Intel Core i5-13500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Core i5-13500H vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500H beats the Ryzen 5 7640HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. The Core i5-13500H 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 i5-13500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.