AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core 7 150U

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core 7 150U (48/100), 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 7 150U
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 64.0 Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.8 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 18x
P-Cores 16 2
P-Threads 32 4
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz
E-Cores 8
E-Threads 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 39.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 930 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 238.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 259.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 97 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 12.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 233.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 150U
Released March 26, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-6400- LPDDR5x-6400- LPDDR4x-4267

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core 7 150U official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 55 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 200 W 12-15 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 5.79 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 29.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 496.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 979.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Execution Units 2 96
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
ROPs 4 24
Shading Units 128 768
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 48

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Data compression 158.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 10 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 8.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 58M Primes/sec
Floating point math 34.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 51.1 GOps/sec
Physics 1011 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 18.3M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core 7 150U
Date Benchmark
📘 2024-05-23(Bristow Xavier) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-02-24(JP) Cinebench 2024

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