Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
19% slightly better overall score
4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
17% slightly better gaming score
6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score
3630 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
86.99 points

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
2.30 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 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
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

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
DDR4

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 7430U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7430U beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13420H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7430U. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly 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 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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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