1080p. This scaling pattern is typical of a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions, where the RX 7600 XT’s 288.0 GB/s bandwidth and 2048 shading units become the limiting factor.

The Low settings tell a similar story but with higher absolute numbers. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 158.9 FPS, dropping to 106.6 FPS at 1440p (a 32.9% drop) and 62.6 FPS at 4K (a 60.6% drop). The fact that the 1440p Low result (106.6 FPS) is lower than the 1080p High result (111 FPS) suggests that resolution affects frame rate more than settings do, reinforcing that the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth are the primary constraints once the CPU has enough headroom.

At Ultra settings, the game becomes extremely demanding. The 1080p Ultra result is 71 FPS, which drops to 48.2 FPS at 1440p (a 32.1% drop) and 30.5 FPS at 4K (a 57.0% drop). The consistent ~30% drop from 1080p to 1440p across all settings indicates that the GPU is the bottleneck, as a CPU-bound scenario would show a smaller relative decrease. The i5-12400F’s 6 cores are sufficient to maintain these frame rates, but they are not the reason the numbers fall; the RX 7600 XT’s compute and memory limits are.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

In the database of tested combinations for Greedfall, this specific pairing of the Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT ranks 1114 out of 1705 total combos. This places it in the upper-middle tier of all tested systems, which is consistent with the individual component percentiles (CPU at 77th, GPU at 63rd). The rank suggests that while the CPU is above average, the GPU pulls the overall performance down relative to top-tier pairings.

The ranking implies that there are 591 combos that perform better in Greedfall, which likely include CPUs with higher single-thread scores and GPUs with more shading units or bandwidth. However, the data also shows that this combo outperforms the majority of tested systems (591 worse out of 1705), meaning it sits ahead of roughly 65% of all configurations. The GPU’s nearest rival, the RX 7600, scores 0.6% higher in synthetic benchmarks, which would likely place a combo with that card slightly higher in the ranking, but the RX 7600 XT’s 16 GB VRAM provides a buffer that may not be captured in the rank but is evident in the 4K High result of 50 FPS.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution to play Greedfall with this combo?*

A: Based on the measured FPS, 2560x1440 with High settings delivers 76.1 FPS, which is above the 60 FPS threshold, while 3840x2160 with High settings drops to 50 FPS, making 1440p the practical maximum for smooth gameplay.

Q: How does the RX 7600 XT compare to the RX 7600 in this game?

A: The RX 7600 XT has a synthetic benchmark score of 20146, which is 0.6% lower than the RX 7600’s 20258. However, the XT variant’s 16 GB VRAM and higher boost clock (2755 MHz) may help in memory-heavy scenes at 4K, where the XT achieves 50 FPS on High settings.

Q: Is the i5-12400F a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 158.9 FPS, while at 1080p High it drops to 111 FPS. This large gap indicates the CPU is not the bottleneck at lower settings, but the GPU becomes the limit as settings increase.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 4K Ultra settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings is 30.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target and indicates the GPU is heavily loaded at this resolution and quality level.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to all tested systems?

A: It ranks 1114 out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the 65th percentile and ahead of 591 other configurations in Greedfall.

Q: Does the CPU’s performance match its rivals?

A: The i5-12400F scores 19221 on average, which is 0.1% above the Intel Core i7-8700K (19210) and 0.3% above the Intel Core i5-1335U (19167), showing it is competitive with older high-end chips.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The measured FPS data for this combo in Greedfall is as follows:

1920x1080 (1080p):

• Low: 158.9 FPS
• Medium: 125.9 FPS
• High: 111 FPS
• Ultra: 71 FPS

2560x1440 (1440p):

• Low: 106.6 FPS
• Medium: 88.1 FPS
• High: 76.1 FPS
• Ultra: 48.2 FPS

3840x2160 (4K):

• Low: 62.6 FPS
• Medium: 53.4 FPS
• High: 50 FPS
• Ultra: 30.5 FPS

The data shows that the step from Medium to High at 1080p costs 14.9 FPS (from 125.9 to 111), while the step from High to Ultra costs 40 FPS (from 111 to 71). This pattern is consistent at 1440p, where the High to Ultra transition drops from 76.1 to 48.2 FPS (a 27.9 FPS loss), and at 4K, where it drops from 50 to 30.5 FPS (a 19.5 FPS loss). The diminishing absolute losses at higher resolutions indicate that the GPU’s raw compute is the limiting factor, as the relative cost of Ultra settings becomes smaller when the frame rate is already low. The lowest measured FPS in the entire dataset is 30.5 FPS at 4K Ultra, while the highest is 158.9 FPS at 1080p Low, giving a total range of 128.4 FPS across all tested configurations.