AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT: CPU pairings
8 GB VRAM, 180 W board power, released 2022. Performance index 29.7 at 1080p, 24 at 1440p and 19.4 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 6650 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i5-11400F — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 3700X — CPU-limited 4% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5500 — CPU-limited 4% (balanced)
- Core i3-12100F — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Core i7-10700K — GPU-limited 6% (balanced)
- Core i5-10400F — CPU-limited 8% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 40% | GPU 46% | GPU 58% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 40% | GPU 45% | GPU 58% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 35% | GPU 41% | GPU 54% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 34% | GPU 40% | GPU 54% | 550 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 31% | GPU 37% | GPU 52% | 750 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 30% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 650 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 30% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 29% | GPU 35% | GPU 50% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 35% | GPU 50% | 550 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 28% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 28% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 34% | GPU 49% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 48% | 450 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 22% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 550 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 45% | 650 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 44% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 43% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 550 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 15% | GPU 34% | 450 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | GPU 3% | GPU 12% | GPU 32% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | GPU 3% | GPU 12% | GPU 32% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | GPU 2% | GPU 11% | GPU 31% | 450 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | GPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | GPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 30% | 450 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 550 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 28% | 550 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 25% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 13% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 13% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 450 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 16% | CPU 8% | GPU 16% | 450 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 20% | CPU 12% | GPU 12% | 450 W |