NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060: CPU pairings
8 GB VRAM, 115 W board power, released 2023. Performance index 32.9 at 1080p, 27 at 1440p and 22.2 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 4060 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i5-11400F — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i3-12100F — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i7-10700K — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i3-13100F — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600 — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 3700X — CPU-limited 7% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 38% | GPU 44% | GPU 56% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 38% | GPU 43% | GPU 56% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 33% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 38% | GPU 52% | 450 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 29% | GPU 35% | GPU 50% | 650 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 28% | GPU 35% | GPU 49% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 28% | GPU 35% | GPU 49% | 550 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 27% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 450 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 31% | GPU 47% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 46% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 450 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 450 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 43% | 550 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 450 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 40% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 40% | 550 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 36% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 36% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 450 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 15% | GPU 34% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 5% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 32% | 450 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | GPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | GPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 29% | 450 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 25% | 450 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 25% | 450 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 9% | CPU 0% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 16% | CPU 7% | GPU 16% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 16% | CPU 7% | GPU 16% | 450 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 19% | CPU 11% | GPU 13% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 9% | 450 W |