Desktop CPU Ranking 2026

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D leads 249 desktop processors with an Inno Score of 96.1/100. Ordered by Gaming score — computed from real benchmark and spec data, updated as new devices launch. Click a column to re-rank. Last updated Nov 6, 2026.

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#	Device	Inno Score	Single-core	Multi-core	Gaming	PassMark	Cores / threads	Price
1	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3DAMD · 2025	96.1	93	99	95	70,094	16 / 32	$699
2	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DAMD · 2023	88.3	80	90	95	62,297	16 / 32	$699
3	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual EditionAMD · 2026	95.1	88	100	94	71,939	16 / 32	$899
4	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3DAMD · 2023	80.8	78	75	94	50,198	12 / 24	$599
5	AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3DAMD · 2026	79.2	87	66	94	41,305	8 / 16	$499
6	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3DAMD · 2025	91.1	95	87	94	56,050	12 / 24	$599
7	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3DAMD · 2026	86.3	72	92	94	60,597	16 / 32	—
8	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980XAMD · 2025	93.6	85	100	93	143,559	64 / 128	$4,999
9	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970XAMD · 2023	93.6	85	100	93	99,238	32 / 64	$2,499
10	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XAMD · 2023	90.3	74	100	93	83,408	24 / 48	$1,499
11	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3DAMD · 2024	74.8	82	61	92	39,914	8 / 16	$479
12	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980XAMD · 2023	89.2	71	100	91	135,668	64 / 128	$4,999
13	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMD · 2023	67.2	65	56	91	34,279	8 / 16	$449
14	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3DAMD · 2024	62.1	61	48	89	25,868	6 / 12	$299
15	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970XAMD · 2019	75.5	37	95	88	62,879	32 / 64	$1,999
16	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960XAMD · 2019	71.1	37	85	88	54,741	24 / 48	$1,399
17	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3DAMD · 2026	65.9	63	56	88	32,877	8 / 16	$329
18	AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3DAMD · 2025	59.0	56	45	88	24,973	6 / 12	$269
19	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3DAMD · 2022	57.7	47	48	88	28,284	8 / 16	$449
20	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3DAMD · 2023	53.2	44	41	87	21,888	6 / 12	$229
21	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990XAMD · 2020	76.8	34	100	86	79,592	64 / 128	$3,990
22	AMD Ryzen 9 9950XAMD · 2024	92.6	90	98	85	65,706	16 / 32	$649
23	AMD Ryzen 9 7950XAMD · 2022	86.4	76	94	85	62,125	16 / 32	$699
24	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3DAMD · 2024	54.2	41	46	85	26,307	8 / 16	$249
25	AMD Ryzen 9 9900XAMD · 2024	85.2	87	84	85	54,286	12 / 24	$499
26	AMD Ryzen 9 7900XAMD · 2022	80.1	76	80	85	51,211	12 / 24	$549
27	AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DAMD · 2025	52.8	44	41	84	20,323	6 / 12	—
28	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9945AMD · 2025	81.4	86	77	83	48,664	12 / 24	—
29	AMD Ryzen 9 7900AMD · 2023	76.1	79	71	83	48,013	12 / 24	$429
