Desktop CPU Ranking 2026

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D leads 228 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 Oct 20, 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 7950X3DAMD · 2023	88.3	80	90	95	$699
3	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual EditionAMD · 2026	95.1	88	100	94	$899
4	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3DAMD · 2023	80.8	78	75	94	$599
5	AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3DAMD · 2026	79.2	87	66	94	$499
6	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3DAMD · 2025	91.1	95	87	94	$599
7	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3DAMD · 2026	86.3	72	92	94	—
8	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980XAMD · 2025	93.6	85	100	93	$4,999
9	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970XAMD · 2023	93.6	85	100	93	$2,499
10	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XAMD · 2023	90.3	74	100	93	$1,499
11	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3DAMD · 2024	77.6	85	65	92	$479
12	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980XAMD · 2023	89.2	71	100	91	$4,999
13	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMD · 2023	69.4	69	58	91	$449
14	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3DAMD · 2024	62.1	61	48	89	$299
15	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3DAMD · 2026	65.9	63	56	88	$329
16	AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3DAMD · 2025	59.0	56	45	88	$269
17	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3DAMD · 2022	58.0	48	48	88	$449
18	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3DAMD · 2023	53.2	44	41	87	$229
19	AMD Ryzen 9 9950XAMD · 2024	93.6	93	99	85	$649
20	AMD Ryzen 9 7950XAMD · 2022	86.6	79	93	85	$699
21	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3DAMD · 2024	54.9	43	46	85	$249
22	AMD Ryzen 9 9900XAMD · 2024	85.5	90	83	85	$499
23	AMD Ryzen 9 7900XAMD · 2022	79.4	77	78	85	$549
24	AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DAMD · 2025	52.8	44	41	84	—
25	AMD Ryzen 9 7900AMD · 2023	76.1	79	71	83	$429
26	AMD Ryzen 9 5950XAMD · 2020	69.4	56	72	80	$799
27	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XTAMD · 2024	69.0	58	71	80	$349
28	AMD Ryzen 9 5900XAMD · 2020	63.5	54	61	80	$549
29	AMD Ryzen 9 3950XAMD · 2019	60.3	39	64	79	$749
30	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTAMD · 2020	56.8	39	57	79	$499
31	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XAMD · 2019	55.2	38	54	78	$499
32	AMD Ryzen 9 3900AMD · 2019	54.8	43	51	77	—
33	Intel Core i9-14900KSIntel · 2024	89.1	92	95	74	$689
34	Intel Core i9-13900KSIntel · 2023	88.2	89	96	73	$689
35	Intel Core i9-14900KIntel · 2023	86.6	88	93	73	$589
36	Intel Core i9-14900KFIntel · 2023	84.5	88	89	73	$564
37	Intel Core i9-13900KIntel · 2022	84.4	86	90	72	$589
38	Intel Core i9-13900KFIntel · 2022	83.2	86	88	72	$564
39	Intel Core i9-14900Intel · 2024	77.1	85	75	72	$549
40	Intel Core i9-14900FIntel · 2024	76.4	84	74	72	$524
41	Intel Core Ultra 9 285KIntel · 2024	90.0	93	98	71	$589
42	Intel Core Ultra 9 285Intel · 2025	82.2	85	87	71	$549
43	Intel Core i9-13900FIntel · 2023	76.2	81	76	71	$524
44	Intel Core i9-13900Intel · 2023	73.2	78	72	71	$549
45	Intel Core Ultra 7 270K PlusIntel · 2026	90.8	95	99	70	$339
46	Intel Core i7-14700KIntel · 2023	79.5	82	84	69	$409
47	Intel Core i7-14700KFIntel · 2023	78.9	82	83	69	$384
48	Intel Core i7-14700Intel · 2024	75.3	81	76	67	$384
49	Intel Core i7-14700FIntel · 2024	70.4	77	68	67	$359
