AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
2242
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
2073
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
42377
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
23334
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
142
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
132
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
2449
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
1322
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
4733
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
4434
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
70496
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
40068
Integer Math243.8 GOps/s116.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math160 GOps/s79.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search615 M primes/s426 M primes/s
Random String Sort96.3 M strings/s48.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption44.7 GB/s22.2 GB/s
Data Compression911.2 MB/s468.5 MB/s
Physics5732 frames/s4093 frames/s
Extended Instructions732 M matrices/s388 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
3475
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
3315
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
22548
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
18350
File Compression1800 MB/s1730 MB/s
Clang Compilation241.4 KLines/s140.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser392.8 pages/s356.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering624.1 MP/sec509 MP/sec
Text Processing357.5 pages/s337 pages/s
Background Blur81.9 frames/s90.4 frames/s
Photo Processing143.5 frames/s135.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing55.9 MP/sec29.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
612.34
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
321.39

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 132.6 PPW 152.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 414.7 PPW 333.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.4 PPW 11 PPW
Blender / W 3.6 PPW 2.68 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 31, 2024
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 9950X3D n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Frequency 4.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.7 GHz 5.2 GHz
General
Cores count168
Threads count3216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x47x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total96 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 16.6 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 170 W 120 W
Max TDP (Boost) 230 W 162 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Critical temp. 95 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR5-5600
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 82.3 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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