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Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

Intel Core i5-13420H

► remove from comparison Intel i5-13420H

The Intel Core i5-13420H is a mid-range mobile CPU for laptops based on the Raptor Lake-H series (Alder Lake architecture). It was announced in early 2023 and offers 4 of the 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.1 to 4.6 GHz (single core boost, all core up to 4.5 GHz) on the performance cluster and 1.5 to 3.4 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 12 MB L3 cache. 

Performance

Thanks to the higher clock speeds of the improved Intel 7 process, the Core i5-13420H can surpass the old Core i5-12450H (e.g., + 200 MHz boost).

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-5200 (up from DDR5-4800 of the i5-12500H). The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU now supports PCIe 5.0 x8 for a GPU and two PCIe 4.0 x4 for SSDs.

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 48 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units).

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (115 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a further improved 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 5825U

The AMD Ryzen 7 5825U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Cezanne generation. It is part of the "Barcelo" refresh in early 2022 and offers 100 MHz higher clocked CPU cores compared to the old Ryzen 7 5800U. The R7 5825U integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture and is the fastest U-series processor at launch. They are clocked at 2 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process.

The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.

Performance

The average 5825U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 7735U and the Core i7-1270P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Which is a really good result, as of early 2023.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 37 W, the 2022 Envy x360 15 is among the fastest laptops built around the 5825U that we know of. It can be more than 15% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 8 GPU with 8 CUs at up to 2000 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache (up from 8 MB at the 4800U) can be found on the chip.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 15 Watt (default) and can be configured from 10 to 25 Watt by the laptop vendor (most chips are configured higher than 15 Watt). That means the chip is intended for thin and light laptops (but with fans).

