Desktop CPU Ranking 2026

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D leads 123 desktop processors with an Inno Score of 96.1/100. Ordered by overall Inno Score — computed from real benchmark and spec data, updated as new devices launch. Click a column to re-rank. Last updated Sep 29, 2026.

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#	Device	Inno Score	Single-core	Multi-core	Gaming	Price
1	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3DAMD · 2025	96.1	93	99	95	$699
2	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual EditionAMD · 2026	95.1	88	100	94	$899
3	AMD Ryzen 9 9950XAMD · 2024	93.7	93	99	85	$649
4	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3DAMD · 2025	91.1	95	87	94	$599
5	Intel Core Ultra 7 270K PlusIntel · 2026	90.8	95	99	70	$339
6	Intel Core Ultra 9 285KIntel · 2024	90.0	93	98	71	$589
7	Intel Core i9-14900KSIntel · 2024	89.8	92	97	74	$689
8	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DAMD · 2023	88.3	80	90	95	$699
9	Intel Core i9-14900KIntel · 2023	87.3	88	95	73	$589
10	AMD Ryzen 9 7950XAMD · 2022	86.7	79	93	85	$699
11	AMD Ryzen 9 9900XAMD · 2024	85.8	90	84	85	$499
12	Intel Core i9-13900KIntel · 2022	84.9	84	93	72	$589
13	Intel Core i9-14900KFIntel · 2023	84.5	88	89	73	$564
14	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KFIntel · 2024	84.5	90	91	66	$379
15	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KIntel · 2024	82.4	87	89	66	$394
16	Intel Core Ultra 9 285Intel · 2025	82.2	85	87	71	$549
17	Intel Core i7-14700KIntel · 2023	80.9	84	86	69	$409
18	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3DAMD · 2023	80.8	78	75	94	$599
19	AMD Ryzen 9 7900XAMD · 2022	79.7	77	79	85	$549
20	Intel Core Ultra 5 250K PlusIntel · 2026	79.4	89	82	64	$219
21	AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3DAMD · 2026	79.2	87	66	94	$499
22	Intel Core i7-14700KFIntel · 2023	78.9	82	83	69	$384
23	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3DAMD · 2024	77.6	85	65	92	$479
24	Intel Core i7-14700Intel · 2024	77.0	81	80	67	$384
25	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KFIntel · 2024	76.4	92	76	58	$294
26	AMD Ryzen 9 7900AMD · 2023	76.1	79	71	83	$429
27	Intel Core i7-13700KIntel · 2022	74.6	79	77	65	$409
28	AMD Ryzen 7 9700FAMD · 2025	74.1	94	65	67	—
29	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KIntel · 2024	71.2	83	70	58	$309
30	AMD Ryzen 7 9700XAMD · 2024	70.6	86	62	67	$359
31	AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD · 2020	69.5	56	73	80	$799
32	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMD · 2023	69.4	69	58	91	$449
33	Intel Core i9-12900KIntel · 2021	69.3	72	70	64	$648
34	Intel Core i5-14600KIntel · 2023	68.6	81	66	59	$319
35	Intel Core Ultra 5 235Intel · 2025	67.5	80	65	57	$247
36	AMD Ryzen 7 7700XAMD · 2022	66.6	75	61	67	$399
37	Intel Core i5-13600KIntel · 2022	66.5	75	66	58	$319
38	AMD Ryzen 5 9500FAMD · 2025	66.2	85	55	64	—
39	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3DAMD · 2026	65.9	63	56	88	$329
40	AMD Ryzen 5 9600XAMD · 2024	65.7	85	53	67	$279
41	Intel Core i5-13600KFIntel · 2022	65.4	75	63	58	$294
42	AMD Ryzen 7 7700AMD · 2023	64.5	72	59	66	$329
43	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XAMD · 2020	64.1	54	62	80	$549
44	Intel Core i7-12700KIntel · 2021	63.0	69	62	58	$409
45	AMD Ryzen 5 7600XAMD · 2022	60.7	73	49	66	$299
46	AMD Ryzen 9 3950XAMD · 2019	60.4	39	65	79	$749
47	AMD Ryzen 5 7600AMD · 2023	60.2	71	51	65	$229
48	Intel Core Ultra 5 225FIntel · 2025	60.0	74	55	52	$165
49	Intel Core i5-14500Intel · 2024	59.6	70	54	57	$232
50	AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3DAMD · 2025	59.0	56	45	88	$269
51	AMD Ryzen 5 7500FAMD · 2023	58.9	68	50	64	$179
52	Intel Core i7-12700FIntel · 2022	58.0	70	50	58	$345
53	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3DAMD · 2022	57.9	48	48	88	$449
54	Intel Core i5-12600KFIntel · 2021	56.6	67	52	52	$264
55	AMD Ryzen 7 8700GAMD · 2024	56.2	67	54	48	$329
56	Intel Core i5-12600KIntel · 2021	55.4	65	51	52	$318
57	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD · 2019	55.3	38	54	78	$499
58	AMD Ryzen 5 8400FAMD · 2024	54.9	71	50	46	$170
59	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3DAMD · 2024	54.9	43	46	85	$249
60	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD · 2020	54.0	53	50	62	$449
61	Intel Core i5-14400FIntel · 2024	53.9	64	49	51	$196
62	Intel Core i5-13400Intel · 2023	53.5	63	49	50	$221
63	Intel Core i5-13400FIntel · 2023	53.5	63	49	50	$196
64	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3DAMD · 2023	53.2	44	41	87	$229
