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Intel Core i5-13500H
Raptor Lake-H's mid-range mainstay. The 13500H keeps the 4P+8E layout of the i5-12500H but adds clock speed and a faster iGPU, making it the default choice in creator laptops and mid-tier gaming machines from 2023 onward.
Pros
- Higher clocks than the i5-12500H at the same core count
- 1.45GHz Iris Xe iGPU is quick for an 80-EU part
- Handles DDR5-5200 and LPDDR5X-6400
- Strong price-to-performance in gaming laptops
Cons
- Architecturally identical to 12th gen, so gains are modest
- Still on Intel 7, so efficiency lags Ryzen 7040
- No NPU for Copilot+ workloads
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i5-13500H
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 45 W
- Max TDP
- 95 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 2.6 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.7 GHz
- L3 cache
- 18 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Iris Xe (80 EU)
- iGPU clock
- 1,450 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-5200 / LPDDR5X-6400 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,400Bottom 40%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 11,000Bottom 48%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,740Top 45%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 14,700Top 35%
- PassMark
- 20,924Top 48%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 1,175Bottom 45%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i5-13500H good in 2026?
The Intel Core i5-13500H earns an Inno Score of 49.8/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Raptor Lake-H's mid-range mainstay. The 13500H keeps the 4P+8E layout of the i5-12500H but adds clock speed and a faster iGPU, making it the default choice in creator laptops and mid-tier gaming machines from 2023 onward.
Does the Intel Core i5-13500H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 20,924 (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 i5-13500H?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.7 GHz · Base TDP: 45 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i5-13500H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 5 220, Intel Core i5-1340P, AMD Ryzen 7 7730U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
