Intel Core i5-13500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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
7604 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
10588 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
6642 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
6422 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6443 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6178 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
173.75 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

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
4.35 GHz
67% significantly 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

222nd of 1,089
161st of 1,089

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-13500H vs Ryzen 5 8600G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8600G is faster than the Core i5-13500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. The Core i5-13500H also has slightly more 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 i5-13500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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