NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 360 W board power, released 2025. Performance index 75.6 at 1080p, 72 at 1440p and 68.5 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 5080 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i7-13700K — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 7950X — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core Ultra 9 285K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 9900X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 9700X — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i9-13900K — GPU-limited 2% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 17% | GPU 34% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 33% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 28% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 27% | 850 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | CPU 4% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | CPU 4% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 850 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | CPU 5% | GPU 2% | GPU 22% | 1000 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | CPU 6% | GPU 1% | GPU 21% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | CPU 6% | GPU 1% | GPU 21% | 850 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | CPU 0% | GPU 20% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | CPU 7% | CPU 0% | GPU 20% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 20% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | CPU 11% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | CPU 11% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | CPU 11% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | CPU 11% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 750 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 15% | 1000 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 15% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 15% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 15% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 14% | CPU 7% | GPU 14% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 15% | CPU 9% | GPU 13% | 850 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 16% | CPU 10% | GPU 12% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 16% | CPU 10% | GPU 12% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 17% | CPU 11% | GPU 11% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 8% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 8% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 22% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 24% | CPU 18% | GPU 3% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 24% | CPU 18% | GPU 3% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 25% | CPU 19% | GPU 1% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 26% | CPU 21% | GPU 0% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 27% | CPU 22% | CPU 2% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 3% | 750 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 31% | CPU 25% | CPU 6% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 31% | CPU 25% | CPU 6% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 32% | CPU 27% | CPU 8% | 750 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 33% | CPU 28% | CPU 9% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 33% | CPU 28% | CPU 9% | 750 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 12% | 750 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 12% | 850 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 15% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 42% | CPU 37% | CPU 21% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 42% | CPU 37% | CPU 21% | 750 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 44% | CPU 40% | CPU 24% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 46% | CPU 42% | CPU 27% | 750 W |