AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 300 W board power, released 2020. Performance index 50.7 at 1080p, 45 at 1440p and 39.9 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 6900 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 9 5900X — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5950X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 8700G — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i5-12400F — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5800X — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-13400F — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 27% | GPU 33% | GPU 48% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 21% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 16% | GPU 23% | GPU 40% | 850 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 37% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 23% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 23% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 8% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 20% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 12% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 15% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 15% | CPU 7% | GPU 15% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 16% | CPU 9% | GPU 14% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 18% | CPU 10% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 10% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 9% | 650 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 9% | 750 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 22% | CPU 1% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 22% | CPU 1% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 31% | CPU 25% | CPU 5% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 34% | CPU 28% | CPU 9% | 650 W |