AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs AMD Ryzen Z1

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen Z1 (52/100), 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 Z1
AMD

AMD Ryzen Z1

52/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 73.0 Good
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 32x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 12
Total Cores 16 6
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 59.6 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1008.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 184.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 208.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 74.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 249.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Radeon 740M
Model number 9950X3D2 —
Released March 26, 2026 April 25, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Amd

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5x-7500

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page AMD Ryzen Z1 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 FP7
TDP (PL1) 200 W 9-30 W (configurable)
Transistors — 25 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 17.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 295.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 608.6 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 AMD Ryzen Z1
Execution Units 2 4
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2500 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Radeon 740M
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 Z1
Data compression — 206.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 12.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 15.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 65M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 35.4 GOps/sec
Integer math — 58 GOps/sec
Physics — 925 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 24.5M Strings/sec

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