NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: CPU pairings
8 GB VRAM, 200 W board power, released 2020. Performance index 35.9 at 1080p, 30 at 1440p and 25.0 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 3060 Ti Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i3-12100F — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i7-10700K — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i3-13100F — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600 — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-11400F — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600X — GPU-limited 5% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 36% | GPU 42% | GPU 55% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 36% | GPU 41% | GPU 55% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 31% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 30% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 550 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 27% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 750 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 46% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 46% | 550 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 22% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 20% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 20% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 18% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 18% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 16% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 650 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 15% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 36% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 6% | GPU 15% | GPU 34% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 15% | GPU 34% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 33% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 32% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 2% | GPU 11% | GPU 31% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 550 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 27% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 4% | GPU 5% | GPU 26% | 550 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 9% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 550 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 9% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 12% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 10% | GPU 13% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 10% | GPU 13% | 550 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 10% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 25% | CPU 17% | GPU 6% | 550 W |