Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 10 nanometers
- More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
- 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2466 vs 2186 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 384 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 1546 | - |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 810.8 MB/sec | 1000 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 61 Klines/sec | 76.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 213.2 pages/sec | 188.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 242 Mpixels/sec | 254.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 222.9 pages/sec | 263.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 45.1 images/sec | 52.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 87.9 images/sec | 75.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.8 Mpixels/sec | 17.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 57.3 GOps/sec | 72.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 47.2 GOps/sec | 44.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 48M Primes/sec | 78M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21.5M Strings/sec | 31.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.2 GBytes/sec | 15.6 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 203 MBytes/sec | 263.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 939 Frames/sec | 1158 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.5B Matrices/sec | 20B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 11.4 PPW | 13.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 203.2 PPW | 188.8 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 374 PPW | 419.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.67 PPW | 3 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i5 13420H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-19 (blink) | Cinebench 2026 | 384 / 1546 |
| π 2026-07-11 (Ayman alawadhi) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2328 / 8291 |
| π 2026-06-25 (zen lake) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2249 / 9640 |
| π 2026-03-04 (indo) | Cinebench 2024 | 84 / 482 |
| π 2025-11-24 (Basil) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 514 |
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-02-23 (Jakabfi Zsolt) | Cinebench 2024 | 102 / 739 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 5 7640HSGeneral
| 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 760M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS | - Intel Core i5 13420H |
| Successor | - Intel Core 5 210H | - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS |
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#87th place)
CPU
| 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 |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.4 GHz | - |
| 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
| 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 |
Laptop processors ranking (#144th place)
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
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 | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 13420H official page | AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 5 7640HS:
- ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.
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