AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i9 14900F

[ 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 14900F (78/100), 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 i9 14900F
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 88.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.0 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 20x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 32 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.8 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz
E-Cores 16
E-Threads 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 61.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 220.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1670 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 436 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 545.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 134.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 307.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No
Model number 9950X3D2 i9-14900F
Released March 26, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
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 14900F
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i9 14900F official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, 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 14900F
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 219 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 200 W 65 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 5.53 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 305.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 715.2 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Execution Units 2
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics
ROPs 4
Shading Units 128
TGP 15 W
TMUs 8

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Data compression 563.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 34.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 31.1B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 209M Primes/sec
Floating point math 119.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 176.9 GOps/sec
Physics 2897 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 63.7M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900F
Date Benchmark
📘 2025-09-15(katdeskinne) Cinebench 2024

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