AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i9 13980HX

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i9 13980HX (71/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core i9 13980HX
Intel

Intel Core i9 13980HX

71/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 79.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 22x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 32 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 1.6 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 53.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 161.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1400 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 432.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 469.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 136.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 36.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 277 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics (32EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 i9-13980HX
Released March 26, 2026 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i9 13980HX official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX, TVB- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 157 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1964
TDP (PL1) 200 W 45-55 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 6.96 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 36.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 315.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 824.3 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Execution Units 2 32
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1650 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
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 i9 13980HX
Data compression — 572.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 34.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 33B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 186M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 116.3 GOps/sec
Integer math — 163.4 GOps/sec
Physics — 2510 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 64.7M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 13980HX
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-06-27(PPLord) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-03-18(Rennsport) — GeekBench
📘 2025-12-14(Judicatio) — Cinebench 2024

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