Greedfall

The Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT pairing delivers a robust 1080p and 1440p experience in Greedfall, though the game’s heavy Ultra preset exposes the GPU’s limits at 4K. This analysis breaks down the measured performance data for this specific combination.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-12700KF is a 12-core, 20-thread Alder Lake-S desktop processor with a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. In Greedfall, an Action RPG, the CPU’s role is to feed the GPU with geometry and physics data, and its strong single-thread performance is critical for maintaining high frame rates at lower resolutions. The processor achieves a single-thread score of 1043 in 3dmark and 4091 in Cinebench R23 single-core, indicating it has ample headroom for this game’s logic.

The benchmark data shows that the CPU is not a bottleneck at 1080p, where the average FPS reaches 209.7 on Low settings. This suggests that the 12th-gen architecture, with its 25 MB of shared L3 cache, is more than capable of handling Greedfall’s CPU demands. The multi-threaded performance is also strong, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 28979. However, the frame rate scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p (from 209.7 FPS down to 97.2 FPS) reveals that the game becomes increasingly GPU-bound as settings rise, meaning the CPU’s contribution is consistent but not the limiting factor in higher-fidelity scenarios.

The CPU’s percentile ranking of 89 versus all CPUs places it in the upper tier, and its average benchmark score of 35355 is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14400, which scores 35336 with a deltaPct of 0.1. This indicates that the i7-12700KF offers performance parity with that chip in synthetic tests, but in Greedfall, the practical impact is that the processor will not constrain the GPU until frame rates exceed what the graphics card can deliver.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is the primary driver of visual output in this combo, featuring 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its boost clock of 2544 MHz and game clock of 2171 MHz provide the raw throughput needed for Greedfall’s environments. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 22547 and its 73rd percentile ranking versus all GPUs place it as a mid-to-high-tier part, but the benchmark scores show it trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 by a negligible margin (0 deltaPct) and sits just 0.2% above the AMD Radeon RX 570.

In practice, the GPU’s 12 GB VRAM is sufficient for this game at all tested settings, as no memory-related stutters are implied by the data. The GPU’s performance ceiling is most evident at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS drops to 40.8. This is a significant falloff from the 62.9 FPS at 4K High, indicating that the Ultra preset’s additional effects (likely shadow and draw-distance enhancements) are particularly demanding on the RDNA 3.0 architecture. The GPU’s FP32 throughput of 35.17 TFLOPS is substantial, but Greedfall’s Ultra settings appear to rely heavily on pixel and texture fill rates, where the GPU’s 244.2 GPixel/s and 549.5 GTexel/s figures become the limiting factor.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific pairing of the Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT ranks 709 out of 1705 tested combinations for Greedfall. That places it in the 42nd percentile of all combos, which is lower than the individual component rankings might suggest. The CPU is at the 89th percentile, and the GPU is at the 73rd percentile, yet the combined rank is dragged down by the game’s sensitivity to GPU load at higher settings.

The rank indicates that while this combo is not a top-tier performer, it is far from the bottom. The data suggests that the GPU is the limiting component, as the CPU has significant headroom. For context, the GPU’s nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, has an identical average benchmark score (30109 vs 30097, deltaPct 0), implying that swapping the RX 7700 XT for that card would likely yield similar FPS. The CPU’s nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14400, is only 0.1% faster in synthetic tests, so the processor choice is not a differentiator in this game. The combo’s rank reflects a balanced but not overachieving setup, where the GPU’s mid-range standing prevents the high-end CPU from pushing the system into a higher tier.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers playable to excellent frame rates across all settings. Low settings average 209.7 FPS, Medium drops to 164.5 FPS, High sits at 150.4 FPS, and Ultra still manages 97.2 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is 53.2 FPS, a steep 35% reduction, showing that the Ultra preset’s cost is substantial even at the lowest resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the averages are 146 FPS on Low, 111.2 FPS on Medium, 103.1 FPS on High, and 66.5 FPS on Ultra. The drop from High to Ultra here is 36.6 FPS, or about 35%, which is consistent with the 1080p scaling. At 4K (3840x2160), the numbers become more constrained: Low averages 85.1 FPS, Medium 69.4 FPS, High 62.9 FPS, and Ultra falls to 40.8 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is below the 60 FPS threshold, indicating that this combo is not suited for maximum settings at that resolution.

The data also shows that the difference between Medium and High is relatively small at all resolutions—around 10-14 FPS—while the jump to Ultra is disproportionately large. For example, at 1440p, High is 103.1 FPS and Ultra is 66.5 FPS, a spread of 36.6 FPS. This suggests that the Ultra preset introduces a specific rendering feature (likely ambient occlusion or volumetric effects) that heavily taxes the GPU’s compute units.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1080p to 4K is steepest at Ultra settings. At 1080p Ultra, the combo averages 97.2 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it falls to 40.8 FPS—a 58% reduction. In contrast, at Low settings, the drop is from 209.7 FPS to 85.1 FPS, a 59% reduction. The similarity in percentage drops across settings indicates that the GPU is consistently the limiting component, as the CPU’s workload scales more with resolution than with visual complexity.

At High settings, the scaling is slightly less severe: 150.4 FPS at 1080p drops to 62.9 FPS at 4K, a 58% decrease. This uniformity suggests that the RX 7700 XT’s memory bandwidth (432.0 GB/s) is the primary constraint as pixel count increases. The 12 GB VRAM is not exhausted, but the 192-bit bus limits the data throughput needed for 4K textures. The CPU’s role in this scaling is minimal; the i7-12700KF’s single-thread performance ensures that it can maintain the same frame deltas across resolutions, meaning the GPU’s fill rate and bandwidth are what determine the final FPS.

The 1440p results are the sweet spot for this combo, with High settings delivering 103.1 FPS and Ultra at 66.5 FPS. The 4K results, while playable at High (62.9 FPS), require dropping to Medium or Low for smoother gameplay. The data shows that this pairing is best suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, where the GPU’s 35.17 TFLOPS of compute can be fully utilized without being bottlenecked by memory bandwidth. The 4K Ultra result of 40.8 FPS is the clear outlier, confirming that the GPU is the limiting component in this configuration.