Best CPUs for NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti

One of the best-judged cards of its generation, close enough to the 3070 to make that card look unnecessary. It is still a capable 1080p and entry 1440p performer. Eight gigabytes is the limit you will run into, and you will run into it as sudden stutter in texture-heavy games rather than as a gradual slide in frame rate.

Ranked below: 15 CPUs against the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti at 1440p, balanced pairings first, then by bottleneck %.

1

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Score: 73/100Socket: AM4$111.7 - price unverified

Balanced ~10%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

2

Intel Core i5-12400F

Score: 72/100Socket: LGA1700$150.14 - price unverified

Balanced ~9%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

3

Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Score: 72/100Socket: LGA1851$177

Balanced ~9%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

4

Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Score: 71/100Socket: LGA1851$163

Balanced ~8%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

5

Intel Core i5-12400

Score: 70/100Socket: LGA1700~$180 - unverified

Balanced ~7%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

6

Intel Core i5-12500

Score: 70/100Socket: LGA1700$206.81

Balanced ~7%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

7

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Score: 70/100Socket: AM5$187.9

Balanced ~7%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

8

Intel Core i7-11700

Score: 68/100Socket: LGA1200$185 - price unverified

Balanced ~5%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

9

Core i9-11900

Score: 68/100Socket: LGA1200$338 - price unverified

Balanced ~5%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

10

Core i9-11900F

Score: 68/100Socket: LGA1200$289.96 - price unverified

Balanced ~5%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

11

Intel Core i9-11900K

Score: 68/100Socket: LGA1200Out of stock - last seen $500 (Jul 27)

Balanced ~5%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

12

Ryzen 5 8400F

Score: 68/100Socket: AM5$155

Balanced ~5%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

13

Ryzen 5 8500G

Score: 68/100Socket: AM5$149.95

Balanced ~5%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

14

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G

Score: 68/100Socket: AM4$162.1 - price unverified

Balanced ~5%Check availabilityNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf

15

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Score: 67/100Socket: AM4$159

Balanced ~5%Buy on AmazonNewegg

CPU

GPU

~FPS 1440p:51Ultra|74Bal|102Perf