AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX: CPU pairings
24 GB VRAM, 355 W board power, released 2022. Performance index 70.2 at 1080p, 66 at 1440p and 62.0 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 7900 XTX Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i5-14600K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core Ultra 7 265K — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 7700X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 9600X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 9 7900X — GPU-limited 2% (balanced)
- Core i9-12900K — CPU-limited 2% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 14% | GPU 20% | GPU 37% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 13% | GPU 20% | GPU 36% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 1% | GPU 9% | GPU 28% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 850 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | CPU 1% | GPU 6% | GPU 26% | 1000 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | CPU 2% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | CPU 2% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | CPU 3% | GPU 4% | GPU 24% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | CPU 6% | GPU 2% | GPU 22% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 21% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 21% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 21% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | CPU 7% | GPU 1% | GPU 21% | 750 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | CPU 9% | CPU 2% | GPU 19% | 1000 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | CPU 9% | CPU 2% | GPU 19% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | CPU 9% | CPU 2% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | CPU 9% | CPU 2% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 18% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 12% | CPU 5% | GPU 17% | 850 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 16% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 13% | CPU 6% | GPU 16% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 14% | CPU 7% | GPU 15% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 16% | CPU 10% | GPU 12% | 850 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 16% | CPU 10% | GPU 12% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 19% | CPU 12% | GPU 10% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 21% | CPU 15% | GPU 7% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 21% | CPU 15% | GPU 7% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 22% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 23% | CPU 17% | GPU 5% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 24% | CPU 18% | GPU 3% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 26% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 750 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 2% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 2% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 29% | CPU 23% | CPU 3% | 750 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 5% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 30% | CPU 25% | CPU 5% | 750 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 32% | CPU 27% | CPU 8% | 750 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 32% | CPU 27% | CPU 8% | 850 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 35% | CPU 30% | CPU 11% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 39% | CPU 35% | CPU 17% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 39% | CPU 35% | CPU 17% | 750 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 42% | CPU 37% | CPU 21% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 44% | CPU 40% | CPU 24% | 750 W |