Intel Core i5-13500H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

6478 points
4% slightly better overall score
6177 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
9748 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
5088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
4861 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
250% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
14 MiB
55% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,120
254th of 1,120

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-13500H vs Core Ultra 7 256V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500H is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 7 256V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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

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