Greedfall

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT paired with the Intel Core i7-12700K delivers a commanding performance profile in Greedfall, with the measured data indicating a system that scales predictably across resolutions and settings. This combination sits in the 82nd percentile for GPUs and the 89th percentile for CPUs, placing it well above the median for both components. The benchmark results, drawn from 1,705 tested combinations, rank this specific pairing at 361st overall, which places it in the top quartile of all systems tested for this title.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate data shows a clear and consistent progression as resolution increases, with the most significant drop occurring between 1080p and 1440p, followed by a more moderate decline when moving to 4K. At the High preset, the system achieves 193.6 FPS at 1920x1080, which falls to 134.6 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 59 FPS or roughly 30%. The transition to 3840x2160 brings the average down to 78.5 FPS, which represents a further decline of 56.1 FPS from the 1440p result. This pattern indicates that the GPU is the primary scaling factor, as the frame rate consistently drops by a similar absolute margin with each resolution step.

The Low preset tells a similar story but with higher absolute numbers. At 1080p Low, the system pushes 270 FPS, which drops to 183.2 FPS at 1440p and then to 108.1 FPS at 4K. The percentage drop from 1080p to 1440p is about 32%, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is approximately 41%. This suggests that at lower settings, the pixel throughput demands of higher resolutions become more pronounced, as the CPU has less work to do and the GPU's fill rate becomes the limiting factor.

Looking at the Ultra preset, the scaling is steeper. The system delivers 123.6 FPS at 1080p, but this falls to 84.3 FPS at 1440p, a 31.8% reduction. At 4K Ultra, the average drops to 50.4 FPS, which is a 40.2% decline from the 1440p figure. The fact that the 4K Ultra result is the only measured point below 60 FPS indicates that the Ultra preset at 4K pushes the GPU to its limits, while every other resolution and preset combination remains comfortably playable. The scaling behavior across all four presets shows a consistent pattern where the GPU is the dominant bottleneck, with the CPU holding up well even at lower resolutions where frame rates exceed 200 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data reveals that the Medium preset offers the most balanced experience across all three resolutions. At 1080p, Medium delivers 211.6 FPS, which is 18 FPS higher than High and 88 FPS higher than Ultra. At 1440p, Medium produces 146.5 FPS, maintaining a 12 FPS lead over High while staying well above the 60 FPS threshold. Even at 4K, Medium holds at 85.7 FPS, which is 7.2 FPS higher than High and 35.3 FPS higher than Ultra. The Medium preset appears to be the sweet spot, as it provides a substantial frame rate advantage over High while likely retaining most of the visual fidelity improvements over Low.

For users with high refresh rate displays, the Low preset at 1080p is the only configuration that breaks the 270 FPS mark, which could be relevant for 240Hz monitors. However, the jump from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 58.4 FPS, and the jump from Medium to High costs another 18 FPS, making Medium the better choice for the vast majority of displays. At 1440p, the High preset at 134.6 FPS is a strong option for 144Hz panels, as it stays above the refresh rate while offering better visual quality than Medium.

The Ultra preset is the only setting that fails to maintain 60 FPS at 4K, with a 50.4 FPS average. Given that High at 4K achieves 78.5 FPS, the recommendation is clear: players targeting 4K should stick with High or lower. The data shows that the performance gap between High and Ultra at 4K is 28.1 FPS, which is a significant sacrifice for the marginal visual improvements typically offered by the Ultra tier. For the best experience per the measured rows, Medium at 1440p or High at 4K offer the most compelling combinations of frame rate and visual quality.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with a Navi 31 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process by TSMC. It carries 20 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 800.0 GB/s. The GPU's boost clock reaches 2394 MHz, with a game clock of 2025 MHz and a base clock of 1387 MHz. These specifications translate into a 51.48 TFLOPS FP32 compute rate, which is reflected in the benchmark results showing a Passmark G3D score of 29,009 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 169,834.

