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Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13420H
VS
55 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 240
Intel Core i5 13420H
AMD Ryzen 5 240

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 240 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 240 and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 240
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13420H
vs
Ryzen 5 240

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 384 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1546 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 13420H
2186
Ryzen 5 240 +4%
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H
9145
Ryzen 5 240 +13%
10290
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 75.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 233.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 269.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 53.5 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 95.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 690 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13420H
3351
Ryzen 5 240 +10%
3680
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H
16829
Ryzen 5 240 +35%
22665
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 73.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 45.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 70M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 268 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 1057 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 20.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 136 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13420H
119.99
Ryzen 5 240 +40%
168.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 11.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 190.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 419.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 3.12 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 13420H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (blink)Cinebench 2026384 / 1546
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Ayman alawadhi)Geekbench 6 CPU2328 / 8291
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (zen lake)Geekbench 6 CPU2249 / 9640
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-04 (indo)Cinebench 202484 / 482
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Basil)Cinebench 202493 / 514
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AMD Ryzen 5 240
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-27 -> luismi1245Cinebench 2024103 / 611
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 5 240

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number i5-13420H 240
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#89th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 43x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 16
Execution Units 48 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13420H
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 240 +145%
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13420H official page AMD Ryzen 5 240 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
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Total votes: 14

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Comments

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