Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

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
7040 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
9593 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
6234 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
6029 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
156.82 points
30% 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
4.30 GHz
104% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache
6 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
189th 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
DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 8645HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8645HS 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 8645HS. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8645HS. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13420H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8645HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8645HS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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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