NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: CPU pairings
12 GB VRAM, 200 W board power, released 2023. Performance index 47.8 at 1080p, 42 at 1440p and 36.9 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 4070 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 7 5800X — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i5-12400F — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 8600G — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5900X — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5950X — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 8700G — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 35% | GPU 49% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 28% | GPU 34% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 22% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 41% | 750 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 650 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 550 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 39% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 37% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 550 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 8% | GPU 15% | GPU 34% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 23% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 9% | CPU 0% | GPU 22% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 10% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 13% | CPU 5% | GPU 18% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 13% | CPU 5% | GPU 18% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 14% | CPU 6% | GPU 16% | 550 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 16% | CPU 8% | GPU 15% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 16% | CPU 8% | GPU 15% | 550 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 550 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 9% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 27% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 27% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 550 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 30% | CPU 23% | CPU 2% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 6% | 550 W |