65	AMD Ryzen 7 5700XAMD · 2022	52.0	50	48	62	$299
66	AMD Ryzen 5 8600GAMD · 2024	51.8	64	46	47	$229
67	AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD · 2020	49.8	52	42	62	$299
68	AMD Ryzen 5 5600AMD · 2022	48.3	49	41	60	$199
69	Intel Core i9-10900KIntel · 2020	47.9	42	48	55	$488
70	Intel Core i5-12400Intel · 2022	47.3	56	42	47	$192
71	Intel Core i5-12400FIntel · 2022	47.3	56	42	47	$167
72	Intel Core i7-11700KIntel · 2021	47.3	48	47	47	$399
73	Intel Core i9-10850KIntel · 2020	46.8	41	47	54	$453
74	AMD Ryzen 7 5700GAMD · 2021	46.6	49	46	45	$359
75	Intel Core i3-14100FIntel · 2024	45.7	66	36	39	$109
76	AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD · 2019	45.0	36	42	60	$329
77	AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD · 2021	42.9	47	40	44	$259
78	Intel Core i7-10700KIntel · 2020	42.9	40	42	48	$374
79	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD · 2019	42.8	37	37	60	$249
80	Intel Core i9-9900KIntel · 2018	42.5	40	41	47	$488
81	Intel Core i5-11600KIntel · 2021	42.0	48	39	40	$262
82	AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD · 2019	41.6	35	36	59	$199
83	Intel Core i3-13100FIntel · 2023	41.6	57	34	37	$109
84	AMD Ryzen 5 5500AMD · 2022	41.0	43	39	42	$159
85	Intel Core i3-12100Intel · 2022	41.0	55	34	36	$122
86	Intel Core i3-12100FIntel · 2022	41.0	55	34	36	$97
87	Intel Core i7-9700KIntel · 2018	37.6	39	36	40	$374
88	Intel Core i5-11400Intel · 2021	37.2	39	37	37	$182
89	Intel Core i5-11400FIntel · 2021	37.2	39	37	37	$157
90	Intel Core i7-8700KIntel · 2017	36.4	37	35	39	$359
91	Intel Core i5-10600KIntel · 2020	36.3	36	35	39	$262
92	AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD · 2018	36.0	28	37	43	$329
93	Intel Core i7-8700Intel · 2017	35.0	35	33	38	$303
94	Intel Core i5-10400Intel · 2020	32.6	30	32	36	$182
95	Intel Core i7-5960XIntel · 2014	32.3	21	34	43	$999
96	Intel Core i5-10400FIntel · 2020	32.2	29	33	36	$173
97	Intel Core i5-9600KIntel · 2018	32.0	36	30	31	$262
98	AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD · 2020	31.9	30	29	41	$99
99	AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD · 2018	31.3	23	32	41	$199
100	Intel Core i5-8600KIntel · 2017	31.1	35	30	29	$257
101	Intel Core i7-7700KIntel · 2017	29.8	35	28	28	$339
102	Intel Core i7-5930KIntel · 2014	29.6	21	31	38	$583
103	Intel Core i7-5820KIntel · 2014	29.1	21	30	37	$389
104	Intel Core i5-8400Intel · 2017	29.0	31	29	27	$182
105	Intel Core i3-10100FIntel · 2020	28.9	33	28	26	—
106	Intel Core i5-9400FIntel · 2019	28.5	30	28	28	$157
107	Intel Core i7-4790KIntel · 2014	27.9	30	27	27	$339
108	Intel Core i7-6700KIntel · 2015	27.8	31	27	26	$339
109	Intel Core i7-4790Intel · 2014	25.9	27	26	24	$303
110	Intel Core i5-6600KIntel · 2015	25.4	29	24	24	$242
111	Intel Core i5-7500Intel · 2017	24.9	28	24	23	$192
112	Intel Core i7-4770KIntel · 2013	24.9	25	26	24	$339
113	Intel Core i7-4770Intel · 2013	24.5	24	26	24	$303
114	Intel Core i3-8100Intel · 2017	24.0	26	24	22	$117
115	Intel Core i5-4690KIntel · 2014	23.7	24	23	24	$242
116	Intel Core i7-3770Intel · 2012	23.7	23	25	24	$294
117	Intel Core i5-6500Intel · 2015	23.5	26	23	22	$192
118	Intel Core i5-4670KIntel · 2013	23.0	23	23	23	$242
119	Intel Core i5-4590Intel · 2014	22.4	22	23	23	$192
120	Intel Core i5-3470Intel · 2012	21.4	20	22	22	$184
121	AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD · 2017	21.1	20	22	21	$109
122	Intel Core i3-3220Intel · 2012	20.2	20	20	20	$117
123	Intel Core i3-2120Intel · 2011	20.0	20	20	20	$138

Awaiting benchmark data

Listed but not ranked: we have the specifications for these, but not yet the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires. Each joins the table as soon as those results are in.

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Compare the leaders

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Desktop Processor ranking FAQ

What is the best desktop processor in 2026?

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D currently tops our desktop cpu ranking with an Inno Score of 96.1/100, ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition (95.1) and the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (93.7).

How is this desktop processor ranking calculated?

Each desktop processor is scored out of 100 from published specs and benchmark results using our public Inno Score methodology — sub-scores for single-core, multi-core, gaming are weighted into one overall score. No sponsored placements.

Which desktop processor offers the best value for money?

Intel Core i3-12100F has the strongest score-per-dollar in this list: Inno Score 41/100 at a $97 launch price.