Best Processors for Gaming

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D leads our gaming ranking at 102, ahead of 53 other processors. Prices currently run from €160 to €903.

Reference-class hardware scores about 100. Newer, faster parts go past it. Prices in Europe terms. Tick rows to compare.

Component
1
Ryzen 7 9850X3DAMDAM5
129
€459
107.2
102
2
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual EditionAMDAM5
—
€827
51
100.2
3
Ryzen 7 9800X3DAMDAM5
128
€441
114.8
98.7
4
Ryzen 9 9950X3DAMDAM5
120
€643
77.9
98.6
5
Ryzen 9 7950X3DAMDAM5
116
€643
77.9
97.7
6
Core i9-14900KIntelLGA1700
131
€542
85.6
94.6
7
Core i9-13900KIntelLGA1700
129
€542
81
94.3
8
Ryzen 7 9700XAMDAM5
116
€330
145.6
93.8
9
Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMDAM5
121
€413
128.5
92.9
10
Core i7-14700KIntel
—
€376
125.5
92.1
11
Ryzen 5 9600XAMDAM5
115
€257
209.4
90.9
12
Ryzen 7 7700XAMDAM5
112
€367
127
90.9
13
Core i5-14600KIntelLGA1700
124
€293
154.2
89.8
14
Ryzen 5 7600XAMD
—
€275
165.7
88.9
15
Core i9-12900KIntelLGA1700
117
€542
84
88.8
16
Ryzen 9 9950XAMDAM5
118
€597
76.8
88.7
17
Core i5-13600KIntelLGA1700
122
€293
154.8
88.6
18
Core Ultra 5 245KIntelLGA1851
117
€284
190.5
87.9
19
Core Ultra 9 285KIntelLGA1851
121
€542
71.5
87.8
20
Ryzen 5 7600AMDAM5
106
€211
213.4
87.7
21
Ryzen 9 5950XAMDAM4
100
€735
61
87.4
22
Ryzen 7 5800X3DAMDAM4
104
€413
108.7
86.7
23
Ryzen 9 5900XAMDAM4
99
€505
87.6
86.3
24
Ryzen 7 5800XAMDAM4
97.9
€413
106.9
86.1
25
Ryzen 9 7950XAMDAM5
114
€643
67.9
85.1
26
Core i5-12600KIntelLGA1700
109
€266
165.5
83.8
27
Ryzen 5 5600XAMDAM4
95.9
€275
230.1
83.3
28
Ryzen 7 5700X3DAMDAM4
97
€229
186.4
83.3
29
Ryzen 5 5600AMDAM4
93.3
€183
229.7
82
30
Core i9-11900KIntelLGA1200
103
€496
83.5
80.8
31
Core i9-10900KIntelLGA1200
99.6
€449
90.2
79
32
Ryzen 9 3900XAMDAM4
87.9
€459
83
74.3
33
Core i9-9900KIntelLGA1151
97.9
€449
83.5
73.1
34
Ryzen 7 3700XAMDAM4
85.9
€303
122.1
72.1
35
Core i5-10600KIntelLGA1200
92.2
€241
151
71
36
Ryzen 5 3600AMDAM4
83.1
€183
196
70
37
Core i7-8700KIntelLGA1151
88.4
€330
102.9
66.3
38
Core i5-9600KIntelLGA1151
93.2
€241
138.9
65.3
39
Ryzen 7 2700XAMDAM4
75.7
€303
106.7
63
40
Core i5-8600KIntelLGA1151
90.7
€236
132.7
61.2
41
Core i7-7700KIntelLGA1151
84.2
€312
98.1
59.7
42
Ryzen 7 1800XAMDAM4
71.8
€459
62.8
56.2
43
Core i7-6700KIntelLGA1151
80.8
€322
88.5
55.6
44
Core i7-4790KIntelLGA1150
78.9
€312
86
52.3
45
Ryzen 5 1600AMDAM4
70.2
€201
129.8
51
46
Core i7-4770KIntelLGA1150
73.6
€312
78.7
47.9
47
Core i7-3770KIntelLGA1155
72.4
€305
74.4
44.3
48
Core i5-3570KIntelLGA1155
67.6
€207
100.3
40.5
49
Core i7-2600KIntelLGA1155
70.6
€292
71.2
40.5
50
Core i5-2500KIntelLGA1155
65.9
€199
92.6
35.9
51
FX-8350AMDAM3+
60.8
€179
97.2
34
52
FX-8150AMDAM3+
58.6
€225
67.1
29.5
53
Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionAMDAM3
—
€225
43.7
19.2
54
Core 2 Quad Q6600IntelLGA775
41.6
€245
31
14.8

Specs pending

In our catalog but not yet scored. We rank these once we have verified specs.

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