AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11380 points
15323 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10581 points
14466 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11723 points
15645 points
33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11982 points
15813 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

538.07 points
543.98 points
1% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
Identical
5.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
Identical
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
Identical
1280 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
128 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

65th of 1,114
20th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 9955HX vs Ryzen 9 9955HX3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D is faster than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX and Ryzen 9 9955HX3D are identical in this regard. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 9 9955HX3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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