Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-5930K vs Core i5-13420H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13420H performs better than the Core i7-5930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13420H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-5930K that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5930K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.