NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 320 W board power, released 2022. Performance index 66.6 at 1080p, 62 at 1440p and 57.7 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 4080 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 5 7600X — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i9-12900K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i5-13600K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5800X3D — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 7700 — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core Ultra 5 245K — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 23% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 16% | GPU 22% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 8% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 4% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 850 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 2% | GPU 9% | GPU 28% | 1000 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 27% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 27% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | CPU 2% | GPU 6% | GPU 26% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 1000 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 8% | CPU 0% | GPU 21% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 9% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 850 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 11% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 14% | CPU 7% | GPU 15% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 14% | CPU 7% | GPU 15% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 16% | CPU 9% | GPU 13% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 19% | CPU 12% | GPU 10% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 19% | CPU 12% | GPU 10% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 9% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 21% | CPU 15% | GPU 8% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 22% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 23% | CPU 17% | GPU 5% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 26% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 26% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 27% | CPU 21% | GPU 0% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 2% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 2% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 5% | 750 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 5% | 750 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 33% | CPU 27% | CPU 8% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 15% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 15% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 40% | CPU 35% | CPU 18% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 42% | CPU 38% | CPU 21% | 650 W |