Intel Core i5-13500HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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

11% slightly better overall score

7028 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9212 points

9% slightly better gaming score

8379 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7473 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

6623 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

6517 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

219.22 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

164.73 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19176 points

48% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

12929 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

3.30 GHz

32% slightly 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

191st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-13500HX vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500HX beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 PRO 7840U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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 PRO 7840U. 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.