AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i3 1005G1

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i3 1005G1 (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 54)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 39)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 12x
P-Cores 16 2
P-Threads 32 4
Total Cores 16 2
Total Threads 32 4
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 13 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 14.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 173.3 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 56.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 82.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 31.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 3.52 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 118.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Ice Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics G1
Model number 9950X3D2 i3-1005G1
Released March 26, 2026 August 1, 2019
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-3733

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i3 1005G1 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 —
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
Technologies — - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1526
TDP (PL1) 200 W 15 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 1.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 177.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 320.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Execution Units 2 32
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 900 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics G1
ROPs 4 8
Shading Units 128 256
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 16

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i3 1005G1
Data compression — 52.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 2.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 3.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 15M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 8.9 GOps/sec
Integer math — 14.6 GOps/sec
Physics — 333 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 6.4M Strings/sec

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