AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i7 11800H

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

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i7 11800H (44/100), 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 i7 11800H
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 1.9-2.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 19-23x
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 1974
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 392

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 765.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 189.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 281.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 186.6 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Tiger Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 i7-11800H
Released March 26, 2026 May 11, 2021
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 7 265H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i7 11800H official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 3.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1787
TDP (PL1) 200 W 35-45 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 3.44 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 199.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 435.4 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Execution Units 2 32
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1450 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
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 i7 11800H
Data compression 233.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 83M Primes/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec
Integer math 70.2 GOps/sec
Physics 919 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 28M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i7 11800H
Date Benchmark
📘 2025-11-26(Raythe) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-11-27->ThEFlsha Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-03-08(MidnightMixer) GeekBench
📘 2026-04-23(SMS) GeekBench
📘 2026-06-15(MSI) Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-25(peppew517) GeekBench
📘 2026-06-30(peppew517) Cinebench 2024

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