50	AMD Ryzen 7 9700FAMD · 2025	74.1	94	65	67	—
51	AMD Ryzen 7 9700XAMD · 2024	72.4	91	63	67	$359
52	AMD Ryzen 7 7700XAMD · 2022	66.4	75	61	67	$399
53	AMD Ryzen 5 9600XAMD · 2024	65.7	85	53	67	$279
54	AMD Ryzen 7 7700AMD · 2023	64.8	73	59	66	$329
55	AMD Ryzen 5 7600XAMD · 2022	60.7	73	49	66	$299
56	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KFIntel · 2024	84.5	90	91	66	$379
57	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KIntel · 2024	82.4	87	89	66	$394
58	Intel Core i9-12900KSIntel · 2022	71.7	79	70	66	$739
59	AMD Ryzen 5 9600AMD · 2025	64.5	82	53	65	—
60	Intel Core i7-13700KIntel · 2022	75.7	82	78	65	$409
61	Intel Core i7-13700KFIntel · 2022	73.0	76	76	65	$384
62	AMD Ryzen 5 7600AMD · 2023	59.4	70	50	65	$229
63	Intel Core Ultra 5 250K PlusIntel · 2026	79.4	89	82	64	$219
64	Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF PlusIntel · 2026	79.2	91	80	64	$204
65	Intel Core Ultra 7 265Intel · 2025	77.8	88	78	64	$384
66	Intel Core Ultra 7 265FIntel · 2025	76.7	85	78	64	$369
67	AMD Ryzen 5 9500FAMD · 2025	66.2	85	55	64	—
68	AMD Ryzen 5 7500FAMD · 2023	58.7	68	49	64	$179
69	Intel Core i9-12900KIntel · 2021	69.3	72	70	64	$648
70	Intel Core i7-13700Intel · 2023	68.3	76	66	64	$384
71	Intel Core i9-12900KFIntel · 2021	68.0	74	67	64	—
72	Intel Core i7-13700FIntel · 2023	66.5	74	63	64	$359
73	Intel Core i9-12900FIntel · 2022	64.4	71	61	63	—
74	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XTAMD · 2024	56.3	59	51	63	—
75	AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD · 2020	53.8	53	50	62	$449
76	AMD Ryzen 5 7400FAMD · 2025	53.2	57	46	62	—
77	AMD Ryzen 5 5600XTAMD · 2024	52.4	57	44	62	—
78	AMD Ryzen 7 5700XAMD · 2022	52.1	54	46	62	$299
79	AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD · 2020	49.8	52	42	62	$299
80	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XAMD · 2019	46.7	38	45	61	$399
81	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XTAMD · 2020	44.4	39	39	61	$249
82	AMD Ryzen 5 5600AMD · 2022	48.3	49	41	60	$199
83	AMD Ryzen 7 3700XAMD · 2019	44.9	36	42	60	$329
84	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD · 2019	42.8	37	37	60	$249
85	AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD · 2019	41.6	34	37	59	$199
86	Intel Core i5-14600KIntel · 2023	68.8	79	68	59	$319
87	Intel Core i5-14600KFIntel · 2023	67.6	79	65	59	$294
88	AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD · 2019	38.9	33	32	59	—
89	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KFIntel · 2024	76.4	92	76	58	$294
90	Intel Core Ultra 5 245KIntel · 2024	71.2	83	70	58	$309
91	Intel Core i5-14600Intel · 2024	64.4	75	61	58	$255
92	Intel Core i7-12700KFIntel · 2021	64.1	73	61	58	$384
93	Intel Core i7-12700KIntel · 2021	63.8	70	63	58	$409
94	Intel Core Ultra 5 245Intel · 2025	68.2	82	65	58	$270
95	Intel Core i5-13600KIntel · 2022	66.5	75	66	58	$319
96	Intel Core i5-13600KFIntel · 2022	65.4	75	63	58	$294
97	Intel Core i7-12700Intel · 2022	61.6	70	58	58	$373
98	Intel Core i7-12700FIntel · 2022	58.0	70	50	58	$345
99	Intel Core Ultra 5 235Intel · 2025	67.5	80	65	57	$247
100	Intel Core i5-13600Intel · 2023	60.3	71	55	57	$255
101	Intel Core i5-14500Intel · 2024	59.6	70	54	57	$232
102	Intel Core i5-13500Intel · 2023	55.5	64	50	56	$232
103	Intel Core i9-10900KFIntel · 2020	47.7	48	44	55	$472
104	Intel Core i9-10900KIntel · 2020	47.6	42	48	55	$488
105	Intel Core i9-10850KIntel · 2020	46.7	41	47	54	$453
106	Intel Core i9-10900FIntel · 2020	45.5	46	41	54	$464
107	Intel Core i9-10900Intel · 2020	44.8	45	40	54	$440
