Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
8215 points
56% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points
10758 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points
7390 points
63% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points
7189 points
64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5457 points
5466 points
0.16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points
195.47 points
62% significantly higher Blender score

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
3.30 GHz
57% 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

316th of 1,089
139th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 May

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
-

Core i5-13420H vs Ryzen 7 7840U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7840U 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 7840U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7840U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13420H. The Ryzen 7 7840U also has slightly 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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