i5-13420H vs Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated663
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Phenom IIIntel Raptor Lake-H
Power efficiencyno data24.50
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Raptor Lake-H (2023)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketS1FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.4 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Core i5-13420H.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 4 January 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 12

i5-13420H has an age advantage of 12 years, and 300% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

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