Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

5252 points
5922 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
9414 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
4857 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
4631 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
121.07 points
0.55% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

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
250% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
14 MiB
100% significantly 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
257th 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
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-13420H vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 256V 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-13420H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 256V has more L2 cache than 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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