30	AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD · 2020	70.2	56	74	80	45,247	16 / 32	$799
31	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XTAMD · 2024	69.0	58	71	80	43,858	16 / 32	$349
32	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XAMD · 2020	63.2	53	61	80	38,887	12 / 24	$549
33	AMD Ryzen 9 5900AMD · 2021	62.9	56	58	79	33,967	12 / 24	—
34	AMD Ryzen 9 3950XAMD · 2019	61.2	40	66	79	38,396	16 / 32	$749
35	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTAMD · 2020	56.8	39	57	79	32,456	12 / 24	$499
36	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD · 2019	55.7	38	55	78	32,465	12 / 24	$499
37	AMD Ryzen 9 3900AMD · 2019	54.8	43	51	77	30,545	12 / 24	—
38	Intel Core i9-14900KSIntel · 2024	90.1	94	96	74	59,853	24 / 32	$689
39	Intel Core i9-13900KSIntel · 2023	88.2	89	96	73	60,373	24 / 32	$689
40	Intel Core i9-14900KIntel · 2023	85.3	90	89	73	58,188	24 / 32	$589
41	Intel Core i9-14900KFIntel · 2023	84.5	88	89	73	58,069	24 / 32	$564
42	Intel Core i9-13900KIntel · 2022	84.4	86	90	72	58,051	24 / 32	$589
43	Intel Core i9-13900KFIntel · 2022	83.2	86	88	72	57,408	24 / 32	$564
44	Intel Core i9-14900Intel · 2024	77.1	85	75	72	44,540	24 / 32	$549
45	Intel Core i9-14900FIntel · 2024	76.4	84	74	72	46,424	24 / 32	$524
46	Intel Core Ultra 9 285KIntel · 2024	90.0	93	98	71	67,224	24 / 24	$589
47	Intel Core Ultra 9 285Intel · 2025	82.2	85	87	71	57,762	24 / 24	$549
48	Intel Core i9-13900FIntel · 2023	76.2	81	76	71	48,069	24 / 32	$524
49	Intel Core i9-13900Intel · 2023	73.2	78	72	71	44,494	24 / 32	$549
50	Intel Core Ultra 7 270K PlusIntel · 2026	90.8	95	99	70	68,424	24 / 24	$339
51	Intel Core i7-14700KIntel · 2023	79.5	82	84	69	51,919	20 / 28	$409
52	Intel Core i7-14700KFIntel · 2023	78.9	82	83	69	51,926	20 / 28	$384
53	Intel Core i7-14700Intel · 2024	75.5	82	76	67	40,198	20 / 28	$384
54	Intel Core i7-14700FIntel · 2024	70.4	77	68	67	41,238	20 / 28	$359
55	AMD Ryzen 7 9700FAMD · 2025	74.1	94	65	67	36,396	8 / 16	—
56	AMD Ryzen 7 9700XAMD · 2024	72.4	91	63	67	36,927	8 / 16	$359
57	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9745AMD · 2025	69.9	85	62	67	36,787	8 / 16	—
58	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 9645AMD · 2025	66.6	85	54	67	30,512	6 / 12	—
59	AMD Ryzen 5 9600XAMD · 2024	65.7	85	53	67	30,047	6 / 12	$279
60	AMD Ryzen 7 7700XAMD · 2022	64.9	74	58	67	35,476	8 / 16	$399
61	AMD Ryzen 7 7700AMD · 2023	63.5	72	57	66	34,315	8 / 16	$329
62	AMD Ryzen 5 7600XAMD · 2022	60.7	73	49	66	28,270	6 / 12	$299
63	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KFIntel · 2024	84.5	90	91	66	58,454	20 / 20	$379
64	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KIntel · 2024	82.4	87	89	66	58,569	20 / 20	$394
65	Intel Core i9-12900KSIntel · 2022	71.7	79	70	66	43,373	16 / 24	$739
66	AMD Ryzen 5 9600AMD · 2025	64.5	82	53	65	29,315	6 / 12	—
67	Intel Core i7-13700KIntel · 2022	75.7	82	78	65	45,590	16 / 24	$409
68	Intel Core i7-13700KFIntel · 2022	73.0	76	76	65	45,509	16 / 24	$384
69	AMD Ryzen 5 7600AMD · 2023	57.5	67	48	65	26,959	6 / 12	$229
70	Intel Core Ultra 5 250K PlusIntel · 2026	79.4	89	82	64	51,560	18 / 18	$219
71	Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF PlusIntel · 2026	79.2	91	80	64	51,037	18 / 18	$204
72	Intel Core Ultra 7 265Intel · 2025	77.8	88	78	64	49,685	20 / 20	$384
