AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i7 8665U

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i7 8665U (27/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 47)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 37)
[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core i7 8665U
Intel

Intel Core i7 8665U

27/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.9 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 19x
P-Cores 16 4
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 4
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.8 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 17.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 18.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 337.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 84.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 104.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 36.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 4.18 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 108.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Whiskey Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 620
Model number 9950X3D2 i7-8665U
Released March 26, 2026 April 16, 2019
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 37.5 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-2400- LPDDR3-2133

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i7 8665U official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 16
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Fabrication Process 4 nm 14 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1528
TDP (PL1) 200 W 15 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.56 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 10.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 228.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 411.5 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Execution Units 2 24
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1150 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620
ROPs 4 3
Shading Units 128 192
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 24

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Data compression — 76.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 2.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 22M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 13.5 GOps/sec
Integer math — 22.9 GOps/sec
Physics — 461 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 10.4M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 8665U
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-03-09(kokyica1) — Cinebench 2024

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