Greedfall

Greedfall, the 2019 action RPG, is known for its dense environments and demanding rendering. When paired with the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, the benchmark data reveals a configuration that is capable of high refresh rates at mainstream resolutions but faces significant pressure at 4K with maximum settings. The measured frames per second show a clear hierarchy of performance that depends heavily on both resolution and the preset chosen.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: The maximum average FPS recorded is 267.2, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the High preset delivers an average of 135.5 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 84.2 FPS. This represents a significant performance cost of roughly 51 FPS for the highest quality settings.

Q: Is the game playable at 4K with this hardware?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160, the average FPS ranges from 110.9 on Low to 51.4 on Ultra. The High preset offers a comfortable 81.2 FPS, indicating that 4K is viable if the settings are adjusted.

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 359th out of 1705 tested combinations in this game, placing it in the top 21% of all systems tested.

Q: How much faster is Low vs. Ultra at 1080p?

A: The difference is substantial. At 1920x1080, the Low preset yields 267.2 FPS, while the Ultra preset yields 122 FPS. This shows that the Ultra preset is about 54% more demanding in terms of frame time.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at any resolution?

A: The data suggests the GPU becomes the primary limiter at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 145.2 FPS, but at 4K, the gap narrows to 59.5 FPS, indicating that the GPU is saturated and the CPU headroom is less relevant.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is the central component in these frame rate results. With 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, the memory bandwidth is rated at 672.0 GB/s. The GPU’s boost clock is 2512 MHz, which helps drive its 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power. In Greedfall, the RTX 5070’s capabilities are clearly the deciding factor at higher resolutions. The transition from High to Ultra at 4K results in a frame rate drop from 81.2 to 51.4 FPS, a 37% reduction. This indicates that the Ultra preset’s additional graphical effects and texture quality are highly demanding on the GPU’s memory subsystem and shading units.

The GPU’s 83rd percentile ranking among all GPUs, based on its average benchmark score of 41687, confirms it is a high-end part. Its nearest rivals in synthetic tests include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, which scores within 0.6% of the RTX 5070’s average. This relative performance is reflected in the game, where the RTX 5070 can push high frame rates but shows its limits when the resolution and settings are maxed out. The data implies that Greedfall is sensitive to raw pixel throughput and memory bandwidth, both of which are taxed heavily at 4K Ultra.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual quality and performance, the High preset is the clear choice. At all three tested resolutions, High provides a substantial improvement over Ultra while maintaining a high level of visual fidelity. At 1440p, the High preset achieves 135.5 FPS, which is well above the 84.2 FPS of Ultra. At 4K, High delivers 81.2 FPS, a very playable frame rate that is 58% higher than the 51.4 FPS of Ultra.

The Medium preset is also a viable option for users prioritizing higher frame rates. At 1440p, Medium hits 144 FPS, and at 1080p it reaches 209.2 FPS. However, the visual step down from High to Medium is often less noticeable than the performance gain. For competitive or high-refresh-rate displays, the Low preset offers the highest possible frame rates, hitting 267.2 FPS at 1080p and 185.6 FPS at 1440p. The data suggests that High is the sweet spot, as it offers a 60%+ performance headroom over Ultra at 4K while presumably retaining most of the visual enhancements that matter in an action RPG.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of the system's scaling. At 1920x1080, the average frame rates are 267.2 (Low), 209.2 (Medium), 189.8 (High), and 122 (Ultra). The jump from High to Ultra at 1080p is a loss of 67.8 FPS, which is a significant hit for a marginal visual gain. At 2560x1440, the scores are 185.6 (Low), 144 (Medium), 135.5 (High), and 84.2 (Ultra). The performance drop from High to Ultra here is 51.3 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates are 110.9 (Low), 89.7 (Medium), 81.2 (High), and 51.4 (Ultra). The Ultra preset at 4K is the only configuration that dips below 60 FPS, making it the only setting that is not ideal for a smooth experience on a standard 60Hz display. The data shows a consistent pattern: the Ultra preset is disproportionately expensive at every resolution. The difference between Low and Medium is smaller than the difference between High and Ultra, suggesting that the Ultra preset enables effects that are particularly heavy on the render pipeline.

How This Combo Ranks

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and RTX 5070 combination ranks 359th out of 1705 tested combos. This places it in the 79th percentile of all systems tested in Greedfall. While the rank is high, it is not at the absolute top, indicating that there are more powerful configurations available, likely with higher-tier GPUs. The CPU’s average benchmark score of 79102 places it at the 97th percentile of all CPUs, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, which scores 0.2% higher.

The GPU’s average score of 41687 places it at the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. The combination of a top-tier CPU with a high-end GPU yields a result that is strong but not class-leading. The ranking suggests that this system is well-suited for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming and comfortable 4K gaming, but it would be outperformed by systems featuring the RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5080, which would likely occupy higher ranks.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. It is built on the Arrow Lake architecture and features 30 MB of shared L3 cache. In Greedfall, the CPU’s role appears to be supportive rather than limiting. At 1080p, the difference in FPS between Low (267.2) and Medium (209.2) is 58 FPS, which shows that the GPU is still the primary driver of frame rate, even at lower resolutions.

The CPU’s high single-thread performance, evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 7060, ensures that it can feed the GPU adequately. The fact that the frame rate scales almost linearly with resolution from 1080p to 4K (e.g., High preset: 189.8 to 81.2) suggests that the CPU is not a bottleneck. If the CPU were the limiting factor, we would expect to see a smaller difference between 1080p and 1440p scores. The data implies that the CPU has ample headroom, and its 125W TDP and 3nm process node allow it to maintain high clocks without being a thermal constraint in this gaming scenario.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the system’s limiting component. For the High preset, the average FPS drops from 189.8 at 1080p to 135.5 at 1440p, a 28.6% decrease. Moving from 1440p to 4K, the FPS drops to 81.2, a further 40.1% decrease. This steep decline indicates that the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The number of pixels increases by a factor of 2.25 from 1440p to 4K, and the FPS drops by a factor of 1.67, which is roughly in line with a GPU-bound scenario.

For the Low preset, the scaling is slightly different. The FPS drops from 267.2 at 1080p to 185.6 at 1440p (a 30.5% decrease), and then to 110.9 at 4K (a 40.2% decrease from 1440p). The consistency of these percentage drops across presets confirms that the GPU’s raw throughput is the limiting factor. The CPU’s influence on frame rate is minimal, as evidenced by the fact that the relative performance drop between resolutions is nearly identical for both Low and High presets. This points to a system where the RTX 5070 is the clear performance governor, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K is more than sufficient to keep up with the GPU’s demands.