2025 Best Cheap Enthusiast Desktop CPUs For Streaming

Ryzen 9 3900X

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
2019 12C/24T 3.8-4.6GHz $ 420

Productivity 61%

Core i9-11900K

Intel Core i9-11900K
2021 8C/16T 3.5-5.3GHz $ 488

Productivity 56%

Core i9-10900K

Intel Core i9-10900K
2020 10C/20T 3.7-5.3GHz $ 488

Productivity 58%

Ryzen 9 5900X

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
2020 12C/24T 3.8-4.8GHz $ 499

Productivity 64%

Ryzen 9 3900XT

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
2020 12C/24T 3.8-4.7GHz $ 499

Productivity 61%

Core i9-9900K

Intel Core i9-9900K
2018 8C/16T 3.6-5GHz $ 530

Productivity 53%

Core i9-14900K

Intel Core i9-14900K
2023 24C/32T 3.2-6GHz $ 589

Productivity 85%

Core i9-13900K

Intel Core i9-13900K
2022 24C/32T 3-5.8GHz $ 589

Productivity 84%

Core i9-12900K

Intel Core i9-12900K
2021 16C/24T 3.2-5.2GHz $ 589.99

Productivity 71%

Ryzen 9 7950X

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
2022 16C/32T 4.5-5.7GHz $ 699

Productivity 84%

Ryzen 9 5950X

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2020 16C/32T 3.7-4.9GHz $ 710

Productivity 71%

Ryzen 9 3950X

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
2019 16C/32T 3.5-4.7GHz $ 710

Productivity 66%

Core i9-9900KS

Intel Core i9-9900KS
2019 8C/16T 4-5GHz $ 1499

Productivity 54%