Intel Core i5-13500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD 6 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
17% slightly better overall score
5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
9% slightly better gaming score
8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6443 points
23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5215 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
159.49 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.55 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

224th of 1,092
295th of 1,092

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-13500H vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G performs better than the Core i5-13500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500H 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 8500G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. The Core i5-13500H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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