Greedfall

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Greedfall with the Intel Core i5-14600KF and AMD Radeon RX 7600 shows a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases. At 1920x1080 with High settings, the combo produces 108.9 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 at the same settings drops the average to 78 FPS, a reduction of roughly 28%. At 3840x2160, the average falls further to 43.9 FPS, representing a 44% drop from the 1440p result. This scaling curve is steep, indicating that the rendering load grows substantially with each step up in resolution.

The pattern across all four settings presets tells the same story. At Low settings, the combo goes from 154.7 FPS at 1080p to 104.8 FPS at 1440p to 61 FPS at 4K. Medium settings produce 119 FPS at 1080p, 82.6 FPS at 1440p, and 48.5 FPS at 4K. Ultra settings yield 69.8 FPS at 1080p, 49.7 FPS at 1440p, and 27.2 FPS at 4K. The relative drop from 1080p to 4K is consistent across presets, with the 4K figure landing between 38% and 44% of the 1080p value depending on the preset.

What this scaling reveals about the limiting component is important. The RX 7600's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth becomes the constraining factor at higher resolutions. The GPU's 21.75 TFLOPS FP32 compute and 169.9 GPixel/s pixel rate are substantial, but the memory subsystem is relatively narrow for 4K workloads. The data shows that at 4K Ultra, the combo falls to 27.2 FPS, which is below playable thresholds for most users. Even at 4K High, the 43.9 FPS average is borderline. The 4K Low result of 61 FPS is the only 4K preset that clears the 60 FPS bar, and it does so by a slim margin.

The implication is that at 1080p and 1440p, the CPU has enough headroom to feed the GPU effectively, and the GPU is the primary driver of performance differences between presets. At 4K, the GPU's memory bandwidth and capacity become the dominant bottleneck, as evidenced by the steep FPS drops. The CPU's 14 cores and 20 threads are not the limiting factor here; the data points to the GPU as the component that determines the playability ceiling at each resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this combo to maintain 60 FPS?

A: At 1920x1080, every preset except Ultra (69.8 FPS) exceeds 60 FPS, with Low hitting 154.7 FPS and High hitting 108.9 FPS. At 2560x1440, Low (104.8 FPS), Medium (82.6 FPS), and High (78 FPS) all stay above 60 FPS, but Ultra drops to 49.7 FPS. At 3840x2160, only Low (61 FPS) manages to stay above 60 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The i5-14600KF has an average benchmark score of 49367, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs. It is 0.4% ahead of the Intel Core i5-14600K (49166), 0.6% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (49062), and 1.4% ahead of the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (48698). It trails the AMD EPYC 4345P (49595) by 0.5%.

Q: What is the GPU's standing relative to its nearest competitors?

A: The RX 7600 has an average benchmark score of 20258 and sits in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs. It is 0.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (20146) and 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 460 (20088). It trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534) by 1.3% and the Intel Arc B570 (20556) by 1.5%.

Q: Which setting preset offers the largest FPS jump at 1440p?

A: Moving from Ultra to High at 2560x1440 increases the average FPS from 49.7 to 78, a 57% improvement. Dropping from High to Medium yields a smaller gain (78 to 82.6 FPS), and from Medium to Low the gain is more substantial (82.6 to 104.8 FPS). The Ultra-to-High step is the single largest relative improvement.

Q: Is the GPU's memory configuration sufficient for 4K gaming in this title?

A: The data shows that at 3840x2160, the combo produces 61 FPS on Low, 48.5 FPS on Medium, 43.9 FPS on High, and 27.2 FPS on Ultra. The 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth struggle to sustain high frame rates at 4K, particularly at higher presets where memory pressure increases.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations in Greedfall?

A: This specific combination of CPU and GPU ranks 1228 out of 1705 total combos tested in Greedfall. The data is marked as measured, meaning it comes from actual benchmark runs rather than estimates.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600KF is a 14-core, 20-thread processor based on the Raptor Lake architecture, built on a 10 nm process by Intel. It runs at a base clock of 3.50 GHz and boosts to 5.30 GHz. Its cache configuration includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3. The CPU supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus and connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes. Its TDP is 125 W, and it uses the Intel Socket 1700.

In synthetic benchmarks, the i5-14600KF demonstrates strong multi-threaded performance. It scores 13813 in Cinebench R20 multi-core and 1950 in single-core. In Cinebench R23, the multi-core score is 32889 and single-core is 4643. Geekbench results show 15636 multi-core and 2778 single-core. PassMark multi-thread score is 38697, with a single-thread score of 4273. The CPU's average benchmark score of 49367 places it in the 93rd percentile of all CPUs, indicating it outperforms the vast majority of processors on the market.

For Greedfall specifically, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The game launched in 2019, and its engine is not particularly demanding on modern high-core-count processors. The 14 cores and 20 threads are far more than Greedfall's engine is likely to utilize, meaning the CPU is not the bottleneck in this configuration. The benchmark data supports this: at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 154.7 FPS, which suggests the CPU can sustain very high frame rates when the GPU is not heavily loaded. The single-core performance, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4643, is more relevant for gaming, as most games do not scale perfectly across many cores.

