AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS 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 7235HS (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

41/100
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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 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 67.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 51.0 Below Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 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 8MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 32x 43x
P-Cores 4 16
P-Threads 8 32
Total Cores 4 16
Total Threads 8 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 34.2 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 36.5 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 587.8 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 128.9 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.4 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.1 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 179.7 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Released January 5, 2023 March 26, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 6 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket FP7 AM5
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 200 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 153 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 9.1 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 10.9B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 30M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 23.2 GOps/sec —
Integer math 40.3 GOps/sec —
Physics 571 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 15.5M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 1.3 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.5 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 114.7 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 227.2 PPW 363.9 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS 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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