AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

4724 points

5252 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points

7672 points

37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points

4530 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points

4376 points

0.81% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3899 points

5457 points

39% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

120.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

42% much higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.6 GHz

24% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

7 MiB

75% 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

372nd of 1,089

316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

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 7 1700 vs Core i5-13420H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700 performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1700 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13420H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.