Best Processors for Gaming

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D leads our gaming ranking at 102.0, ahead of 53 other processors. Launch prices run from $195 to $899.

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

Component
1
Ryzen 7 9850X3DAMD
£394
102.2
102
2
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual EditionAMD
£710
55.7
100.2
3
Ryzen 7 9800X3DAMD
£378
103
98.7
4
Ryzen 9 9950X3DAMD
£552
70.5
98.6
5
Ryzen 9 7950X3DAMD
£552
69.9
97.7
6
Core i9-14900KIntel
£465
80.3
94.6
7
Core i9-13900KIntel
£465
80.1
94.3
8
Ryzen 7 9700XAMD
£284
130.6
93.8
9
Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMD
£355
103.5
92.9
10
Core i7-14700KIntel
£323
112.6
92.1
11
Ryzen 5 9600XAMD
£220
162.9
90.9
12
Ryzen 7 7700XAMD
£315
113.9
90.9
13
Core i5-14600KIntel
£252
140.8
89.8
14
Ryzen 5 7600XAMD
£236
148.7
88.9
15
Core i9-12900KIntel
£465
75.4
88.8
16
Ryzen 9 9950XAMD
£513
68.3
88.7
17
Core i5-13600KIntel
£252
138.9
88.6
18
Core Ultra 5 245KIntel
£244
142.2
87.9
19
Core Ultra 9 285KIntel
£465
74.5
87.8
20
Ryzen 5 7600AMD
£181
191.5
87.7
21
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD
£631
54.7
87.4
22
Ryzen 7 5800X3DAMD
£355
96.5
86.7
23
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD
£434
78.6
86.3
24
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD
£355
95.9
86.1
25
Ryzen 9 7950XAMD
£552
60.9
85.1
26
Core i5-12600KIntel
£228
145
83.8
27
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD
£236
139.3
83.3
28
Ryzen 7 5700X3DAMD
£197
167.3
83.3
29
Ryzen 5 5600AMD
£157
206
82
30
Core i9-11900KIntel
£426
75
80.8
31
Core i9-10900KIntel
£386
80.9
79
32
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD
£394
74.4
74.3
33
Core i9-9900KIntel
£386
74.9
73.1
34
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD
£260
109.6
72.1
35
Core i5-10600KIntel
£207
135.5
71
36
Ryzen 5 3600AMD
£157
175.9
70
37
Core i7-8700KIntel
£284
92.3
66.3
38
Core i5-9600KIntel
£207
124.6
65.3
39
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD
£260
95.7
63
40
Core i5-8600KIntel
£203
119.1
61.2
41
Core i7-7700KIntel
£268
88.1
59.7
42
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD
£394
56.3
56.2
43
Core i7-6700KIntel
£277
79.4
55.6
44
Core i7-4790KIntel
£268
77.1
52.3
45
Ryzen 5 1600AMD
£173
116.4
51
46
Core i7-4770KIntel
£268
70.6
47.9
47
Core i7-3770KIntel
£262
66.7
44.3
48
Core i5-3570KIntel
£178
90
40.5
49
Core i7-2600KIntel
£250
63.9
40.5
50
Core i5-2500KIntel
£171
83.1
35.9
51
FX-8350AMD
£154
87.2
34
52
FX-8150AMD
£194
60.2
29.5
53
Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionAMD
£194
39.2
19.2
54
Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel
£210
27.8
14.8

Specs pending

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

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