Greedfall

Greedfall, an Action RPG released on 2019-09-09, shows a wide performance envelope when paired with the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile. The measured data captures 12 distinct FPS points across four settings presets and three resolutions, from a 261 FPS average at 1920x1080 Low to a 49 FPS average at 3840x2160 Ultra. The CPU sits in the 84th percentile of all CPUs, and the GPU also sits in the 84th percentile of all GPUs. In the overall combo ranking, this pair lands at 813th out of 3703 tested combos, a strong mid-to-upper position that reflects a balanced but not top-tier pairing.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows show that the ideal preset depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces 261 FPS, Medium 205 FPS, High 186 FPS, and Ultra 119 FPS. All four presets clear the 100 FPS threshold, so the choice is purely about visual fidelity versus refresh rate. For a 144 Hz monitor, the Medium preset is the most sensible pick, as it delivers 205 FPS with a minimum of 174 FPS, leaving headroom for frame drops. The High preset at 186 FPS is also viable, but the Ultra preset's 119 FPS still satisfies a 120 Hz display. At 2560x1440, the numbers are 181 FPS on Low, 142 FPS on Medium (min 121, max 163), 129 FPS on High, and 82 FPS on Ultra. Here, the High preset is the best balance: it sits 47 FPS above Ultra and only 13 FPS below Medium, while offering a meaningfully higher visual quality than Medium. The Ultra preset at 82 FPS is playable but may feel less responsive on high-refresh panels. At 3840x2160, the picture changes. The Ultra preset drops to 49 FPS, which is marginal for an action RPG. The High preset yields 77 FPS, and the Medium preset yields 85 FPS with a minimum of 72 FPS. For a smooth 4K experience, the Medium preset is the recommended starting point, as it stays above 60 FPS with a documented minimum of 72 FPS. The High preset at 77 FPS is also acceptable if you prefer sharper textures. The Low preset at 108 FPS is unnecessary unless you are chasing maximum frame rates on a 144Hz 4K display. In summary, the data suggests using Medium at 4K, High at 1440p, and either High or Ultra at 1080p depending on your refresh rate.

