AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core 3 100U

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core 3 100U (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 64.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 68.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 12x
P-Cores 16 2
P-Threads 32 4
Total Cores 16 6
Total Threads 32 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz
E-Cores 4
E-Threads 4
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 44.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 599.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 137.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 190.2 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 57.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 8.91 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 230 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 100U
Released March 26, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 3 7440U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core 3 100U official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 55 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 200 W 12-15 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.85 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 25.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 425.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 831.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Execution Units 2 64
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1250 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
ROPs 4 16
Shading Units 128 512
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 32

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 3 100U
Data compression 136 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 8.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 51M Primes/sec
Floating point math 28.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 39.4 GOps/sec
Physics 870 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 15.1M Strings/sec

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