AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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 5 5500X3D (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

45/100
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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 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 69.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 54.0 Below Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 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 96MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 30x 43x
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 45.6 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 54.3 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 1070 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.9 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.6 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 75.9 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.9 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 182.7 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Model number 5500X3D 9950X3D2
Released June 5, 2025 March 26, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Memory: 3D V-Cache- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 270 W
Peak Temperature 90°C 95°C
Socket AM4 AM5
TDP (PL1) 105 W 200 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 230.1 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 170M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 34.5 GOps/sec —
Integer math 60 GOps/sec —
Physics 2280 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 1.39 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.7 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85.2 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 193.8 PPW 363.9 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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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