It's like Tinder for CPU & GPUs!
Check their compatiblity before you buy!
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What the output means!​
After entering the numbers, click "check match" and it will give you a percentage. That percentage given is predicting how efficient that gpu will be with your paired CPU. Too high of a percentage and your CPU will be the bottleneck of your setup and performance will suffer. Too low and your GPU will be too the bottleneck of your setup and your performance will equally suffer.
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Please use this benchmark as a tool to help you decide how much CPU and GPU you can afford to upgrade, or if your future upgrade will even work efficiently. Below is a list of percentages you might receive and what those numbers mean. (At the bottom of the page is a chart proving this problem of an unbalanced cpu and gpu pair!)
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Under 50% - Overpowered GPU, CPU needs to be upgraded
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Near 50-90% - Balanced Pair; Perfect for gaming & 3D Rendering Applications, best for single application tasks
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Near 90-130% - Strong CPU; Perfect for streaming, recording, higher gameplay resolutions, vr, best for mutilpul tasks
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Over 140% - Overpowered CPU; time to upgrade GPUs
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How to find the L1 Cache Sizes
Finding L1 Cache Sizes for Graphics Cards
The fastest way, especially for graphics cards you don't physically have it to run over to techpowerup's gpu database. Enter in the graphics card of your choice, then under their "Render Config" Section, look for "L1 Cache" and simply enter the numeric value (not putting kb or anything else) into our calculator. Then on past over techpowerup's listed core clock speed into our "Core Clock Speed" input, and finally click "Run".
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Finding L1 Cache Sizes for CPUs
As for CPUs, open a new tab and go to techpowerup's cpu database. Look under their "Cache" section, then copy "Cache L1" numbers (no other letters), and paste that into the "L1 Cache Size" input on the CPU side of our calculator. Then do the same for the "Core Clock Speed". Simply take the "Frequency" number listed under the "Performance" tab on techpowerup's page information, then paste that value into "Core Clock Speed" input on the CPU side of our calculator, but please enter this number differently.
Don't make this mistake with incorrect values!
If the core clock speed is 3.4 Ghz, or something along that fashion, you need to enter 3400. This will not work with 3,400, or 3.4, or anthing other than the full listed out value as instructed.
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The same goes for the L1 Cache input. Please do not put "kb" in the input section, please only list out the data as seen, such as 64, or 512, etc. Please do not put it's techinical value such as 65,536.​​​​​
Why GPU & CPU Pairs Matter!
In this video, I break down my studies found after benchmarking 4 generations of NVIDIA grahpics cards exposing a major problem many buyers face when upgrading their gpus without understanding the concept of pairing the right cpus. This tool I created is an answer to that problem, enabling everyone to avoid bottlenecking their systems before buying.
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Make Your Next Upgrade With Us!
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