What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D or AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition? Which processor is faster?
Compare the available specifications of these models.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2024-11-07.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition has a base frequency of 4.3 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 200 W. Released in 2026-04-22.
Reasons to consider Higher clock speed
Around 9% better clock speed
Lower stated TDP / base power
Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.
Reasons to consider More number of cores
8 more cores
Higher turbo clock speed
Around 8 % higher specified turbo frequency
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.
Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.
Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.
Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.
Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.
Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, virtual machine technologies and process technology.
These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.
Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.
| Model | Test | Result | Reported conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Cinebench R15 / multi-core | 3647 points | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Cinebench R15 / single-core | 328 points | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Cinebench R20 / multi-core | 9057 points | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Cinebench R20 / single-core | 818 points | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Cinebench R23 / multi-core | 23230 points | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Cinebench R23 / single-core | 2080 points |
Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.
| Model | Result | Reported conditions |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 11708.093805 H/s | RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows System RAM: 32 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B850M GAMING X WIFI6E Duration: 85.411 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete. |