Intel Core i5-13500HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 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

7843 points

7924 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9212 points

9428 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7473 points

0.51% slightly better multitasking score

7435 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

7295 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

219.22 points

110% significantly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.80 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5.1 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB

43% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

152nd of 1,089

150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-13500HX vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 260 performs better than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core i5-13500HX also has significantly 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 i5-13500HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.