Far Cry 5 PC benchmark
Real gameplay on 2 of my test PCs, FPS read from the MSI Afterburner overlay. Last tested Apr 22, 2023.
- Smooth 60+ FPS
- Playable 30–59 FPS
- Struggles under 30 FPS
The big number is the best average without upscaling. Striped bars use FSR or other upscaling.
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FAR CRY 5 Tested on AMD Ryzen 5 5600G + RX 6600 | MAXED SETTINGS | 1080p #benchmark, Apr 22, 2023
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Radeon RX 6600 8GB + Ryzen 5 5600G
Graphics card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600 8GB Check price on Amazon (opens Amazon in a new tab)
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- Settings not stated, Scale 242 FPS
- Settings not stated, Scale 1102 FPS
- Max Scale 199 FPS
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- Low27 FPS
- Normal24 FPS
- High22 FPS
- Ultra21 FPS
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- Low49 FPS
- Normal45 FPS
- High40 FPS
- Ultra35 FPS
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Far Cry 5 system requirements
Official PC requirements per the game’s Steam page, checked Oct 26, 2026. Compare them with the hardware above: my RX 6600 and RX 9060 XT rigs both use a Ryzen 5 5600G and 16 GB of RAM.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent | Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD R9 290X (4GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c | Version 9.0c |
| Storage | 40 GB available space | 40 GB available space |
The card that runs Far Cry 5 smoothly
Far Cry 5 ran at 102 FPS on my Radeon RX 6600 8GB + Ryzen 5 5600G rig (Settings not stated, Scale 1, 1080p). On the Vega 7 (5600G) it reached 49 FPS. The card in that rig is the XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600 8GB.
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