AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (59/100), 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 Ultra 7 165H
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

59/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 67.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 68.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.4 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 14x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 12
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 22
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 0.9 GHz
E-Cores — 10
E-Threads — 10
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.8 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 51.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 105.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 1250 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 301.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 375 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 108.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 20.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 256.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Meteor Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Model number 9950X3D2 165H
Released March 26, 2026 December 14, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5-7467- LPDDR5x-7467- DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 165H official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost NPU 3, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA, VNNI- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Fabrication Process 4 nm 7 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 115 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 110°C
Socket AM5 FCBGA-2049
TDP (PL1) 200 W 28 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 7.57 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 33.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 463.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 923.4 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Execution Units 2 128
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
ROPs 4 32
Shading Units 128 1024
TGP 15 W 28 W
TMUs 8 64

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Data compression — 291 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 17.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 17.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 120M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 65.5 GOps/sec
Integer math — 89 GOps/sec
Physics — 1816 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 33.4M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-04-21(laduran) — GeekBench

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