Intel Core i5-13500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
1% slightly better overall score
6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
9018 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
153.60 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
3.50 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% 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
227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-13500H vs Ryzen 5 8640HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8640HS 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. 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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