Best CPUs for NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super

More cores than the 4070 for roughly the same outlay, which made the original slightly awkward overnight. Twelve gigabytes is adequate at 1440p today. Whether it stays adequate is the open question with every twelve gigabyte card now, and anyone giving you a confident answer on that is guessing.

Ranked below: 15 CPUs against the NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super 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