Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 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
8670 points
65% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
10061 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
8212 points
81% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
8063 points
84% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.80 GHz
81% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% 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
8 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache

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

328th of 1,109
126th of 1,109

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 200 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 7 260 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 260 performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 260 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13420H. The Ryzen 7 260 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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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