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

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-13500HX. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i5-13500HX.

Name: Intel Core i5-13500HX
Family: Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group: Intel Core i 13000H (26)
Architecture: Raptor Lake H
Segment: Mobile
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)

Internal Graphics

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.
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
105
Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
105
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
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
104
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
104
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 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.
Intel Core i5-14500HX Intel Core i5-14500HX
14C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
905
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
888
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz
885
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 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
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
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.
Intel Core i7-1260U Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
1745
Intel Core i3-14100 Intel Core i3-14100
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1742
Intel Core i3-14100F Intel Core i3-14100F
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1742
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 i5-12490F Intel Core i5-12490F
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1729
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1722

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.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
18780
Intel Core i9-13900H Intel Core i9-13900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
18760
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz
18730
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
18560
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz
18511
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
18197
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
18165

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.
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1745
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 i3-12300 Intel Core i3-12300
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1739

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 i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
13816
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
16C 22T @ 4.50 GHz
13796
Intel Core i9-12900TE Intel Core i9-12900TE
16C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
13738
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
13650
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
13620
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz
13548
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz
13547

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 i5-12500 Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
2365
Intel Core i5-13600T Intel Core i5-13600T
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
2364
Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
2360
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 i7-12700TE Intel Core i7-12700TE
12C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
2354
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2351

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.
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz
12714
Intel Core i9-13900H Intel Core i9-13900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
12706
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
12679
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz
12647
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
12637
AMD EPYC 7402 AMD EPYC 7402
24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz
12622
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
12545

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.
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 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 i7-13705H Intel Core i7-13705H
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
28845
Intel Xeon W-2191B Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
28788
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
Intel Xeon W-2195 Intel Xeon W-2195
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz
28467
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS
8C 16T @ 3.75 GHz
28412
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
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.
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
15,315 CB R23 MC @ 103 W
149
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
10,988 CB R23 MC @ 76 W
145
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
21,216 CB R23 MC @ 147 W
144
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
18,560 CB R23 MC @ 129 W
144
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W
141
Intel Core i7-13700KF Intel Core i7-13700KF
31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W
141
Intel Core i5-13600K Intel Core i5-13600K
24,125 CB R23 MC @ 174 W
139

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