AMD Ryzen 5 7430U 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 7430U (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

43/100
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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 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 70.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 53.0 Below Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 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 23x 43x
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 31 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 51.2 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 606.2 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 106.5 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 177.4 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 44.4 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.8 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 189.7 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 1335U —
Released January 5, 2023 March 26, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4x-4267 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 89.6 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7430U official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket FP6 AM5
TDP (PL1) 15 W 200 W
Transistors 10.7 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 179.8 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 11.4 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 11.8B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 47M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 30.2 GOps/sec —
Integer math 55.2 GOps/sec —
Physics 714 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 18.8M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 5.8 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.5 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 437.2 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1010.9 PPW 363.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 7 2
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon Graphics
ROPs 8 4
Shading Units 448 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 28 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7430U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

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