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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D

92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
VS
81 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X against the 4.2 GHz Ryzen 9 7950X3D. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
53.8
(Average)
Value Index
27.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X3D and 9950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • More than 6Β° C higher critical temperature
  • Around 6.4 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3418 vs 3003 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 9950X
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 724 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7630 -
Cinebench Scores (9th and 26th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +14%
21758
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
19043
File compression 1710 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 226 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 391.9 pages/sec 353.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 586.8 Mpixels/sec 482.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 351.6 pages/sec 303.7 pages/sec
Background blur 84.3 images/sec 68.3 images/sec
Photo processing 144.4 images/sec 117.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 55.7 Mpixels/sec 54.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 & 562 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 9950X +5%
65714
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
62301
Integer math 241.5 GOps/sec 213.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 158.5 GOps/sec 130.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 343M Primes/sec 492M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 93.7M Strings/sec 93.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 44.2 GBytes/sec 47 GBytes/sec
Data compression 891.3 MBytes/sec 783.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 3254 Frames/sec 5047 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 71.2B Matrices/sec 58.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6583 & 6573 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 9950X +11%
598.37
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
539.45

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.6 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 386.6 PPW 519.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 4.5 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa)Cinebench 2024136 / 2307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Malanore)Cinebench 2026724 / 7630
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 -> TukiGeekBench3607 / 23374
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris)Cinebench 2024136 / 2114
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows)Cinebench 2024136 / 2162
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-03 (TheDude)Cinebench 2024109 / 1803
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey)GeekBench2723 / 17081
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-28 (JenXay)Cinebench 2024117 / 2062
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman)Cinebench 2024113 / 1958
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps)Cinebench 2024111 / 2735
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 7950X3D

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 9950X 7950X3D
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 14900K - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (3rd and 12th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 16
P-Threads 32 32
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.7 GHz 5.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 128MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 170 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 230 W 162 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (6th and 23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X official page AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Ryzen 9 9950X?
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MrTuK June 13, 2024 at 08:22 PM
I currently own 2 7950X Linux PC's and am looking to upgrade, my issue is that if the 9950X3D has 3D Cache on both CCX/CCD's then that would be my primary choice. My quandary is if they don't release that then does I have the will power to wait for the 9950X3D version of the 7950X3D and then there is the deciding factor - All important price !
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