Greedfall

The Intel Core i9-14900K paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT delivers a performance profile in Greedfall that is solidly mid-pack, though its overall standing is shaped more by the GPU's limitations at higher settings than by the CPU's substantial headroom. The combo ranks 952nd out of 1,705 tested combinations, placing it in the lower half of all possible pairings for this title. This rank reflects a system that can achieve very high frame rates at lower resolutions and settings but struggles to maintain smooth gameplay at 4K Ultra, where the demands on the graphics card become the dominant factor.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 952 out of 1,705 tested combos indicates a pairing that is capable but far from top-tier for Greedfall. This position is a direct consequence of the asymmetry between the two components: the CPU is a high-end part with a benchmark percentile of 97 among all CPUs, while the GPU sits at the 77th percentile among all GPUs. The data suggests that this pairing is not bottlenecked by the processor in most scenarios, but rather by the graphics card's ability to handle the game's visual load at higher presets. In practical terms, this means the system will perform admirably in esports-style or low-fidelity settings, but it will not be competitive with combinations featuring higher-tier GPUs when pushing maximum visual quality.

The measured FPS data reinforces this rank. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves an average of 179.4 FPS, which is a very high frame rate that would place it well above the median for all tested combos. However, as resolution and settings increase, the frame rate drops sharply, pulling the overall rank down. The rank is an aggregate measure, and the extreme variance between the best-case (1080p Low) and worst-case (4K Ultra) scenarios is what anchors it to the 952nd position. It is a versatile setup, but its rank indicates it is better suited for high-refresh-rate 1080p or 1440p gaming than for 4K Ultra.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is the primary performance limiter in this combination for Greedfall. Its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus provides a memory bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s, which is sufficient for the game at 1440p but becomes a constraint at 4K. The GPU's boost clock is 2581 MHz, with a game clock of 2424 MHz, and its 2560 shading units deliver a peak FP32 throughput of 13.21 TFLOPS. These specifications place the card at the 77th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rivals in aggregate benchmark scores include the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (0.7% higher score), the NVIDIA RTX A5000 (1.3% higher), and older cards like the AMD Radeon HD 7950 and RX 480 (each about 1% lower).

The GPU's role becomes clear when examining the frame rate scaling with settings. At 1080p Ultra, the average FPS is 82.7, which drops to 60.3 at 1440p Ultra, and then plummets to 33.8 at 4K Ultra. This steep decline is characteristic of a GPU that is being pushed beyond its comfortable operating range. The card's 40 ray tracing cores are present, but Greedfall is not a title that heavily leverages this feature in a way that would mitigate the raw pixel throughput demands. The data indicates that the GPU is the bottleneck in the high-fidelity scenarios, as the CPU is clearly capable of far higher frame rates than the GPU can deliver at those settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS shows a clear and predictable pattern of degradation as resolution increases, which is the defining characteristic of this combo's performance profile. At 1080p High, the average FPS is 127.5. Moving to 1440p High reduces this to 87.4, a drop of approximately 31%. At 4K High, the frame rate falls to 56.3, which is another 36% reduction from the 1440p figure. This scaling indicates that the system is heavily GPU-bound at all tested settings above Low.

The story is even more pronounced at Ultra settings. The jump from 1080p Ultra (82.7 FPS) to 1440p Ultra (60.3 FPS) is a 27% decline, but the jump from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra (33.8 FPS) is a 44% decline. This non-linear behavior suggests that the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute resources are being exhausted at 4K, leading to a disproportionate performance hit. Conversely, at Low settings, the scaling is much flatter: 179.4 FPS at 1080p, 125 at 1440p, and 75.7 at 4K. This demonstrates that when the graphical load is light, the CPU can maintain high frame rates, but the GPU still limits the absolute ceiling at 4K. The data suggests that the ideal operating range for this combo in Greedfall is 1080p or 1440p with High settings, where it can deliver smooth, high-frame-rate gameplay without hitting the steep performance cliff seen at 4K Ultra.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for this CPU-GPU pairing in Greedfall?*

A: The measured data indicates that 1440p High is the sweet spot, delivering an average of 87.4 FPS. This provides a good balance between visual fidelity and frame rate, avoiding the severe performance penalties seen at 4K Ultra.

Q: How does the frame rate at 4K Ultra compare to 1080p Low?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average FPS is 33.8, which is roughly 81% lower than the 179.4 FPS achieved at 1080p Low. This dramatic difference highlights the GPU's inability to sustain high performance at maximum settings and resolution.

Q: Is the Intel Core i9-14900K holding back the Radeon RX 6700 XT in this game?

A: The data suggests the CPU is not the bottleneck. The CPU has a benchmark percentile of 97, and the frame rates at lower settings (e.g., 179.4 FPS at 1080p Low) are high enough to indicate the CPU can push far beyond what the GPU can render at higher settings.

Q: How does the Radeon RX 6700 XT's performance compare to its closest rivals in aggregate benchmarks?

A: The RX 6700 XT's average benchmark score is 33,721. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6800, scores 0.7% higher, while the NVIDIA RTX A5000 scores 1.3% higher. The AMD Radeon HD 7950 and RX 480 both score about 1% lower.

Q: What is the frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: At 1080p Medium, the average FPS is 143.8. At 4K Medium, it drops to 58.1. This represents a 59.6% reduction in frame rate, showing the significant impact of the resolution increase on the GPU.

Q: Does the combo rank higher or lower than the median of all tested combinations?

A: The combo ranks 952 out of 1,705 tested combinations, which places it in the lower half of the distribution. This is below the median, indicating that while the system is functional, it is not a top performer for Greedfall.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i9-14900K serves as a high-performance foundation for this combo, though its full potential is rarely exercised in Greedfall due to the GPU's limitations. With 24 cores (a combination of performance and efficiency cores) and 32 threads, the CPU provides massive multi-threaded capability. Its boost clock of 6.00 GHz is exceptionally high, and its 36 MB of shared L3 cache helps reduce memory latency for frequently accessed data. The CPU's benchmark results are impressive, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 49,872 and a single-core score of 7,040, placing it at the 97th percentile of all CPUs. Its aggregate benchmark score of 79,824 is nearly identical to its nearest rival, the AMD EPYC 7413, which scores 0.3% lower, and slightly ahead of the Intel Core i9-14900KF and Core Ultra 7 265KF, both of which score 0.7% lower.

In the context of Greedfall, the CPU's role is to ensure that the GPU is never starved of data. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the system achieves 179.4 FPS, a frame rate that is likely near the CPU's practical limit for this game engine. However, as the GPU load increases with resolution and settings, the CPU becomes less relevant. For instance, at 4K Ultra, the frame rate drops to 33.8 FPS, a level where the CPU is certainly not the limiting factor. The CPU's high single-thread performance, evidenced by its Geekbench single-core score of 3,064 and Passmark single-thread score of 4,697, ensures that the game's main thread is well-served. Ultimately, the i9-14900K provides more than enough headroom for the RX 6700 XT, and any performance shortfall in this pairing is attributable to the graphics card. The CPU's percentage rank confirms its strength, but in this specific game, it is underutilized at higher graphical presets.