AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 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

7869 points

49% significantly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points

23% slightly better gaming score

7672 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points

61% significantly better multitasking score

4530 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points

63% significantly better heavy workload score

4376 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points

39% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5457 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points

76% 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

3.8 GHz

80% 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

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

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

151st 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 May

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

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-13420H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.