AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i5 8365U

[ 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 8365U (29/100), 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 8365U
Intel

Intel Core i5 8365U

29/100
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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 8365U
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 8365U
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.6 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 16x
P-Cores 16 4
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 4
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.1 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 8365U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 8365U
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 15.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 24.9 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 383.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 105.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 120.2 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 34.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 4.52 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 82.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 8365U
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Whiskey Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 620
Model number 9950X3D2 i5-8365U
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 i5 8365U
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 i5 8365U
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i5 8365U 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 i5 8365U
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 i5 8365U
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.76 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 14.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 236.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 396.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 8365U
Execution Units 2 24
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1100 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 i5 8365U
Data compression — 75.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 5.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 19M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 13 GOps/sec
Integer math — 21.9 GOps/sec
Physics — 420 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 10.2M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 8365U
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-10-07(houssam barbarossa) — Cinebench 2024

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