73	Intel Core Ultra 7 265FIntel · 2025	76.7	85	78	64	49,468	20 / 20	$369
74	AMD Ryzen 5 9500FAMD · 2025	66.2	85	55	64	28,087	6 / 12	—
75	AMD Ryzen 5 7500FAMD · 2023	57.5	67	47	64	26,508	6 / 12	$179
76	Intel Core i9-12900KIntel · 2021	69.3	72	70	64	41,103	16 / 24	$648
77	Intel Core i7-13700Intel · 2023	68.3	76	66	64	35,842	16 / 24	$384
78	Intel Core i9-12900KFIntel · 2021	68.0	74	67	64	40,442	16 / 24	—
79	Intel Core i7-13700FIntel · 2023	66.5	74	63	64	37,726	16 / 24	$359
80	Intel Core i9-12900FIntel · 2022	64.4	71	61	63	35,792	16 / 24	—
81	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XTAMD · 2024	56.3	59	51	63	28,022	8 / 16	—
82	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD · 2020	53.6	53	49	62	27,656	8 / 16	$449
83	AMD Ryzen 5 7400FAMD · 2025	53.2	57	46	62	25,632	6 / 12	—
84	AMD Ryzen 5 5600XTAMD · 2024	52.4	57	44	62	22,254	6 / 12	—
85	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD · 2020	47.9	40	45	62	23,390	8 / 16	$399
86	AMD Ryzen 7 5800AMD · 2021	53.4	55	48	62	25,629	8 / 16	—
87	AMD Ryzen 7 5700XAMD · 2022	52.1	54	46	62	26,543	8 / 16	$299
88	AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD · 2020	49.6	52	41	62	21,820	6 / 12	$299
89	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XAMD · 2019	46.7	38	45	61	22,946	8 / 16	$399
90	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD · 2020	44.4	39	39	61	18,502	6 / 12	$249
91	AMD Ryzen 5 5600AMD · 2022	47.9	48	41	60	21,487	6 / 12	$199
92	AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD · 2019	45.3	37	43	60	22,379	8 / 16	$329
93	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD · 2019	43.3	38	37	60	18,112	6 / 12	$249
94	AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD · 2019	41.9	35	37	59	17,648	6 / 12	$199
95	Intel Core i5-14600KIntel · 2023	68.8	79	68	59	38,354	14 / 20	$319
96	Intel Core i5-14600KFIntel · 2023	67.6	79	65	59	38,248	14 / 20	$294
97	AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD · 2019	38.9	33	32	59	13,160	6 / 6	—
98	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KFIntel · 2024	76.4	92	76	58	43,046	14 / 14	$294
99	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KIntel · 2024	71.2	83	70	58	43,049	14 / 14	$309
100	Intel Core i5-14600Intel · 2024	64.4	75	61	58	35,793	14 / 20	$255
101	Intel Core i7-12700KFIntel · 2021	64.1	73	61	58	33,889	12 / 20	$384
102	Intel Core i7-12700KIntel · 2021	63.8	70	63	58	34,235	12 / 20	$409
103	Intel Core Ultra 5 245Intel · 2025	68.2	82	65	58	39,027	14 / 14	$270
104	Intel Core i5-13600KIntel · 2022	66.6	75	66	58	37,437	14 / 20	$319
105	Intel Core i5-13600KFIntel · 2022	65.4	75	63	58	37,307	14 / 20	$294
106	AMD Ryzen 5 5600FAMD · 2025	45.0	42	40	58	19,236	6 / 12	—
107	Intel Core i7-12700Intel · 2022	61.6	70	58	58	29,746	12 / 20	$373
108	Intel Core i7-12700FIntel · 2022	58.0	70	50	58	30,148	12 / 20	$345
109	Intel Core Ultra 5 235Intel · 2025	67.5	80	65	57	37,396	14 / 14	$247
110	Intel Core i5-13600Intel · 2023	60.3	71	55	57	31,048	14 / 20	$255
111	Intel Core i5-14500Intel · 2024	59.6	70	54	57	30,708	14 / 20	$232
112	Intel Core i5-13500Intel · 2023	55.5	64	50	56	30,680	14 / 20	$232
113	Intel Core i9-10900KFIntel · 2020	47.7	48	44	55	22,129	10 / 20	$472
114	Intel Core i9-10900KIntel · 2020	47.1	41	47	55	22,218	10 / 20	$488
115	Intel Core i9-10850KIntel · 2020	46.1	39	46	54	21,859	10 / 20	$453
