Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 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

5173 points
5252 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6493 points
7672 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4746 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
4530 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4636 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
4376 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5545 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5457 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.88 points
120.41 points
1% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.21 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% 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

2 MiB
7 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

328th 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 August
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 i7-10870H vs Core i5-13420H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10870H is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10870H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10870H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i7-10870H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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 i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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