Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2
12 CPUs measured · up to 30 GPUs per resolution
Stays GPU-bound even with a flagship card — most pairings read Balanced or GPU limit, and the data says why.
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A game joins this list only when published review benchmarks cover both sides — a CPU ceiling with a flagship GPU and a GPU ladder at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling. Verdicts are computed per game, per resolution, from those measurements alone.
Baldur's Gate 3
30 CPUs measured · up to 54 GPUs per resolution
Act III is the CPU killer; ceilings come from the heaviest area of the game.
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Counter-Strike 2
12 CPUs measured · up to 29 GPUs per resolution
The CPU game: the widest ceiling spread on the site. Ladder combines two TechPowerUp suites, 29 GPUs.
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Cyberpunk 2077
23 CPUs measured · up to 34 GPUs per resolution
Ultra raster, no ray tracing, no upscaling. Ceilings measured across three years of CPU reviews.
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Elden Ring
26 CPUs measured · up to 10 GPUs per resolution
Reviewers remove the game's built-in frame-rate cap to measure hardware headroom; the shipped game is capped, and its page says so.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
12 CPUs measured · up to 35 GPUs per resolution
Ultra preset with upscaling disabled; a full 35-GPU ladder from TechPowerUp's benchmark.
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2
12 CPUs measured · up to 35 GPUs per resolution
Max preset, no ray tracing, upscaling off; 35 GPUs measured on the PC release.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
12 CPUs measured · up to 35 GPUs per resolution
Epic preset at native resolution — TechPowerUp set render scale to 100% by hand; many suites did not.
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Starfield
39 CPUs measured · up to 59 GPUs per resolution
The widest dataset on the site: two benchmark eras, launch and patched, shown as honest ranges.
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