Ryzen 5 4500 + Radeon RX 5600 XT Bottleneck Calculator
Whether the Ryzen 5 4500 and the Radeon RX 5600 XT hold each other back, at every resolution, with the frame rate you can expect and the single upgrade that fixes it.
The same pair at every resolution
A processor pushes roughly the same number of frames whatever the resolution. A graphics card pushes far fewer as pixels go up. That is why the limit moves as you climb this table, and why a bottleneck figure quoted without a resolution means nothing.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 720p (1280 x 720) | 67 fps | Balanced | 0% |
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 50 fps | Balanced | 0% |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 28 fps | GPU | 42.7% |
| Ultrawide 1440p (3440 x 1440) | 18 fps | GPU | 62.4% |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 13 fps | GPU | 73.8% |
| 8K (7680 x 4320) | 6 fps | GPU | 88.5% |
What to do about it
Nothing to fix. At 1080p (1920 x 1080) the Ryzen 5 4500 has just enough headroom over the Radeon RX 5600 XT to keep the card fed without wasting money on either side. This is what a balanced build looks like.
Modelled from published benchmark data, not measured on this exact combination. The indexes behind these figures and the sources they come from are on how we calculate this.