Product Compare

Intel Core i9 8950HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

	CPU Intel Core i9 8950HK	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2018	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number	i9-8950HK	9950X3D2
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Radeon Graphics
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	4 nm
Socket	BGA-1440	AM5
Power Consumption	45 W	200 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		270 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	16
Performance Core Threads	12	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.9 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	5.6 GHz
Total Core Count	6	16
Total Thread Count	12	32
Multiplier	37x	43
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	12 MB shared	192 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.8 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1200 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	192	128
Texture Units	24	8
Raster Operation Units	3	4
Execution Units	24	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	28
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1208	3551
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4960	24343