AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core 5 220U

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core 5 220U (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 69.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.4 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 14x
P-Cores 16 2
P-Threads 32 4
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz
E-Cores 8
E-Threads 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Background blur 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 220U
Released March 26, 2026 January 6, 2025
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core 5 220U official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 55 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 200 W 12-15 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 28.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 515.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 951.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Execution Units 2 80
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
ROPs 4 20
Shading Units 128 640
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 40

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 5 220U
Data compression 156.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 9.9 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 50M Primes/sec
Floating point math 33.7 GOps/sec
Integer math 48.3 GOps/sec
Physics 904 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 18M Strings/sec

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