Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

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

5821 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7672 points

6% slightly better gaming score

7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4530 points

5452 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4376 points

5384 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

120.41 points

166.92 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

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

Identical

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

266th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-13420H vs Ryzen 7 8840HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840HS is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13420H. The Ryzen 7 8840HS 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.