AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 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

2653 points
5252 points
97% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points
7672 points
82% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points
4530 points
107% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points
4376 points
108% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3397 points
5457 points
60% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points
120.41 points
127% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.6 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089
316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13420H performs better than the Ryzen 5 1400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1400. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1400. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1400. The Core i5-13420H also has significantly more 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 Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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