AMD Ryzen 5 1600 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 5 1600 (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

29/100
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[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 42.0 Poor 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 34.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 32x 43x
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 21.9 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 40.5 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 473.5 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 121.5 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 154.2 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 48.6 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.57 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 99.8 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 8500 —
Released April 11, 2017 March 26, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 7600 —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Codename — Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 39.74 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —
Official Site — AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 14 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket AM4 AM5
TDP (PL1) 65 W 200 W
Transistors 4.8 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 171.9 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 11.7 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 6.7B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 21.4 GOps/sec —
Integer math 41.4 GOps/sec —
Physics 640 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 1.55 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 76.4 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 188.5 PPW 363.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-10-14(El_kocko) Cinebench 2024 —

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units — 2
GPU Base Clock — 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock — 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Radeon Graphics
ROPs — 4
Shading Units — 128
TGP — 15 W
TMUs — 8

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