Intel Core i5-13500HX Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-13500HX has 14 cores with 20 threads and is based on the 13. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q1/2023. The Intel Core i5-13500HX scores 1,743 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 13,650 points.
Intel Core i5-13500HX

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i5-13500HX
Family: Intel Core i5 (334)
CPU group: Intel Core i 13000H (26)
Architecture: Raptor Lake H
Technology: 10 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 13
Predecessor: --
Successor: Intel Core i5-14500HX

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-13500HX has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-13500HX is 2.50 GHz (4.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 14 / 20
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 6x Raptor Cove
B-Core: 8x Gracemont
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.50 GHz (4.70 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 1.80 GHz (3.50 GHz)

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i5-13500HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-13500HX uses the Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU), which has 128 texture shaders and 16 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU)
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.50 GHz
Compute units: 16
Shader: 128
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2023
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 13
Direct X: 12.1
Technology: 10 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 192 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR5-4800
DDR4-3200
76.8 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 192 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 55 W
TDP (PL2): 157 W
TDP up: 86 W
TDP down: 45 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-13500HX is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 44.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 10 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1744
L2-Cache: 20.00 MB
L3-Cache: 24.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date: Q1/2023
Release price: 326 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-13500HX have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
106
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
106
Intel Core i7-13700H Intel Core i7-13700H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
105
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
104
Intel Core i7-12650H Intel Core i7-12650H
10C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
104
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
103
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
103

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
929
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
916
Intel Core i5-14500HX Intel Core i5-14500HX
14C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
905
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
872
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
10C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
872
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
866
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
866

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1755
Intel Core i7-1250U Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1745
Intel Core i7-1260U Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1745
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1739
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1739
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1722
Intel Core i5-1345U Intel Core i5-1345U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1720

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
19655
Intel Core i9-12900HX Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
18845
Intel Core i9-13900H Intel Core i9-13900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
18760
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
18560
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
18197
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
18065
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
16C 22T @ 4.20 GHz
16825

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Apple M1 Apple M1
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2369
Apple M1 (7-GPU) Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2369
Intel Core i5-1340PE Intel Core i5-1340PE
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
2364
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
2356
Intel Core Ultra 7 155U Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
12C 14T @ 4.80 GHz
2354
Intel Core i5-13505H Intel Core i5-13505H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2351
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2351

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
10C 20T @ 2.00 GHz
13065
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
10C 10T @ 3.40 GHz
12970
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
16C 22T @ 4.20 GHz
12749
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
12647
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
12545
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447

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 i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
1753
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
16C 22T @ 4.80 GHz
1746
Intel Core i7-1370P Intel Core i7-1370P
14C 20T @ 5.20 GHz
1745
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1743
Apple M1 (7-GPU) Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1742
Apple M1 Apple M1
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1742
Intel Core i5-1350P Intel Core i5-1350P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1727

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 2.00 GHz
13824
Intel Core i7-12850HX Intel Core i7-12850HX
16C 24T @ 2.00 GHz
13824
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
13816
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
13650
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
13430
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz
13255
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
13192

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 Atom x6425E Intel Atom x6425E
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (32 EU) @ 0.75 GHz
400
Intel Core i7-13650HX Intel Core i7-13650HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.55 GHz
397
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) @ 0.77 GHz
393
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Core i3-8100H Intel Core i3-8100H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.00 GHz
384
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Core i3-8145UE Intel Core i3-8145UE
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
384

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 i7-13700H Intel Core i7-13700H
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
28845
Intel Core i7-13705H Intel Core i7-13705H
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
28845
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
28632
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
28514
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
28412
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
28412
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
28412

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
15,116 CB R23 MC @ 84 W
181
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
12,179 CB R23 MC @ 75 W
162
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
15,453 CB R23 MC @ 96 W
161
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
18,560 CB R23 MC @ 129 W
144
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
18,065 CB R23 MC @ 143 W
126

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