Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

8550 points
4% slightly better overall score
8215 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11151 points
3% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7733 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
7390 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7540 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
7189 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7345 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5466 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.62 points
0.59% slightly higher Blender score
195.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15953 points
7% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
14873 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10023 points
10324 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2279 points
0.93% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2258 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.30 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
18% slightly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

123rd of 1,089
139th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 7 7840U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400 beats the Ryzen 7 7840U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7840U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13400 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Core i5-13400 also has slightly more 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 i5-13400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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