AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI 5 430

53/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Efficiency 76.0 Good 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 70.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.0 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 192MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 20x
P-Cores 16 1
P-Threads 32 2
Total Cores 16 4
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 2.0 GHz
E-Cores — 3
E-Threads — 6
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 39.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 43.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 729.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 161.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 205.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 80.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 9.85 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 274.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon 840M
Model number 9950X3D2 430
Released March 26, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Amd

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
ECC Support Yes No
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- LPDDR5X-8000

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 14
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 FP8
TDP (PL1) 200 W 15-28 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.67 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 17.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 268.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 472.5 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Execution Units 2 4
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2800 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Radeon 840M
ROPs 4 8
Shading Units 128 256
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 16

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
Data compression — 156.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 7.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 11.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 44M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 27.2 GOps/sec
Integer math — 39.7 GOps/sec
Physics — 716 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 16.5M Strings/sec

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