Best graphics card for the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Popular cards paired with the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D: read down the table to find where it stops keeping up and starts to hold them back. All frame rates are worked out on high settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K.

Our pick

GeForce RTX 5090 GeForce RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 5080

What they cost in pounds

MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC 32GB GDDR7

£2,455.12

Buy

MSI RTX 5080 Ventus 3X OC 16GB GDDR7

£1,128.95

Buy

Prices checked: 7 November 2026 at 10:39

FPS to expect

Graphics card Balance	1080p FPS	1440p FPS	4K FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Super Graphics card sets the limit	95 FPS	69 FPS	38 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Graphics card sets the limit	118 FPS	87 FPS	48 FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 Graphics card sets the limit	124 FPS	91 FPS	50 FPS
Radeon RX 6600 Graphics card sets the limit	153 FPS	113 FPS	62 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Graphics card sets the limit	172 FPS	125 FPS	78 FPS
Radeon RX 7600 Graphics card sets the limit	178 FPS	130 FPS	70 FPS
Arc B580 Graphics card sets the limit	188 FPS	139 FPS	86 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Graphics card sets the limit	202 FPS	148 FPS	80 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Graphics card sets the limit	207 FPS	152 FPS	82 FPS
Radeon RX 6700 XT Graphics card sets the limit	213 FPS	156 FPS	96 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Graphics card sets the limit	225 FPS	163 FPS	90 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Graphics card sets the limit	231 FPS	169 FPS	92 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Well matched	238 FPS	173 FPS	94 FPS
Radeon RX 9060 XT Well matched	248 FPS	181 FPS	113 FPS
Radeon RX 7700 XT Well matched	254 FPS	187 FPS	115 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Well matched	278 FPS	203 FPS	125 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Well matched	295 FPS	216 FPS	133 FPS
Radeon RX 7800 XT Well matched	301 FPS	220 FPS	135 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT Well matched	308 FPS	225 FPS	139 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Well matched	313 FPS	229 FPS	141 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Super Well matched	338 FPS	248 FPS	153 FPS
GeForce RTX 5070 Well matched	349 FPS	254 FPS	158 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 Well matched	368 FPS	268 FPS	166 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT Well matched	391 FPS	286 FPS	176 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Well matched	396 FPS	290 FPS	178 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT Well matched	411 FPS	303 FPS	187 FPS
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Well matched	430 FPS	319 FPS	198 FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 Super Well matched	438 FPS	328 FPS	203 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX Well matched	444 FPS	333 FPS	205 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080 Well matched	460 FPS	350 FPS	216 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 Well matched	481 FPS	388 FPS	240 FPS
GeForce RTX 5090 Well matched	484 FPS	425 FPS	266 FPS

Try another CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Intel Core i9-14900K Intel Core i7-14700K AMD Ryzen 9 9900X AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

More head-to-heads

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K

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These are estimates: your game, settings and drivers will all shift the real frame rate. Our model is tuned against benchmarks published by TechPowerUp, Tom’s Hardware and Hardware Unboxed. CPU and GPU calibration: July 2026 · Newest games added: September 2026. How we calculate FPS