AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 304 W board power, released 2025. Performance index 64.8 at 1080p, 60 at 1440p and 55.6 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 9070 XT Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core Ultra 5 245K — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 7600X — GPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i7-12700K — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 7600 — CPU-limited 1% (balanced)
- Core i9-12900K — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-13600K — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 18% | GPU 24% | GPU 40% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 17% | GPU 23% | GPU 39% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 11% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 10% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 31% | 1000 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 30% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 4% | GPU 12% | GPU 30% | 750 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 11% | GPU 29% | 1000 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 2% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 2% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 750 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 1% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | CPU 0% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | CPU 1% | GPU 6% | GPU 26% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 850 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 1000 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | CPU 3% | GPU 5% | GPU 25% | 650 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 850 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 23% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 6% | GPU 1% | GPU 22% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 8% | GPU 0% | GPU 21% | 750 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 20% | 850 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 9% | CPU 1% | GPU 20% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 12% | CPU 5% | GPU 17% | 750 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 12% | CPU 5% | GPU 17% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 15% | CPU 8% | GPU 14% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 17% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 17% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 18% | CPU 12% | GPU 10% | 750 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 20% | CPU 13% | GPU 9% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 21% | CPU 14% | GPU 8% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 22% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 650 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 25% | CPU 18% | GPU 3% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 25% | CPU 18% | GPU 3% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 26% | CPU 20% | GPU 2% | 650 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 27% | CPU 21% | GPU 0% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 27% | CPU 21% | GPU 0% | 650 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 29% | CPU 24% | CPU 3% | 650 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 29% | CPU 24% | CPU 3% | 750 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 32% | CPU 26% | CPU 7% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 37% | CPU 32% | CPU 13% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 37% | CPU 32% | CPU 13% | 650 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 39% | CPU 34% | CPU 17% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 42% | CPU 37% | CPU 20% | 650 W |