The GPU's memory configuration is notably large at 20 GB, which provides ample headroom for high-resolution textures in Greedfall. The data suggests that the 20 GB capacity is not a limiting factor at any of the tested resolutions, as the frame rate scaling from 1440p to 4K follows a predictable pattern based on pixel count rather than memory capacity. The 800.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient to feed the 5376 shading units, which is evidenced by the strong performance at 4K High where the card maintains 78.5 FPS.

The GPU's percentile ranking of 82 places it above the majority of graphics cards, and its average benchmark score of 38,358 puts it in close competition with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile, which trails by 0.3%. The card's performance in Greedfall aligns with its synthetic benchmark profile, as the measured frame rates at 4K High and 1440p Ultra indicate a card that can handle demanding titles at high settings. The RDNA 3.0 architecture's efficiency is evident in the fact that the card achieves 108.1 FPS at 4K Low, demonstrating that it is not artificially constrained by driver overhead or architectural inefficiencies.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable at 1080p with this combination?

A: The maximum measured average at 1920x1080 is 270 FPS, achieved with the Low preset. The Medium preset reaches 211.6 FPS, High reaches 193.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 123.6 FPS.

Q: Can this system maintain 4K gaming at playable frame rates?

A: Yes, at 4K the system averages 78.5 FPS on High and 108.1 FPS on Low. The Medium preset delivers 85.7 FPS, while the Ultra preset falls below 60 FPS at 50.4 FPS.

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

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K has an average benchmark score of 35,684, which is 0.3% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35,802) and 0.6% higher than the Intel Core i7-13700T (35,468). It also trails the Intel Core i5-14500HX (35,940) by 0.7% and leads the Intel Core i7-13800H (35,416) by 0.8%.

Q: What is the performance delta between the 1080p and 4K High presets?

A: At the High preset, the system delivers 193.6 FPS at 1080p and 78.5 FPS at 4K, representing a 59.4% reduction in frame rate as resolution increases fourfold.

Q: Which preset offers the largest frame rate jump from the previous tier?

A: At 1080p, moving from Ultra (123.6 FPS) to High (193.6 FPS) yields a 70 FPS increase. At 1440p, the same transition provides a 50.3 FPS increase, and at 4K it results in a 28.1 FPS increase.

Q: How does the GPU's Passmark G3D score compare to its nearest rival?

A: The RX 7900 XT scores 29,009 in Passmark G3D, while its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile, has an average score of 38,349 with a 0% delta. The NVIDIA CMP 70HX scores 38,225 with a 0.3% delta.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700K features 12 cores and 20 threads, operating at a base clock of 3.60 GHz and boosting to 5.00 GHz. This Alder Lake-S architecture, built on a 10 nm process, includes 25 MB of shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB of L2 cache per core. The CPU's 89th percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 35,684 place it in a tight cluster with its nearest rivals, all within 0.8% of each other. This indicates that the CPU is not a differentiating factor in Greedfall performance, as the frame rate data shows consistent scaling that follows the GPU's capabilities.

The CPU's multi-threaded performance is strong, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 29,241 and a Passmark multithread score of 34,404. The single-thread performance is equally capable, with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4,128 and a Passmark single-thread score of 4,013. In Greedfall, these scores translate to a system that never appears CPU-bound, as evidenced by the frame rate behavior at 1080p Low where the system reaches 270 FPS without hitting a processing ceiling.

The CPU's boost clock of 5.00 GHz is particularly relevant for gaming, as Greedfall likely benefits from high single-core performance. The 3DMark single-thread score of 1,043 and the 2-thread score of 2,065 suggest that the CPU can handle the game's main thread efficiently. With 20 threads available, the CPU has ample headroom for background tasks and any multi-threaded game systems. The data shows that the CPU's performance is more than sufficient to keep pace with the RX 7900 XT, as the frame rates at 1440p and 4K are consistently GPU-limited rather than CPU-limited.