Intel Core i7-10850H vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 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

4087 points
5252 points
28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5668 points
7672 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3607 points
4530 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3489 points
4376 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.57 points
120.41 points
27% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
7 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

427th of 1,089
316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10850H vs Core i5-13420H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Core i7-10850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10850H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13420H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-10850H has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10850H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-10850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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