AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

4057 points

5252 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

7672 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

4530 points

37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

4376 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

5457 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

120.41 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

71% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

7 MiB

133% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th 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

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

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-13420H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13420H is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13420H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.