AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
Specifications, where the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB sits for gaming, the processor worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
Ryzen 5 4500
The Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB and the Ryzen 5 4500 return about 26 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 4500 leaves the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Released | 2019 |
| Video memory | 8 GB |
| Board power | 130 W |
| Gaming performance index | 19.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
On our index the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB scores 19.0, which places it 76th of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 15% of them.
The nearest part below the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB is the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER at 18.0, 5.3% slower, and a margin of 5.3% sits inside the run to run variance you would see replaying the same scene in most games.
8 GB of memory is the figure to watch on the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB: workable at 1080p, tight at 1440p on high presets, and short of what a handful of recent titles want, which on a 8 GB card shows up as stutter rather than a lower frame counter and so gets misdiagnosed as the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB simply being slow.
At 130 W the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB sits in the mainstream power bracket, so a competent supply of around 450 W total handles the whole machine and cooling is a matter of normal case airflow rather than special planning.
Released in 2019, the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB is 7 years old and well past the point of being a sensible new purchase, and it is here because plenty of people still run a Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB and want to know what to pair with it or whether to replace it.
Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB frame rate at each resolution
The Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB paired with the Ryzen 5 4500 on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB falls the full 71% from 35 fps to 10 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 35 fps | GPU |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 26 fps | GPU |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 10 fps | GPU |
How the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB on our gaming index, running from the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti at +26% to the GeForce GTX 1070 at +16%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
When the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB becomes the limit, the Arc B570 is the next step worth paying for: 30.0 on our index against 19.0, a jump of 58%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB against your own parts
Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB specifications on this page are from AMD, while its performance index of 19.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this