Detailed gaming tests of the AMD Radeon RX 5500 graphics card with the Intel Core i9-12900K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the AMD Radeon RX 5500 is bad or good for gaming from testing results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the main parameter. The average FPS in games is 28.1 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 4Gb of memory, we can say that the Radeon RX 5500 is good for most games with average graphics quality settings.
Main specifications
Name
AMD Radeon RX 5500
Release date
November 22, 2019
Price
89 USD
Frequency
1670 MHz
Shaders
1408
TMUs
88
ROPs
32
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
110 W
Memory Size
4 Gb
Memory Bus
128 Bit
Radeon RX 5500 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already make some decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the needed power supply that will completely match the GPU. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i9-12900K . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is required for the Radeon RX 5500, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 110W. Here is a list of several famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the Radeon RX 5500 and Intel Core i9-12900K configuration:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Genshin Impact
Far Cry 6
Atomic Heart
Dota 2
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hogwarts Legacy
League of Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hitman 3
Roblox
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Minecraft
Valorant
Apex Legends
The best alternative to AMD Radeon RX 5500
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the Radeon RX 5500 is better or worse than competitors in several famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and NVIDIA GeForce equivalent to the Radeon RX 5500.
The closest Radeon RX 5500 opponents
Video Card
FPS
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
93
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
92.4
GeForce RTX 3050
92
GeForce GTX 1660
87.2
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
83
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon RX 5500 XT
74.6
Radeon RX 580
74.6
GeForce GTX 1060
71.7
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile
68
Radeon RX 5500
67.3
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67.2
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
62
GeForce GTX 1650
57.9
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
52
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
39.3
The closest opponents of the Radeon RX 5500 are GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile and GeForce GTX 780 Ti. We compared Radeon RX 5500 (67.3 FPS) and their average FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 68 FPS, which 1.0% faster and GeForce GTX 780 Ti 67.2 FPS, which is 0.1% slower. These figures will further help you make the good decision.
How good is Radeon RX 5500 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a Radeon RX 5500 and Intel Core i9-12900K. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the average FPS received with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the Radeon RX 5500 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
22.1
28.7
37.6
46.4
Overwatch 2
2022
49.3
64.1
83.9
103.6
Homeworld 3
2022
25.2
32.7
42.8
52.9
Scorn
2022
20.0
26.1
34.1
42.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
20.0
26.1
34.1
42.1
Elden ring
2022
19.5
25.4
33.2
41.0
Saints Row
2022
36.5
47.4
62.0
76.6
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
27.7
36.1
47.2
58.3
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
32.9
42.8
55.9
69.1
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
34.4
44.8
58.5
72.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
19.0
24.7
32.3
39.9
Stray
2022
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Atomic Heart
2023
12.3
16.0
21.0
25.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
21.6
28.1
36.7
45.3
Starfield
2022
18.0
23.4
30.6
37.8
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
29.8
38.7
50.7
62.6
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
26.7
34.7
45.4
56.1
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
31.9
41.4
54.2
66.9
And this table shows the performance of the Radeon RX 5500 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
25.7
33.4
43.7
54.0
Anthem
2019
34.9
45.4
59.3
73.3
Gears of War 5
2019
41.1
53.4
69.8
86.2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
49.8
64.8
84.7
104.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.2
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
32.4
42.1
55.0
68.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
32.4
42.1
55.0
68.0
Metro Exodus
2019
28.2
36.7
48.0
59.2
Godfall
2020
45.5
59.1
77.3
95.5
Final Fantasy XV
2018
43.2
56.1
73.4
90.6
Resident Evil Village
2021
34.9
45.4
59.4
73.4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
23.5
30.5
39.9
49.3
Borderlands 3
2019
32.6
42.4
55.4
68.4
Crysis 3
2013
50.5
65.6
85.8
106.0
Death Stranding
2020
46.7
60.7
79.4
98.1
Far Cry 6
2021
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
37.0
48.1
62.9
77.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
43.7
56.8
74.3
91.8
DOOM Eternal
2020
47.8
62.1
81.2
100.4
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.7
Genshin Impact
2020
44.7
58.1
76.0
93.9
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
37.5
48.8
63.8
78.8
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
15.4
20.0
26.1
32.3
Just Cause 4
2018
40.7
53.0
69.3
85.6
F1 2021
2020
49.8
64.8
84.7
104.7
Hitman 2
2018
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.7
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
24.2
31.4
41.1
50.7
Dishonored 2
2016
38.8
50.5
66.0
81.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.1
66.4
86.8
107.3
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
50.7
65.9
86.1
106.4
The Witcher 3
2015
45.5
59.2
77.4
95.6
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.7
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
37.2
48.3
63.2
78.0
Hitman 3
2021
34.9
45.4
59.4
73.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
41.4
53.8
70.4
87.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
23.2
30.2
39.5
48.8
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
40.3
52.4
68.6
84.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
37.9
49.3
64.5
79.6
Project CARS 3
2020
23.6
30.7
40.2
49.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
45.7
59.5
77.7
96.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
40.4
52.6
68.7
84.9
Total War: Warhammer
2016
50.7
65.9
86.2
106.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
30.4
39.5
51.6
63.8
GreedFall
2019
46.4
60.3
78.9
97.4
The Division
2016
45.4
59.0
77.2
95.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
33.5
43.6
57.0
70.4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
40.4
52.6
68.7
84.9
F1 22
2020
44.7
58.1
76.0
93.9
Halo Infinite
2021
29.3
38.1
49.8
61.5
World War Z
2019
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
Radeon RX 5500 4Gb with Core i9-12900K gaming benchmark The performance results of the Radeon RX 5500 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield V
2018
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
52.8
68.6
89.7
110.8
Dota 2
2013
73.5
95.5
124.9
154.3
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
56.4
73.3
95.9
118.5
League of Legends
2009
282.1
366.7
479.6
592.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
51.1
66.4
86.8
107.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
106.6
138.5
181.2
223.8
Need For Speed
2015
60.8
79.1
103.4
127.8
F1 2019
2019
52.9
68.8
90.0
111.1
Resident Evil 2
2019
58.6
76.2
99.6
123.0
Battlefield 4
2013
71.5
92.9
121.5
150.1
For Honor
2017
75.2
97.8
127.9
158.0
Destiny 2
2017
71.1
92.4
120.8
149.2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
65.8
85.5
111.8
138.1
Strange Brigade
2018
66.1
86.0
112.4
138.9
Titanfall 2
2016
55.5
72.1
94.3
116.5
Battlefield 1
2016
64.2
83.4
109.1
134.8
Dawn of War III
2017
55.3
71.9
94.0
116.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
60.7
78.9
103.2
127.4
Hitman
2016
51.4
66.8
87.4
107.9
Rocket League
2015
219.4
285.2
373.0
460.8
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
64.5
83.9
109.7
135.5
DiRT Rally
2015
81.0
105.3
137.8
170.2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
150.5
195.6
255.8
315.9
Roblox
2006
177.3
230.5
301.4
372.3
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
62.7
81.6
106.7
131.8
Doom
2016
80.8
105.0
137.3
169.6
Apex Legends
2019
54.1
70.3
92.0
113.6
Project CARS 2
2017
53.3
69.3
90.6
111.9
Minecraft
2011
120.2
156.3
204.4
252.5
Valorant
2020
103.1
134.1
175.3
216.6
Fallout 76
2018
66.0
85.8
112.2
138.6
Though you can't dispute with the figures from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
