Best GPU for the Core i7-10700K
The Intel Core i7-10700K has a gaming index of 58/100. At 1440p it can fully drive graphics cards up to a performance index of about 30; faster cards still work, but part of what you pay for sits idle in CPU-heavy games. At 4K the ceiling rises to about 56, at 1080p it falls to about 21.
Best-matched cards (1440p)
| # | GPU | VRAM | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX 3060 Ti | 8 GB | CPU 9% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| 2 | RTX 2080 Ti | 11 GB | CPU 9% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| 3 | RX 7600 XT | 16 GB | CPU 9% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 550 W |
| 4 | RTX 5060 | 8 GB | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 550 W |
| 5 | RX 6700 XT | 12 GB | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| 6 | Arc B580 | 12 GB | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 23% | 550 W |
| 7 | RTX 4060 Ti | 8 GB | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| 8 | RTX 3070 | 8 GB | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 650 W |
| 9 | RX 6750 XT | 12 GB | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 650 W |
| 10 | RTX 4060 | 8 GB | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 25% | 450 W |
Cards this CPU would hold back
RTX 4070 (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 3080 (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 6800 XT (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 6900 XT (13% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 3090 (14% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 7800 XT (14% 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.