Best CPUs / Processors Under $200 for Gaming Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and AMD Ryzen 5 9600X both have support for value and CPU performance within this budget.

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#1
Ryzen 5 9600X

AMD

$178.95

Ryzen 5 9600X

65/100
455 opinions

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105 positive0 neutral11 negative
#2
Ryzen 5 7600X

AMD

$172.99

Ryzen 5 7600X

57.8/100
213 opinions

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63 positive0 neutral7 negative
#3
Ryzen 5 7500F

AMD

$189.99

Ryzen 5 7500F

65.7/100
190 opinions

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48 positive0 neutral6 negative
#4
Ryzen 5 5600

AMD

$153.00

Ryzen 5 5600

61.7/100
165 opinions

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40 positive0 neutral5 negative
#5
Ryzen 7 5700X

AMD

$180.15

Ryzen 7 5700X

56.7/100
68 opinions

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17 positive0 neutral3 negative
#6
Core i5-14400F

Intel

$161.08

Core i5-14400F

52.6/100
28 opinions

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6 positive0 neutral0 negative
#7
Core i3-12100F

Intel

$129.12

Core i3-12100F

53.8/100
14 opinions

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5 positive0 neutral0 negative
#8
Ryzen 5 5600G

AMD

$199.99

Ryzen 5 5600G

49.4/100
32 opinions

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8 positive0 neutral2 negative
#9
Core i5-12400F

Intel

$161.29

Core i5-12400F

53.1/100
29 opinions

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6 positive0 neutral1 negative
#10
Ryzen 5 5500

AMD

$88.95

Ryzen 5 5500

50/100
88 opinions

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17 positive0 neutral8 negative
#11
Ryzen 5 8400F

AMD

$121.44

Ryzen 5 8400F

51/100
19 opinions

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3 positive0 neutral0 negative
#12
Core i5-9400F

Intel

$194.03

Core i5-9400F

51/100
9 opinions

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5 positive0 neutral1 negative
#13
Ryzen 5 5600X

AMD

$158.98

Ryzen 5 5600X

51/100
50 opinions

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10 positive0 neutral6 negative
#14
Ryzen 5 8600G

AMD

$186.10

Ryzen 5 8600G

52/100
25 opinions

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6 positive0 neutral3 negative
#15
Ryzen 5 3600

AMD

$151.00

Ryzen 5 3600

51.2/100
39 opinions

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6 positive0 neutral6 negative
#16
Ryzen 5 8500G

AMD

$165.58

Ryzen 5 8500G

51.9/100
9 opinions

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1 positive0 neutral2 negative
#17
Core i3-14100F

Intel

$104.97

Core i3-14100F

49.9/100
8 opinions

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1 positive0 neutral3 negative
#18
Ryzen 5 4500

AMD

$100.00

Ryzen 5 4500

56.9/100
110 opinions

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1 positive0 neutral5 negative
#19
Core i5-12400

Intel

$185.26

Core i5-12400

53.8/100
14 opinions

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12 positive1 neutral1 negative
#20
Core Ultra 5 225F

Intel

$143.00

Core Ultra 5 225F

51.5/100
9 opinions

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8 positive0 neutral1 negative
#21
Core i5-11600K

Intel

$199.00

Core i5-11600K

51/100
5 opinions

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3 positive0 neutral2 negative
#22
Core i7-8700K

Intel

$165.46

Core i7-8700K

50.4/100
5 opinions

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4 positive0 neutral1 negative
#23
Core i5-10600K

Intel

$189.00

Core i5-10600K

49.2/100
2 opinions

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0 positive0 neutral2 negative