AMD Ryzen 7 4800U vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Ryzen 7 4800U vs Core i5-13420H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 4800U beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 4800U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13420H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 4800U. Also, 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 4800U. The Core i5-13420H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 4800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.