Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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
88% significantly better overall score
2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
121% significantly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
75% significantly better multitasking score
2584 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
73% significantly better heavy workload score
2521 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
212.94 points
76% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
28 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

316th of 1,089
572nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-13420H vs Core Ultra 7 255H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13420H beats the Core Ultra 7 255H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13420H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13420H. 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 Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13420H. The Core Ultra 7 255H also has significantly 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 i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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