Greedfall

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT delivers a remarkably fluid experience in Greedfall, with the measured frame rates showing that this combination is capable of pushing well beyond standard display refresh rates at 1080p and remaining highly playable at 1440p and 4K. The data shows a configuration that scales predictably across resolutions and settings, with the most balanced experience found at Medium settings, where the frame pacing is consistent and the performance headroom is ample.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows for this combo reveal a clear hierarchy across the four available presets. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset produces an average of 95 FPS, which is fully playable but represents a significant drop from the High preset’s 149 FPS average. Moving to 2560x1440, Ultra drops to 66 FPS, and at 3840x2160, Ultra falls to 39 FPS, which dips below the threshold many users consider smooth. The pattern is unambiguous: the Ultra preset is demanding, and this hardware is not optimized for it at higher resolutions.

Medium settings, however, offer the best experience per the measured rows. At 1920x1080, Medium produces an average of 164 FPS with a minimum of 140 FPS and a maximum of 189 FPS. This is not only faster than High at the same resolution (149 FPS) but also provides a tighter frame window, indicating more consistent rendering. At 2560x1440, Medium averages 114 FPS with a minimum of 97 FPS and maximum of 131 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS baseline for smooth gameplay. At 3840x2160, Medium averages 68 FPS with a minimum of 58 FPS and maximum of 78 FPS, which is playable on most displays and only slightly behind High at 4K (62 FPS) while offering a better minimum frame rate.

The data strongly suggests that Medium is the sweet spot. Comparing Medium to High across all resolutions, Medium is consistently faster: at 1080p, Medium is 10% faster than High; at 1440p, Medium is 11% faster; at 4K, Medium is 10% faster. The visual quality difference between Medium and High is often marginal in Greedfall, an Action RPG from 2019, while the performance gain is substantial. Low settings, while faster still (209 FPS at 1080p, 145 FPS at 1440p, 86 FPS at 4K), sacrifice too much visual fidelity for a frame rate that exceeds most monitors’ capabilities. For users with 144Hz or 165Hz displays, Medium at 1080p or 1440p is the clear recommendation. For 4K displays, Medium is the only preset that consistently holds above 60 FPS, with High trailing at 62 FPS average and Ultra falling to 39 FPS.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is the primary driver of Greedfall’s frame rates, and its specifications explain the measured results. The GPU features 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding a memory bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s. This is ample for a 2019 Action RPG, which does not appear to have memory capacity constraints at any of the tested resolutions. The 12 GB capacity is more than sufficient for 4K textures and effects, and the bandwidth supports the data throughput needed for high-resolution rendering.

Clock speeds are notable. The GPU has a base clock of 1435 MHz, a game clock of 2171 MHz, and a boost clock of 2544 MHz. The boost clock represents the peak performance ceiling, and the measured FPS suggests that the card is operating near its boost frequencies under load, particularly at lower resolutions where the CPU is not the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 209 FPS, which indicates the GPU is not bottlenecked by its own throughput limits but rather by the game’s engine and the CPU’s ability to feed it frames. The shading units total 3456, with 216 texture mapping units and 96 render output units. This configuration is well-suited to Greedfall’s geometry and texture workloads, as evidenced by the strong scaling from 1080p to 1440p and 4K.

The GPU’s pixel rate is 244.2 GPixel/s and texture rate is 549.5 GTexel/s, with FP32 compute at 35.17 TFLOPS. These figures are robust for a game released in 2019, and the benchmark results confirm they translate into real-world performance. The RX 7700 XT ranks in the 67th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 22549. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile (average score 22435, delta 0.5%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (average score 22729, delta -0.8%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (average score 22895, delta -1.5%), and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 (average score 22170, delta 1.7%). This places the RX 7700 XT in a competitive mid-range tier, and the Greedfall results are consistent with that positioning: capable of high refresh rates at 1080p and solid 60+ FPS at 1440p on medium-to-high settings, with 4K requiring Medium settings to stay above 60 FPS.

The GPU’s 245 W TDP and dual-slot design are not performance metrics, but they contextualize the cooling and power requirements. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x16, which is more than adequate for this workload. The 12 GB VRAM is a key asset; at 4K Ultra, the combo drops to 39 FPS, but this is more likely a compute and bandwidth limitation than a memory capacity issue, given that 12 GB is generous for a game from this era. The data shows that the GPU scales well with resolution, with the 1080p to 1440p drop averaging around 30-35% across settings, and the 1440p to 4K drop averaging around 40-45%, indicating that the GPU is the dominant component in this pairing.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245 provides a strong foundation for the RX 7700 XT, and its specifications align with the observed performance. The CPU has 14 cores and 14 threads, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.10 GHz. This is a modern desktop processor from the Core Ultra Series 2, built on a 3 nm process node with an Arrow Lake architecture. The lack of hyperthreading (14 threads for 14 cores) is notable, but the high boost clock compensates in single-threaded workloads, which are common in Greedfall’s game logic and physics.

