Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 13420H, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
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 9 7900X3D
2041
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
11553
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
27817
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
96
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
115
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
476
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
1533
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
3409
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
4131
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
17677
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
50344
Integer Math58.5 GOps/s161.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math43.1 GOps/s97.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search52 M primes/s446 M primes/s
Random String Sort22.3 M strings/s70.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.7 GB/s35.3 GB/s
Data Compression212.8 MB/s594.3 MB/s
Physics1022 frames/s4734 frames/s
Extended Instructions131 M matrices/s446 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
2186
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
3024
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13420H
9145
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
18277
File Compression810.8 MB/s1710 MB/s
Clang Compilation61 KLines/s170.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser213.2 pages/s353.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering242 MP/sec495.8 MP/sec
Text Processing222.9 pages/s301.6 pages/s
Background Blur45.1 frames/s68.4 frames/s
Photo Processing87.9 frames/s118.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing14.8 MP/sec36.7 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 13420H
119.99
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
400.33

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 203.2 PPW 152.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 392.8 PPW 419.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 10.6 PPW 12.8 PPW
Blender / W 2.67 PPW 3.34 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 3, 2023 January, 4, 2023
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-13420H n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 12
Threads 8 24
Frequency 2.1 GHz 4.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.5 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count812
Threads count1224
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x44x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total128 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNon/a

Package

Transistor count n/a 13.1 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 35-45 W 120 W
Max TDP (Boost) 95 W 162 W
Socket BGA-1744 AM5
Critical temp. 100 °C 89 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
DDR5-5200
Max Size 96 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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