NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: CPU pairings
8 GB VRAM, 290 W board power, released 2021. Performance index 42.0 at 1080p, 36 at 1440p and 30.9 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 3070 Ti Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i7-11700K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5700X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600X — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i3-13100F — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600 — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 8600G — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 33% | GPU 38% | GPU 52% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 38% | GPU 52% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 850 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 22% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 22% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 750 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 41% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 10% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 2% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 26% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 5% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 23% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 23% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 21% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 20% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 14% | CPU 6% | GPU 17% | 650 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 14% | CPU 6% | GPU 17% | 750 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 17% | CPU 9% | GPU 14% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 8% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 8% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 26% | CPU 19% | GPU 4% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 22% | GPU 0% | 650 W |