Intel Core i5-13500HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

8204 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9212 points

9603 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7473 points

7740 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

7593 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8216 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7628 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

219.22 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

214.43 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

4.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB

187% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

153rd of 1,089

140th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i5-13500HX vs Ryzen 7 5800XT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800XT 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500HX.

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 i5-13500HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.