AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i9 9980HK

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i9 9980HK (36/100), 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 i9 9980HK
Intel

Intel Core i9 9980HK

36/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.4 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 24x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 4296
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 646

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 31.6 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 58.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 513.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 158.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 234.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 56.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 139.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Coffee Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 630
Model number 9950X3D2 i9-9980HK
Released March 26, 2026 April 23, 2019
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
Successor — -Intel Core i9 13900HK

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 41.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-2666- LPDDR3-2133

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i9 9980HK official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 16
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Fabrication Process 4 nm 14 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1440
TDP (PL1) 200 W 45 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.89 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 10.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 154.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 309.6 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Execution Units 2 24
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
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 i9 9980HK
Data compression — 204.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 5.3 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 11.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 40M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 30.8 GOps/sec
Integer math — 52.4 GOps/sec
Physics — 823 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 26.3M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 9980HK
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-05-20(Nico) — Cinebench 2026

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