116	Intel Core i9-10900FIntel · 2020	45.5	46	41	54	19,667	10 / 20	$464
117	Intel Core i9-10900Intel · 2020	44.8	45	40	54	19,013	10 / 20	$440
118	Intel Core Ultra 5 225Intel · 2025	61.6	81	54	52	30,359	10 / 10	$183
119	Intel Core Ultra 5 225FIntel · 2025	60.0	74	55	52	31,008	10 / 10	$165
120	Intel Core i5-12600KFIntel · 2021	56.2	69	50	52	27,503	10 / 16	$264
121	Intel Core i5-12600KIntel · 2021	55.4	65	51	52	27,501	10 / 16	$318
122	Intel Core i5-14400FIntel · 2024	53.9	64	49	51	25,421	10 / 16	$196
123	Intel Core i5-14400Intel · 2024	53.2	64	47	51	25,033	10 / 16	$221
124	Intel Core i5-13400Intel · 2023	53.3	64	48	50	23,887	10 / 16	$221
125	Intel Core i5-13400FIntel · 2023	52.8	62	48	50	24,873	10 / 16	$196
126	Intel Core i5-12490FIntel · 2022	50.0	63	41	50	20,315	6 / 12	—
127	Intel Core i9-11900KFIntel · 2021	50.8	58	47	49	24,495	8 / 16	$513
128	Intel Core i9-11900KIntel · 2021	50.3	56	47	49	24,888	8 / 16	$539
129	Intel Core i5-12600Intel · 2022	51.2	66	43	49	21,287	6 / 12	—
130	Intel Core i9-11900FIntel · 2021	48.5	56	43	49	22,034	8 / 16	—
131	Intel Core i9-11900Intel · 2021	48.3	55	44	49	22,347	8 / 16	$439
132	AMD Ryzen 7 8700GAMD · 2024	55.2	64	53	48	31,444	8 / 16	$329
133	Intel Core i7-10700KIntel · 2020	43.4	46	39	48	18,485	8 / 16	$374
134	Intel Core i7-10700KFIntel · 2020	43.2	46	39	48	18,266	8 / 16	$384
135	Intel Core i5-12500Intel · 2022	49.6	65	41	48	19,685	6 / 12	—
136	AMD Ryzen 7 8700FAMD · 2024	56.6	67	55	47	30,843	8 / 16	—
137	AMD Ryzen 5 8600GAMD · 2024	51.8	64	46	47	25,191	6 / 12	$229
138	Intel Core i7-11700KFIntel · 2021	48.7	54	46	47	23,731	8 / 16	$374
139	AMD Ryzen 5 8500GAMD · 2024	48.5	62	40	47	21,365	6 / 12	$179
140	Intel Core i7-11700KIntel · 2021	48.2	52	46	47	24,310	8 / 16	$399
141	Intel Core i9-9900KSIntel · 2019	45.5	48	43	47	19,345	8 / 16	$513
142	Intel Core i9-9900KFIntel · 2019	41.9	43	38	47	17,990	8 / 16	$488
143	Intel Core i9-9900KIntel · 2018	41.3	37	41	47	18,023	8 / 16	$488
144	Intel Core i9-9900Intel · 2019	40.1	40	36	47	16,276	8 / 16	$439
145	Intel Core i7-11700FIntel · 2021	46.0	52	42	47	20,752	8 / 16	$298
146	Intel Core i7-11700Intel · 2021	45.7	54	40	47	20,583	8 / 16	—
147	Intel Core i5-12400FIntel · 2022	47.6	59	41	47	19,536	6 / 12	$167
148	Intel Core i5-12400Intel · 2022	47.5	59	40	47	18,823	6 / 12	$192
149	Intel Core i7-10700Intel · 2020	40.3	42	36	46	15,964	8 / 16	—
150	Intel Core i7-10700FIntel · 2020	40.3	42	36	46	16,085	8 / 16	—
151	AMD Ryzen 5 8400FAMD · 2024	54.9	71	50	46	24,372	6 / 12	$170
152	AMD Ryzen 7 5700AMD · 2022	47.8	53	46	45	24,194	8 / 16	$175
153	AMD Ryzen 7 5700GAMD · 2021	46.6	49	46	45	24,216	8 / 16	$359
154	AMD Ryzen 5 5600GTAMD · 2024	45.8	54	41	45	20,097	6 / 12	$140
155	AMD Ryzen 5 5500FAMD · 2026	45.9	53	42	44	21,032	6 / 12	—
156	AMD Ryzen 5 5500GTAMD · 2024	42.9	47	40	44	19,051	6 / 12	$125
157	AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD · 2021	42.9	47	40	44	19,619	6 / 12	$259
158	Intel Core i7-5960XIntel · 2014	31.9	20	33	43	13,593	8 / 16	$999
159	AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD · 2020	36.0	37	32	43	12,578	4 / 8	$120
160	AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD · 2018	36.0	28	37	43	17,416	8 / 16	$329
161	AMD Ryzen 5 5500AMD · 2022	40.9	43	39	42	19,251	6 / 12	$159
