NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060: CPU pairings
6 GB VRAM, 160 W board power, released 2019. Performance index 24.4 at 1080p, 19 at 1440p and 14.8 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 RTX 2060 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 7 3700X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5500 — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i5-10400F — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 3600 — CPU-limited 7% (balanced)
- Core i5-11400F — GPU-limited 8% (balanced)
- Core i3-12100F — GPU-limited 11% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 43% | GPU 49% | GPU 60% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 43% | GPU 48% | GPU 60% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 38% | GPU 44% | GPU 57% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 38% | GPU 44% | GPU 57% | 550 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 35% | GPU 41% | GPU 55% | 750 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 34% | GPU 40% | GPU 54% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 34% | GPU 40% | GPU 54% | 650 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 33% | GPU 40% | GPU 54% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 32% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 550 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 32% | GPU 38% | GPU 52% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 38% | GPU 52% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 31% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 450 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 49% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 550 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 47% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 47% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 23% | GPU 31% | GPU 47% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 21% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 21% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 550 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 19% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 16% | GPU 24% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 16% | GPU 24% | GPU 42% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 15% | GPU 23% | GPU 41% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 40% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 13% | GPU 21% | GPU 39% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 450 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | GPU 8% | GPU 17% | GPU 36% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | GPU 8% | GPU 17% | GPU 36% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | GPU 7% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 450 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | GPU 5% | GPU 14% | GPU 34% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | GPU 5% | GPU 14% | GPU 34% | 450 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | GPU 2% | GPU 11% | GPU 32% | 550 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | GPU 2% | GPU 11% | GPU 32% | 550 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 29% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 24% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 24% | 450 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 12% | CPU 3% | GPU 21% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 18% | 450 W |