Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
31% slightly better overall score
4006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
23% slightly better gaming score
6204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
36% slightly better multitasking score
3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score
3195 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
79.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.20 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

316th of 1,089
435th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

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 7235HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13420H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7235HS has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. The Core i5-13420H also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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