NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: CPU pairings
32 GB VRAM, 575 W board power, released 2025. Performance index 100.0 at 1080p, 100 at 1440p and 100.0 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 5090 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 7 9800X3D — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 9950X3D — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D — CPU-limited 8% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 7950X3D — CPU-limited 9% (balanced)
- Core i9-14900K — CPU-limited 13% (mild CPU bottleneck)
- Core i7-14700K — CPU-limited 14% (mild CPU bottleneck)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | CPU 7% | GPU 0% | GPU 20% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | CPU 7% | CPU 1% | GPU 19% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | CPU 14% | CPU 8% | GPU 13% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | CPU 15% | CPU 9% | GPU 12% | 1200 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | CPU 19% | CPU 13% | GPU 8% | 1600 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | CPU 20% | CPU 14% | GPU 7% | 1600 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | CPU 20% | CPU 14% | GPU 7% | 1200 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | CPU 21% | CPU 15% | GPU 6% | 1600 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | CPU 21% | CPU 16% | GPU 5% | 1600 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | CPU 21% | CPU 16% | GPU 5% | 1200 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | CPU 22% | CPU 17% | GPU 4% | 1600 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | CPU 22% | CPU 17% | GPU 4% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | CPU 23% | CPU 18% | GPU 2% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | CPU 24% | CPU 19% | GPU 1% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | CPU 25% | CPU 20% | GPU 0% | 1200 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | CPU 25% | CPU 20% | GPU 0% | 1600 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | CPU 25% | CPU 20% | GPU 0% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | CPU 25% | CPU 20% | GPU 0% | 1000 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | CPU 27% | CPU 22% | CPU 3% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | CPU 27% | CPU 22% | CPU 3% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | CPU 27% | CPU 22% | CPU 3% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | CPU 27% | CPU 22% | CPU 3% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 28% | CPU 23% | CPU 4% | 1200 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 29% | CPU 24% | CPU 5% | 1200 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 6% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 6% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 31% | CPU 26% | CPU 7% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 33% | CPU 28% | CPU 10% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 33% | CPU 28% | CPU 10% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 12% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 36% | CPU 32% | CPU 15% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 36% | CPU 32% | CPU 15% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 37% | CPU 33% | CPU 16% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 38% | CPU 34% | CPU 18% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 39% | CPU 35% | CPU 19% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 40% | CPU 36% | CPU 20% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 42% | CPU 38% | CPU 22% | 1200 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 42% | CPU 38% | CPU 22% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 43% | CPU 39% | CPU 24% | 1000 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 44% | CPU 40% | CPU 25% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 44% | CPU 40% | CPU 25% | 1000 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 46% | CPU 42% | CPU 28% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 46% | CPU 42% | CPU 28% | 1200 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 48% | CPU 44% | CPU 30% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 51% | CPU 48% | CPU 35% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 51% | CPU 48% | CPU 35% | 1000 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 53% | CPU 50% | CPU 38% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 55% | CPU 52% | CPU 40% | 1000 W |