Core i5-13500H vs Ryzen 5 5600G

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Core i5-13500H and the Ryzen 5 5600G are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Core i5-13500H has 12 cores and 16 threads, and the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores and 12 threads. The extra cores of the Core i5-13500H help with video editing, streaming while you play and heavy multitasking more than with the game itself. Boost clocks are 4.7 GHz and 4.4 GHz.

Platform, power and price

The Core i5-13500H uses the BGA socket and the Ryzen 5 5600G uses AM4, so they need different motherboards, and often different memory. When you compare prices, count the board as well as the chip.

Rated power is 45 W for the first and 65 W for the second. That is close enough that cooling needs will be similar.

We do not have launch prices for both chips, so we cannot compare value.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Core i5-13500H can feed a card up to the Radeon RX 6800 XT before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Ryzen 5 5600G reaches the Radeon RX 6800 XT. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Core i5-13500H if you want the faster gaming chip and the same or more cores. Choose the Ryzen 5 5600G if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.