AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (33/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3100
AMD

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

33/100
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[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 53.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 42.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 36x 43x
P-Cores 4 16
P-Threads 8 32
Total Cores 4 16
Total Threads 8 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 28.1 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 34.6 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 541.1 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 113.2 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 147.6 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 45.7 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.03 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 126.4 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 2 (Matisse) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i3 9100F —
Released April 21, 2020 March 26, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 3 4100 —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 89.6 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 3 3100 official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket AM4 AM5
TDP (PL1) 65 W 200 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 141.9 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 9 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 9.4B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 50M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 18.3 GOps/sec —
Integer math 31 GOps/sec —
Physics 705 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 15.2M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 1.3 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 4.7 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 79.2 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 177.1 PPW 363.9 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units — 2
GPU Base Clock — 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock — 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Radeon Graphics
ROPs — 4
Shading Units — 128
TGP — 15 W
TMUs — 8

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