Best graphics card for the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Popular cards paired with the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X: 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

Radeon RX 7900 XTX GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 4090

What they cost in pounds

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	88 FPS	64 FPS	36 FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Graphics card sets the limit	109 FPS	80 FPS	43 FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 Graphics card sets the limit	116 FPS	84 FPS	47 FPS
Radeon RX 6600 Graphics card sets the limit	142 FPS	106 FPS	57 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Graphics card sets the limit	159 FPS	117 FPS	72 FPS
Radeon RX 7600 Graphics card sets the limit	166 FPS	121 FPS	66 FPS
Arc B580 Well matched	176 FPS	128 FPS	78 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Well matched	187 FPS	136 FPS	75 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Well matched	193 FPS	141 FPS	77 FPS
Radeon RX 6700 XT Well matched	198 FPS	145 FPS	88 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Well matched	208 FPS	153 FPS	83 FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Well matched	215 FPS	156 FPS	85 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Well matched	219 FPS	160 FPS	88 FPS
Radeon RX 9060 XT Well matched	231 FPS	169 FPS	105 FPS
Radeon RX 7700 XT Well matched	237 FPS	173 FPS	107 FPS
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Well matched	258 FPS	188 FPS	117 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Well matched	275 FPS	201 FPS	123 FPS
Radeon RX 7800 XT Well matched	281 FPS	205 FPS	127 FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT Well matched	286 FPS	208 FPS	128 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Well matched	292 FPS	213 FPS	131 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Super Well matched	311 FPS	229 FPS	141 FPS
GeForce RTX 5070 Well matched	320 FPS	238 FPS	145 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 Well matched	333 FPS	248 FPS	153 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT Well matched	350 FPS	265 FPS	163 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Well matched	353 FPS	268 FPS	166 FPS
Radeon RX 9070 XT Well matched	360 FPS	281 FPS	173 FPS
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Well matched	368 FPS	296 FPS	183 FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 Super Well matched	370 FPS	303 FPS	188 FPS
GeForce RTX 5090 Processor sets the limit	371 FPS	367 FPS	248 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 Well matched	371 FPS	349 FPS	222 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080 Well matched	371 FPS	320 FPS	201 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX Well matched	371 FPS	307 FPS	191 FPS

Try another CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Intel Core Ultra 5 245K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 7600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Intel Core i7-12700K

More head-to-heads

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

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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