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Intel Core i5-13420H
Raptor Lake-H's budget entry point. The 13420H cuts the i5-13500H's core count to 4 performance and 4 efficiency cores and swaps in a smaller 48-EU UHD Graphics block instead of Iris Xe, landing it in mainstream and gaming laptops that pair it with a discrete GPU rather than lean on the integrated graphics.
Pros
- Higher per-core clocks (up to 4.6GHz) than the previous-generation budget H-series chips
- 12MB L3 cache plus DDR5-5200/LPDDR5X-5200 support keeps memory-bound tasks competitive
- Common in laptops paired with a discrete GPU, where the CPU rarely bottlenecks gaming
- 45W base TDP (up to 115W) keeps thermals manageable in thin chassis
Cons
- Only 4 performance + 4 efficiency cores, half the E-core count of the i5-13500H
- 48-EU UHD Graphics iGPU is far weaker than the Iris Xe in higher SKUs and unsuitable without a discrete GPU
- Still built on the Intel 7 (10nm-class) process, trailing the efficiency of newer nodes
- No NPU, so it does not support on-device Copilot+ style AI features
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i5-13420H
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 45 W
- Max TDP
- 115 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 2.1 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.6 GHz
- L3 cache
- 12 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics (48 EU)
- iGPU clock
- 1,400 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-5200 / LPDDR5X-5200 / DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267
- Max memory
- 96 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,273Bottom 35%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 8,158Bottom 26%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,681Bottom 50%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 10,679Bottom 44%
- PassMark
- 16,769Bottom 38%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 812Bottom 32%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i5-13420H good in 2026?
The Intel Core i5-13420H earns an Inno Score of 45.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Raptor Lake-H's budget entry point. The 13420H cuts the i5-13500H's core count to 4 performance and 4 efficiency cores and swaps in a smaller 48-EU UHD Graphics block instead of Iris Xe, landing it in mainstream and gaming laptops that pair it with a discrete GPU rather than lean on the integrated graphics.
Does the Intel Core i5-13420H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 16,769 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i5-13420H?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.6 GHz · Base TDP: 45 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i5-13420H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Intel Core i3-1215U, Intel Core i7-1185G7 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
