10 specifications

Intel Core i5-13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

On paper, the Intel Core i5-13420H has more cores (8 against 6), the Intel Core i5-13420H boosts higher, and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H carries more L3 cache. Specifications describe what each chip is designed to do; how much of that either one holds under continuous load is a separate question.

10 specifications · 3 with a higher side

Intel Core i5-13420H

Intel · Raptor Lake-H (13th Gen Core) · Laptop

Full specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

AMD · Ryzen 5000 (Cezanne, Zen 3) · Laptop

Full specifications

Cores and clocks

Cores

Threads

Base clock

Not verified

3.3 GHz

Boost clock

4.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Cache and power

L3 cache

12 MB

16 MB

TDP

35 to 45 W

35 to 54 W

Platform

Socket

FCBGA1744

FP6

Process

Not verified

7 nm

Integrated graphics

Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors (48 EU)

AMD Radeon Graphics (7 CU)

Launched

Not verified

2021-01-12

A check marks the higher figure only on rows where higher is unambiguously better. Rows without one are not ties; they are specifications where “better” has no meaning.

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Every figure on this table is a design target. None of it is a measurement.

Nothing above describes how a processor behaves twenty minutes into a sustained workload, which is where two chips with nearly identical specifications routinely diverge. A boost clock is a ceiling the vendor permits, not a rate the chip sustains, and whether it holds depends on the cooling, the case, the power profile and the room. None of those appear on a specification sheet.

We deliberately do not reduce these figures to a single score. A composite invented from specifications would look authoritative and measure nothing, and choosing the weights would be choosing the winner.

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