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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2026	Dec 2023
Manufacturer	Amd	Amd
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)	Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number	9950X3D2
Integrated Graphics	Radeon Graphics	Radeon 740M
Generation		Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	4 nm
Socket	AM5	FP7
Power Consumption	200 W	15-30 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	270 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		20.9 billions
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		137 mm²
Package		FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	16	2
Performance Core Threads	32	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.6 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	16	6
Total Thread Count	32	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	43	32x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	192 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.7 GHz
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5600	DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		256 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	400 MHz	800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2200 MHz	2800 MHz
Shader Units	128	256
Texture Units	8	16
Raster Operation Units	4	8
Execution Units	2	4
Power Consumption	15	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	28	14
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3551	2445
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	24343	9182