Your CPU has a huge effect on overall performance and, to many, is a computer's most important component. But when it comes time to buying a CPU for your desktop, you'll find a dizzying collection of model numbers and specs from both Intel and AMD. We've listed our the best CPUs for gaming and best processors for work in other articles, but if you want to know how each chip stacks up against all the others and how we come to our decisions, this CPU Hierarchy is for you.

Below, we've ranked all the consumer Intel 9th, 8th and 7th Gen processors, along with AMD's Ryzen and Threadripper chips from all three generations. We determined the order in the first table based on a geometric mean of gaming performance in four titles: Grand Theft Auto V, Hitman 2, Final Fantasy XV, and World of Tanks.

We also include an application performance metric in our application score tables, which we've split up into single- and multi-core measurements (below gaming table). We generated the single-threaded metric via a geometric mean of performance in single-threaded LAME, Cinebench, POV-Ray and y-cruncher applications, giving you a good idea of performance in everyday desktop PC applications. The multi-threaded workload column is based on performance in Cinebench, POV-ray, vray, Blender, y-cruncher, and Handbrake x264 and x265 workloads represent performance in productivity-focused applications that tend to require more compute horsepower.

The most powerful chip gets a 100 and all others are scored relative to it. If you want our recommendations for specific price bands, please check out our Best CPUs for gaming page.

This update finds the Core i9-10850K making an appearance with almost identical performance to Intel's flagship 10900K, but with a $30 discount. Better yet, you can now find the chip on sale and with a free game - at least for now. You can see how the chip stacks up in the broader scheme of things below, but be sure to check out our review for a closer look.

The Ryzen 7 Pro "Renoir" 4750G recently landed in our lab. This chip for professional users is functionally the same as the consumer Ryzen 7 4700G, so it gives us an accurate representation of the consumer chips. Unfortunately AMD hasn't brought these chips to the retail market, instead delivering them to OEMs and SIs for pre-built systems only. Like us, you can pick the chips up on the grey market, and they are now the uncontested king of the hill in terms of iGPU performance. We included the processor to our gaming and application hierarchy below, but be aware that we used a discrete graphics card to test gaming performance for the values listed below. Head here to see how the chip stacks up when you run games on the integrated graphics (which is the intended use-case for this chip). In either case, the 4750G beats the Core i5-9400/F when paired with a discrete GPU, which isn't too shabby at all.

Nvidia's Ampere lineup has arrived, setting a new bar for high-performance GPUs. The new level of GPU performance obviously could expose new CPU limitations and increase the delta between competing processors. As such, we're preparing to retest all of our gaming performance benchmarks below with a faster Ampere graphics card. Stay tuned.

Intel and AMD CPU Gaming Hierarchy

*indicates an APU tested with a discrete GPU. Note: These types of processors are geared for performance with integrated graphics - please see individual reviews for those performance rankings.

We used the Nvidia GTX 2080 Ti GPU for our tests at HD resolution. We have also included several newer processors that we haven't tested yet, but we've assigned them basic positions in our hierarchy based on their capabilities. Naturally, this list will grow as we add more processors.

You may be surprised to find that some less-expensive chips ranked above their upscale siblings. For example, the Core i7-9700K comes out ahead of the Core i9-9900K on this list because it offers better performance in some games due to its lack of hyperthreading, which was enough to help it do better on the overall suite of tests. However, depending on the application, you may see stronger results from the higher-end chip.

