AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 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 8500G (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 68)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 74)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

57/100
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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 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 68.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 74.0 Good 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 4 —
E-Threads 8 —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 35x 43x
P-Cores 2 16
P-Threads 4 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 52.9 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 73.2 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 1240 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.6 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 278.7 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 99.3 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.5 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 274.6 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon Graphics
Released January 8, 2024 March 26, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Size 256 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 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8500G official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 14 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, 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 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 270 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket AM5 AM5
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 200 W
Transistors 20.9 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 248.1 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 84M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 38.9 GOps/sec —
Integer math 62.6 GOps/sec —
Physics 1256 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 29.4M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.1 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 170.5 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 329 PPW 363.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-07-23(Dave) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 4 2
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Radeon Graphics
ROPs 8 4
Shading Units 256 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 16 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

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