Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

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

5252 points
8% slightly better overall score
4819 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
8% slightly better gaming score
7087 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
4161 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4014 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
94.95 points

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
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

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

316th of 1,089
364th of 1,089

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 7 155U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 155U is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13420H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13420H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. According to our data, the Core i5-13420H and Core Ultra 7 155U have the same clock speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155U has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13420H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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