ModelIntel Core i5-13420HAMD Ryzen 7 5825U
CodenameRaptor Lake-HBarcelo-U (Zen 3)
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Series: Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) Barcelo-U (Zen 3)
Intel Core i9-13900HK compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H compare1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H compare2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H compare1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H compare1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H « 1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U « 2 - 4.5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U compare2.3 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U compare2.3 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U compare2.7 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock1500 - 4600 MHz2000 - 4500 MHz
L1 Cache704 KB512 KB
L2 Cache8 MB4 MB
L3 Cache12 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 12
4 x 4.6 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
8 / 16
TDP45 Watt15 Watt
Technology10 nm7 nm
max. Temp.100 °C95 °C
SocketBGA1700FP6
FeaturesThread DirectorDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1400 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.intel.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-13420H
35.7 pt (59%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 5825U
34.5 pt (57%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 100     avg: 101.4     median: 101.4 (57%)     max: 102.7 Points
86 Points (48%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 450     avg: 489     median: 489 (9%)     max: 528 Points
577 Points (11%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 8691     avg: 10138     median: 9851 (9%)     max: 11871 Points
min: 9339     avg: 10179     median: 10152 (9%)     max: 10904 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1673     avg: 1692     median: 1697 (71%)     max: 1705 Points
min: 1433     avg: 1448     median: 1452 (61%)     max: 1460 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 641     avg: 649     median: 652 (71%)     max: 655 Points
min: 547     avg: 559     median: 565 (62%)     max: 567 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3329     avg: 4021     median: 4211 (10%)     max: 4524 Points
min: 3645     avg: 3954     median: 3973 (10%)     max: 4180 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1492     avg: 1659     median: 1671 (11%)     max: 1815 Points
min: 1575     avg: 1736     median: 1757 (11%)     max: 1860 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 237     avg: 241     median: 242 (67%)     max: 244 Points
min: 228     avg: 231.6     median: 232 (64%)     max: 235 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 20.51     avg: 21     median: 21 (27%)     max: 21.5 Points
min: 18.56     avg: 19.1     median: 19.1 (25%)     max: 19.72 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.93     avg: 2.9     median: 2.9 (70%)     max: 2.94 Points
min: 2.75     avg: 2.8     median: 2.8 (66%)     max: 2.78 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 9237     avg: 9270     median: 9269.5 (56%)     max: 9302 Points
min: 6200     avg: 6252     median: 6252 (38%)     max: 6304 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 45040     avg: 46270     median: 46270 (34%)     max: 47500 Points
min: 32641     avg: 32965     median: 32964.5 (24%)     max: 33288 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
70487 Points (45%)
min: 59300     avg: 59732     median: 59731.5 (38%)     max: 60163 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
13682 Points (17%)
min: 11823     avg: 11834     median: 11834 (14%)     max: 11845 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
501 s (6%)
min: 116.561     avg: 228.7     median: 228.7 (3%)     max: 340.8 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.4 s (1%)
min: 4.018     avg: 6.6     median: 6.6 (1%)     max: 9.2 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 5163     avg: 5541     median: 5541 (9%)     max: 5919 Points
min: 5835     avg: 6637     median: 6637 (11%)     max: 7439 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 35680     avg: 39095     median: 36636 (21%)     max: 44970 MIPS
min: 42883     avg: 47619     median: 48177 (28%)     max: 50524 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5203     avg: 5285     median: 5320 (63%)     max: 5331 MIPS
min: 5208     avg: 5386     median: 5427 (64%)     max: 5468 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 98.75     avg: 105.5     median: 105.5 (3%)     max: 112.2 fps
min: 98.05     avg: 99.2     median: 99.2 (3%)     max: 100.3 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 277     avg: 298.5     median: 298.5 (8%)     max: 320 fps
min: 249.6     avg: 250.6     median: 250.6 (6%)     max: 251.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 8.75     avg: 11.3     median: 11.9 (21%)     max: 13.3 fps
min: 11.1     avg: 12.4     median: 12.6 (22%)     max: 13.4 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.89     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (27%)     max: 0.919 GB/s
1.1 GB/s (32%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.7 GB/s (29%)
min: 1.4     avg: 1.5     median: 1.5 (25%)     max: 1.5 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 8     avg: 8.8     median: 8.8 (23%)     max: 9.6 GB/s
min: 8.7     avg: 9.9     median: 9.9 (26%)     max: 11 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 502     avg: 611     median: 610.5 (8%)     max: 719 Seconds
min: 486     avg: 539     median: 555 (7%)     max: 567 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 289     avg: 334     median: 310 (2%)     max: 403 Seconds
min: 281     avg: 301     median: 297 (2%)     max: 322 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.501     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.522 sec
min: 0.515     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.536 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 12802     avg: 13399     median: 13399 (29%)     max: 13996 Points
min: 11292     avg: 11671     median: 11670.5 (25%)     max: 12049 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.455     avg: 7.6     median: 7.6 (2%)     max: 7.8 s
min: 7.2     avg: 7.6     median: 7.6 (2%)     max: 7.912 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.5     avg: 16.7     median: 16.7 (1%)     max: 16.823 s
min: 15.7     avg: 16.4     median: 16.4 (1%)     max: 17.124 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
422.7 s (2%)
366 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 54081     avg: 55301     median: 55301 (42%)     max: 56521 Points
57609 Points (44%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 12080     avg: 14534     median: 14220.5 (35%)     max: 17616 Points
min: 10473     avg: 12841     median: 12620 (31%)     max: 15153 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 81932     avg: 87240     median: 84220 (68%)     max: 95567 Points
74842 Points (61%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 81026     avg: 82286     median: 82285.5 (67%)     max: 83545 Points
74397 Points (60%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 87499     avg: 88702     median: 88701.5 (71%)     max: 89904 Points
84711 Points (68%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12495     avg: 14189     median: 14110 (36%)     max: 15963 Points
min: 13778     avg: 14930     median: 14798 (37%)     max: 16247 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 18374     avg: 20857     median: 20588.5 (37%)     max: 23877 Points
min: 19642     avg: 20827     median: 20481 (37%)     max: 22730 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5527     avg: 6833     median: 6528 (28%)     max: 8748 Points
min: 5841     avg: 6534     median: 6520 (27%)     max: 7124 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
min: 2254     avg: 2312     median: 2318 (56%)     max: 2365 Points
1988 Points (48%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
min: 7216     avg: 8573     median: 9241 (36%)     max: 9262 Points
8644 Points (34%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
1847 Points (59%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
6556 Points (27%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1606     avg: 1646     median: 1664 (63%)     max: 1669 Points
min: 1438     avg: 1481     median: 1482 (56%)     max: 1520 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6895     avg: 7719     median: 7925 (14%)     max: 8336 Points
min: 5827     avg: 7077     median: 7074.5 (13%)     max: 8330 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1581 Points (7%)
min: 1447     avg: 1451     median: 1451 (6%)     max: 1455 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
6828 Points (22%)
min: 7235     avg: 7750     median: 7749.5 (24%)     max: 8264 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6910 Points (69%)
6279 Points (63%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
28457 Points (28%)
33719 Points (33%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
7053 Points (78%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
31808 Points (42%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 546     avg: 560     median: 557 (1%)     max: 576 ms
min: 619     avg: 628     median: 623 (1%)     max: 645 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
70779 Points (52%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 237     avg: 242     median: 238 (65%)     max: 251 Points
min: 207     avg: 217.8     median: 213 (59%)     max: 242 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 254     avg: 261.3     median: 263 (47%)     max: 267 Points
min: 239     avg: 260.2     median: 264 (47%)     max: 275 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1470     avg: 1504     median: 1504 (56%)     max: 1538 Points
min: 1124     avg: 1293     median: 1324 (50%)     max: 1387 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 43.7     avg: 55.1     median: 47.1 (8%)     max: 74.4 Watt
min: 34.6     avg: 44.5     median: 42.6 (7%)     max: 54.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 61.2     avg: 81.3     median: 81.3 (15%)     max: 101.4 Watt
min: 37.3     avg: 47.1     median: 48.5 (9%)     max: 54 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 6.12     avg: 10.2     median: 11.6 (8%)     max: 12.8 Watt
min: 2.81     avg: 4.6     median: 3.5 (2%)     max: 8.73 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.57     avg: 7.4     median: 7.4 (9%)     max: 8.2 Watt
min: 4.11     avg: 5.1     median: 4.8 (6%)     max: 6.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 16.5     avg: 20.5     median: 20.5 (15%)     max: 24.4 Points per Watt
min: 33.6     avg: 35.5     median: 34.4 (26%)     max: 38.6 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13420H → 100% n=52

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 5825U → 99% n=52

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