CPU with the best price/performance ratio - leaderboard 2025

In our list of the best, we have compiled the most up-to-date processors with the best price-performance ratio. The performance in benchmarks is compared and evaluated with the respective price of the processor. When it comes to prices, we use the manufacturer's recommended retail price for the processor. This also allows us to include mobile processors that cannot otherwise be purchased individually in this list.

Find the best processor

It's not always easy to find the best processor for your needs. While many visitors only pay attention to the theoretical speed of a processor, others want to read detailed test reports that also deal with the processor's speed in practice. Therefore, we have collected a large number of benchmarks in order to meet as many requirements as possible.

We have not only listed our results for you in map form at the top of this page, but also in a clear table at the bottom of this page. So everyone can quickly find their way around and find the best processor for themselves.

How is the price-performance ratio determined in detail?

To determine a processor's value for money, we divide the Geekbench 5 multi-core value by the processor's recommended retail price. Using the recommended retail price has the advantage that we can also include mobile processors on this list of the best. Otherwise, the price of the CPU cannot be determined correctly for notebooks.

In this case, we selected Geekbench 5 as the benchmark because the benchmark can be run on a large number of devices (e.g. also on Apple notebooks with an ARM command set) and because the benchmark not only includes the pure computing power of the CPU but also the speed of the built-in RAM in the benchmark -Incorporates the result.

List of the best CPUs by value for money

In this list we have clearly presented and sorted the CPUs with the best price-performance ratio. We can only include processors for which we were able to determine a price from the manufacturer.

	Processor	Socket	TDP	Memory
	AMD Ryzen 7 8700G 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	AM5 (LGA 1718)	65 W	DDR5-5200
	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	AM5 (LGA 1718)	65 W	DDR5-5200
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	N/A	12.5 W	LPDDR5X-9600
	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-3200
	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	35 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-2933
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-3200
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	35 W	DDR4-3200
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	AM4 (PGA 1331)	65 W	DDR4-3200

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