AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i7 14700HX

[ 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 14700HX (64/100), 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 14700HX
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 60.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.1 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) 33MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 21x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 20
Total Threads 32 28
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz
E-Cores 12
E-Threads 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 4593
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 633

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 51 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 156.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 358.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 430.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 120 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 32.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 272.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics (32EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 i7-14700HX
Released March 26, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i7 14700HX official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX, TVB- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 157 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1964
TDP (PL1) 200 W 45-55 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 5.32 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 23.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 289.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 663.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Execution Units 2 32
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1600 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
ROPs 4 8
Shading Units 128 256
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 16

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Data compression 437.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 26.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 165M Primes/sec
Floating point math 93.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 131.2 GOps/sec
Physics 2244 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 48.5M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 14700HX
Date Benchmark
📘 2024-12-25(nemonivich) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-05-23(JJ) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-12(Mars) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-21(Shakeel) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-03-24(Greenbazooka) Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-10(lnwponlawat) GeekBench
📘 2026-08-01(mugen13) GeekBench

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