Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 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

4% slightly better overall score

5020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points

12% slightly better gaming score

6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

4448 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

4307 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5457 points

5545 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points

141.41 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.6 GHz

71% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB

133% significantly more L2 cache

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

316th of 1,089

345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-13420H vs Ryzen 5 5500GT benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13420H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500GT has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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.