AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core i9 13980HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, vs Intel Core i9 13980HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel Core i9 13980HX
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
Intel Core i9 13980HX
2193
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
42377
Intel Core i9 13980HX
31174
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
142
Intel Core i9 13980HX
129
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
2449
Intel Core i9 13980HX
2014
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
4733
Intel Core i9 13980HX
4269
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
70496
Intel Core i9 13980HX
46756
Integer Math243.8 GOps/s167.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math160 GOps/s119.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search615 M primes/s192 M primes/s
Random String Sort96.3 M strings/s66.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption44.7 GB/s35.7 GB/s
Data Compression911.2 MB/s593.1 MB/s
Physics5732 frames/s2594 frames/s
Extended Instructions732 M matrices/s342 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
3475
Intel Core i9 13980HX
2760
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
22548
Intel Core i9 13980HX
17336
File Compression1800 MB/s1400 MB/s
Clang Compilation241.4 KLines/s161.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser392.8 pages/s432.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering624.1 MP/sec469.4 MP/sec
Text Processing357.5 pages/s277 pages/s
Background Blur81.9 frames/s53.3 frames/s
Photo Processing143.5 frames/s136.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing55.9 MP/sec36.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
612.34
Intel Core i9 13980HX
382.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 132.6 PPW 315.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 414.7 PPW 850.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.4 PPW 36.6 PPW
Blender / W 3.6 PPW 6.96 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 3, 2023
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake
Model number 9950X3D i9-13980HX
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics (32EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Frequency 4.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.7 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a16
Threadsn/a16
Frequencyn/a1.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4 GHz
General
Cores count1624
Threads count3232
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x22x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total36 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 16.6 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 170 W 45-55 W
Max TDP (Boost) 230 W 157 W
Socket AM5 BGA-1964
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 82.3 GB 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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

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