Best GPU for the Ryzen 5 3600
The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has a gaming index of 48/100. At 1440p it can fully drive graphics cards up to a performance index of about 13; faster cards still work, but part of what you pay for sits idle in CPU-heavy games. At 4K the ceiling rises to about 36, at 1080p it falls to about 5.
Best-matched cards (1440p)
| # | GPU | VRAM | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX 3050 | 8 GB | CPU 12% | CPU 2% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| 2 | GTX 1660 Super | 6 GB | CPU 12% | CPU 2% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| 3 | GTX 1650 | 4 GB | CPU 5% | GPU 5% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
| 4 | RTX 2060 | 6 GB | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 18% | 450 W |
| 5 | RX 6600 | 8 GB | CPU 17% | CPU 9% | GPU 16% | 450 W |
Cards this CPU would hold back
GTX 1080 Ti (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 5700 XT (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), Arc A750 (11% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 3060 (12% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RX 6650 XT (12% CPU bottleneck at 1440p), RTX 2070 Super (13% 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.