AMD Ryzen 5 3600: GPU pairings
6 cores / 12 threads, up to 4.2 GHz, socket AM4, released 2019. Gaming index 48/100, multi-core index 40/100. Below, every card in our database ranked by how well it balances against this processor at 1440p.
Best-balanced graphics cards
- RTX 3050 — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- GTX 1660 Super — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- GTX 1650 — GPU-limited 5% (balanced)
- RTX 2060 — CPU-limited 7% (balanced)
- RX 6600 — CPU-limited 9% (balanced)
- GTX 1080 Ti — CPU-limited 11% (mild CPU bottleneck)
All 50 cards
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 5090 | CPU 55% | CPU 52% | CPU 40% | 1000 W |
| RTX 4090 | CPU 50% | CPU 46% | CPU 32% | 850 W |
| RTX 5080 | CPU 46% | CPU 42% | CPU 27% | 750 W |
| RX 7900 XTX | CPU 44% | CPU 40% | CPU 24% | 750 W |
| RTX 4080 Super | CPU 43% | CPU 39% | CPU 23% | 650 W |
| RTX 5070 Ti | CPU 42% | CPU 38% | CPU 21% | 650 W |
| RTX 4080 | CPU 42% | CPU 38% | CPU 21% | 650 W |
| RX 9070 XT | CPU 42% | CPU 37% | CPU 20% | 650 W |
| RX 7900 XT | CPU 40% | CPU 35% | CPU 18% | 650 W |
| RTX 4070 Ti Super | CPU 40% | CPU 35% | CPU 17% | 650 W |
| RX 9070 | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 15% | 550 W |
| RTX 4070 Ti | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 14% | 650 W |
| RTX 5070 | CPU 37% | CPU 31% | CPU 13% | 550 W |
| RTX 4070 Super | CPU 36% | CPU 31% | CPU 12% | 550 W |
| RX 7900 GRE | CPU 36% | CPU 31% | CPU 12% | 650 W |
| RX 6950 XT | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 10% | 650 W |
| RTX 3090 | CPU 35% | CPU 29% | CPU 9% | 750 W |
| RX 7800 XT | CPU 35% | CPU 29% | CPU 9% | 650 W |
| RX 6900 XT | CPU 34% | CPU 28% | CPU 9% | 650 W |
| RTX 4070 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 6% | 550 W |
| RTX 3080 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 6% | 650 W |
| RX 6800 XT | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 6% | 650 W |
| RX 7700 XT | CPU 31% | CPU 24% | CPU 3% | 550 W |
| RTX 5060 Ti | CPU 30% | CPU 24% | CPU 2% | 450 W |
| RX 9060 XT | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 1% | 450 W |
| RX 6800 | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 1% | 550 W |
| RTX 3070 Ti | CPU 29% | CPU 22% | GPU 0% | 650 W |
| RTX 4060 Ti | CPU 27% | CPU 20% | GPU 3% | 450 W |
| RTX 3070 | CPU 27% | CPU 20% | GPU 3% | 550 W |
| RX 6750 XT | CPU 27% | CPU 20% | GPU 3% | 550 W |
| RTX 5060 | CPU 25% | CPU 18% | GPU 5% | 450 W |
| RX 6700 XT | CPU 25% | CPU 18% | GPU 5% | 550 W |
| RTX 3060 Ti | CPU 25% | CPU 17% | GPU 6% | 550 W |
| RTX 2080 Ti | CPU 25% | CPU 17% | GPU 6% | 550 W |
| RX 7600 XT | CPU 25% | CPU 17% | GPU 6% | 550 W |
| Arc B580 | CPU 24% | CPU 16% | GPU 7% | 550 W |
| RTX 4060 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 9% | 450 W |
| RX 7600 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 9% | 450 W |
| Arc A770 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 10% | 550 W |
| RTX 2070 Super | CPU 21% | CPU 13% | GPU 11% | 550 W |
| RTX 3060 | CPU 20% | CPU 12% | GPU 12% | 450 W |
| RX 6650 XT | CPU 20% | CPU 12% | GPU 12% | 450 W |
| GTX 1080 Ti | CPU 19% | CPU 11% | GPU 14% | 550 W |
| RX 5700 XT | CPU 19% | CPU 11% | GPU 14% | 550 W |
| Arc A750 | CPU 19% | CPU 11% | GPU 14% | 550 W |
| RX 6600 | CPU 17% | CPU 9% | GPU 16% | 450 W |
| RTX 2060 | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 18% | 450 W |
| RTX 3050 | CPU 12% | CPU 2% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| GTX 1660 Super | CPU 12% | CPU 2% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| GTX 1650 | CPU 5% | GPU 5% | GPU 28% | 450 W |