GPU Role

The RTX 5090 Mobile is a Blackwell 2.0 GPU built on TSMC's 5 nm process. It carries 10496 shading units, 328 TMUs, and 112 ROPs, with 82 RT cores and 328 tensor cores. Its memory subsystem is substantial: 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The base clock is 990 MHz, and the boost clock is 1515 MHz. The FP32 throughput is 31.80 TFLOPS, and the pixel rate is 169.7 GPixel/s. These specifications translate directly into the measured frame rates. In the GPU benchmark suite, the card scores 5871 on 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 201834 on Geekbench OpenCL, and 198405 on Geekbench Vulkan. Its Passmark G3D score is 30034. The GPU's percentile rank is 84, and its average benchmark score is 45152. The nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT, is 0.5% slower, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is 0.8% faster. The Intel Arc A730M is 1% slower, and the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 1.8% slower. These deltas show that the RTX 5090 Mobile sits in a very tight performance cluster. The 24 GB VRAM is not a limiting factor in Greedfall, which is a 2019 title; the game's textures are not large enough to stress that capacity. The GPU's compute and bandwidth are the decisive elements. At 4K Ultra, the 49 FPS result indicates that the GPU is being fully exercised, while at 1080p Low the 261 FPS shows that the GPU has headroom. The 896 GB/s bandwidth is more than sufficient for the game's memory traffic, and the 1515 MHz boost clock is the highest the chip reaches in this workload.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank is 813 out of 3703 tested combos. This places it in the top 22 percent of all configurations. The CPU's average benchmark score is 34083, and the GPU's average score is 45152. The CPU's percentile is 84, and the GPU's percentile is also 84. The rank of 813 means that 2890 other combos are slower, but it also shows that a significant number of configurations are faster. The CPU's nearest rivals are extremely close: the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H is 0.3% faster, the AMD EPYC 4244P is 0.4% faster, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 is 0.4% faster, and the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X is 0.5% faster. These sub-1% differences indicate that the CPU is a mid-pack performer. The GPU's nearest rivals are similarly close: the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT is 0.5% slower, the RTX 4070 Ti is 0.8% faster, the Intel Arc A730M is 1% slower, and the RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 1.8% slower. The GPU is also in a tight cluster. The combination of a mid-pack CPU and a top-quartile GPU yields the 813th rank. In Greedfall, the frame rates are high enough that the CPU is not the primary limiter at 1080p or 1440p, but at 4K the GPU becomes the bottleneck. This rank reflects that the system is well-balanced for the game, but not a top-100 contender.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data is as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 261 FPS. The Medium preset averages 205 FPS, with a minimum of 174 and a maximum of 236. The High preset averages 186 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 119 FPS. At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 181 FPS. The Medium preset averages 142 FPS, with a minimum of 121 and a maximum of 163. The High preset averages 129 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 82 FPS. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 108 FPS. The Medium preset averages 85 FPS, with a minimum of 72 and a maximum of 98. The High preset averages 77 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 49 FPS. These numbers show a consistent scaling pattern. The Medium preset consistently outperforms the High preset, which is unusual but clearly visible in the data: 205 vs 186 at 1080p, 142 vs 129 at 1440p, and 85 vs 77 at 4K. The High preset is not a linear step between Medium and Ultra; it sits closer to Medium in performance. The Ultra preset is the most demanding, with 119, 82, and 49 FPS across the three resolutions. The minimum FPS values are only recorded for Medium: 174 at 1080p, 121 at 1440p, and 72 at 4K. These minimums show that the frame pacing is stable, with no severe dips below the average. The 4K Medium minimum of 72 FPS is only 13 FPS below the average, indicating that the game maintains a playable frame rate even during heavy scenes.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling is clear when comparing the same preset across resolutions. For the High preset, the average FPS goes from 186 at 1080p to 129 at 1440p and finally to 77 at 4K. That is a drop of 57 FPS from 1080p to 1440p, and a further drop of 52 FPS from 1440p to 4K. For the Medium preset, the numbers are 205, 142, and 85, representing drops of 63 and 57 FPS. For the Low preset, the numbers are 261, 181, and 108, with drops of 80 and 73 FPS. For the Ultra preset, the numbers are 119, 82, and 49, with drops of 37 and 33 FPS. The absolute drops are larger between 1080p and 1440p than between 1440p and 4K for the Low, Medium, and High presets, but the Ultra preset shows a smaller absolute drop. This suggests that the GPU's compute and memory bandwidth are being saturated at the higher resolutions. The 1080p Low result of 261 FPS indicates that the CPU is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions; if it were, the FPS would plateau. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the bottleneck, as the FPS drops to 49 on Ultra and 77 on High. The scaling pattern shows that the RTX 5090 Mobile has enough headroom at 1080p to drive extremely high frame rates, but the 4Kp workload requires the GPU to work at full capacity, leading to the observed drop.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is a 16-core, 22-thread processor based on the Meteor Lake architecture, built on a 7 nm process. Its base clock is 3.80 GHz, and its boost clock is 5.00 GHz. The L3 cache is 24 MB shared. The CPU scores 2641 in Cinebench R15 multi-core, 257 in single-core, 9233 in R20 multi-core, 1303 in R20 single-core, 14551 in R23 multi-core, and 1759 in R23 single-core. In Passmark, the multithread score is 25933, the single-thread score is 3509, and the physics score is 1806. The CPU's average benchmark score is 34083, and its percentile rank is 84. The nearest rivals are the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H (0.3% faster), AMD EPYC 4244P (0.4% faster), AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 (0.4% faster), and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (0.5% faster). These deltas are all under one percent, so the CPU is firmly in a performance band with several other mid-range parts. In Greedfall, the high frame rates at 1080p Low (261 FPS) show that the CPU is not a limiting factor at lower resolutions. The game is from 2019 and does not require 16 cores, but the 22 threads ensure that any background tasks or driver overhead do not cause stutters. The boost clock of 5.00 GHz is high enough to keep single-threaded game logic responsive. The 24 MB L3 cache is also ample for the game's data. The CPU's single-core R23 score of 1759 is solid, and the multi-core score of 14551 is more than adequate. Overall, the CPU provides a strong foundation that allows the RTX 5090 Mobile to reach its full potential, especially at higher resolutions where the GPU is the primary bottleneck. The launch MSRP of the CPU is $460, which is a data point for reference.