AMD Radeon RX 6800: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 250 W board power, released 2020. Performance index 43.0 at 1080p, 37 at 1440p and 31.9 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 6800 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i7-11700K — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5700X — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 5600X — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 8600G — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5800X — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
- Core i3-13100F — CPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 32% | GPU 38% | GPU 51% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 31% | GPU 37% | GPU 51% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 650 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 22% | GPU 29% | GPU 44% | 850 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 21% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 750 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 18% | GPU 25% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 24% | GPU 41% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 550 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 11% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 31% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | GPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | GPU 0% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 28% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 6% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 550 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 9% | CPU 0% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 9% | CPU 0% | GPU 22% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 10% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 550 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 12% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 12% | CPU 4% | GPU 19% | 550 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 16% | 650 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 16% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 18% | CPU 10% | GPU 13% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 7% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 7% | 550 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 26% | CPU 20% | GPU 3% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 1% | 550 W |