AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT: CPU pairings
12 GB VRAM, 230 W board power, released 2021. Performance index 37.0 at 1080p, 31 at 1440p and 26.0 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 RX 6700 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i3-12100F — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i7-10700K — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i3-13100F — GPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600 — GPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600X — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
- Core i5-11400F — CPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 36% | GPU 41% | GPU 55% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 35% | GPU 41% | GPU 54% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 30% | GPU 36% | GPU 51% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 29% | GPU 36% | GPU 50% | 650 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 26% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 850 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 650 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 24% | GPU 31% | GPU 46% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 24% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 24% | GPU 30% | GPU 46% | 650 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 23% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 23% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 22% | GPU 29% | GPU 45% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 550 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 650 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 14% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 13% | GPU 21% | GPU 39% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 35% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 6% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | GPU 4% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 31% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | GPU 1% | GPU 10% | GPU 30% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 29% | 550 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 27% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 5% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | GPU 2% | GPU 24% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 7% | GPU 2% | GPU 24% | 550 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 550 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 10% | CPU 1% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 13% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 19% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 19% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 550 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 9% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 25% | CPU 18% | GPU 5% | 550 W |