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Intel Core i5 13420H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13420H
VS
50 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
Intel Core i5 13420H
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H against the 3.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS. 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 (3)

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7435HS and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2186 vs 2010 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13420H
vs
Ryzen 7 7435HS

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 881.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 77.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 193.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 308.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 208.8 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 46.2 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 77.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 690 & 29 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 7435HS +34%
22631
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 83.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 47.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 53M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 30.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 18 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 299 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 957 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 21B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 2027 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13420H
119.99
Ryzen 7 7435HS +43%
172.04

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 13.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 181.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 419.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 3.19 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 7435HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (joel)Cinebench 202446 / 455
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 (Π‘Π΅Π½Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠΊΡ‚)Geekbench 6 CPU1315 / 6239
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Inverse Sauce)Cinebench 202484 / 723
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 (MrAVM)Geekbench 6 CPU1985 / 10492
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 (MrAVM)Cinebench 202484 / 752
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 April 1, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-13420H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS -
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#179th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#112th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.5 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 31x
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) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz -
Shading Units 384 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 12 -
Execution Units 48 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
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 7435HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS or Intel Core i5 13420H?
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Sarthak January 22, 2025 at 03:01 PM
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS is surprising me very much..... The time when I bought my laptop , this processor was ranked below Intel i5 13420h processor but now this thing is rising like hell yeah !!! .. So much satisfied with it's performance....
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Sujal Yadav October 14, 2024 at 02:10 PM
It is better to choose AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
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Yeah True October 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
especially since I dont want it crashing during overclock unlike Intel.
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