Intel Core i5-13500 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 269.97
$ 1230.02 significantly less expensive
$ 1499.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9936 points
40% slightly better overall score
7084 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12084 points
31% slightly better gaming score
9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9267 points
43% significantly better multitasking score
6469 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9125 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score
6362 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9089 points
41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6426 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

255.79 points
59% significantly higher Blender score
159.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
22
10% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
78% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

93rd of 1,089
186th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i5-13500 vs Core Ultra 7 155H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 155H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155H has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13500. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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