AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

5776 points
6478 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
8783 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
5800 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
5655 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points
6443 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
166.36 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
4.7 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089
222nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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 7 2700X vs Core i5-13500H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500H performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 2700X has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 Ryzen 7 2700X. The Core i5-13500H also has slightly 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 Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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