Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs i3 1115G4

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 1.7-3.0 GHz i3 1115G4 with 2-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 1115G4 and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2 vs 1 TFLOPS
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1822 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 384.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 19.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 73 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 99.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 99.4 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 15.9 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 40 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 3.68 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 553 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 17.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 10.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 25M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 7.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 3.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 61.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 399 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 4.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 5667 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
60.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 120.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 207.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 1.06 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
Intel Core i3 1115G4
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and i3 1115G4

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1165G7 i3-1115G4
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU UHD Graphics Xe G4
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 1.7-3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 8 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 17-30x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 768 384
TMUs 48 24
ROPs 24 12
Execution Units 96 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2 TFLOPS
1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-3733
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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