AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 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

6345 points
6478 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
8783 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
5800 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
5655 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
6443 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
166.36 points

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

3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% 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

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd 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

2019 July
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 3700X vs Core i5-13500H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500H beats the Ryzen 7 3700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500H. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500H.

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 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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