RealBottleneckCalculator

Ryzen 5 3600

Modelled frame rate limit of 98 FPS. That is roughly the fastest this processor can feed a graphics card in a modern AAA title, no matter which card you fit.

Best match at each resolution

ResolutionClosest matched cardEstimated FPS
1080p GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 97
1440p Radeon RX 6800 XT 98
4K GeForce RTX 5080 98

"Closest matched" means the two parts run out of headroom at about the same frame rate, so neither is obviously wasted. A faster card is still worth buying if you plan to raise the resolution later.

The cards it lands closest to

The 24 graphics cards whose frame rate limit sits nearest this processor's, fastest first. Anything faster than the top of this table is wasted on it at 1080p, and anything slower is a card it will never trouble. For any other combination, use the calculator.

Graphics card 1080p1440p4K
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 98 cpu 98 cpu 70 gpu
GeForce RTX 3090 98 cpu 98 cpu 70 gpu
Radeon RX 9070 98 cpu 98 cpu 70 gpu
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 98 cpu 98 cpu 68 gpu
Radeon RX 6950 XT 98 cpu 98 cpu 67 gpu
GeForce RTX 5070 98 cpu 98 cpu 65 gpu
GeForce RTX 4070 Super 98 cpu 98 cpu 64 gpu
GeForce RTX 3080 12GB 98 cpu 98 cpu 65 gpu
Radeon RX 7900 GRE 98 cpu 98 cpu 65 gpu
GeForce RTX 3080 98 cpu 98 even 62 gpu
Radeon RX 6900 XT 98 cpu 98 even 62 gpu
Radeon RX 7800 XT 98 cpu 98 even 60 gpu
Radeon RX 6800 XT 98 cpu 98 even 59 gpu
Radeon RX 9070 GRE 98 cpu 96 even 58 gpu
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 98 cpu 91 gpu 54 gpu
GeForce RTX 4070 98 cpu 91 gpu 54 gpu
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB 98 cpu 90 gpu 53 gpu
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB 98 cpu 88 gpu 52 gpu
Radeon RX 7700 XT 98 cpu 88 gpu 52 gpu
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 98 cpu 86 gpu 51 gpu
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB 98 cpu 86 gpu 51 gpu
Radeon RX 6800 98 cpu 86 gpu 51 gpu
GeForce RTX 3070 98 cpu 82 gpu 48 gpu
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 98 cpu 80 gpu 46 gpu

The tag after each number says which part hits its limit first.

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Specifications

ManufacturerAMD
Cores6
Threads12
Released2019