AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 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

7216 points

37% slightly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points

11% slightly better gaming score

7672 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

4530 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

4376 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5457 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points

54% significantly 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

3.9 GHz

85% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

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

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th 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

2020 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

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3800XT is faster 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 3800XT has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.