The CPU’s cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 per core, 3 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache. This is sufficient for a game that does not exhibit extreme cache sensitivity. The memory support is DDR5 with a dual-channel bus and 102.4 GB/s bandwidth, which ensures the CPU can feed data to the GPU without creating a bottleneck. In benchmark terms, the CPU has a percentile rank of 90 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 48995. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G (average score 49196, delta -0.4%), the AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (average score 49228, delta -0.5%), the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H (average score 48698, delta 0.6%), and the Intel Core i5-14600K (average score 48618, delta 0.8%). This places the Ultra 5 245 in the upper tier of desktop processors, and the Greedfall results reflect that.

In multi-threaded benchmarks, the CPU scores 32924 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4648 in single-core. The single-core score is particularly relevant for Greedfall, which is not heavily multi-threaded. The PassMark single-thread score is 4394, and the multi-thread score is 38706. These numbers indicate that the CPU is not a limiting factor at 1080p, where the GPU is typically the bottleneck. The evidence for this is the frame rate scaling: at 1080p Low, the combo hits 209 FPS, which is close to the CPU’s practical frame delivery limit for this engine. At 1080p Medium, the average is 164 FPS, and at 1080p High it is 149 FPS. The fact that Low is only 27% faster than Medium (209 vs 164 FPS) suggests that the CPU is starting to cap the upper bound, but the GPU remains the primary constraint.

At higher resolutions, the CPU’s role diminishes further. At 1440p, the FPS drops are consistent with GPU-bound rendering, and at 4K, the CPU is largely idle relative to the GPU’s workload. The CPU’s 65 W TDP and 5.10 GHz boost clock provide ample headroom for sustained gaming loads, and the data shows no evidence of thermal throttling or frequency drops affecting Greedfall performance. The integrated graphics (Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU) are irrelevant for this discrete GPU setup. Overall, the CPU is a capable partner, neither holding back the GPU at lower resolutions nor contributing to frame drops at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank in Greedfall is 1069 out of 2938 tested combinations, which places it in the top 36% of all configurations. This is a solid result, given that the database includes many high-end pairings with flagship CPUs and GPUs. The rank reflects the balanced nature of this pairing: the RX 7700 XT is a mid-range GPU, and the Ultra 5 245 is an upper-mid-range CPU, so the combo sits in the upper-middle tier of the overall distribution.

Interpreting the rank, it means that 1869 other combinations performed better in Greedfall, but 1068 combinations performed worse. The rank is a composite measure, and the measured FPS data shows that this combo is capable of exceeding 60 FPS at 4K on Medium settings, which is a threshold many more expensive configs cannot hit. The rank is influenced by the GPU’s 67th percentile standing and the CPU’s 90th percentile standing, with the GPU being the weaker link. This is expected for a game that is GPU-intensive at higher resolutions.

Comparing to other combos in the database, the rank suggests that this pairing is well-matched for Greedfall specifically. The CPU’s high single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4648) ensures that the GPU is fed efficiently at 1080p, where the combo achieves 149-209 FPS depending on settings. The GPU’s 12 GB VRAM and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for 4K, where the combo still manages 62 FPS on High and 68 FPS on Medium. The rank of 1069 out of 2938 confirms the combo’s versatility: it does not excel in any single resolution to the point of top-tier status, but it performs admirably across all settings and resolutions, making it a reliable choice for Greedfall players.

