AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Pentium Gold G5500T

Last updated: 2024-01-09

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Intel Pentium Gold G5500T - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.70 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D was released in Q1/2023. The Intel Pentium Gold G5500T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5500T was released in Q2/2018.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Ryzen 7000 (14)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)
6	Generation	8
Raphael (Zen 4)	Architecture	Coffee Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Pentium G4500T
--	Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 4.20 GHz (5.70 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G5500T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G5500T is at 3.20 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
16	Cores	2
32	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
4.20 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
5.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
5.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D or Intel Pentium Gold G5500T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
2.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9.5
5 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	24
128	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G5500T supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
DDR5-5200	Memory	DDR4-2400
128 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
16.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
128.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
24	PCIe lanes	16
94.5 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 120 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G5500T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
120 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
162 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	25 W
89 °C	Tjunction max.	88 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is manufactured in 5 nm and has 144.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G5500T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
5 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM5 (LGA 1718)	Socket	LGA 1151
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023	Release date	Q2/2018
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5500T (35%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5500T (7%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2223 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	780 (35%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	23460 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1810 (8%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz	403 (72%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	64125 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3260 (5%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	121 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2108 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2043 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	38581 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	2906 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	19479 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	138 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	349 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 38,581 CB R23 MC @ 136 W	284 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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