AMD Radeon RX 9070: CPU pairings
16 GB VRAM, 220 W board power, released 2025. Performance index 58.3 at 1080p, 53 at 1440p and 48.2 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 Power supply requirements
Best-balanced processors
- Core i5-12600K — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Core i5-14400F — GPU-limited 0% (balanced)
- Ryzen 7 5700X3D — GPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i5-13400F — CPU-limited 3% (balanced)
- Core i7-12700K — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
- Ryzen 5 7600 — GPU-limited 4% (balanced)
All 48 processors
| CPU | Socket | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | PSU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | AM5 | GPU 22% | GPU 28% | GPU 44% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | AM5 | GPU 21% | GPU 27% | GPU 43% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 | GPU 15% | GPU 22% | GPU 39% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | AM5 | GPU 14% | GPU 21% | GPU 38% | 650 W |
| Core i9-14900K | LGA1700 | GPU 11% | GPU 17% | GPU 35% | 750 W |
| Core i7-14700K | LGA1700 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | AM5 | GPU 9% | GPU 17% | GPU 34% | 650 W |
| Core i9-13900K | LGA1700 | GPU 8% | GPU 16% | GPU 34% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | LGA1851 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | AM5 | GPU 7% | GPU 15% | GPU 33% | 650 W |
| Core i7-13700K | LGA1700 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | AM5 | GPU 6% | GPU 13% | GPU 32% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | AM5 | GPU 5% | GPU 12% | GPU 31% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | AM5 | GPU 4% | GPU 11% | GPU 30% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14600K | LGA1700 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 750 W |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | LGA1851 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | AM5 | GPU 3% | GPU 10% | GPU 29% | 550 W |
| Core i9-12900K | LGA1700 | GPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 750 W |
| Core i5-13600K | LGA1700 | GPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | GPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | AM5 | GPU 0% | GPU 8% | GPU 28% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | AM5 | CPU 1% | GPU 7% | GPU 27% | 650 W |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | LGA1851 | CPU 2% | GPU 6% | GPU 26% | 650 W |
| Core i7-12700K | LGA1700 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 750 W |
| Ryzen 5 7600 | AM5 | CPU 4% | GPU 4% | GPU 25% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | CPU 5% | GPU 3% | GPU 24% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12600K | LGA1700 | CPU 8% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Core i5-14400F | LGA1700 | CPU 8% | GPU 0% | GPU 22% | 650 W |
| Core i5-13400F | LGA1700 | CPU 10% | CPU 3% | GPU 19% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | AM4 | CPU 13% | CPU 5% | GPU 17% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 8700G | AM5 | CPU 13% | CPU 5% | GPU 17% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | AM4 | CPU 14% | CPU 7% | GPU 16% | 650 W |
| Core i5-12400F | LGA1700 | CPU 15% | CPU 8% | GPU 14% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | AM4 | CPU 17% | CPU 9% | GPU 13% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | AM5 | CPU 18% | CPU 11% | GPU 12% | 550 W |
| Core i7-11700K | LGA1200 | CPU 20% | CPU 14% | GPU 9% | 650 W |
| Ryzen 7 5700X | AM4 | CPU 20% | CPU 14% | GPU 9% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | AM4 | CPU 22% | CPU 15% | GPU 7% | 550 W |
| Core i3-13100F | LGA1700 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5600 | AM4 | CPU 23% | CPU 16% | GPU 6% | 550 W |
| Core i3-12100F | LGA1700 | CPU 26% | CPU 19% | GPU 3% | 550 W |
| Core i7-10700K | LGA1200 | CPU 26% | CPU 19% | GPU 3% | 650 W |
| Core i5-11400F | LGA1200 | CPU 28% | CPU 22% | CPU 1% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | AM4 | CPU 33% | CPU 28% | CPU 8% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 5500 | AM4 | CPU 33% | CPU 28% | CPU 8% | 550 W |
| Core i5-10400F | LGA1200 | CPU 36% | CPU 30% | CPU 12% | 550 W |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | AM4 | CPU 38% | CPU 33% | CPU 15% | 550 W |