AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i5 13500H

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i5 13500H (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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Intel Core i5 13500H
Intel

Intel Core i5 13500H

53/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 26x
P-Cores 16 4
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 32 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 1.9 GHz
E-Cores — 8
E-Threads — 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.5 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 3478
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 570

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 47.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 277.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 349.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 101.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 15.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 245.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 i5-13500H
Released March 26, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 235H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
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 i5 13500H
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i5 13500H official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 95 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 200 W 35-45 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.79 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 250 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 464.6 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Execution Units 2 80
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1450 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 i5 13500H
Data compression — 248.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 14.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 14.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 73M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 51.1 GOps/sec
Integer math — 71.4 GOps/sec
Physics — 1257 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 27.5M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 13500H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2023-11-26(SAIMON) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-08(jhu) — Cinebench 2026

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