AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 3 5300U (34/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 65.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 42.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 26x 43x
P-Cores 4 16
P-Threads 8 32
Total Cores 4 16
Total Threads 8 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 26.3 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 30 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 363 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.4 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 138.7 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 41.6 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 125.9 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 6 Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 1135G7
Released January 12, 2021 March 26, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-4266 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 3 5300U official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 12 28
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 105°C 95°C
Socket FP6 AM5
TDP (PL1) 10-25 W (configurable) 200 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 125.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 7.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 8.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 18M Primes/sec
Floating point math 17.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 28.8 GOps/sec
Physics 409 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 13.4M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 2.38 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 178.2 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 369 PPW 363.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 6 2
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 6 Radeon Graphics
ROPs 8 4
Shading Units 384 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 24 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558

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