Best GPU for the Ryzen 5 5600X
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a gaming index of 61/100. At 1440p it can fully drive graphics cards up to a performance index of about 35; faster cards still work, but part of what you pay for sits idle in CPU-heavy games. At 4K the ceiling rises to about 62, at 1080p it falls to about 26.
Best-matched cards (1440p)
| # | GPU | VRAM | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX 3070 Ti | 8 GB | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 21% | 650 W |
| 2 | RX 9060 XT | 16 GB | CPU 10% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 450 W |
| 3 | RX 6800 | 16 GB | CPU 10% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| 4 | RTX 4060 Ti | 8 GB | CPU 7% | GPU 2% | GPU 24% | 450 W |
| 5 | RTX 3070 | 8 GB | CPU 7% | GPU 2% | GPU 24% | 550 W |
| 6 | RX 6750 XT | 12 GB | CPU 7% | GPU 2% | GPU 24% | 550 W |
| 7 | RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 450 W |
| 8 | RX 7700 XT | 12 GB | CPU 12% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 550 W |
| 9 | RTX 5060 | 8 GB | CPU 5% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 450 W |
| 10 | RX 6700 XT | 12 GB | CPU 5% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
Cards this CPU would hold back
RX 6950 XT (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 4070 Super (12% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 7900 GRE (12% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 5070 (13% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 4070 Ti (14% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 9070 (15% 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.