Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-12400F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is an unusual but highly effective pairing for Greedfall, landing at rank 255 out of 1705 tested combos. That places this configuration in the top 15% of all CPU-GPU pairings tested, which is strong for a mid-range processor paired with a flagship graphics card. The data shows that this combo excels at high refresh rate 1080p and 1440p play, while still managing playable 4K performance, though the game's Ultra settings will challenge the GPU significantly.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 255 out of 1705 tested combinations puts it firmly in the top tier of systems for Greedfall. This is notable because the CPU itself sits at the 77th percentile among all processors, while the GPU sits at the 85th percentile among all graphics cards. The pairing clearly works well for this Action RPG, as the combined result outperforms what either component's individual percentile might suggest. The i5-12400F's benchmark scores are nearly identical to the Intel Core i7-8700K, with a delta of just 0.1%, and the RX 7900 XTX's average benchmark score of 44019 puts it slightly ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti by 2%. In practice, Greedfall appears to be a title that rewards high single-thread performance and massive GPU throughput, both of which this combo provides in abundance.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo perform at 1440p with High settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with High settings, the combo delivers an average of 142.2 FPS. This is well above the 60 FPS threshold and indicates that the system is not stressed at this resolution, leaving headroom for more demanding scenes or background tasks.

Q: What is the impact of switching from Low to Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the average FPS drops from 291 on Low to 132.5 on Ultra. That's a 54.5% reduction in frame rate, showing that Ultra settings impose a significant load on the GPU, even at 1080p, though the final result remains very playable.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 4K resolution?

A: At 3840x2160 with High settings, the combo achieves 87.6 FPS, while at Low settings it reaches 120.8 FPS. The performance difference between these settings suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, as the CPU's workload does not scale significantly with resolution.

Q: How does the RX 7900 XTX compare to its nearest rivals in raw compute?

A: The RX 7900 XTX's average benchmark score of 44019 is 0.8% higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile and 1.6% higher than the NVIDIA Quadro M6000. It trails the AMD Radeon Pro 580 by 0.4%, indicating it's a top-tier performer in synthetic tests.

Q: What is the CPU's multi-threaded capability relative to its single-thread performance?

A: The i5-12400F scores 16518 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 2332 in single-core. The multi-core score is roughly 7 times higher, reflecting the 6 cores and 12 threads, though the single-core score is what matters most for Greedfall's frame pacing at lower resolutions.

Q: Can this combo handle 1440p Ultra settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with Ultra settings, the average FPS is 92.5. This is a solid result for demanding settings, though it is notably lower than the 158.1 FPS seen on Medium settings, indicating that Ultra presets heavily tax the GPU.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data reveals a clear and expected scaling pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combo delivers 205.8 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 with the same settings drops that to 142.2 FPS, a 31% reduction. At 3840x2160 with High settings, the average falls to 87.6 FPS, which is a 57.4% drop from the 1080p result. This scaling is typical for a GPU-bound scenario: as pixel count increases, the load shifts almost entirely to the graphics card, and the RX 7900 XTX's massive 24 GB frame buffer and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth are put to work. The CPU's role is largely static across resolutions, so the diminishing frame rates at higher resolutions are directly attributable to the GPU's rendering workload. Notably, the jump from 1440p to 4K produces a steeper relative drop than the jump from 1080p to 1440p, which suggests that at 4K the GPU is approaching its limits, especially with higher settings presets.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo shows remarkable headroom. Low settings yield an average of 291 FPS, Medium drops to 225 FPS, High produces 205.8 FPS, and Ultra brings the average down to 132.5 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra is 158.5 FPS, which is a massive range that highlights how much the settings preset can influence performance. At 2560x1440, the numbers compress somewhat: Low hits 200.4 FPS, Medium reaches 158.1 FPS, High delivers 142.2 FPS, and Ultra falls to 92.5 FPS. At this resolution, even the Ultra preset remains comfortably above 60 FPS, making 1440p a sweet spot for high-refresh monitors with reduced settings. At 3840x2160, the performance tightens further: Low averages 120.8 FPS, Medium drops to 92.5 FPS, High reaches 87.6 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 55.3 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration that dips below 60 FPS, suggesting that 4K gaming with maxed settings is not advisable for a locked 60 FPS experience, but lowering to High or Medium provides a smooth experience.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain the measured FPS results. The GPU features 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, delivering 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This vast memory capacity is more than sufficient for Greedfall at any resolution and setting, meaning VRAM is never a limiting factor in the data. The GPU's clock speeds are also relevant: a base clock of 1929 MHz, a game clock of 2365 MHz, and a boost clock of 2498 MHz. The boost clock is what the card sustains under load, and the benchmark results indicate that this clock speed translates into strong rasterization performance, as evidenced by the 61.39 TFLOPS FP32 throughput. The GPU's 6144 shading units and 192 ROPs are well-utilized at 4K, where the pixel rate of 479.6 GPixel/s becomes a critical factor. The 4K Ultra result of 55.3 FPS suggests that the ROPs and texture units are working near capacity, but the card's compute resources are still ahead of the CPU's ability to feed them at lower resolutions. The GPU's percentile rank of 85 versus all GPUs confirms it is a high-end part, and its performance in Greedfall aligns with that status.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on Alder Lake architecture, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. In Greedfall, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic, and the data shows it does this effectively at all tested resolutions. The CPU's single-thread performance is strong, as evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2332 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2221. These scores are critical for an Action RPG, which often relies on a few heavily loaded threads for AI and physics. The multi-core score of 16518 in Cinebench R23 indicates that the CPU has ample headroom for background tasks or streaming. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo reaches 291 FPS, which is a strong indicator that the CPU is not bottlenecking the GPU at lower resolutions. Even at 4K Ultra, where the GPU is clearly the limiting factor, the CPU still maintains enough throughput to keep the GPU fully occupied, as shown by the 55.3 FPS result. The CPU's percentile rank of 77 places it above average, and its near-identical benchmark score to the Intel Core i7-8700K (delta of 0.1%) means it delivers comparable gaming performance to a much older flagship. The 18 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB per-core L2 cache help with data locality, which is beneficial for the game's repetitive memory access patterns.