Gaming CPU Ranking Charts
Below you will find the comparison chart of desktop processors based on their overal gaming performance (Frames Per Second). We also recommend you to read our article about the important factors affecting processor performance. As you see in the following table, we have divided the processors into four category; the low, mid-range, high-end and extreme gaming processors.
The very first CPU listed on top left of the chart delivers the best performance in gaming. Please note that we particularly classified the processors based on their benchmark results in games at their stock clock speed. As you can see the Intel processors are far a head of AMD processors in gaming but they are also more expensive.
Some of the processors that are ranked lower on the chart have a great overclocking capability, allowing the users to increase the CPU performance. Moving towards the bottom of the table, we've listed the processors with low gaming performance, however, they still provide enough processing power to run most games at reasonable speed.
Gaming Performance of Desktop CPUs (2007 - 2014)
| Intel | AMD |
| Extreme | |
| i7-4960X, i7-4790K, i7-4771, i7-4770K, i7-3970X, i7-4790, i5-4690K, i5-4690, i7-4770, i7-4930K, i7-3770K, i7-3770, i7-3960X, i7-3930K, i5-4670K, i5-4670, i7-4820K, i7-3820, i7-4790S, i7-4770S, i7-3770S, i7-2700K, |
- - - - - - - - |
| High-end | |
| i7-2600K, i7-2600, i5-3570K, i5-3570, i5-4570, i5-3550, i5-2550K, i5-3470, i5-4460, i5-3450, i5-2500K, i5-2500, i5-3570S, i5-4440, i5-3350P, i5-3340, i5-4430, i5-4440S, i7-4765T, i3-4360, i5-3450S, i7-990X, i7-2600S, i3-4350, i5-2400, i7-980X, i7-980, i5-3340, i3-4330, i7-975 EE, i7-970, i3-4340, i7-965 EE, i5-3330, i3-4150, i5-3340S, |
- - - - - FX-9590, - - - - - - FX-9370, - - - - - |
| Mid-range | |
| i7-960, i7-950, i5-2310, i3-4130, i7-880, i5-2300, i3-3250, i3-3245, i7-940, i3-3240, i7-870, i7-875K, Pentium G3450, i7-860, Pentium G3420, i5-2405S, i7-930, i5-2400S, Pentium G3258, Pentium G3245, Pentium G3240, i7-870S, i7-860S, i5-760, i3-3225, i3-3220, Core 2 Extreme QX9775, i7-920, Pentium G2140, Core 2 Extreme QX9770, Pentium G3220, |
FX-8350, FX-6350, FX-4350, FX-8320, FX-6300, FX-4300, FX-8150, Phenom II X4 980 BE, Phenom II X4 975 BE, Phenom II X4 970 BE, A10-6800K, FX-6200, Phenom II X6 1100T BE, FX-8120, A10-6700, Phenom II X6 1090T BE, FX-6100, A10-7850K, |
| Low | |
| i3-2130, i3-2125, i3-3210, i3-2120, i3-2105, i3-4150T, i5-2390T, i3-4130T, i3-3240T, Pentium G2130, i3-2100, i5-750, i5-680, Pentium G2120, Pentium G870, i3-3220T, Pentium G860, Pentium G850, Pentium G840, i5-670, i5-661, i5-660, i5-655K, Core 2 Extreme Qx9650, Core 2 QuadQ9650, i5-650, Core 2 Extreme QX6850, QX6800, Core 2 Quad Q9550, Core 2 Extreme QX6700, Core 2 Duo E8600, Core 2 Duo E8500, Core 2 Quad Q6700, Q9450, Pentium G2010, Core 2 Quad Q9400, Q9300, Core 2 Quad Q8400, Pentium G630, Core 2 Duo E8400, Core 2 Quad Q6600, Pentium G620, Core 2 Quad Q8300, Core 2 Duo E7600, Core i3 550, Core 2 Duo E8300, i3 540, Celeron G1850, i3 530, Core 2 Duo E7500, Celeron G1840, Core 2 Duo E6850, E7400, Celeron G1830, Core 2 Quad Q8200, Core 2 Duo E8200, Core 2 Duo E8190, Pentium E6800, Core 2 Duo E6750, E7300, Celeron G540, Pentium E6700, Celeron G1630, Celeron G1620, Celeron G530, Pentium E6500, Celeron G1610, Celeron g1840T, Pentium G6960, Pentium G630T, Pentium G6950, Core 2 Duo E7200, Pentium E6400, Pentium E6300, Pentium E5800, E5700, Pentium E5500, E5400, Pentium E5300, E5200, Celeron E3500, E3400, Celeron E3300, E3200, |
FX-4170, A8-6600K, A10-7800, A10-7700K, Phenom II X4 965 BE, 955 BE, FX-4130, A10-5800K, A8-6500, Phenom II X6 1075T, Athlon X4 760K, Phenom II X6 1065T, A10-5700, FX-4100, Athlon X4 750K, Phenom II X4 945, FX-6100, Phenom II X4 940, A8-5600K, Phenom II X6 1055T A8-5500, Phenom II X6 1045T, A8-3870K, A8-3850, A8-7600, A6-7400K, A6-6400K, A6-5400K, Phenom II X4 925, 920, Athlon X4 740, Phenom II X3 740 BE, 720 BE, Phenom II X4 840, Phenom II X6 1035T, A8-6500T, A6-3670K, Phenom II X4 820, Phenom II X4 910, 910e, 810, Athlon II X4 645, 640, A6-3650, Athlon II X4 635, Athlon II X3 460, 455, A8-3800, Athlon II X3 450, 445, Athlon II X4 630, 905e, 805, Phenom X4 9950, Athlon II X4 620, Phenom II X3 710, 705e, Phenom X4 9850, Phenom II X2 565 BE, Phenom X4 9750, Phenom II X2 560 BE Phenom II X2 555 BE, Athlon II X3 435 Phenom II X2 550 BE, Phenom X4 9650, Phenom II X2 545, Phenom X4 9550, Athlon II X2 265, 260, Athlon II X2 255, 240, |
We update this table frequently