The deltaPct values for the GPU’s rivals (RTX 5060 Mobile at 0.5%, RTX 4060 Mobile at -0.8%, RTX 2080 at -1.5%, and RX 5700 at 1.7%) indicate that the RX 7700 XT is closely matched with those GPUs in synthetic benchmarks, but the Greedfall results are more favorable to the RX 7700 XT due to its 12 GB VRAM and RDNA 3 architecture’s efficiency. The CPU’s rivals (Ryzen 7 PRO 5755G at -0.4%, Ryzen 9 7900 at -0.5%, Xeon Gold 5318H at 0.6%, and i5-14600K at 0.8%) are all within 1% in average benchmark scores, but the Ultra 5 245’s 5.10 GHz boost clock gives it an edge in Greedfall’s single-threaded scenarios. The combo rank of 1069 reflects these small margins adding up to a competitive overall position.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combo scales across resolutions, and the pattern is consistent with a GPU-bound workload. From 1080p to 1440p, the FPS drops are substantial but predictable. At High settings, the average drops from 149 FPS to 103 FPS, a 31% reduction. At Medium settings, it drops from 164 FPS to 114 FPS, a 30% reduction. At Low settings, it drops from 209 FPS to 145 FPS, a 31% reduction. At Ultra, it drops from 95 FPS to 66 FPS, a 31% reduction. This near-uniform 30% drop across all settings indicates that the GPU is the limiting component, as the pixel count increase from 1080p to 1440p (about 1.78x) is not fully reflected in the FPS drop, suggesting that the CPU is providing some headroom at 1080p that gets consumed as resolution increases.

From 1440p to 4K, the scaling is more severe. At High settings, the average drops from 103 FPS to 62 FPS, a 40% reduction. At Medium settings, it drops from 114 FPS to 68 FPS, a 40% reduction. At Low settings, it drops from 145 FPS to 86 FPS, a 41% reduction. At Ultra, it drops from 66 FPS to 39 FPS, a 41% reduction. The larger percentage drop from 1440p to 4K (40-41%) compared to 1080p to 1440p (30-31%) is a classic sign of a GPU bottleneck intensifying. The pixel count from 1440p to 4K is about 2.25x, but the FPS drops by only 40%, which means the GPU is still managing the workload efficiently, but the rendering demands are pushing the RX 7700 XT closer to its limits.

This scaling behavior indicates that the limiting component is the GPU across all resolutions, with the CPU’s role diminishing as resolution increases. At 1080p, the CPU’s 5.10 GHz boost clock and 14 cores provide enough single-thread performance to keep the GPU fed, as evidenced by the 149 FPS at High and 209 FPS at Low. However, the 30% drop from 1080p to 1440p shows that the GPU is already working hard at 1080p High. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck, with the 39 FPS at Ultra being the lowest measured result. The CPU is not causing frame drops, as the scaling from 1440p to 4K is proportional to the GPU’s rendering load. The data suggests that for this combo, 1080p is where the CPU and GPU are best balanced, 1440p is the practical sweet spot for high refresh rates, and 4K is viable only on Medium or High settings if the user prioritizes frame rate over visual fidelity.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 4K gaming with this combo?

A: Medium settings provide the best 4K experience, with an average of 68 FPS and a minimum of 58 FPS. High settings average 62 FPS, while Ultra drops to 39 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth play.

Q: How does this combo perform at 1080p for high-refresh-rate monitors?

A: The combo exceeds 144 FPS on Medium (164 FPS average) and High (149 FPS average) settings at 1920x1080. Low settings reach 209 FPS, making it suitable for 144Hz or 240Hz displays, though Ultra drops to 95 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor in Greedfall?

A: The GPU is the primary limiting factor. The FPS drops from 1080p to 1440p are around 30% across all settings, and from 1440p to 4K they are around 40%, indicating that the RX 7700 XT is the bottleneck. The CPU’s high single-thread score (4648 in Cinebench R23) ensures it does not constrain performance at lower resolutions.

Q: How does the RX 7700 XT compare to its nearest GPU rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RX 7700 XT has an average benchmark score of 22549, which is 0.5% higher than the RTX 5060 Mobile (22435), 0.8% lower than the RTX 4060 Mobile (22729), 1.5% lower than the RTX 2080 (22895), and 1.7% higher than the RX 5700 (22170). These are close margins, but in Greedfall, the RX 7700 XT’s 12 GB VRAM provides an advantage at 4K.

Q: What is the combo’s overall rank among tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 1069 out of 2938 tested combinations in Greedfall, placing it in the top 36% of all pairings. This is a solid mid-to-upper tier result, reflecting the balanced performance of the Ultra 5 245 and RX 7700 XT.

Q: Does the CPU’s 14-core, 14-thread configuration benefit Greedfall?

A: Greedfall is not heavily multi-threaded, but the CPU’s 5.10 GHz boost clock and strong single-thread performance (4394 in PassMark single-thread) are more impactful. The multi-thread score of 38706 in PassMark ensures the CPU does not bottleneck the GPU, but the game benefits most from the high clock speed.