AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 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

10011 points
90% significantly better overall score
5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11884 points
54% significantly better gaming score
7672 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9348 points
106% significantly better multitasking score
4530 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9142 points
108% significantly better heavy workload score
4376 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8010 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5457 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

263.24 points
118% significantly higher Blender score
120.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

88th of 1,089
316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Core i5-13420H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13420H. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D also has significantly 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 7800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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