Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

5282 points
5342 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7726 points
3% slightly better gaming score
7441 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4553 points
4708 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4397 points
4544 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
121.36 points
0.79% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
Identical
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
10 MiB
42% many more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

327th of 1,114
320th of 1,114

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-13420H vs Core Ultra 5 135U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U 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. According to our data, the Core i5-13420H and Core Ultra 5 135U have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13420H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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