Greedfall

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for Greedfall across the three tested resolutions reveal a predictable but steep scaling curve, with the most significant drop occurring between 1440p and 4K. At the High preset, the transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 results in a drop from 94 FPS to 65 FPS, a reduction of roughly 31%. Moving from 1440p to 3840x2160, the same preset falls from 65 FPS to 39 FPS, a further 40% decline. This pattern indicates that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 becomes the dominant limiting factor as pixel count increases.

The data at the Low preset reinforces this conclusion. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 132 FPS, which is the highest measured frame rate in the entire dataset for this configuration. At 1440p Low, it drops to 92 FPS, and at 4K Low, it falls to 55 FPS. The 4K Low result is barely above the 1080p Ultra result of 60 FPS, showing that resolution scaling at the low end of settings is almost entirely a GPU-bound phenomenon. The gap between 1080p and 1440p at Low is 40 FPS, while the gap between 1440p and 4K at Low is 37 FPS, indicating a relatively consistent per-step cost.

The Medium preset provides the only complete min/max data in the pack, which allows for a closer look at frame pacing. At 1080p Medium, the average is 104 FPS with a minimum of 88 FPS and a maximum of 120 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 72 FPS, with the minimum at 61 FPS and maximum at 83 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 43 FPS, with a minimum of 37 FPS and maximum of 49 FPS. The spread between min and max remains relatively tight at each resolution, suggesting that the RTX 5050 handles the workload without severe stuttering, but the absolute average values clearly show that 4K is only viable at the lowest settings.

The Ultra preset tells the most severe story. At 1080p Ultra, the combo manages 60 FPS, which is exactly the threshold for smooth gameplay in many titles. At 1440p Ultra, it falls to 42 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it plummets to 25 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the lowest in the entire dataset, and it is a clear indication that this combination of CPU and GPU is not intended for maximum fidelity at the highest resolution. The scaling from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra is a 30% reduction, and from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra is a 40% reduction, showing that the GPU's memory bandwidth and shading power are exhausted quickly.

Overall, the resolution scaling data shows that the RTX 5050 is the bottleneck in this pairing. The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H has enough headroom to feed the GPU at 1080p, as evidenced by the jump from 60 FPS at Ultra to 132 FPS at Low, but the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and 128-bit memory bus become overwhelmed as the pixel count rises. For 4K gaming, only the Low preset produces a playable average of 55 FPS, and even that is marginal. The practical ceiling for this combo is 1440p, where the Medium preset delivers 72 FPS and High delivers 65 FPS.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a 5 nm process from TSMC, featuring a chip labeled GB207. It contains 2560 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 32 render output units, along with 20 ray tracing cores and 80 tensor cores. The base clock is 2317 MHz, boosting to 2572 MHz, which is a modest boost range of about 11%. The memory configuration consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 320.0 GB/s. The memory clock is 2500 MHz, listed as 20 Gbps effective.

In Greedfall, the GPU's role is decisive for the higher settings. The measured FPS at 4K Ultra is 25, while at 4K High it is 39, and at 4K Medium it is 43. The jump from Ultra to Medium at 4K is 18 FPS, which is a 72% improvement, highlighting how sensitive the game is to the GPU's shading and memory throughput. The 8 GB VRAM is likely a limiting factor at 4K, as the Ultra preset at that resolution requires more memory than the card can efficiently manage, causing the frame rate to collapse to 25 FPS.

At 1080p, the GPU shows its strength. The RTX 5050 is capable of 132 FPS at Low and 104 FPS at Medium, which are strong numbers for a mobile-oriented card. The 13.17 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 205.8 GTexel/s texture rate are sufficient to handle Greedfall's Action RPG environments at lower resolutions. The pixel rate of 82.30 GPixel/s is also adequate, but the 32 ROPs become a constraint at higher resolutions, particularly when combined with the 128-bit memory bus.

