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Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 220

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13420H
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 220
Intel Core i5 13420H
AMD Ryzen 5 220

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H with 8-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 220 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 220 and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 220
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More powerful Radeon 740M integrated graphics: 1.4 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2544 vs 2186 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13420H
vs
Ryzen 5 220

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 5 220 +16%
2544
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 693.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 63.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 162.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 244.7 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 41.8 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 66.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 13.6 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
3351
Ryzen 5 220 +9%
3643
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H
16829
Ryzen 5 220 +10%
18577
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 58 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 25.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 12.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 212.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 375 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13420H
119.99
Ryzen 5 220 +6%
127.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 303.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 619.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 4.26 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 5 220
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 5 220

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 220
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS - Intel Core 5 210H
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#91st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 32x
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) 15-30 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 740M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 384 256
TMUs 24 16
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13420H
1.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 220 +27%
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M 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 5 220 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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