Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 7840HS and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2577 vs 2186 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 384 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1546 -
Cinebench Scores (#182nd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12085
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 690 & 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28292
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 4310 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
218.59

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 4.05 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
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i5-13420H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#61st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5.1 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 38x
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

Transistors - 25 billions
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 780M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 384 768
TMUs 24 48
ROPs 12 32
Execution Units 48 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13420H official page AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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