Intel Core i5-13500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Core i5-13500 vs Ryzen 5 7640HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500 performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500. Despite this, the Core i5-13500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS.

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 i5-13500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.