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Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 150

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13420H
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 150
Intel Core i5 13420H
AMD Ryzen 5 150

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H with 8-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 150 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 150 and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2186 vs 2007 points
  • 1% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.55 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 150
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon 660M integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13420H
vs
Ryzen 5 150

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 384 424
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1546 1935
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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 +9%
2186
Ryzen 5 150
2007
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H +8%
9145
Ryzen 5 150
8455
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 840.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 61.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 177 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 215.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 202.1 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 72.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 15 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 690 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13420H +7%
3351
Ryzen 5 150
3127
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H +9%
16829
Ryzen 5 150
15376
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 66.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 39M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 20.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 11.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 157.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 657 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 11.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 1 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 10.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 156.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 284.7 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 5 150
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-06 (Dj)Cinebench 2026424 / 1935
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 5 150

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 October 1, 2025
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 660M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS -
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#119th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.55 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 33x
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) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 384 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 12 16
Execution Units 48 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13420H
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 150 +36%
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 660M 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 5 150 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 16

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Comments

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