The nearest rivals in CPU benchmarks are all within 1.4% of the i5-14600KF's average score. The Intel Core i5-14600K is essentially identical (0.4% gap), and the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is 0.6% behind. This suggests that in CPU-bound scenarios, swapping to any of these alternatives would produce negligible differences in Greedfall. The CPU's percentile ranking of 93 means it outperforms 93% of all CPUs tested, reinforcing that it is not the limiting component in this gaming configuration.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for the i5-14600KF and RX 7600 combination in Greedfall covers four settings presets across three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 154.7 FPS, Medium delivers 119 FPS, High delivers 108.9 FPS, and Ultra delivers 69.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 84.9 FPS, a 55% reduction from the lowest to the highest preset. The step from Ultra to High is the most dramatic, adding 39.1 FPS (a 56% improvement), while the step from High to Medium adds only 10.1 FPS, and Medium to Low adds 35.7 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the same preset ladder produces 104.8 FPS on Low, 82.6 FPS on Medium, 78 FPS on High, and 49.7 FPS on Ultra. The Low-to-Ultra gap narrows to 55.1 FPS. The Ultra-to-High improvement is 28.3 FPS (57% better), while High-to-Medium adds just 4.6 FPS, and Medium-to-Low adds 22.2 FPS. Notably, the 1440p High result of 78 FPS is still comfortably above 60 FPS, making it a viable target for smooth gameplay.

At 3840x2160, the results fall significantly. Low produces 61 FPS, Medium produces 48.5 FPS, High produces 43.9 FPS, and Ultra produces 27.2 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra span is 33.8 FPS. The Ultra-to-High gain is 16.7 FPS (61% better), High-to-Medium adds 4.6 FPS, and Medium-to-Low adds 12.5 FPS. Only the Low preset at 4K reaches 60 FPS, and it does so barely. The 4K Ultra result of 27.2 FPS is the lowest figure in the entire dataset.

Comparing across resolutions at the same preset, the 1080p-to-1440p drop is consistent: Low drops by 49.9 FPS, Medium by 36.4 FPS, High by 30.9 FPS, and Ultra by 20.1 FPS. The 1440p-to-4K drop is steeper in relative terms: Low drops by 43.8 FPS, Medium by 34.1 FPS, High by 34.1 FPS, and Ultra by 22.5 FPS. The data shows that the highest fidelity presets lose the least absolute FPS when moving up in resolution, because they are already heavily GPU-limited at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, manufactured on a 6 nm process by TSMC. It contains 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die. The GPU has 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output pipelines, along with 32 ray tracing cores. Its base clock is 1720 MHz, with a game clock of 2250 MHz and a boost clock of 2655 MHz. The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, running at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective speed, providing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's pixel rate is 169.9 GPixel/s, and its texture rate is 339.8 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is rated at 21.75 TFLOPS.

In synthetic benchmarks, the RX 7600 scores 16634 in PassMark G3D and 8790 in PassMark GPU compute. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 2310, with Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan scores of 82501 and 90825 respectively. The average benchmark score of 20258 places it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are all within 1.5% of its score, with the RX 7600 XT just 0.6% ahead and the Intel Arc B570 1.5% ahead.

The GPU's role in Greedfall is central to determining playability at each resolution and preset. The 8 GB VRAM is adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming in this title, but the 128-bit memory bus becomes a constraint at 4K. The measured FPS data shows that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at 4K, where even the Low preset only achieves 61 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 27.2 FPS indicates that the GPU cannot handle the combination of high resolution and high visual fidelity. The 63rd percentile ranking means the GPU is mid-range, and the data reflects that: it handles 1080p and 1440p well across most presets, but struggles at 4K beyond Low settings. The ray tracing cores, while present (32 of them), do not appear to provide enough headroom for the most demanding configurations in this game.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data offers clear guidance for the best experience with this combo in Greedfall. At 1920x1080, the High preset (108.9 FPS) is the strongest recommendation. It provides a 39.1 FPS improvement over Ultra (69.8 FPS) while maintaining a frame rate well above the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset (119 FPS) offers only 10.1 FPS more than High, which is not worth the visual downgrade. Low (154.7 FPS) is excessive for most displays, as the extra 45.8 FPS over High provides diminishing returns on typical 60 Hz or 144 Hz monitors.

At 2560x1440, the High preset (78 FPS) again emerges as the sweet spot. It is 28.3 FPS faster than Ultra (49.7 FPS), which drops below 60 FPS, and only 4.6 FPS slower than Medium (82.6 FPS). The visual quality improvement from Medium to High is generally worth the minor FPS cost. Low (104.8 FPS) is viable for competitive play, but High offers a better balance of fidelity and smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the situation is more constrained. The Low preset (61 FPS) is the only option that stays above 60 FPS, and it does so by just 1 FPS. The Medium preset (48.5 FPS) is playable on adaptive sync displays but will feel less smooth. High (43.9 FPS) and Ultra (27.2 FPS) are not recommended for 4K gaming. For users with 4K monitors, the Low preset is the only way to maintain acceptable frame rates, though the visual compromise is significant.

Overall, the data suggests that the best experience across the board is at 1440p with High settings, where the combo delivers 78 FPS with solid visual quality. At 1080p, High is the clear winner, and at 4K, only Low is viable. The Ultra preset is consistently the worst value, offering the largest FPS penalty for the smallest visual gain in most cases.