AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Specifications, where the Radeon RX 5600 XT 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 5600 XT and the Ryzen 5 4500 return about 28 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 4500 leaves the Radeon RX 5600 XT idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a Radeon RX 5600 XT at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Released | 2020 |
| Video memory | 6 GB |
| Board power | 150 W |
| Gaming performance index | 27.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the Radeon RX 5600 XT
On our index the Radeon RX 5600 XT scores 27.0, which places it 62nd of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 31% of them.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT and the Radeon RX 6600 land on exactly the same index score of 27.0, so on raw throughput the two are interchangeable and the choice between them comes down to memory, power draw and price on the day.
6 GB of memory is the figure to watch on the Radeon RX 5600 XT: workable at 1080p, tight at 1440p on high presets, and short of what a handful of recent titles want, which on a 6 GB card shows up as stutter rather than a lower frame counter and so gets misdiagnosed as the Radeon RX 5600 XT simply being slow.
At 150 W the Radeon RX 5600 XT 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 2020, the Radeon RX 5600 XT is 6 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 5600 XT and want to know what to pair with it or whether to replace it.
Radeon RX 5600 XT frame rate at each resolution
The Radeon RX 5600 XT 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 5600 XT falls the full 74% from 50 fps to 13 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 50 fps | Balanced |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 28 fps | GPU |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 13 fps | GPU |
How the Radeon RX 5600 XT compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the Radeon RX 5600 XT on our gaming index, running from the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER at +30% to the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at +22%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the Radeon RX 5600 XT, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the Radeon RX 5600 XT
When the Radeon RX 5600 XT becomes the limit, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is the next step worth paying for: 42.0 on our index against 27.0, a jump of 56%, 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 5600 XT against your own parts
Radeon RX 5600 XT specifications on this page are from AMD, while its performance index of 27.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the Radeon RX 5600 XT rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this