NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070: CPU pairings
12 GB VRAM, 250 W board power, released 2025. Performance index 55.5 at 1080p, 50 at 1440p and 45.1 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 5070 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i5-13400F — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i5-12600K — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-14400F — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5950X — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 8700G — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5900X — CPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 24% | GPU 30% | GPU 45% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 29% | GPU 44% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 37% | 850 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 18% | GPU 35% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 10% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 650 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 14% | GPU 32% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 5% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 5% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 550 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 26% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 8% | GPU 0% | GPU 21% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 12% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 17% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 14% | CPU 7% | GPU 15% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 16% | CPU 9% | GPU 14% | 550 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 11% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 11% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 10% | 550 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 8% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 8% | 550 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 24% | CPU 17% | GPU 5% | 650 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 24% | CPU 17% | GPU 5% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 26% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 5% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 5% | 550 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 34% | CPU 29% | CPU 9% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 37% | CPU 31% | CPU 13% | 550 W |