162	AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD · 2018	34.3	29	33	42	13,860	6 / 12	$229
163	AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD · 2018	33.6	25	35	42	15,582	8 / 16	$299
164	AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD · 2017	32.2	20	36	41	16,267	8 / 16	$499
165	AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD · 2020	32.3	30	29	41	11,506	4 / 8	$99
166	AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD · 2018	31.0	22	32	41	13,120	6 / 12	$199
167	AMD Ryzen 7 1700XAMD · 2017	33.8	28	35	40	15,579	8 / 16	$399
168	Intel Core i5-11600KFIntel · 2021	44.1	54	40	40	19,380	6 / 12	$261
169	Intel Core i5-11600KIntel · 2021	44.0	54	40	40	19,474	6 / 12	$262
170	Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel · 2019	37.5	42	34	40	14,244	8 / 8	—
171	Intel Core i7-9700KIntel · 2018	36.6	36	35	40	14,397	8 / 8	$374
172	Intel Core i5-10600KFIntel · 2020	37.7	43	34	39	14,108	6 / 12	—
173	Intel Core i5-10600Intel · 2020	37.4	43	33	39	13,528	6 / 12	—
174	Intel Core i5-10600KIntel · 2020	35.9	35	35	39	14,239	6 / 12	$262
175	AMD Ryzen 7 1700AMD · 2017	33.6	28	35	39	14,732	8 / 16	$329
176	AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD · 2017	29.4	21	30	39	12,242	6 / 12	$219
177	Intel Core i3-14100FIntel · 2024	45.4	66	35	39	15,399	4 / 8	$109
178	Intel Core i3-14100Intel · 2024	44.6	65	35	39	15,091	4 / 8	$134
179	Intel Core i7-8700KIntel · 2017	36.2	37	34	39	13,555	6 / 12	$359
180	Intel Core i7-9700Intel · 2019	35.8	39	32	39	13,172	8 / 8	$323
181	Intel Core i7-9700FIntel · 2019	35.7	39	32	39	13,162	8 / 8	$298
182	Intel Core i5-11500Intel · 2021	40.8	49	37	38	17,050	6 / 12	$211
183	Intel Core i7-8700Intel · 2017	34.8	35	33	38	12,734	6 / 12	$303
184	Intel Core i7-5930KIntel · 2014	28.9	20	30	38	10,335	6 / 12	$583
185	Intel Core i3-13100Intel · 2023	42.1	59	34	37	14,103	4 / 8	$134
186	Intel Core i3-13100FIntel · 2023	41.6	57	34	37	14,653	4 / 8	$109
187	Intel Core i5-10500Intel · 2020	35.6	40	32	37	12,885	6 / 12	—
188	Intel Core i7-5820KIntel · 2014	28.4	20	29	37	9,831	6 / 12	$389
189	Intel Core i3-12300Intel · 2022	42.2	59	34	37	14,371	4 / 8	$157
190	Intel Core i5-11400FIntel · 2021	38.0	40	37	37	16,868	6 / 12	$157
191	Intel Core i5-11400Intel · 2021	37.9	40	37	37	16,616	6 / 12	$182
192	Intel Core i3-12100FIntel · 2022	41.8	58	34	36	13,954	4 / 8	$97
193	Intel Core i3-12100Intel · 2022	41.5	58	33	36	12,520	4 / 8	$122
194	Intel Core i5-10400Intel · 2020	33.1	34	31	36	11,960	6 / 12	$182
195	Intel Core i5-10400FIntel · 2020	32.2	29	33	36	12,094	6 / 12	$173
196	Intel Core i5-10500TIntel · 2020	29.2	27	29	33	10,236	6 / 12	$192
197	Intel Core i5-9600KIntel · 2018	32.7	38	30	31	10,653	6 / 6	$262
198	Intel Core i5-9600KFIntel · 2019	32.2	38	29	31	10,637	6 / 6	—
199	AMD Ryzen 3 8300GAMD · 2024	42.1	65	33	30	14,019	4 / 8	—
200	Intel Core i5-9500Intel · 2019	30.3	34	28	30	9,842	6 / 6	$192
201	Intel Core i5-8600KIntel · 2017	30.8	34	30	29	10,133	6 / 6	$257
202	Intel Core i5-8600Intel · 2018	30.2	34	28	29	9,993	6 / 6	—
203	Intel Core i5-8500Intel · 2018	28.6	31	28	28	9,499	6 / 6	$192
204	Intel Core i5-9400Intel · 2019	28.4	30	28	28	9,350	6 / 6	$182
205	Intel Core i5-9400FIntel · 2019	27.8	27	28	28	9,463	6 / 6	$157
206	Intel Core i7-7700KIntel · 2017	29.8	35	28	28	9,634	4 / 8	$339
