NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super: CPU pairings
6 GB VRAM, 125 W board power, released 2019. Performance index 19.9 at 1080p, 15 at 1440p and 11.3 at 4K (out of 100). Below, every processor in our database ranked by how well it keeps this card fed at 1440p.
Best CPU for the GTX 1660 Super Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i5-10400F — GPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 3600 — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 3700X — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5500 — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Core i5-11400F — GPU-limited 12% (balanced)
- Core i3-12100F — GPU-limited 16% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 46% | GPU 51% | GPU 62% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 45% | GPU 51% | GPU 62% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 41% | GPU 47% | GPU 59% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 40% | GPU 46% | GPU 59% | 450 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 38% | GPU 44% | GPU 57% | 650 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 37% | GPU 43% | GPU 56% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 37% | GPU 43% | GPU 56% | 550 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 36% | GPU 42% | GPU 56% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 35% | GPU 42% | GPU 55% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 35% | GPU 42% | GPU 55% | 450 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 35% | GPU 41% | GPU 55% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 35% | GPU 41% | GPU 55% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 34% | GPU 40% | GPU 54% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 33% | GPU 40% | GPU 54% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 32% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 32% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 450 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 450 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 550 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 28% | GPU 35% | GPU 50% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 28% | GPU 35% | GPU 50% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 450 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 550 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 22% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 20% | GPU 28% | GPU 45% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 28% | GPU 45% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 19% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 450 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 26% | GPU 43% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 16% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 23% | GPU 41% | 450 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | GPU 12% | GPU 21% | GPU 40% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | GPU 12% | GPU 21% | GPU 40% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | GPU 11% | GPU 20% | GPU 39% | 450 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | GPU 10% | GPU 18% | GPU 38% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | GPU 10% | GPU 18% | GPU 38% | 450 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 450 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | GPU 6% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 550 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | GPU 3% | GPU 12% | GPU 33% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 4% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 4% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 8% | GPU 2% | GPU 25% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 12% | CPU 2% | GPU 22% | 450 W |