AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i9 14900KS

[ 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 14900KS (92/100), 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 14900KS
Intel

Intel Core i9 14900KS

92/100
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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 14900KS
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 58.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 94.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 3.2 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 32x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 32 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 6.2 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 2.4 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.5 GHz

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 92.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 228 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1870 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 623.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 636.5 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 199.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 51.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 333.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 770
Model number 9950X3D2 i9-14900KS
Released March 26, 2026 March 15, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
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 14900KS
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i9 14900KS 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 14900KS
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 253 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
TDP (PL1) 200 W 150 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 16.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 160.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 399.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
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 770
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 14900KS
Data compression — 802.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 47.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 45.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 244M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 153.9 GOps/sec
Integer math — 212.4 GOps/sec
Physics — 3383 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 89.7M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i9 14900KS
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-05-21(Kaksh) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-05-24(Martin) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-05-25(Martin) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-06-09(AJ) — Cinebench 2024

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