AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 335 W board power, released 2022. Performance index 52.6 at 1080p, 47 at 1440p and 42.0 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 6950 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 9 5950X — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 8700G — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5900X — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Core i5-13400F — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-12400F — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-12600K — GPU-limited 5% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 46% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 25% | GPU 31% | GPU 46% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 19% | GPU 25% | GPU 41% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 37% | 1000 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 1000 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 4% | GPU 11% | GPU 31% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 2% | GPU 10% | GPU 30% | 850 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 26% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 26% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 6% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 8% | CPU 0% | GPU 21% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 8% | CPU 0% | GPU 21% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 10% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 11% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 12% | CPU 5% | GPU 18% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 14% | CPU 6% | GPU 16% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 16% | CPU 9% | GPU 14% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 16% | CPU 9% | GPU 14% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 19% | CPU 12% | GPU 11% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 19% | CPU 12% | GPU 11% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 8% | 750 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 8% | 750 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 24% | CPU 18% | GPU 4% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 30% | CPU 24% | CPU 3% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 30% | CPU 24% | CPU 3% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 33% | CPU 27% | CPU 7% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 10% | 650 W |