CPU benchmark 2025 - compare the best gaming processors

Full list of processors and gaming CPUs, benchmarked and tested against thousands of PC games to find the best FPS results.

We’ve benchmarked hundreds of the best processors for 2025, pitting them against every PC game in the catalog to find which CPU will deliver the best FPS rates. Want to see how the best CPUs fare in your PC? Use our FPS calculator tool to see how many FPS you can achieve.

CPU Highest FPS
Intel Core i5-3450 162 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-2100 161 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-1035G7 160 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i9-9980HK 160 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-5500U 159 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-7300U 158 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-2640M 157 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Celeron J4025 157 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4930MX 156 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-3740QM 156 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-2540M 150 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-3217U 150 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-2310 149 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i9-10980HK 149 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-8400H 147 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-7820HK 147 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-3240 147 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4771 145 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-2700K 145 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-10300 145 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-1068NG7 145 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-10710U 145 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i9-7900X 144 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-4170T 144 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4900MQ 144 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4610M 144 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i9-7920X 143 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4820K 142 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-3720QM 142 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i9-10980XE 141 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-6820HK 140 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i9-7940X 140 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-3340M 139 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-8665U 138 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Xeon E-2174G 137 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-2520M 136 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4500U 135 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-8600T 135 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 135 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Celeron N4120 134 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-7100T 133 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-3330 133 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-3570S 133 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i3-3130M 132 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4930K 131 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-3610QM 130 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-10700T 130 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-4700MQ 128 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i5-4570S 128 fps View benchmarks Check prices
Intel Core i7-3632QM 124 fps View benchmarks Check prices

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