Best GPU for the Ryzen 5 5500
The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a gaming index of 52/100. At 1440p it can fully drive graphics cards up to a performance index of about 20; faster cards still work, but part of what you pay for sits idle in CPU-heavy games. At 4K the ceiling rises to about 44, at 1080p it falls to about 11.
Best-matched cards (1440p)
| # | GPU | VRAM | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RX 6600 | 8 GB | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| 2 | RTX 2060 | 6 GB | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 24% | 450 W |
| 3 | GTX 1080 Ti | 11 GB | CPU 12% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| 4 | RX 5700 XT | 8 GB | CPU 12% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| 5 | Arc A750 | 8 GB | CPU 12% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| 6 | RTX 3060 | 12 GB | CPU 13% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 450 W |
| 7 | RX 6650 XT | 8 GB | CPU 13% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 450 W |
| 8 | RTX 2070 Super | 8 GB | CPU 14% | CPU 5% | GPU 18% | 550 W |
| 9 | Arc A770 | 16 GB | CPU 15% | CPU 6% | GPU 17% | 550 W |
| 10 | RTX 3050 | 8 GB | CPU 4% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
Cards this CPU would hold back
RTX 5060 (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 6700 XT (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 4060 Ti (13% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 3070 (13% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 6750 XT (13% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 9060 XT (16% CPU bottleneck at 1440p). Buy one of these only if you game at 4K or plan a CPU upgrade soon.
Cards that would waste this CPU
Every card in our database keeps this processor reasonably busy.