Intel Core i5-1240P vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 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

4218 points
5252 points
24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6354 points
7672 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3645 points
4530 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3553 points
4376 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4569 points
5457 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.04 points
120.41 points
9% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
2.1 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
7 MiB
40% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

417th of 1,089
316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-1240P vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Core i5-1240P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1240P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-13420H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Also, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-1240P. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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