Intel and AMD CPU Single-Threaded Performance Hierarchy

Single-Threaded App Score Architecture Cores/Threads Base/Boost TDP Core i9-10900K 100.0% Comet Lake 10/20 3.7 / 5.3 GHz 125W Core i9-10850K 98.68% Comet Lake 10/20 3.6 / 5.2 GHz 95W Core i7-10700K 97.25% Comet Lake 8/16 3.8 / 5.1 GHz 125W Core i9-10980XE 96.71% Cascade Lake-X 18/36 3.0 / 4.8 GHz 165W Core i9-9900K 96.61% Coffee Lake-R 8/16 3.6 / 5.0 GHz 95W Ryzen 7 3800XT 95.92% Zen 2 8/16 3.9 / 4.7 GHz 105W Core i7-9700K 94.72% Coffee Lake-R 8/8 3.6 / 4.9 GHz 95W Ryzen 9 3900XT 94.56% Zen 2 12/24 3.8 / 4.7 GHz 105W Ryzen 5 3600XT 94.43% Zen 2 6/12 3.8 / 4.5 GHz 95W Ryzen 9 3950X 94.30% Zen 2 16/32 3.5 / 4.7 GHz 105W Ryzen 9 3900X 93.97% Zen 2 12/24 3.8 / 4.6 GHz 105W Ryzen 7 3800X 93.84% Zen 2 8/16 3.9 / 4.5 GHz 105W Core i7-10700/F 93.18% Comet Lake 8/16 2.9 / 4.8 GHz 65W Core i9-9900KS 93.03% Coffee Lake-R 8/16 4.0 / 5.0 GHz 127W Core i5-10600K 93.02% Comet Lake 6/12 4.1 / 4.8 GHz 125W Threadripper 3970X 92.40% Zen 2 32/64 3.7 / 4.5 GHz 280W Threadripper 3960X 92.25% Zen 2 24/48 3.8 / 4.5 GHz 280W Ryzen 7 3700X 91.69% Zen 2 8/16 3.6 / 4.4 GHz 65W Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G 91.36% Zen 2, Vega 8/16 3.6 / 4.4 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 3300X 90.89% Zen 2 4/8 3.8 / 4.3 GHz 65W Ryzen 5 3600X 90.32% Zen 2 6/12 3.8 / 4.4 GHz 95W Threadripper 3990X 90.09% Zen 2 64/128 2.9 / 4.3 GHz 280W Core i3-9350KF 90.09% Coffee Lake 4/4 4.0/4.6 GHz 91W Core i9-9980XE 89.44% Skylake 18/36 4.4 / 4.5 GHz 165W Core i5-9600K 89.31% Coffee Lake-R 6/6 3.7 / 4.6 GHz 95W Core i7-7700K 88.21% Kaby Lake 4/8 4.2 / 4.5 GHz 91W Ryzen 5 3600 87.82% Zen 2 6/12 3.6 / 4.2 GHz 65W Xeon W-3175X 86.33% Skylake 28/56 3.1 / 4.3 GHz 225W Ryzen 5 3500X 84.69% Zen 2 6/6 3.6 / 4.1 GHz 65W Core i3-9100 82.52% Coffee Lake-R 4/4 3.6 / 4.2 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 3100 80.81% Zen 2 4/8 3.8 / 3.9 GHz 65W Core i5-9400 / -9400F 80.16% Coffee Lake 6/6 2.9 / 4.1 GHz 65W Ryzen 9 3900 77.41% Zen 2 12/24 3.1 / 4.3 GHz 65W Core i3-8350K 75.63% Coffee Lake 4/4 4.0 / - GHz 91W Core i3-7100 75.26% Kaby Lake 2/4 3.9 / - GHz 51W Threadripper 2950X 74.11% Zen + 16/32 3.5 / 4.4 GHz 180W Threadripper 2990WX 71.28% Zen+ 32/64 3.0 / 4.2 GHz 250W Threadripper 2970WX 71.02% Zen + 24/48 3.0 / 4.2 GHz 250W Ryzen 5 2600X 70.98% Zen+ 6/12 3.6 / 4.2 GHz 95W Ryzen 5 3400G 69.17% Zen + 4/8 3.7 / 4.2 GHz 65W Core i5-7400 68.23% Kaby Lake 4/4 3.0 / 3.5 GHz 65W Ryzen 5 2400G 64.81% Zen+ 4/8 3.6 / 3.9 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 3200G 64.12% Zen + 4/4 3.6 / 4.0 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 1300X 63.85% Zen 4/4 3.5 / 3.7 GHz 65W Ryzen 5 1600AF 62.99% Zen 6/12 3.2 / 3.6 GHz 65W Pentium G5600 57.99% Coffee Lake 2/4 3.9 / - GHz 54W Ryzen 5 1600X 57.31% Zen 6/12 3.6 / 4.0 GHz 95W Pentium G5400 54.73% Coffee Lake 2/4 3.7 / - GHz 54W Athlon 3000G 54.61% Zen+ 2/4 3.5 / - GHz 35W Athlon 220GE 53.98% Zen 2/4 3.4 / - GHz 35W Pentium G4560 51.55% Kaby Lake 2/4 3.5 / - GHz 54W Athlon 200GE 50.02% Zen 2/4 3.2 / - GHz 35W AMD A10-9700 41.97% Bristol Ridge 4/4 3.5 / 3.8 GHz 65W Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A 18.78% LuJiaZui 8/8 2.7 / - GHz 70W

