AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD 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

4161 points

5252 points

26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

7672 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

4530 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

4376 points

34% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

5457 points

41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

120.41 points

40% 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

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

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500X beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H 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 Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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