AMD Ryzen 5 7400F 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 7400F (58/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 71)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 72)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 71.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 72.0 Good 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 43x
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 57.2 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 90 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 1200 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.5 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 298.1 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 100.6 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.9 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 265.7 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 14400F —
Released January 15, 2025 March 26, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 89.6 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7400F official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket AM5 AM5
TDP (PL1) 65 W 200 W
Transistors 6.5 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 290.1 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 16.7 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 21.8B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 45.8 GOps/sec —
Integer math 74.7 GOps/sec —
Physics 1659 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 35.1M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 2.62 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.8 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.1 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 394.4 PPW 363.9 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7400F 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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