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Does the Core i9-13900K bottleneck the RX 7800 XT?

Yes — the GPU is clearly holding this build back

At 1440p with 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, this pairing scores 48/100. The GPU is the limiting side (CPU 90 vs GPU 43).

48/100
Build score for
Core i9-13900K + RX 7800 XT

The pairing

CPUCore i9-13900K — score 90
GPURX 7800 XT — score 43
BottleneckGPU (limiting)
SocketLGA 1700

Best-value upgrade

Best value
RX 9070 XT
+35% performance · from 758 € · build score 48 → 65

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