AMD Radeon RX 6600: CPU pairings
8 GB VRAM, 132 W board power, released 2021. Performance index 26.5 at 1080p, 21 at 1440p and 16.6 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 RX 6600 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 7 3700X — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5500 — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i5-10400F — CPU-limited 5% (balanced)
- Core i5-11400F — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Core i3-12100F — GPU-limited 9% (balanced)
- Core i7-10700K — GPU-limited 9% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 42% | GPU 47% | GPU 60% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 41% | GPU 47% | GPU 59% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 37% | GPU 43% | GPU 56% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 36% | GPU 42% | GPU 55% | 550 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 33% | GPU 40% | GPU 53% | 650 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 33% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 33% | GPU 39% | GPU 53% | 550 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 32% | GPU 38% | GPU 52% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 31% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 31% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 550 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 28% | GPU 35% | GPU 50% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 450 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 450 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 47% | 550 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 22% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 450 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 19% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 19% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 550 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 17% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 15% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 13% | GPU 21% | GPU 40% | 450 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 39% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 38% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 18% | GPU 37% | 450 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | GPU 6% | GPU 15% | GPU 35% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | GPU 6% | GPU 15% | GPU 35% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | GPU 5% | GPU 14% | GPU 34% | 450 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 12% | GPU 32% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | GPU 3% | GPU 12% | GPU 32% | 450 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 450 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 550 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 450 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 14% | CPU 5% | GPU 19% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 17% | CPU 9% | GPU 16% | 450 W |