Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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
5291 points
0.74% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
8% slightly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
4729 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
4589 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
129.09 points
7% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.30 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-13420H vs Ryzen 5 6600H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 6600H performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13420H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 6600H 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.

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