Single-threaded performance is often tied directly to the responsiveness and snappiness of your PC in any number of daily applications, like loading an operating system or surfing the web. This metric largely depends upon a mixture of instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput (the number of operations the chip can execute in one clock cycle) and frequency, which is the speed at which the transistors switch between on and off states. However, a whole host of other considerations, such as cache, architecture, and interconnects (like rings, meshes, and infinity fabric) impact this measure of per-core performance, so these results do not align perfectly based upon clock frequency. Instead, performance varies with each application and how well it is tuned for the respective architectures.

Intel and AMD CPU Multi-Threaded Performance

Multi-Threaded App Score Architecture Cores/Threads Base/Boost TDP Threadripper 3990X 100.0% Zen 2 64/128 2.9 / 4.3 GHz 280W Threadripper 3970X 83.76% Zen 2 32/64 3.7 / 4.5 GHz 280W Threadripper 3960X 72.04% Zen 2 24/48 3.8 / 4.5 GHz 280W Xeon W-3175X 69.92% Skylake 28/56 3.1 / 4.3 GHz 225W Ryzen 9 3950X 53.48% Zen 2 16/32 3.5 / 4.7 GHz 105W Core i9-10980XE 52.75% Cascade Lake-X 18/36 3.0 / 4.8 GHz 165W Core i9-9980XE 52.14% Skylake 18/36 4.4 / 4.5 GHz 165W Threadripper 2990WX 48.00% Zen+ 32/64 3.0 / 4.2 GHz 250W Ryzen 9 3900X 44.64% Zen 2 12/24 3.8 / 4.6 GHz 105W Ryzen 9 3900XT 44.55% Zen 2 12/24 3.8 / 4.7 GHz 105W Threadripper 2970WX 44.26% Zen + 24/48 3.0 / 4.2 GHz 250W Core i9-10900K 40.39% Comet Lake 10/20 3.7 / 5.3 GHz 125W Core i9-10850K 38.89% Comet Lake 10/20 3.6 / 5.2 GHz 95W Threadripper 2950X 39.51% Zen + 16/32 3.5 / 4.4 GHz 180W Ryzen 9 3900 38.34% Zen 2 12/24 3.1 / 4.3 GHz 65W Ryzen 7 3800XT 33.36% Zen 2 8/16 3.9 / 4.7 GHz 105W Core i9-9900KS 33.36% Coffee Lake-R 8/16 4.0 / 5.0 GHz 127W Ryzen 7 3800X 33.11% Zen 2 8/16 3.9 / 4.5 GHz 105W Core i7-10700K 32.87% Comet Lake 8/16 3.8 / 5.1 GHz 125W Core i9-9900K 32.69% Coffee Lake-R 8/16 3.6 / 5.0 GHz 95W Ryzen 7 3700X 32.56% Zen 2 8/16 3.6 / 4.4 GHz 65W Core i7-10700/F 32.05% Comet Lake 8/16 2.9 / 4.8 GHz 65W Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G 31.21% Zen 2, Vega 8/16 3.6 / 4.4 GHz 65W Core i7-9700K 27.01% Coffee Lake-R 8/8 3.6 / 4.9 GHz 95W Ryzen 5 3600XT 26.71% Zen 2 6/12 3.8 / 4.5 GHz 95W Ryzen 5 3600X 25.88% Zen 2 6/12 3.8 / 4.4 GHz 95W Ryzen 5 3600 25.58% Zen 2 6/12 3.6 / 4.2 GHz 65W Core i5-10600K 25.18% Comet Lake 6/12 4.1 / 4.8 GHz 125W Ryzen 5 2600X 20.10% Zen+ 6/12 3.6 / 4.2 GHz 95W Core i5-9600K 20.04% Coffee Lake-R 6/6 3.7 / 4.6 GHz 95W Ryzen 3 3300X 19.03% Zen 2 4/8 3.8 / 4.3 GHz 65W Ryzen 5 3500X 18.94% Zen 2 6/6 3.6 / 4.1 GHz 65W Core i5-9400 / -9400F 18.12% Coffee Lake 6/6 2.9 / 4.1 GHz 65W Core i7-7700K 17.77% Kaby Lake 4/8 4.2 / 4.5 GHz 91W Ryzen 5 1600AF 17.72% Zen 6/12 3.2 / 3.6 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 3100 17.23% Zen 2 4/8 3.8 / 3.9 GHz 65W Ryzen 5 1600X 16.94% Zen 6/12 3.6 / 4.0 GHz 95W Core i3-9350KF 14.52% Coffee Lake 4/4 4.0/4.6 GHz 91W Ryzen 5 3400G 13.83% Zen + 4/8 3.7 / 4.2 GHz 65W Core i3-9100 13.03% Coffee Lake-R 4/4 3.6 / 4.2 GHz 65W Ryzen 5 2400G 12.93% Zen+ 4/8 3.6 / 3.9 GHz 65W Core i3-8350K 12.79% Coffee Lake 4/4 4.0 / - GHz 91W Core i3-8100 11.90% Coffee Lake 4/4 3.6 / - GHz 65W Core i5-7400 10.97% Kaby Lake 4/4 3.0 / 3.5 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 3200G 10.61% Zen + 4/4 3.6 / 4.0 GHz 65W Ryzen 3 1300X 9.85% Zen 4/4 3.5 / 3.7 GHz 65W Core i3-7100 8.53% Kaby Lake 2/4 3.9 / - GHz 51W Pentium G5600 6.84% Coffee Lake 2/4 3.9 / - GHz 54W Athlon 3000G 6.59% Zen+ 2/4 3.5 / - GHz 35W Athlon 220GE 6.46% Zen 2/4 3.4 / - GHz 35W Pentium G5400 6.42% Coffee Lake 2/4 3.7 / - GHz 54W Athlon 200GE 6.11% Zen 2/4 3.2 / - GHz 35W Pentium G4560 6.07% Kaby Lake 2/4 3.5 / - GHz 54W AMD A10-9700 5.45% Bristol Ridge 4/4 3.5 / 3.8 GHz 65W Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A 5.09% LuJiaZui 8/8 2.7 / - GHz 70W

