Greedfall

# Greedfall: Intel Core Ultra 5 235 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

The pairing of Intel's Core Ultra 5 235 with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 Ti produces a robust Greedfall experience across all tested resolutions, with framerates that range from a playable 46 FPS at 4K Ultra to a fluid 247 FPS at 1080p Low. The measured data indicates this combo sits in the 744th position out of 2,938 tested combinations, placing it comfortably in the upper quartile of systems evaluated for this Action RPG. The Core Ultra 5 235, with its 14 cores and 14 threads, demonstrates strong synthetic performance with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14,769 and a single-core score of 2,085, while the RTX 3080 Ti, built on the Ampere architecture with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, delivers the graphical horsepower needed to push high refresh rates at 1440p.

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame data reveals a clear progression of performance as settings escalate from Low to Ultra across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the Low preset achieves an average of 247 FPS, which drops to 194 FPS at Medium, 176 FPS at High, and finally 112 FPS at Ultra. The Medium preset offers a compelling balance, maintaining an average above 190 FPS with a minimum of 165 FPS and a maximum of 223 FPS, ensuring smooth gameplay even during demanding scenes. For players prioritizing visual fidelity without sacrificing responsiveness, the High preset at 1080p, delivering 176 FPS average, represents the sweet spot, as it provides substantial graphical improvements over Medium while still maintaining a framerate that exceeds the refresh rate of most high-end monitors.

Moving to 1440p, the same pattern emerges but with tighter margins between presets. Low yields 171 FPS average, Medium drops to 134 FPS (with a minimum of 114 and maximum of 155), High delivers 122 FPS, and Ultra falls to 78 FPS. The High preset at 1440p emerges as the recommended choice for this resolution, as its 122 FPS average remains well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play while offering the richer visual detail that Greedfall's environments benefit from. The Medium preset at 1440p, with its 134 FPS average and narrow frame-time variance (114-155 FPS), also presents a viable option for players who prioritize frame consistency over peak visual quality.

At 4K, the performance ceiling becomes more apparent. Ultra settings produce an average of only 46 FPS, which may feel sluggish for action-oriented combat sequences. High settings improve this to 73 FPS, while Medium achieves 80 FPS with a minimum of 68 FPS and a maximum of 92 FPS. The Low preset at 4K reaches 102 FPS, indicating that the GPU has headroom when graphical demands are reduced. For 4K gameplay, the High preset at 73 FPS average represents the best compromise between visual quality and playability, as it stays above the 60 FPS comfort zone while avoiding the significant visual downgrade of Low settings. The Medium preset at 4K, with its 80 FPS average and minimum of 68 FPS, offers slightly better performance consistency and could be preferred by players sensitive to frame drops during combat.

How This Combo Ranks

The benchmark data places this specific combination at rank 744 out of 2,938 tested combos for Greedfall, positioning it in the 75th percentile of all systems evaluated. This ranking reflects the balanced nature of the pairing: the RTX 3080 Ti's graphics processing capabilities, evidenced by its Passmark G3D score of 26,896 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5,077, are complemented by the Core Ultra 5 235's strong compute performance. The CPU's average benchmark score of 46,062 places it in the 89th percentile among all processors, with nearest rivals including the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 (scoring 46,030, a delta of 0.1%) and the Intel Core i9-13900HX (scoring 46,098, a delta of -0.1%), indicating the Ultra 5 235 is competitive with higher-tier mobile and desktop chips.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 41,187 places it in the 83rd percentile among all graphics cards, with rivals such as the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (scoring 40,870, a delta of 0.8%) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (scoring 40,377, a delta of 2%). This close grouping suggests the RTX 3080 Ti remains a capable performer despite being an end-of-life product, and its ranking within the combo context for Greedfall specifically benefits from the game's optimization patterns. The 744th rank out of 2,938 combos indicates that while this system is not at the absolute top tier for Greedfall, it outperforms the vast majority of tested configurations, particularly those with lesser GPUs or CPUs that bottleneck at higher settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti serves as the primary driver of Greedfall's visual performance, with its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory operating at 19 Gbps effective across a 384-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 912.4 GB/s. This memory configuration proves adequate for the game's texture-heavy environments at all tested resolutions, as evidenced by the consistent frame delivery even at 4K High where the average FPS remains at 73. The GPU's boost clock of 1665 MHz, combined with its 10,240 shading units and 112 ROPs, allows it to handle the game's rendering demands efficiently. The pixel rate of 186.5 GPixel/s and texture rate of 532.8 GTexel/s provide the raw throughput necessary for Greedfall's detailed character models and sprawling cityscapes.