108	Intel Core Ultra 5 225Intel · 2025	61.6	81	54	52	$183
109	Intel Core Ultra 5 225FIntel · 2025	60.0	74	55	52	$165
110	Intel Core i5-12600KFIntel · 2021	56.6	67	53	52	$264
111	Intel Core i5-12600KIntel · 2021	55.4	65	51	52	$318
112	Intel Core i5-14400FIntel · 2024	53.9	64	49	51	$196
113	Intel Core i5-14400Intel · 2024	53.2	64	47	51	$221
114	Intel Core i5-13400Intel · 2023	53.1	62	49	50	$221
115	Intel Core i5-13400FIntel · 2023	53.0	61	49	50	$196
116	Intel Core i5-12490FIntel · 2022	50.0	63	41	50	—
117	Intel Core i9-11900KIntel · 2021	50.3	56	47	49	$539
118	Intel Core i5-12600Intel · 2022	51.2	66	43	49	—
119	Intel Core i9-11900FIntel · 2021	48.5	56	43	49	—
120	AMD Ryzen 7 8700GAMD · 2024	56.6	67	54	48	$329
121	Intel Core i7-10700KFIntel · 2020	43.2	46	39	48	$384
122	Intel Core i7-10700KIntel · 2020	42.7	40	42	48	$374
123	Intel Core i5-12500Intel · 2022	49.6	65	41	48	—
124	AMD Ryzen 7 8700FAMD · 2024	56.6	67	55	47	—
125	AMD Ryzen 5 8600GAMD · 2024	51.8	64	46	47	$229
126	AMD Ryzen 5 8500GAMD · 2024	48.5	62	40	47	$179
127	Intel Core i7-11700KIntel · 2021	46.9	48	46	47	$399
128	Intel Core i9-9900KSIntel · 2019	45.5	48	43	47	$513
129	Intel Core i9-9900KIntel · 2018	42.4	40	41	47	$488
130	Intel Core i9-9900KFIntel · 2019	41.9	43	38	47	$488
131	Intel Core i9-9900Intel · 2019	40.1	40	36	47	$439
132	Intel Core i7-11700FIntel · 2021	46.0	52	42	47	$298
133	Intel Core i7-11700Intel · 2021	45.7	54	40	47	—
134	Intel Core i5-12400FIntel · 2022	47.3	56	42	47	$167
135	Intel Core i5-12400Intel · 2022	47.2	56	41	47	$192
136	Intel Core i7-10700Intel · 2020	40.3	42	36	46	—
137	Intel Core i7-10700FIntel · 2020	40.3	42	36	46	—
138	AMD Ryzen 5 8400FAMD · 2024	54.9	71	50	46	$170
139	AMD Ryzen 7 5700AMD · 2022	47.8	53	46	45	$175
140	AMD Ryzen 7 5700GAMD · 2021	46.6	49	46	45	$359
141	AMD Ryzen 5 5600GTAMD · 2024	45.8	54	41	45	$140
142	AMD Ryzen 5 5500FAMD · 2026	45.9	53	42	44	—
143	AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD · 2021	42.9	47	40	44	$259
144	Intel Core i7-5960XIntel · 2014	31.9	21	33	43	$999
145	AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD · 2020	36.0	37	32	43	$120
146	AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD · 2018	36.0	28	37	43	$329
147	AMD Ryzen 5 5500AMD · 2022	41.0	43	39	42	$159
148	AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD · 2018	34.3	29	33	42	$229
149	AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD · 2018	33.6	25	35	42	$299
150	AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD · 2017	32.2	20	36	41	$499
151	AMD Ryzen 3 3100AMD · 2020	31.9	30	29	41	$99
152	AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD · 2018	31.2	23	32	41	$199
153	AMD Ryzen 7 1700XAMD · 2017	33.8	28	35	40	$399
154	Intel Core i5-11600KFIntel · 2021	44.1	54	40	40	$261
155	Intel Core i5-11600KIntel · 2021	41.9	48	39	40	$262
156	Intel Core i7-9700KIntel · 2018	37.6	39	36	40	$374
157	Intel Core i7-9700KFIntel · 2019	37.5	42	34	40	—
158	Intel Core i5-10600KFIntel · 2020	37.7	43	34	39	—
159	Intel Core i5-10600Intel · 2020	37.4	43	33	39	—
160	Intel Core i5-10600KIntel · 2020	36.3	36	35	39	$262
161	AMD Ryzen 7 1700AMD · 2017	33.6	28	35	39	$329
162	AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD · 2017	29.4	21	30	39	$219
163	Intel Core i3-14100FIntel · 2024	45.9	66	37	39	$109
164	Intel Core i3-14100Intel · 2024	44.6	65	35	39	$134
165	Intel Core i7-8700KIntel · 2017	36.4	37	35	39	$359
166	Intel Core i7-9700Intel · 2019	35.8	39	32	39	$323
167	Intel Core i7-9700FIntel · 2019	35.7	39	32	39	$298
