AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT: CPU pairings
20 GB VRAM, 315 W board power, released 2022. Performance index 62.0 at 1080p, 57 at 1440p and 52.4 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 7900 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Ryzen 7 5700X3D — CPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i7-12700K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 7600 — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core Ultra 5 245K — GPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Core i5-12600K — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-14400F — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 20% | GPU 26% | GPU 41% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 19% | GPU 25% | GPU 41% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 13% | GPU 19% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 12% | GPU 18% | GPU 36% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 8% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 32% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 14% | GPU 32% | 850 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 5% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 1000 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 30% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 30% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 2% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | CPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | CPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | CPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | CPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 1000 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 5% | GPU 2% | GPU 23% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 8% | CPU 0% | GPU 21% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 16% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 15% | CPU 8% | GPU 14% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 15% | CPU 8% | GPU 14% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 17% | CPU 10% | GPU 13% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 11% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 19% | CPU 12% | GPU 10% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 20% | CPU 14% | GPU 9% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 24% | CPU 18% | GPU 4% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 25% | CPU 19% | GPU 2% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 25% | CPU 19% | GPU 2% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 1% | 750 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 1% | 750 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 4% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 11% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 11% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 15% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 40% | CPU 35% | CPU 18% | 650 W |