AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i7 1165G7

[ 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 1165G7 (39/100), 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 i7 1165G7
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 12-28x
P-Cores 16 4
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 4
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 911
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 588

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Tiger Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Model number 9950X3D2 i7-1165G7
Released March 26, 2026 September 2, 2020
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4x-4267

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 16
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, CFET, EIST, HTT, Speed Shift- Virtualization: EPT, VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1449
TDP (PL1) 200 W 12-28 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.17 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 348.5 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Execution Units 2 96
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
ROPs 4 24
Shading Units 128 768
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 48

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 1165G7
Date Benchmark
📘 2025-09-29(MA) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-07(Yusuf Eren Ç) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-04-12(Andy) GeekBench
📘 2026-05-21(Kroducer) Cinebench 2026

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