Intel Core i5-13600HE vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 653

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-13600HE CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Intel Core i5-13600HE Qualcomm Snapdragon 653

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i5-13600HE and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i5-13600HE 12 core processor released in Q1/2023 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2016.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
Intel Core i 13000H (26) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3)
13 Generation 4
Raptor Lake H Architecture Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Core i5-12600HE Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-13600HE is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.80 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 clocks with 1.95 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i5-13600HE Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
12 Cores 8
16 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.70 GHz (4.80 GHz)
4x Raptor Cove
A-Core 1.95 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
2.10 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core 1.44 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Core i5-13600HE Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 510
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
13 GPU Generation 5
10 nm Technology 14 nm
4 Max. displays 0
80 Compute units --
640 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.1 DirectX Version 11

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 510
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 96 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i5-13600HE, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 14.9 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i5-13600HE Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-1866
96 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
18.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
28 PCIe lanes --
110.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-13600HE has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i5-13600HE Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
115 W TDP (PL2) --
65 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-13600HE has 18.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 28 nm.

Intel Core i5-13600HE Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions --
BGA 1744 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q4/2016
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-13600HE Intel Core i5-13600HE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.40 GHz
1735 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Adreno 510 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (9%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-13600HE Intel Core i5-13600HE
12C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
287 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-13600HE Intel Core i5-13600HE
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
1026 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-13600HE Intel Core i5-13600HE
12C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
279 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-13600HE Intel Core i5-13600HE
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
866 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-13600HE Intel Core i5-13600HE
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
24970 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-13600HE Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
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