Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-12400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination delivers a robust performance profile in Greedfall, placing the system in the 81st percentile of all tested configurations. The data reveals a pairing where the GPU’s substantial rendering power is the primary driver of frame rates, yet the CPU’s six performance cores provide sufficient headroom to avoid becoming a bottleneck at most settings.

FAQ

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested CPU-GPU pairings in Greedfall?

A: The combination ranks 324th out of 1705 tested combos, placing it in the top 19% of all systems benchmarked for this title.

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achieved by this system?

A: The peak performance is observed at 1920x1080 with Low settings, reaching an average of 275.7 FPS.

Q: What is the most demanding configuration in the test suite?

A: The heaviest load is at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, which yields an average of 52.6 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its closest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Core i5-12400F posts an average benchmark score of 19221, which is 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-8700K (19210) and 0.3% ahead of the Intel Core i5-1335U (19167).

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest competitor in overall performance?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 42576, which is 0.2% behind the NVIDIA RTX A6000 (42653) and 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE (42723).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between High and Ultra settings at 2560x1440?

A: At 2560x1440, High settings deliver 135.8 FPS, while Ultra settings drop to 84.6 FPS, a substantial 51.2 FPS difference that indicates a heavy cost for the highest quality presets.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is crucial for feeding the 7168 shading units at high resolutions. The GPU’s boost clock of 2475 MHz and base clock of 1980 MHz enable a raw compute throughput of 35.48 TFLOPS FP32, a figure that directly translates to the high frame rates observed in Greedfall.

The data strongly suggests that the GPU is the limiting factor when pushing higher resolutions and settings. For instance, at 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system reaches 275.7 FPS, but this drops to 127.5 FPS at Ultra. This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the pixel and shader workload increases. The GPU’s 80 ROPs and 224 TMUs handle the rasterization and texturing demands, with a pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s. These specifications explain why the card can maintain over 84 FPS at 4K High, but the 52.6 FPS result at 4K Ultra shows the limits of its memory bandwidth and compute capacity when pushed to the extreme.

How This Combo Ranks

With a rank of 324 out of 1705 combos, this system sits comfortably in the upper quartile of tested configurations for Greedfall. This position indicates that the pairing is well-balanced for the game’s engine, which appears to scale effectively with the GPU’s capabilities. The CPU’s percentile rank of 77 among all processors suggests it is a capable partner, but the GPU’s percentile rank of 84 indicates it is the stronger component relative to its own market segment.

The combination’s rank implies that while it is not a top-tier enthusiast setup, it outperforms the vast majority of systems tested. The data shows a clear performance hierarchy: the GPU’s synthetic average score of 42576 is significantly higher than the CPU’s 19221, which further underscores the GPU’s dominance in this configuration. This ranking suggests that in Greedfall, the system’s performance is primarily determined by the RTX 4070 SUPER, with the i5-12400F providing sufficient support to avoid limiting the frame rates.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured results provide a comprehensive view of the system’s capabilities across three resolutions and four quality settings. At 1920x1080, the system excels, delivering 199.6 FPS on High and 216 FPS on Medium, with a peak of 275.7 FPS on Low. The Ultra preset at this resolution still yields a highly playable 127.5 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong. High settings average 135.8 FPS, while Medium achieves 151.3 FPS. Low settings reach up to 188.5 FPS, but Ultra drops to 84.6 FPS, which is the first sign of significant strain.

At 3840x2160, the GPU’s workload becomes apparent. High settings manage 84.4 FPS, and Medium produces 88.7 FPS, which is surprisingly close to High. Low settings reach 111.3 FPS, but Ultra falls to 52.6 FPS, highlighting the heavy cost of the highest quality assets at 4K. The data reveals that the gap between High and Medium at 4K is minimal (4.3 FPS), whereas the jump from High to Ultra is substantial (31.8 FPS), indicating a nonlinear scaling of GPU demands.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400F serves as the foundation of this system, featuring 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Alder Lake architecture. Its boost clock of 4.40 GHz and base clock of 2.50 GHz provide the computational power for game logic and physics. The CPU’s cache hierarchy, including 80 KB of L1 per core and 1.25 MB of L2 per core, alongside 18 MB of shared L3, ensures efficient data access for the game’s AI and world simulation.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-12400F demonstrates strong single-thread performance, scoring 909 in 3DMark single-thread and 2332 in Cinebench R23 single-core. These scores are critical for Greedfall, which likely relies on a few primary threads for gameplay mechanics. The multi-threaded scores, such as 16518 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, show that the CPU can handle background tasks without compromising frame delivery. The data suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck in most scenarios, as the frame rates scale predictably with GPU load. However, at 1920x1080 with Low settings (275.7 FPS), the CPU’s single-thread performance may become a more significant factor, as the GPU is rendering frames faster than the CPU can process game state updates.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, the High preset is the optimal choice across all tested resolutions. At 1920x1080, High delivers 199.6 FPS, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate monitors. At 2560x1440, High maintains 135.8 FPS, offering a smooth experience for most displays. Even at 3840x2160, High achieves 84.4 FPS, which is playable on 4K screens.

The Medium preset offers a marginal improvement in frame rates over High, with gains of 16.4 FPS at 1080p and 15.5 FPS at 1440p, but the visual quality reduction is likely not worth the trade-off for most users. The Ultra preset, while visually impressive, comes with a significant performance cost, dropping frame rates by 72.1 FPS at 1080p and 51.2 FPS at 1440p compared to High. This makes Ultra a poor choice for competitive or high-refresh gaming, but it remains viable for 4K at 52.6 FPS for those prioritizing image quality over frame rate.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound performance. On the High preset, performance drops from 199.6 FPS at 1080p to 135.8 FPS at 1440p, a 32% reduction, and then to 84.4 FPS at 4K, a further 38% reduction. This consistent decline indicates that the RTX 4070 SUPER’s compute and memory resources are being saturated as pixel count increases.

The scaling is more dramatic on the Ultra preset, where 1080p yields 127.5 FPS, but 4K drops to 52.6 FPS, a 58% decrease. This steeper decline on Ultra suggests that the GPU’s 12 GB memory buffer and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth are stressed by the high-resolution textures and effects. Conversely, the Low preset shows the smallest relative drop, from 275.7 FPS at 1080p to 111.3 FPS at 4K, a 60% decrease, but the absolute numbers remain high. The data implies that at lower settings, the CPU’s role becomes relatively more important, but the overall system remains GPU-limited in all scenarios tested. The minimal difference between Medium (88.7 FPS) and High (84.4 FPS) at 4K is particularly telling, as it suggests that the GPU is reaching a memory bandwidth ceiling that limits further gains from reduced settings.