AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 263 W board power, released 2023. Performance index 51.7 at 1080p, 46 at 1440p and 40.9 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 7800 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 9 5950X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 8700G — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 5900X — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i5-12400F — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Core i5-13400F — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5800X — CPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 47% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 26% | GPU 32% | GPU 46% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 27% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 19% | GPU 26% | GPU 42% | 650 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 850 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 15% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 750 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 14% | GPU 20% | GPU 38% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 37% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 20% | GPU 37% | 650 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 18% | GPU 35% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | GPU 2% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | GPU 2% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 28% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 2% | GPU 6% | GPU 26% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 2% | GPU 6% | GPU 26% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 8% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 21% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 10% | CPU 2% | GPU 20% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 12% | CPU 4% | GPU 18% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 13% | CPU 5% | GPU 17% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 16% | CPU 8% | GPU 15% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 16% | CPU 8% | GPU 15% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 17% | CPU 10% | GPU 13% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 9% | 650 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 9% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 24% | CPU 17% | GPU 5% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 2% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 2% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 6% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 35% | CPU 29% | CPU 9% | 650 W |