Greedfall

The Intel Core i5-12600KF paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT delivers a playable experience in Greedfall, but the data reveals a clear shift in bottleneck behavior as resolution increases. At 1080p, the system shows strong headroom, with Low settings producing an average of 159 FPS and High settings hitting 114 FPS. These numbers indicate that the CPU is well-equipped to feed the GPU at lower resolutions, as the frame rates scale almost linearly with graphical load. Moving to 1440p, the averages drop to 111 FPS on Low and 79 FPS on High, showing a predictable 30% reduction from the 1080p figures—a pattern that suggests the GPU is beginning to assert its influence but is still not fully saturated.

The most telling change occurs at 4K, where the High preset yields just 47 FPS and Low settings still only manage 66 FPS. The delta between 1080p Low (159 FPS) and 4K Low (66 FPS) is a dramatic 58% loss, which is far steeper than the 30% drop seen between 1080p and 1440p. This non-linear scaling at 4K confirms that the RX 7600 XT becomes the definitive limiting component at higher resolutions, as its 128-bit memory bus and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth struggle to feed the pixel throughput demanded by 3840x2160. The Ultra preset at 4K collapses to 30 FPS, which is borderline unplayable, while the same preset at 1440p holds at 50 FPS and at 1080p reaches 73 FPS. The data shows that this combo is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with 4K reserved for Low or Medium settings if frame rate is prioritized over visual fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of tested hardware combinations for Greedfall, this specific pairing of the i5-12600KF and RX 7600 XT secures a rank of 2342 out of 3703 total combos. This places it in the lower-middle tier of the database, indicating that while it is not a top-tier configuration, it is far from the bottom. The percentile ranking of the individual components helps explain this positioning: the CPU sits at the 79th percentile among all tested processors, while the GPU is at the 60th percentile among all GPUs. The mismatch between these two percentiles is significant—the CPU is clearly capable of pushing higher frame rates, but the GPU holds the combo back from climbing into higher rank brackets.

The GPU's nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks further contextualize its standing. The RX 7600 XT posts an average benchmark score of 17083, which is just 0.3% above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 (17037) and 0.4% above the AMD Radeon HD 7970M (17019). However, it trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 by 0.7% (17208), showing that it sits in a tight performance cluster. This close grouping explains why the combo rank in Greedfall is not higher—the GPU is competing with older flagship cards rather than modern mid-range or high-end options. The CPU, by contrast, has a much wider lead over its rivals, with an average benchmark score of 27799 that is 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896) and 0.3% behind the Intel Core i9-10900K (27872). The data suggests that if the GPU were swapped for a faster model, this combo would jump significantly in the rankings.

FAQ

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

A: The data indicates 1440p is the sweet spot, as it delivers 79 FPS on High settings and 87 FPS on Medium, while 4K drops to 47 FPS on High and 30 FPS on Ultra.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its closest rivals?

A: The i5-12600KF scores 23391 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, which is within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896 average benchmark score) and the Intel Core i9-10900K (27872), indicating near-parity in heavy threaded workloads.

Q: Is the GPU's VRAM sufficient for Greedfall at maximum settings?

A: The RX 7600 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory, which is ample for the game, yet the Ultra preset at 4K still only manages 30 FPS, showing that memory capacity is not the limiting factor—bandwidth is.

Q: What frame rate can users expect at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: The measured average is 125 FPS, with minimums of 106 FPS and maximums of 144 FPS, indicating a smooth experience with no major frame drops.

Q: How does the GPU's DirectX 12 performance influence Greedfall?

A: The GPU scores 65 in Passmark DirectX 12, which is lower than its DirectX 11 score of 167, suggesting that the game's engine may not fully utilize DX12 features, potentially capping performance in certain scenarios.

Q: Does the CPU's single-thread performance bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: No, the i5-12600KF scores 1016 in 3DMark single-thread and 3925 in Passmark single-thread, which is sufficient to keep the GPU fed, as evidenced by 159 FPS at 1080p Low.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its strongest performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 159 FPS, while Medium yields 125 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS and a maximum of 144 FPS. High settings average 114 FPS, and Ultra drops to 73 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 86 FPS, which shows that the GPU has headroom to spare at this resolution, and even the most demanding preset remains comfortably above 60 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates scale down proportionally. Low settings average 111 FPS, Medium averages 87 FPS with a minimum of 74 FPS and maximum of 100 FPS, and High averages 79 FPS. Ultra is the outlier, dropping to 50 FPS, which is a 32% reduction from High and the first sign that the GPU is starting to struggle. The minimum frame rate of 74 FPS on Medium suggests that even with occasional drops, the experience remains fluid at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the limitations of the RX 7600 XT become apparent. Low settings average 66 FPS, which is still playable, but Medium drops to 52 FPS with a minimum of 44 FPS and maximum of 60 FPS. High settings average 47 FPS, and Ultra falls to 30 FPS. The transition from 1440p to 4K at High settings shows a 40% reduction in frame rate (79 to 47 FPS), which is a clear indicator that the GPU's 128-bit memory bus and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for 4K gaming beyond Low settings.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 33 chip, manufactured on a 6 nm process by TSMC. It features 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, with a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. The memory configuration is 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications place the GPU at the 60th percentile among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 17083. In Greedfall, the GPU's role is dominant at 4K, where the frame rates are clearly limited by its pixel rate of 176.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s.

The 16 GB VRAM capacity is not a bottleneck in Greedfall, as even at 4K Ultra, the game does not appear to exceed this allocation. However, the memory bandwidth is the critical constraint. The 128-bit bus width is narrow compared to higher-end cards, and this manifests in the steep frame rate drops at 3840x2160. The GPU's DirectX 12 score of 65 in Passmark is notably lower than its DirectX 11 score of 167, which suggests that Greedfall's engine may not be optimized for DX12 pathways, further limiting performance. The GPU's closest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, scores 0.7% higher in synthetic benchmarks, yet in Greedfall, the RX 7600 XT's 4K performance is hampered by its memory subsystem rather than raw compute power.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12600KF is a 10-core, 16-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.90 GHz. It has 20 MB of shared L3 cache and supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory. The CPU's synthetic benchmark scores are strong: it achieves 23391 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3302 in single-core, with a 3DMark max-thread score of 7952. These results place it at the 79th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 27799. In Greedfall, the CPU's role is to maintain high frame rates at lower resolutions, and the data shows it excels at this task.

At 1080p, the CPU is not the limiting factor, as evidenced by the 159 FPS average on Low settings. The single-thread performance of 1016 in 3DMark and 3925 in Passmark is more than adequate for Greedfall's engine, which relies on a few heavily threaded tasks. The multi-threaded performance is also robust, with a Passmark multi-thread score of 27575, ensuring that background tasks and game logic do not cause frame drops. The CPU's nearest rivals include the Intel Core i9-10900K (27872 average score) and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (27896), both of which are within 0.3% of the i5-12600KF's performance, indicating that this processor is not holding back the GPU.

When the resolution increases to 4K, the CPU's role diminishes further, as the GPU becomes the bottleneck. The frame rate differences between 1080p and 4K at the same settings are entirely attributable to the GPU's limits, not the CPU. For example, at High settings, the CPU can deliver 114 FPS at 1080p but only 47 FPS at 4K, a drop that the processor cannot influence because it is waiting for the GPU to complete its work. The data suggests that in Greedfall, the i5-12600KF provides a solid foundation that will not need upgrading for this game, even as future GPU upgrades would unlock higher frame rates at higher resolutions.