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Intel Core Ultra 5 135H vs i5 13500H

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13500H
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
Intel Core i5 13500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 135H with 14-cores against the 2.6 GHz i5 13500H with 12-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 13500H and 135H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500H
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2451 vs 2194 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 135H
vs
Core i5 13500H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 570
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3478
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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 1130 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.4 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 290.2 pages/sec 277.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 345.4 Mpixels/sec 349.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 247 pages/sec 245.9 pages/sec
Background blur 48.6 images/sec 47.8 images/sec
Photo processing 110 images/sec 101.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.8 Mpixels/sec 15.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 22 & 501 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 72.8 GOps/sec 71.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 54 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 89M Primes/sec 73M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.1M Strings/sec 27.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.7 GBytes/sec 14.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 246 MBytes/sec 248.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1441 Frames/sec 1257 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 14.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 448 & 1766 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 135H
68.25
Core i5 13500H +150%
170.75

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.2 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 375.6 PPW 250 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 783.9 PPW 464.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW 3.79 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-08 (jhu)Cinebench 2026570 / 3478
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-26 (SAIMON)Cinebench 202458 / 615
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 135H and i5 13500H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 14, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 135H i5-13500H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (131st and 140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 26x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 95 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (168th and 183rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 1024 640
TMUs 64 40
ROPs 32 20
Execution Units 128 80
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 135H +137%
4.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 13500H
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 135H official page Intel Core i5 13500H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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