CPU upgrade guides
Grouped by socket — because a CPU upgrade has to match your motherboard. Find your chip to see the best drop-in upgrade and the GPUs it can drive.
Find my best CPU upgrade →AMD AM5 (Ryzen 7000 / 9000) · 16
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 2024 Ryzen 9 9950X3D 2025 Ryzen 7 7800X3D 2023 Ryzen 9 7950X3D 2023 Ryzen 9 9950X 2024 Ryzen 9 9900X 2024 Ryzen 7 9700X 2024 Ryzen 5 9600X 2024 Ryzen 9 7950X 2022 Ryzen 7 7700X 2022 Ryzen 9 7900X 2022 Ryzen 9 7900 2023 Ryzen 7 7700 2023 Ryzen 5 7600X 2022 Ryzen 5 7600 2023 Ryzen 5 7500F 2023
AMD AM4 (Ryzen 1000–5000) · 29
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2022 Ryzen 7 5700X3D 2024 Ryzen 9 5950X 2020 Ryzen 9 5900X 2020 Ryzen 7 5800X 2020 Ryzen 7 5700X 2022 Ryzen 5 5600X 2020 Ryzen 5 5600 2022 Ryzen 9 3950X 2019 Ryzen 9 3900X 2019 Ryzen 7 5700G 2021 Ryzen 7 3800X 2019 Ryzen 7 3700X 2019 Ryzen 5 3600X 2019 Ryzen 5 5600G 2021 Ryzen 5 3600 2019 Ryzen 5 5500 2022 Ryzen 5 5500GT 2024 Ryzen 3 3300X 2020 Ryzen 5 3500X 2019 Ryzen 7 2700X 2018 Ryzen 3 3100 2020 Ryzen 7 2700 2018 Ryzen 5 2600X 2018 Ryzen 5 2600 2018 Ryzen 7 1800X 2017 Ryzen 7 1700X 2017 Ryzen 7 1700 2017 Ryzen 5 1600 2017
Intel LGA1851 (Core Ultra 200S) · 3
Intel LGA1700 (12th–14th gen) · 24
Core i9-14900K 2023 Core i9-14900 2023 Core i7-14700K 2023 Core i9-13900K 2022 Core i7-13700K 2022 Core i7-14700 2023 Core i9-13900 2022 Core i7-13700 2022 Core i5-14600K 2023 Core i5-13600K 2022 Core i9-12900K 2021 Core i9-12900 2021 Core i7-12700K 2021 Core i7-12700 2021 Core i5-13400F 2023 Core i5-13400 2023 Core i5-12600K 2021 Core i5-14400F 2024 Core i5-12400F 2022 Core i5-12400 2022 Core i3-13100 2023 Core i3-13100F 2023 Core i3-12100 2022 Core i3-12100F 2022