AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core 3 N355

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core 3 N355 (33/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 60)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 40)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core 3 N355
Intel

Intel Core 3 N355

33/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 60.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz —
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 39x
P-Cores 16 —
P-Threads 32 —
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 0.1 GHz
E-Cores — 8
E-Threads — 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.9 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 24.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 36.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 461.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 120.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 154.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 41.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 7.33 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 157.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) —
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics (32EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 3-N355
Released March 26, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 1
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-4800

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core 3 N355 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 9
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-VNNI, CLMUL, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, SGX, TXT

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 15 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 105°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1264
TDP (PL1) 200 W 9 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 37.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 571.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 1132 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Execution Units 2 32
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1350 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
ROPs 4 8
Shading Units 128 256
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 16

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 N355
Data compression — 118.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 8.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 6B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 27M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 22.7 GOps/sec
Integer math — 33.9 GOps/sec
Physics — 621 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 14.7M Strings/sec

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