At 1080p, the GPU demonstrates clear headroom, with the Low preset achieving 247 FPS average, indicating that the RTX 3080 Ti is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions. The transition from 1080p High (176 FPS) to 1440p High (122 FPS) represents a 30.7% reduction in framerate, while the jump from 1440p High to 4K High (73 FPS) shows a 40.2% decrease. These reductions align with the GPU's computational limits as resolution increases, with the 4K Ultra preset (46 FPS) revealing the first instance where the graphics card struggles to maintain high framerates. The GPU's FP32 performance of 34.10 TFLOPS supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, ensuring compatibility with modern rendering techniques that Greedfall may utilize.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution and settings combination for this system?

A: At 1440p High, the system delivers 122 FPS average, which provides an excellent balance of visual quality and performance. For 4K, the High preset at 73 FPS is recommended, while 1080p Ultra at 112 FPS offers maximum detail for competitive play.

Q: How does the RTX 3080 Ti compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti scores 41,187 on average benchmarks, placing it 0.8% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 (40,870) and 2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (40,377), though it trails the NVIDIA Tesla M40 24 GB by 1.2% (41,707) and the Tesla M40 by 1.7% (41,897).

Q: Does the Core Ultra 5 235 bottleneck the RTX 3080 Ti in Greedfall?

A: The data suggests minimal bottlenecking, as the CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14,769 and single-core score of 2,085 provide ample processing power. The CPU's average benchmark score of 46,062 is within 0.1% of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Intel Core i9-13900HX, showing balanced performance.

Q: What is the expected frame consistency at Medium settings?

A: At Medium settings, the system maintains tight frame ranges: 165-223 FPS at 1080p, 114-155 FPS at 1440p, and 68-92 FPS at 4K, indicating stable performance without significant frame drops.

Q: How does the system perform at 4K Ultra compared to 4K High?

A: The 4K Ultra preset averages 46 FPS, while 4K High averages 73 FPS, representing a 37% performance improvement when dropping from Ultra to High. This suggests Ultra settings are only viable for players comfortable with sub-60 FPS gameplay.

Q: Is the RTX 3080 Ti's 12 GB VRAM sufficient for Greedfall at 4K?

A: Yes, the 12 GB GDDR6X memory with 912.4 GB/s bandwidth handles all tested 4K presets without issue, as evidenced by playable framerates across Low (102 FPS), Medium (80 FPS), High (73 FPS), and Ultra (46 FPS) settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how performance scales across the three tested resolutions, providing insight into which component acts as the primary limiter. At Low settings, the framerate drops from 247 FPS at 1080p to 171 FPS at 1440p (a 30.8% reduction) and then to 102 FPS at 4K (a 40.4% reduction from 1440p). These substantial decreases indicate that even at Low settings, the GPU's rendering workload scales significantly with pixel count, suggesting the RTX 3080 Ti is the dominant factor in determining framerate across resolutions.

At High settings, the scaling pattern shows 176 FPS at 1080p, 122 FPS at 1440p (30.7% decrease), and 73 FPS at 4K (40.2% decrease from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across Low and High presets indicates that the GPU's performance limit is being reached at each resolution, rather than any CPU-related constraint. The 4K Ultra preset at 46 FPS represents a 41.1% decrease from 1440p Ultra (78 FPS), further confirming the GPU-bound nature of the system at higher resolutions. The fact that the CPU maintains strong synthetic scores, with a Passmark multithread score of 37,816 and a single-thread score of 4,516, supports the conclusion that the RTX 3080 Ti, not the Core Ultra 5 235, is the limiting component when resolution increases.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 235, based on the Arrow Lake architecture and manufactured on a 3 nm process by TSMC, provides the computational foundation for this system. With 14 cores and 14 threads operating at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, the CPU delivers strong single-threaded performance that is crucial for Greedfall's game logic and AI routines. The 24 MB of shared L3 cache, along with 192 KB of L1 cache per core and 3 MB of L2 cache per core, ensures that frequently accessed data remains readily available for the processing cores. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 14,769 and single-core score of 2,085 indicate a capable processor that ranks in the 89th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 46,062.

In the context of Greedfall, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the consistent framerate scaling across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 247 FPS, which approaches the limits of what most displays can show, and the CPU's Passmark physics score of 2,570 and integer math score of 87,948 suggest it can handle the game's computational demands without becoming a bottleneck. The CPU's memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s over a dual-channel DDR5 interface provides sufficient data throughput for game assets, while its PCIe Gen 5 support with 20 lanes ensures the RTX 3080 Ti can communicate with the processor without interface limitations. The CPU's nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, scores 46,030 (a 0.1% delta), and the Intel Core i9-13900HX scores 46,098 (a -0.1% delta), placing the Ultra 5 235 in a tight competitive cluster where performance differences are negligible for gaming purposes.