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Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13420H
VS
51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel Core i5 13420H
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800H. 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 6800H and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2186 vs 1891 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13420H
vs
Ryzen 7 6800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 384 437
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1546 3117
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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 +16%
2186
Ryzen 7 6800H
1891
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 944.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 68.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 196.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 295.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 194.5 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 46 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 84.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 17.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 690 & 1144 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H
16829
Ryzen 7 6800H +35%
22711
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 84 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 47.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 30.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 289.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 1027 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 3926 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 215.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 504.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 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 7 6800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-03 (Sarfraz)Cinebench 2024434 / 2815
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-01 (Ronak Sarkar)Cinebench 2026437 / 3117
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-09 (Lex)Cinebench 202442 / 391
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-12 (Edu)Cinebench 202487 / 713
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-13420H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS - Intel Core i7 12800H
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#111th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.7 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 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 32x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 384 768
TMUs 24 48
ROPs 12 32
Execution Units 48 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13420H
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 6800H +209%
3.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13420H official page AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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