Intel Core i5-13400 vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

8550 points
4% slightly better overall score
8164 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11151 points
5% slightly better gaming score
10592 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7733 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
7427 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7540 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7270 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.62 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
Identical
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
13% 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

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
Identical
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

123rd of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i5-13400 vs Core 7 240H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13400 is faster than the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-13400 and Core 7 240H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core 7 240H also has slightly 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 Core i5-13400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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