AMD Ryzen 5 9500F 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 9500F (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 9500F

67/100
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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 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 76.0 Good 76.0 Good
Performance 84.0 Very Good 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 38x 43x
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 73.1 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 93.4 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 1320 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 280.1 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 367.1 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 119.7 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 330.6 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Model number 9500F 9950X3D2
Released September 16, 2025 March 26, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 9500F official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 270 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket AM5 AM5
TDP (PL1) 65 W 200 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 320.5 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 15.5 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 26.1B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 221M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 56.2 GOps/sec —
Integer math 83.8 GOps/sec —
Physics 1850 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 3.34 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.4 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 215.4 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431.7 PPW 363.9 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F 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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