Like we see with single-threaded performance metrics, multi-threaded performance, which is a measure of a chips performance in applications that utilize multiple software threads, varies based upon a whole host of architectural factors. It also depends heavily upon how well the software scales with additional compute cores. As such, these results do not align perfectly based upon core/thread count, though it does serve as a decent litmus of multi-threaded performance. Be aware that architectures, caches, and interconnects also have a profound impact on these results, as all of these factors impact how well performance scales with additional threads. Performance rarely scales perfectly with the addition of more cores/threads, so the scaling factor of each processor architecture weighs in heavily on the value proposition of going with a higher core count processor for your specific application.

These factors impact the Threadripper lineup in our charts. With an industry-leading slathering of core counts, these processors offer the utmost performance in many different threaded workloads, but can suffer in some less-demanding desktop PC-class applications that either don't utilize the cores and threads fully, or aren't optimized for the architecture. That reduces the gap separating the rankings in the mainstream applications we use for this list, but in many cases, you can see much larger deltas with specific applications. You should view individual reviews and our best processors for applications list for a better sense of how those processors fare in professional workloads.

Test System and Configuration

Hardware AMD Socket AM4 (400-Series) AMD Ryzen 2000-series processors MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC 2x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2933

Intel LGA 1151 (Z370) Intel Coffee Lake processors MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC 2x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2400, DDR4-2667 AMD Socket AM4 (300-Series) Ryzen 1000-series processors MSI X370 Xpower Gaming Titanium 2x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2667 Intel LGA 1151 (Z270) Intel Kaby Lake processors MSI Z270 Gaming M7 2x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2400 Intel LGA 2066 Intel Skylake processors MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC 4x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2666 All EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FE 1TB Samsung PM863 SilverStone ST1500-TI, 1500W Windows 10 Creators Update Version 1703 - All Spectre and Meltdown mitigations Cooling Corsair H115i

Legacy Desktop Processor Hierarchy

Recognizing that a lot of older platforms are going to be paired with graphics subsystems multiple generations old, we wanted to define the top of our range to encourage balance between host processing and complementary GPUs. At this point, anyone with a Sandy Bridge-based Core i7 would realize a gain from stepping up to Coffee Lake or Kaby Lake, for example. And putting AMD's top FX CPUs next to a handful of Core i7s and those older Core i5s represents an upgrade to their status.

