Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Core i5-13420H vs Ryzen 5 7640U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640U is faster 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 7640U that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U 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 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U 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.