AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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 9 7900X
2016
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
42377
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
29300
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
142
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
118
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
2449
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
1559
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
4733
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
4243
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
70496
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
51477
Integer Math243.8 GOps/s169.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math160 GOps/s104.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search615 M primes/s387 M primes/s
Random String Sort96.3 M strings/s74.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption44.7 GB/s37.3 GB/s
Data Compression911.2 MB/s633.8 MB/s
Physics5732 frames/s3064 frames/s
Extended Instructions732 M matrices/s477 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
3475
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
2873
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
22548
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
18246
File Compression1800 MB/s1810 MB/s
Clang Compilation241.4 KLines/s175.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser392.8 pages/s360.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering624.1 MP/sec535.6 MP/sec
Text Processing357.5 pages/s299.8 pages/s
Background Blur81.9 frames/s52.2 frames/s
Photo Processing143.5 frames/s121.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing55.9 MP/sec39.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
612.34
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
420.06

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 132.6 PPW 107.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 414.7 PPW 302.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.4 PPW 9.2 PPW
Blender / W 3.6 PPW 2.47 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 29, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 9950X3D n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 12
Threads 32 24
Frequency 4.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.7 GHz 5.6 GHz
General
Cores count1612
Threads count3224
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x47x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 16.6 billion 13.14 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 170 W 170 W
Max TDP (Boost) 230 W 230 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Critical temp. 95 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR5-5200
Max Size 192 GB 128 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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