The GPU's benchmark scores put it in context. It achieves a Passmark G3D score of 17326 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2502. Its percentile vs all GPUs is 66, meaning it outperforms roughly two-thirds of the database. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, which is 1.6% slower, and the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL, which is 0.6% slower. The NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile is 1.6% faster, and the AMD Radeon HD 8970M is 1% faster. These narrow deltas suggest that the RTX 5050 sits in a tight performance band, and its Greedfall results reflect that positioning.

The TDP of 130 W with a suggested PSU of 300 W indicates that this is a power-conscious card, but the performance data shows it is not a high-end part. The 4K results are uniformly below 60 FPS across all presets, and even at 1440p, only the Low preset (92 FPS) and Medium preset (72 FPS) exceed the 60 FPS threshold. The GPU's role in Greedfall is therefore to provide a solid 1080p experience, a workable 1440p experience, and a barely playable 4K experience at the lowest settings.

How This Combo Ranks

In the benchmark database, this specific combination of the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 ranks 2967 out of 3703 tested combos for Greedfall. This places it in the lower third of all tested configurations, which is consistent with the measured frame rates that show the combo struggling at higher resolutions. The percentile position is not explicitly given for the combo, but the rank of 2967 out of 3703 means that roughly 80% of tested combos perform better in this game.

The ranking is heavily influenced by the GPU's limitations. The RTX 5050's nearest rivals, such as the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (1.6% faster on average) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL (0.6% faster), are all within a narrow performance band. This means that the combo's rank is not an outlier but rather a reflection of the GPU's mid-low tier status. The CPU, on the other hand, is more competitive. The Core Ultra 5 135H's average benchmark score is 29093, which puts it nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (29123, delta -0.1%) and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (28940, delta 0.5%). The CPU's percentile vs all CPUs is 81, indicating it outperforms 81% of all CPUs in the database.

The disconnect between the CPU's strong ranking (81st percentile) and the combo's weak ranking (2967 out of 3703) confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor in Greedfall. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the combo would likely rank higher, since the 135H has the compute headroom to drive faster GPUs. The data shows that at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 132 FPS, but at 4K Ultra it falls to 25 FPS, a 5.3x reduction. This scaling is almost entirely attributable to the GPU's inability to handle the increased pixel workload.

The combo's rank also reflects the game's demands. Greedfall is an Action RPG from 2019, and while it is not the most demanding title, it still requires a capable GPU for high settings at 1440p and above. The measured results show that the RTX 5050 can handle 1080p Ultra at 60 FPS, but the 4K Ultra result of 25 FPS is below the playable threshold. For users seeking to play Greedfall at high settings, this combo is adequate at 1080p but falls short at higher resolutions, which explains its low rank among the 3703 tested combos.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Greedfall?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 132, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. The next highest is 104 FPS at 1080p Medium, followed by 94 FPS at 1080p High.

Q: Can this combo run Greedfall at 4K?

A: Yes, but only at the Low preset, where it averages 55 FPS. At Medium, it drops to 43 FPS, at High to 39 FPS, and at Ultra to 25 FPS. The Low preset is the only 4K setting that exceeds 50 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 5050 compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT?

A: The RTX 5050 is 1.6% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT based on average benchmark scores. The RTX 5050's average score is 21035, while the RX 5600 XT's is 20713, and the delta is 1.6%.

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all CPUs?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H ranks in the 81st percentile among all CPUs, meaning it outperforms 81% of the CPUs in the database. Its average benchmark score is 29093.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between 1080p and 1440p at the Medium preset?

A: At 1080p Medium, the combo averages 104 FPS. At 1440p Medium, it averages 72 FPS. This is a reduction of 32 FPS, or roughly 31%.

Q: Is the 8 GB VRAM on the RTX 5050 sufficient for Greedfall?

A: The measured data suggests it is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, where the combo achieves over 60 FPS at Medium and High presets. At 4K, the Ultra preset drops to 25 FPS, which likely indicates VRAM capacity or bandwidth constraints, as the Low preset at 4K still manages 55 FPS.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 135H is a 14-core, 18-thread processor based on the Meteor Lake architecture, built on Intel's 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a TDP of 28 W. The cache hierarchy includes 112 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus, with a memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The integrated graphics are Arc Xe-LPG with 96 execution units, and the CPU uses the Intel BGA 2049 socket.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The benchmark scores show that the 135H is a capable processor. It scores 1718 in Cinebench R15 multicore and 244 in single-core. In Cinebench R23, it scores 11875.5 multicore and 1700 single-core. The Passmark multithread score is 22422, and the single-thread score is 3521. These numbers place the CPU in the 81st percentile, with an average benchmark score of 29093, which is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (29123, delta -0.1%).

