Intel Core i7-13620H vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 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

7691 points
7843 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10139 points
10% slightly better gaming score
9212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6947 points
7473 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6776 points
7441 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7150 points
8216 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.32 points
219.22 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15496 points
19176 points
23% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
11.5 MiB
21% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

159th of 1,089
153rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-13620H vs Core i5-13500HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13620H is faster than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-13620H. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i7-13620H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13620H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13500HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13620H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-13620H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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