Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare Intel Core X-series 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

4081 points
5252 points
28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points
7672 points
39% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points
4530 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points
4376 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3543 points
5457 points
54% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.66 points
120.41 points
25% 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

3.3 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.6 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

428th of 1,089
316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-5820K vs Core i5-13420H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Core i7-5820K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K 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 i7-5820K has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5820K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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