207	Intel Core i5-8400Intel · 2017	28.9	31	29	27	9,235	6 / 6	$182
208	AMD Ryzen 7 4700GAMD · 2020	36.7	38	41	27	20,090	8 / 16	—
209	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GAMD · 2020	36.6	38	41	27	20,207	8 / 16	—
210	Intel Core i3-10105FIntel · 2021	29.7	36	27	27	8,860	4 / 8	$107
211	Intel Core i3-10105Intel · 2021	29.1	35	26	27	8,284	4 / 8	$134
212	Intel Core i7-4790KIntel · 2014	27.9	32	26	27	8,062	4 / 8	$339
213	Intel Core i3-10100Intel · 2020	28.9	35	26	26	8,470	4 / 8	$134
214	Intel Core i3-10100FIntel · 2020	28.9	33	28	26	8,702	4 / 8	—
215	AMD Ryzen 3 5300GAMD · 2021	34.8	47	32	26	13,004	4 / 8	—
216	AMD Ryzen 5 4600GAMD · 2022	33.4	36	36	26	15,922	6 / 12	$154
217	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GAMD · 2020	33.4	36	36	26	16,001	6 / 12	—
218	Intel Core i7-6700KIntel · 2015	27.7	31	27	26	8,933	4 / 8	$339
219	Intel Core i7-7700Intel · 2017	27.7	31	27	26	8,639	4 / 8	—
220	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD · 2019	26.9	28	27	26	9,151	4 / 8	$149
221	Intel Core i3-9100FIntel · 2019	26.9	32	24	26	6,704	4 / 4	—
222	AMD Ryzen 5 4500AMD · 2022	32.8	35	36	25	15,927	6 / 12	$129
223	AMD Ryzen 3 4100AMD · 2022	29.4	33	30	24	11,027	4 / 8	$99
224	AMD Ryzen 3 4300GAMD · 2020	28.3	31	28	24	10,088	4 / 8	—
225	Intel Core i7-6700Intel · 2015	25.8	27	26	24	8,033	4 / 8	$303
226	Intel Core i7-4790Intel · 2014	25.7	27	26	24	7,257	4 / 8	$303
227	AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD · 2019	24.4	24	25	24	6,970	4 / 4	$99
228	AMD Ryzen 5 2400GAMD · 2018	26.0	28	26	24	8,707	4 / 8	$169
229	Intel Core i5-6600KIntel · 2015	25.5	28	25	24	6,311	4 / 4	$242
230	Intel Core i7-4770KIntel · 2013	24.8	25	25	24	7,150	4 / 8	$339
231	Intel Core i7-4770Intel · 2013	23.8	21	26	24	7,067	4 / 8	$303
232	Intel Core i5-4690KIntel · 2014	23.7	24	24	24	5,680	4 / 4	$242
233	Intel Core i7-3770Intel · 2012	23.5	22	25	24	6,412	4 / 8	$294
234	Intel Core i5-7500Intel · 2017	24.6	26	24	23	6,041	4 / 4	$192
235	Intel Core i5-4670KIntel · 2013	22.7	21	24	23	5,590	4 / 4	$242
236	AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD · 2018	22.7	21	24	23	6,698	4 / 4	$99
237	Intel Core i5-4590Intel · 2014	22.1	20	23	23	5,380	4 / 4	$192
238	Intel Core i5-6500Intel · 2015	23.5	26	23	22	5,599	4 / 4	$192
239	Intel Core i3-8100Intel · 2017	23.3	25	23	22	6,053	4 / 4	$117
240	Intel Core i5-3470Intel · 2012	21.2	20	22	22	4,655	4 / 4	$184
241	Intel Core i5-7400Intel · 2017	22.0	22	23	21	5,482	4 / 4	$182
242	AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD · 2017	21.8	20	24	21	6,271	4 / 4	$109
243	Intel Pentium Gold G7400Intel · 2022	29.3	45	24	20	6,701	2 / 4	—
244	Intel Pentium Gold G6400Intel · 2020	23.6	31	21	20	4,065	2 / 4	$77
245	Intel Celeron G5905Intel · 2020	21.1	24	20	20	2,764	2 / 2	—
246	AMD Athlon 3000GAMD · 2019	20.6	20	21	20	4,436	2 / 4	$49
247	AMD Athlon 200GEAMD · 2018	20.4	20	21	20	4,101	2 / 4	$55
248	Intel Core i3-3220Intel · 2012	20.2	20	20	20	2,278	2 / 4	$117
249	Intel Core i3-2120Intel · 2011	20.0	20	20	20	1,972	2 / 4	$138

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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 Threadripper 7970X (93.6).

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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 41.8/100 at a $97 launch price.