Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 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

4771 points
6478 points
35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6744 points
8783 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4149 points
5800 points
39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4005 points
5655 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4845 points
6443 points
32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.37 points
166.36 points
52% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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
9 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

368th of 1,089
222nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8700 vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500H is faster than the Core i7-8700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Core i5-13500H also has significantly more 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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