Currently, our hierarchy consists of 13 total tiers. The bottom half of the chart is largely outdated; you'll notice those CPUs dragging down performance in the latest games, regardless of the graphics card installed in your PC. If you own a CPU in that range, an upgrade could really take your experience to another level.

Really, it's the top five tiers or so that remain viable. And in that top half of the chart, an upgrade is typically worthwhile if it's a least a couple of tiers higher. Otherwise, there's just not enough improvement to warrant the expense of a fresh CPU, motherboard and RAM (not to mention the graphics card and storage solution you'd be considering as well).

Intel CPUs AMD CPUs and APUs Intel Core i7-8700K ($382.00 On Walmart) Intel Core i9-7900X ($969.00 On Walmart) Intel Core i9-7960X ($1617.83 On Amazon) Intel Core i9-7980XE ($1579.99 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-8700K ($382.00 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-7740X ($350.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-7700K ($344.61 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-7820X ($599.99 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X ($77.99 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-7700 ($317.07 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X ($199.99 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-8400 ($204.29 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ($220.79 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-7800X ($389.99 On Newegg) AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X ($549.99 On Newegg) Intel Core i7-7700T ($339.99 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen 7 1700X ($163.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-6950X ($1576.52 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen 7 1700 ($219.79 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-6900K ($788.00 On Amazon) AMD Ryzen 5 1600X ($139.95 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-6850K ($492.75 On Amazon) AMD Ryzen 5 1600 ($103.57 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-6800K ($347.88 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen 5 1500X ($127.00 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-6700K ($293.19 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen 5 1400 ($139.99 On Walmart) Intel Core i7 6700 ($317.97 On Walmart) AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ($66.56 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-5960X ($1,069.95 On Newegg) Ryzen 5 2400G ($59.99 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-5930K ($386.59 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-5820K ($350.90 On Walmart) Intel Core i7-5775C ($1077.88 On Amazon) Intel i7-4960X ($465.58 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-4930K Intel Core i7-4820K Intel Core i7-4790K Intel Core i7-4770K Intel Core i7-4790 Intel Core i7-4771 Intel Core i7-4770 Intel Core i7-3970X Intel Core i7-3960X Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3820 Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770 Intel Core i5-7640X ($243.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-7600K ($10.73 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-7600 ($269.99 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-7500 ($216.62 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-7400 ($201.30 On Walmart) Intel Core i5 6600k ($248.73 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-6600 ($210.66 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-6500 ($210.04 On Walmart) Intel Core i5 6402P ($488.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-6400 ($182.99 On Newegg) Intel Core i5-5675C Intel Core i5-4690K ($250.58 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-4670K Intel Core i5-4590 Intel Core i5-4670 Intel Core i5-4570 Intel BX80646I54460 ($215.17 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-4440 Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-3570K Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i5-3550 Intel CPUs AMD CPUs and APUs Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Intel Core i7-2600K Intel Core i7-2600 Intel Core i7-965 Intel Core i5-3470 Intel Core i5-3450P Intel Core i7-7700 ($317.07 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-3450 AMD FX-9370 ($232.17 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-3350P AMD FX-8370 ($220.