AMD Ryzen 7 7736U 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 7 7736U (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 7736U
AMD

AMD Ryzen 7 7736U

51/100
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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 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 70.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 56.0 Below Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 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 16MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 27x 43x
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 16 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 62.3 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 832.2 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 180.2 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 246.8 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 75.6 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.8 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 194.7 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M 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 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 89.6 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7736U 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, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 6 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket FP7 AM5
TDP (PL1) 15-28 W (configurable) 200 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 273 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 19.1B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 57M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 44.5 GOps/sec —
Integer math 78 GOps/sec —
Physics 1014 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 28.1M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.7 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 301.4 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 774.9 PPW 363.9 PPW
Blender / Watt — 3.74 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 12 2
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 680M Radeon Graphics
ROPs 32 4
Shading Units 768 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 48 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

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