13th Gen Core i5-13420H vs 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz

Short answer: which is best?

13th Gen Core i5-13420H is 3.2 % stronger than 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz. 13th Gen Core i5-13420H ranks #57 of 81 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,702 CPU score over 2 verified runs). 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz ranks #61 of 81 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,495 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

Metric13th Gen Core i5-13420H11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz
CPU score (the processor's own performance)6,7026,495
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)4,3723,675
Integer (MT)4 Gop/s3.7 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.62 Gop/s0.5 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)5,446,8425,567,420
Cores / threads8 / 128 / 16
L3 cache12 MB24 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for 13th Gen Core i5-13420H · All measurements for 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz