Best graphics card for the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Popular cards paired with the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D: 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 4090 GeForce RTX 5090 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	90 FPS	66 FPS	36 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Graphics card sets the limit	113 FPS	82 FPS	45 FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 Graphics card sets the limit	118 FPS	87 FPS	48 FPS
Radeon RX 6600 Graphics card sets the limit	145 FPS	107 FPS	58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Graphics card sets the limit	163 FPS	119 FPS	74 FPS
Radeon RX 7600 Graphics card sets the limit	169 FPS	123 FPS	68 FPS
Arc B580 Graphics card sets the limit	181 FPS	132 FPS	81 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Well matched	193 FPS	141 FPS	77 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Well matched	198 FPS	144 FPS	78 FPS
Radeon RX 6700 XT Well matched	203 FPS	148 FPS	92 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Well matched	215 FPS	156 FPS	85 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Well matched	219 FPS	160 FPS	88 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Well matched	225 FPS	166 FPS	90 FPS
Radeon RX 9060 XT Well matched	238 FPS	173 FPS	107 FPS
Radeon RX 7700 XT Well matched	242 FPS	177 FPS	109 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Well matched	265 FPS	194 FPS	119 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Well matched	283 FPS	206 FPS	128 FPS
Radeon RX 7800 XT Well matched	287 FPS	209 FPS	130 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT Well matched	293 FPS	214 FPS	132 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Well matched	300 FPS	219 FPS	134 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Super Well matched	322 FPS	234 FPS	145 FPS
GeForce RTX 5070 Well matched	332 FPS	242 FPS	150 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 Well matched	347 FPS	254 FPS	158 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT Well matched	364 FPS	272 FPS	168 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Well matched	369 FPS	275 FPS	170 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT Well matched	383 FPS	288 FPS	178 FPS
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Well matched	394 FPS	304 FPS	188 FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 Super Well matched	399 FPS	313 FPS	194 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX Well matched	403 FPS	318 FPS	195 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080 Well matched	408 FPS	333 FPS	206 FPS
GeForce RTX 5090 Well matched	410 FPS	392 FPS	253 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 Well matched	410 FPS	363 FPS	229 FPS

Try another CPU

Intel Core i9-14900K Intel Core i7-14700K AMD Ryzen 9 9900X AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Intel Core Ultra 9 285K AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Intel Core i5-14600K

More head-to-heads

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7-14700K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

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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