Intel Core i5 13500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 13500H with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600H with 6-cores. 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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6600H and 13500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500H
  • Newer - released 1-year later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2326 vs 1884 points
  • Has 2048 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1756
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
14045

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2326
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10988
File compression 1070 MB/sec 916.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 72.8 Klines/sec 54.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 245 pages/sec 180.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 331.8 Mpixels/sec 229.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 240.2 pages/sec 195.2 pages/sec
Background blur 50.3 images/sec 28.1 images/sec
Photo processing 106.9 images/sec 72.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 13.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
23016
Integer math 77.8 GOps/sec 66.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 56.5 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 79M Primes/sec 52M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.9M Strings/sec 24.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.5 GBytes/sec 14.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 279.7 MBytes/sec 237.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1404 Frames/sec 878 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.3B Matrices/sec 16.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13500H and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-13500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 660M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 33x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) AMD Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 384
TMUs 40 24
ROPs 20 16
Execution Units 80 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.41 TFLOPS
1.46 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 13500H official page AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 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 5 6600H or Intel Core i5 13500H?
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Wei Lee 12 May 2023 14:41
Bought Asus with AMD Ryzen 5 6600H and am very happy with it. Way cheaper than Intel Core i5 13500H but with similar performance.
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