Best Processors for Gaming

The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D leads our gaming ranking at 102, ahead of 53 other processors. Prices currently run from $174 to $982.

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

Component
1
Ryzen 7 9850X3DAMDAM5
129
$499
—
118.5
102
2
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual EditionAMDAM5
—
$899
—
51
100.2
3
Ryzen 7 9800X3DAMDAM5
128
$479
—
114.8
98.7
4
Ryzen 9 9950X3DAMDAM5
120
$699
—
77.9
98.6
5
Ryzen 9 7950X3DAMDAM5
116
$699
—
77.9
97.7
6
Core i9-14900KIntelLGA1700
131
$589
—
91.6
94.6
7
Core i9-13900KIntelLGA1700
129
$589
—
81
94.3
8
Ryzen 7 9700XAMDAM5
116
$359
—
141.7
93.8
9
Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMDAM5
121
$449
—
138.5
92.9
10
Core i7-14700KIntel
—
$409
—
125.5
92.1
11
Ryzen 5 9600XAMDAM5
115
$279
—
209.4
90.9
12
Ryzen 7 7700XAMDAM5
112
$399
—
206.8
90.9
13
Core i5-14600KIntelLGA1700
124
$319
—
166.6
89.8
14
Ryzen 5 7600XAMD
—
$299
—
165.7
88.9
15
Core i9-12900KIntelLGA1700
117
$589
—
84
88.8
16
Ryzen 9 9950XAMDAM5
118
$649
—
76.8
88.7
17
Core i5-13600KIntelLGA1700
122
$319
—
119.1
88.6
18
Core Ultra 5 245KIntelLGA1851
117
$309
—
190.5
87.9
19
Core Ultra 9 285KIntelLGA1851
121
$589
—
71.5
87.8
20
Ryzen 5 7600AMDAM5
106
$229
—
213.4
87.7
21
Ryzen 9 5950XAMDAM4
100
$799
—
113.1
87.4
22
Ryzen 7 5800X3DAMDAM4
104
$449
—
110.8
86.7
23
Ryzen 9 5900XAMDAM4
99
$549
—
110
86.3
24
Ryzen 7 5800XAMDAM4
97.9
$449
—
167.3
86.1
25
Ryzen 9 7950XAMDAM5
114
$699
—
67.9
85.1
26
Core i5-12600KIntelLGA1700
109
$289
—
169.8
83.8
27
Ryzen 5 5600XAMDAM4
95.9
$299
—
238.4
83.3
28
Ryzen 7 5700X3DAMDAM4
97
$249
—
186.4
83.3
29
Ryzen 5 5600AMDAM4
93.3
$199
—
229.7
82
30
Core i9-11900KIntelLGA1200
103
$539
$375Amazon
107.7
80.8
31
Core i9-10900KIntelLGA1200
99.6
$488
—
90.2
79
32
Ryzen 9 3900XAMDAM4
87.9
$499
—
94
74.3
33
Core i9-9900KIntelLGA1151
97.9
$488
$290Amazon
126
73.1
34
Ryzen 7 3700XAMDAM4
85.9
$329
$219Amazon
164.6
72.1
35
Core i5-10600KIntelLGA1200
92.2
$262
$135Amazon
263
71
36
Ryzen 5 3600AMDAM4
83.1
$199
—
196
70
37
Core i7-8700KIntelLGA1151
88.4
$359
$114Amazon
290.5
66.3
38
Core i5-9600KIntelLGA1151
93.2
$262
$84Amazon
388.7
65.3
39
Ryzen 7 2700XAMDAM4
75.7
$329
—
118
63
40
Core i5-8600KIntelLGA1151
90.7
$257
$65Amazon
471
61.2
41
Core i7-7700KIntelLGA1151
84.2
$339
$130Amazon
229.7
59.7
42
Ryzen 7 1800XAMDAM4
71.8
$499
$75Amazon
374.8
56.2
43
Core i7-6700KIntelLGA1151
80.8
$350
$65Amazon
428
55.6
44
Core i7-4790KIntelLGA1150
78.9
$339
—
194.9
52.3
45
Ryzen 5 1600AMDAM4
70.2
$219
—
52.1
51
46
Core i7-4770KIntelLGA1150
73.6
$339
$50Amazon
479.3
47.9
47
Core i7-3770KIntelLGA1155
72.4
$332
—
91.8
44.3
48
Core i5-3570KIntelLGA1155
67.6
$225
—
160
40.5
49
Core i7-2600KIntelLGA1155
70.6
$317
—
155.3
40.5
50
Core i5-2500KIntelLGA1155
65.9
$216
$60Amazon
299.2
35.9
51
FX-8350AMDAM3+
60.8
$195
—
97.2
34
52
FX-8150AMDAM3+
58.6
$245
—
61.8
29.5
53
Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionAMDAM3
—
$245
—
43.7
19.2
54
Core 2 Quad Q6600IntelLGA775
41.6
$266
—
29.8
14.8

Specs pending

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

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