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-3330 AMD FX-8350 w/Wraith ($159.99 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-2550K AMD FX-8320 ($124.99 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-2500K AMD FX-8300 ($99.99 On Amazon) Intel Core i5-2500 AMD FX-8150 Intel Core i5-2450P Intel Core i5-2400 Intel Core i5-2380P Intel Core i5-2320 Intel Core i5-2310 Intel Core i5-2300 Intel Core i3-7350K ($167.99 On Walmart) Intel Core i3-7320 ($295.22 On Walmart) Intel Core i3-7300 ($169.89 On B&H) Intel Core i3-7100 ($131.99 On B&H) Intel CPUs AMD CPUs and APUs Intel Core i7-980 Intel Core i7-970 Intel Core i7-960 Intel Core i7-875K Intel Core i7-870 Intel Core i3 6320 ($218.52 On Amazon) Intel Core i3 6300 ($130.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i3-6100 ($130.34 On Walmart) AMD FX-6350 w/Wraith ($134.99 On Amazon) Intel Core i3 6100T ($136.99 On Tiger Direct) AMD FX-4350 ($716.00 On Walmart) Intel Core i3-6098P ($372.00 On Amazon) AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Intel Core i3-4360 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Intel Core i3-4350 AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 980 Intel Core i3-4340 AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 975 Intel Core i3-4170 Intel Core i3-4160 Intel Core i3-4150 Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-3250 Intel Core i3-3245 Intel Core i3-3240 Intel Core i3-3225 Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Core i3-3210 Intel Core i3-2130 Intel Core i3-2025 Intel Core i3-2120 Intel Core i3-2105 Intel Core i3-2100 Intel Pentium G4620 ($143.92 On Walmart) Intel Pentium G4600 ($126.42 On Walmart) Intel Pentium G4560 ($79.99 On Walmart) Intel Pentium G4500 ($74.86 On Walmart) Intel Pentium G4400 ($62.24 On Walmart) Intel CPUs AMD CPUs and APUs AMD FX-8370E ($310.09 On Amazon) AMD FX-8320 ($149.01 On Amazon) AMD FX-8120 AMD FX-6300 ($89.98 On Amazon) AMD FX-6200 AMD FX-4300 ($99.95 On Amazon) AMD FX-4170 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Intel Core i7-950 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Intel Core i7-940 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Intel Core i7-930 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Intel Core i7-920 AMD A10-7890K APU ($411.00 On Amazon) Intel Core i7-860 Intel A10-7870K ($34.99 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-3220T AMD A10-7860K ($42.90 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-2405S AMD A10-7850K Intel Core i5-2400S AMD A10-7800 Intel Core i5-760 AMD A10-7700K Intel Core i5-750 AMD A10-6800K Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 AMD A10-6790K Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 AMD A10-6700 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 AMD A10-5800K Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 AMD A10-5700 Intel A8-7650K ($105.99 On Amazon) AMD A8-7600 ($17.99 On eBay) AMD A8-6600K AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870 AMD A8-3850 AMD Athlon X4 880K ($74.90 On Amazon) Intel Athlon X4 870K (4th quarter) ($35.79 On Walmart) Intel A10-7870K ($34.99 On Walmart) AMD Athlon X4 750K AMD Athlon X4 740 AMD Athlon X4 651K AMD Athlon X4 645 AMD Athlon X4 641 AMD Athlon X4 640 Intel CPUs AMD CPUs and APUs AMD FX-6100 AMD FX-4130 AMD FX-4100 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 AMD Phenom II X6 1045T Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 AMD Phenom II X4 945 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 AMD Phenom II X4 940 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 AMD Phenom II X4 920 Intel Core i5-680 AMD Phenom II X3 740 Intel Core i5-670 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Intel Core i5-661 AMD A8-6500 Intel Core i5-660 AMD A8-5500 Intel Core i5-655K AMD A6 ($75.55 On Walmart) Intel Core i5-650 AMD A6 ($75.55 On Walmart) Intel Core i3-2120T AMD A6-3670K Intel Core i3-2100T AMD A6-3650 AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon II X4 630 Intel CPUs AMD CPUs and APUs Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 AMD Phenom II X4 910 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 AMD Phenom II X4 910e Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 AMD Phenom II X4 810 Intel Core i3-550 AMD Athlon II X4 631 Intel Core i3-540 AMD Athlon II X4 620 Intel Core i3-530 AMD Athlon II X3 460 Intel Pentium G3470 Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3440 Intel Pentium G3430 Intel Pentium G3420 Intel Pentium G3260 ($106.67 On Walmart) Intel Pentium G3258 ($67.00 On eBay) Intel Pentium G3250 Intel Pentium G3220 Intel Pentium G2130 Intel Pentium G2120 Intel Pentium G2020 Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G870 Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G850 Intel Pentium G840 Intel Pentium G645 Intel Pentium G640 Intel 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