168	Intel Core i5-11500Intel · 2021	40.8	49	37	38	$211
169	Intel Core i7-8700Intel · 2017	35.0	35	33	38	$303
170	Intel Core i7-5930KIntel · 2014	29.0	21	30	38	$583
171	Intel Core i3-13100Intel · 2023	42.1	59	34	37	$134
172	Intel Core i3-13100FIntel · 2023	41.6	57	34	37	$109
173	Intel Core i5-10500Intel · 2020	35.6	40	32	37	—
174	Intel Core i7-5820KIntel · 2014	28.5	21	29	37	$389
175	Intel Core i3-12300Intel · 2022	42.2	59	34	37	$157
176	Intel Core i5-11400Intel · 2021	37.1	39	36	37	$182
177	Intel Core i5-11400FIntel · 2021	37.1	39	36	37	$157
178	Intel Core i3-12100FIntel · 2022	41.0	55	34	36	$97
179	Intel Core i3-12100Intel · 2022	40.7	55	34	36	$122
180	Intel Core i5-10400Intel · 2020	32.5	30	32	36	$182
181	Intel Core i5-10400FIntel · 2020	32.2	29	33	36	$173
182	Intel Core i5-9600KFIntel · 2019	32.2	38	29	31	—
183	Intel Core i5-9600KIntel · 2018	31.9	36	30	31	$262
184	Intel Core i5-9500Intel · 2019	30.3	34	28	30	$192
185	Intel Core i5-8600KIntel · 2017	31.0	35	30	29	$257
186	Intel Core i5-8600Intel · 2018	30.2	34	28	29	—
187	Intel Core i5-8500Intel · 2018	28.6	31	28	28	$192
188	Intel Core i5-9400FIntel · 2019	28.6	30	28	28	$157
189	Intel Core i5-9400Intel · 2019	28.4	30	28	28	$182
190	Intel Core i7-7700KIntel · 2017	29.8	35	28	28	$339
191	Intel Core i5-8400Intel · 2017	29.0	31	29	27	$182
192	AMD Ryzen 7 4700GAMD · 2020	36.7	38	41	27	—
193	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GAMD · 2020	36.6	38	41	27	—
194	Intel Core i3-10105FIntel · 2021	29.7	36	27	27	$107
195	Intel Core i3-10105Intel · 2021	29.1	35	26	27	$134
196	Intel Core i7-4790KIntel · 2014	27.7	30	27	27	$339
197	Intel Core i3-10100Intel · 2020	28.9	35	26	26	$134
198	Intel Core i3-10100FIntel · 2020	28.9	33	28	26	—
199	AMD Ryzen 5 4600GAMD · 2022	33.4	36	36	26	$154
200	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GAMD · 2020	33.4	36	36	26	—
201	Intel Core i7-6700KIntel · 2015	27.8	31	27	26	$339
202	Intel Core i7-7700Intel · 2017	27.7	31	27	26	—
203	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GAMD · 2019	26.9	28	27	26	$149
204	Intel Core i3-9100FIntel · 2019	26.9	32	24	26	—
205	AMD Ryzen 5 4500AMD · 2022	32.8	35	36	25	$129
206	AMD Ryzen 3 4100AMD · 2022	29.4	33	30	24	$99
207	Intel Core i7-4790Intel · 2014	25.7	27	26	24	$303
208	AMD Ryzen 3 3200GAMD · 2019	24.4	24	25	24	$99
209	AMD Ryzen 5 2400GAMD · 2018	26.0	28	26	24	$169
210	Intel Core i5-6600KIntel · 2015	25.4	29	24	24	$242
211	Intel Core i7-4770KIntel · 2013	24.8	25	25	24	$339
212	Intel Core i7-4770Intel · 2013	24.4	24	25	24	$303
213	Intel Core i5-4690KIntel · 2014	23.7	24	23	24	$242
214	Intel Core i7-3770Intel · 2012	23.6	23	24	24	$294
215	Intel Core i5-7500Intel · 2017	24.9	28	24	23	$192
216	Intel Core i5-4670KIntel · 2013	23.0	23	23	23	$242
217	Intel Core i5-4590Intel · 2014	22.4	22	23	23	$192
218	Intel Core i3-8100Intel · 2017	24.0	26	24	22	$117
219	Intel Core i5-6500Intel · 2015	23.5	26	23	22	$192
220	Intel Core i5-3470Intel · 2012	21.3	20	22	22	$184
221	AMD Ryzen 3 1200AMD · 2017	21.3	20	23	21	$109
222	Intel Pentium Gold G7400Intel · 2022	29.3	45	24	20	—
223	Intel Pentium Gold G6400Intel · 2020	23.6	31	21	20	$77
224	Intel Celeron G5905Intel · 2020	21.1	24	20	20	—
225	AMD Athlon 3000GAMD · 2019	20.6	20	21	20	$49
226	AMD Athlon 200GEAMD · 2018	20.4	20	21	20	$55
227	Intel Core i3-3220Intel · 2012	20.2	20	20	20	$117
228	Intel Core i3-2120Intel · 2011	20.0	20	20	20	$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 9 9950X (93.6).

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.