Best CPUs for NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super

Turing's sensible upper-middle card and the generation that introduced hardware ray tracing before there was much to use it on. Eight gigabytes and current-adjacent raster performance make it a workable 1080p card today. Modern upscaling has moved on considerably since this architecture, and that gap is now more limiting than the raw silicon.

Ranked below: 15 CPUs against the NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super at 1440p, balanced pairings first, then by bottleneck %.

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Intel Core i3-12100F

Score: 58/100Socket: LGA1700~$124 - unverified

Balanced ~9%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Core i5-11400

Score: 58/100Socket: LGA1200$124 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i5-11400F

Score: 58/100Socket: LGA1200$107.99 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Score: 58/100Socket: AM4$100.24 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i5-10600K

Score: 57/100Socket: LGA1200$139.78 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i9-9900K

Score: 57/100Socket: LGA1151$279.37 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i9-9900KF

Score: 57/100Socket: LGA1151$288.95 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Core i5-10600

Score: 56/100Socket: LGA1200Not recommended

Balanced ~7%

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i7-10700

Score: 56/100Socket: LGA1200$186 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i9-9900

Score: 56/100Socket: LGA1151$183.35 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Score: 56/100Socket: AM4$97.71 - price unverified

Balanced ~7%Check availabilityNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i3-13100

Score: 55/100Socket: LGA1700$231 - price unverified

Balanced ~6%Check availabilityNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i3-13100F

Score: 55/100Socket: LGA1700$108.87 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i5-10400F

Score: 55/100Socket: LGA1200Out of stock - last seen $130 (Jul 20)

Balanced ~6%Check availabilityNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf

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Intel Core i5-10500

Score: 55/100Socket: LGA1200Not recommended

Balanced ~6%

See current builds→Used on eBay

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~FPS 1440p:40Ultra|58Bal|79Perf