Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 13420H, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
1660
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1172
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
11553
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
96
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
476
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
3409
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
17677
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Integer Math58.5 GOps/s45.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math43.1 GOps/s26.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search52 M primes/s26 M primes/s
Random String Sort22.3 M strings/s19.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.7 GB/s10.5 GB/s
Data Compression212.8 MB/s175.6 MB/s
Physics1022 frames/s534 frames/s
Extended Instructions131 M matrices/s109 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
2186
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
9145
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
File Compression810.8 MB/s504.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation61 KLines/s32.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser213.2 pages/s103.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering242 MP/sec151.5 MP/sec
Text Processing222.9 pages/s124.6 pages/s
Background Blur45.1 frames/s27.2 frames/s
Photo Processing87.9 frames/s49.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing14.8 MP/sec8.97 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 13420H
119.99
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 203.2 PPW 210.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 392.8 PPW 516.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 10.6 PPW 14.7 PPW
Blender / W 2.67 PPW 3.68 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 3, 2023 January, 12, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i5-13420H n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon RX Vega 7

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.5 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count86
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 35-45 W 10-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) 95 W n/a
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max Size 96 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 12

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 13420H the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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3 (50%)
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Total Votes: 6

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