CPU.News — Consumer Hardware Rankings

CPU / GPU rankings and ladder chart with 1542 entries (Desktop, Laptop, iGPU). Switch between gaming, single-core, multi-core, efficiency and value; AMD, Intel and NVIDIA side by side. Data updated 2026-11-01.

Data updated 2026-11-01

Top 10 Desktop CPU overall

  1. Ryzen 9 9950X3D — AMD · 2025-03
  2. Ryzen 9 9900X3D — AMD · 2025-03
  3. Ryzen Threadripper 7980X — AMD · 2023-11
  4. Ryzen 7 9800X3D — AMD · 2024-11
  5. Core Ultra 9 285 — Intel · 2025-01
  6. Ryzen 9 7950X3D — AMD · 2023-02
  7. Core Ultra 9 285K — Intel · 2024-10
  8. Core Ultra 7 265 — Intel · 2025-01
  9. Ryzen 9 9950X — AMD · 2024-08
  10. Core i9-14900KS — Intel · 2024-03

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Top 10 Desktop GPU overall

  1. GeForce RTX 5090 — NVIDIA · 2025-01
  2. RTX 5090 D — NVIDIA · 2025-01
  3. GeForce RTX 4090 — NVIDIA · 2022-10
  4. GeForce RTX 5080 — NVIDIA · 2025-01
  5. RTX 4090 D — NVIDIA · 2023-12
  6. RTX 4080 SUPER — NVIDIA · 2024-01
  7. GeForce RTX 5070 Ti — NVIDIA · 2025-02
  8. RTX 4080 — NVIDIA · 2022-11
  9. RX 7900 XTX — AMD · 2022-12
  10. Radeon RX 9070 XT — AMD · 2025-03

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Top 10 Desktop kit Memory overall

  1. G.Skill Trident Z5 CK DDR5-8800 CL42 48GB (CUDIMM) — G.Skill · 2024-12
  2. G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8400 CL40 48GB — G.Skill · 2024-11
  3. TEAMGROUP T-Force Xtreem DDR5-8200 CL38 48GB — TEAMGROUP · 2024-06
  4. G.Skill Trident Z5 Royal DDR5-8000 CL38 48GB — G.Skill · 2024-06
  5. Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5-8000 CL38 48GB — Corsair · 2023-11
  6. Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-8000 CL38 32GB — Patriot · 2023-08
  7. G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-7800 CL36 32GB — G.Skill · 2023-09
  8. G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5-7200 CL34 32GB — G.Skill · 2023-06
  9. Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5-7200 CL34 32GB — Corsair · 2023-07
  10. TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-7200 CL34 32GB — TEAMGROUP · 2023-04

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Top 10 NVMe Storage overall

  1. WD Black SN8100 4TB — WD · 2025-05
  2. WD Black SN8100 2TB — WD · 2025-05
  3. Kingston FURY Renegade G5 2TB — Kingston · 2025-04
  4. Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB — Samsung · 2025-03
  5. Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB — Samsung · 2025-03
  6. TiPro9000 2TB — ZhiTai · 2025-08
  7. Crucial T705 2TB — Crucial · 2024-03
  8. TiPlus9100 2TB — ZhiTai · 2025-04
  9. Sabrent Rocket 5 2TB — Sabrent · 2024-01
  10. Corsair MP700 PRO 2TB — Corsair · 2023-11

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Top 10 ATX PSU overall

  1. Corsair AX1600i — Corsair · 2018-01
  2. EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2 — EVGA · 2015-01
  3. Seasonic Prime TX-1600 — Seasonic · 2023-06
  4. Corsair HX1500i (2023) — Corsair · 2023-02
  5. be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13 1300W — be quiet! · 2023-01
  6. Cooler Master V1300 Platinum — Cooler Master · 2018-06
  7. MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 — MSI · 2022-10
  8. Seasonic Prime PX-1300 — Seasonic · 2023-11
  9. XPG Cybercore II 1300W Platinum — XPG · 2023-06
  10. ASUS ROG Thor 1200P — ASUS · 2018-10

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Top 10 AM5 Motherboard overall

  1. ASRock X870E Taichi — ASRock · 2024-09
  2. MSI MEG X870E Godlike — MSI · 2024-11
  3. ASRock B650E Taichi — ASRock · 2022-10
  4. MSI MEG X870E Ace — MSI · 2024-09
  5. ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme — ASUS · 2025-02
  6. ASRock X870E Nova WiFi — ASRock · 2024-09
  7. Gigabyte X870E AORUS Master — Gigabyte · 2024-09
  8. Gigabyte X870E AORUS Xtreme AI TOP — Gigabyte · 2024-09
  9. ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero — ASUS · 2024-09
  10. ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi — ASUS · 2024-09

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Top 10 Air CPU Cooler overall

  1. Noctua NH-D15 G2 — Noctua · 2024-06
  2. Assassin IV — DeepCool · 2023-04
  3. Phantom Spirit 120 EVO — Thermalright · 2023-06
  4. be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 — be quiet! · 2023-11
  5. be quiet! Dark Rock Elite — be quiet! · 2023-11
  6. Royal Pretor 130 — Thermalright · 2024-05
  7. Frost Commander 140 — Thermalright · 2022-01
  8. Phantom Spirit 120 SE — Thermalright · 2023-03
  9. Cooler Master MasterAir MA824 Stealth — Cooler Master · 2023-08
  10. Peerless Assassin 120 SE — Thermalright · 2021-12

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Top 10 Full tower PC Case overall

  1. Corsair 9000D RGB Airflow — Corsair · 2023-05
  2. Corsair 7000D Airflow — Corsair · 2021-03
  3. Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL — Fractal Design · 2021-03
  4. Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO — Cooler Master · 2022-05
  5. Antec Flux Pro — Antec · 2024-04
  6. ASUS ROG Hyperion GR701 — ASUS · 2022-08
  7. Lian Li V3000 Plus — Lian Li · 2022-12
  8. Antec Performance 1 FT — Antec · 2023-03
  9. be quiet! Light Base 900 DX — be quiet! · 2024-09
  10. be quiet! Dark Base Pro 901 — be quiet! · 2019-10

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Top 10 1440p Monitor overall

  1. ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W — ASUS · 2025-11
  2. MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50 — MSI · 2025-09
  3. Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 G60SF — Samsung · 2025-05
  4. ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP — ASUS · 2024-10
  5. LG UltraGear 27GX790A — LG · 2025-03
  6. MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED — MSI · 2024-02
  7. Gigabyte AORUS FO27Q3 — Gigabyte · 2024-05
  8. MSI MAG 271QPX QD-OLED — MSI · 2024-03
  9. Alienware AW2725DF — Alienware · 2024-02
  10. Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 G60SD — Samsung · 2024-06

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