Best CPUs for NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti

Effectively a 3090 with half the memory, which at twelve gigabytes puts it in a better place than the plain 3080 for ageing purposes. Strong 1440p performance and reasonable 4K if you are not chasing high refresh. It draws a lot of power for what it delivers by current standards, and that is worth costing out if your electricity is expensive.

Ranked below: 15 CPUs against the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti at 1440p, balanced pairings first, then by bottleneck %.

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Intel Core i9-13900

Score: 89/100Socket: LGA1700$600 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Score: 89/100Socket: AM5$239

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Score: 89/100Socket: AM5$327.99 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core i7-13700KF

Score: 88/100Socket: LGA1700$378.94 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Score: 88/100Socket: AM5$200

Balanced ~9%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Score: 88/100Socket: LGA1851$315

Balanced ~9%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF

Score: 88/100Socket: LGA1851$299

Balanced ~9%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Score: 88/100Socket: LGA1851$579

Balanced ~9%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core i5-13600K

Score: 87/100Socket: LGA1700$259 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core i5-13600KF

Score: 87/100Socket: LGA1700~$300 - unverified

Balanced ~8%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Score: 87/100Socket: AM5$212.45 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core i7-13700

Score: 86/100Socket: LGA1700$456 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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Intel Core i7-13700F

Score: 86/100Socket: LGA1700$485.87 - price unverified

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Score: 86/100Socket: AM5~$250 - unverified

Balanced ~7%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Score: 86/100Socket: AM4$340

Balanced ~7%Buy on AmazonNewegg

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~FPS 1440p:65Ultra|94Bal|129Perf