Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i5-8500 vs Core i5-13420H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13420H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8500. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8500 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Core i5-13420H 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. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.