The CPU's performance in Greedfall is evident from the frame rates at 1080p. At the Low preset, the combo reaches 132 FPS, which is a high frame rate that indicates the CPU is not holding back the GPU. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would plateau regardless of the GPU load. Instead, the frame rate scales consistently with resolution and settings, showing that the GPU is the limiting component. At 1080p Ultra, the combo achieves 60 FPS, which is exactly the threshold for smooth gameplay, and the CPU's role in maintaining that is likely significant.

The CPU's 18 threads and 14 cores provide ample parallelism for Greedfall's open-world environments, which often involve multiple NPCs and dynamic systems. The 18 MB of L3 cache helps keep frequently accessed data close to the cores, reducing memory latency. The 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth is adequate for feeding the GPU at 1080p, but at 4K, the GPU's memory bandwidth of 320.0 GB/s becomes the primary constraint, not the CPU.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database include the Intel Core i5-13500HX, which is 0.6% faster, and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT, which is 0.5% slower. These small deltas mean that swapping the 135H for a different mid-range CPU would have a negligible impact on Greedfall's performance. The data indicates that the CPU is not the weak link in this combo; the GPU is. For users considering an upgrade path, the CPU has headroom to support a faster GPU without becoming a bottleneck.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of which settings presets offer the best experience for Greedfall with this combo. The primary goal should be maintaining an average FPS above 60, as that is the standard for smooth gameplay. At 1920x1080, all four presets achieve this target: Low (132 FPS), Medium (104 FPS), High (94 FPS), and Ultra (60 FPS). At this resolution, the Ultra preset is viable, but it is importantly the 60 FPS average leaves no headroom for demanding scenes.

At 2560x1440, the options narrow. The Low preset delivers 92 FPS, which is excellent, and the Medium preset delivers 72 FPS, which is also above the 60 FPS threshold. The High preset drops to 65 FPS, which is still playable but closer to the limit. The Ultra preset falls to 42 FPS, which is below the smooth threshold and should be avoided. The best experience at 1440p is the Medium preset, which offers a 72 FPS average with a minimum of 61 FPS, ensuring consistent frame pacing.

At 3840x2160, only the Low preset is viable, with an average of 55 FPS. This is below the 60 FPS threshold, but it is the only 4K setting that comes close. The Medium preset at 4K averages 43 FPS, High averages 39 FPS, and Ultra averages 25 FPS. None of these are ideal for smooth gameplay, but if 4K is a priority, the Low preset is the only option that avoids severe frame rate drops.

For the best overall experience, the 1080p Medium preset is the recommended choice. It delivers 104 FPS average with a minimum of 88 FPS and a maximum of 120 FPS, providing a smooth and responsive experience with better visual fidelity than Low. The 1440p Medium preset is also a strong option, offering 72 FPS with a minimum of 61 FPS, which is suitable for users with higher-resolution displays who accept a slight frame rate reduction.

The data does not support using the Ultra preset at any resolution above 1080p. At 1440p Ultra, the 42 FPS average is below the smooth threshold, and at 4K Ultra, the 25 FPS average is unplayable. The High preset at 1440p (65 FPS) is a reasonable compromise, but it lacks the headroom of Medium. For users prioritizing visual quality over frame rate, 1080p Ultra at 60 FPS is the maximum fidelity option, but the 1440p Medium preset offers a better balance of resolution and smoothness.

In summary, the measured rows indicate that the combo's sweet spot is 1080p Medium, with 1440p Medium as a close second. The Ultra preset should be reserved for 1080p only, and 4K should only be attempted at Low settings. These recommendations are based solely on the average FPS data, and the min/max data for Medium settings suggests that this preset provides the most stable frame pacing across all resolutions.