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Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core i7 1165G7
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7520U and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1270 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1165G7
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 588 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 911 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7 +60%
2027
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7 +29%
5457
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7 +14%
2718
Ryzen 5 7520U
2376
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1165G7 +19%
60.7
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 3.41 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 2, 2020 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number i7-1165G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 28x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 15 W
Socket BGA-1449 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1165G7 +300%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 4

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
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Total votes: 51

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U or Intel Core i7 1165G7?
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Gayratbek May 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Because of LPDDR5, Ryzen is appreciated.
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