Intel Core i7 1185G7 vs i7 1165G7

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2-3.0 GHz Intel Core i7 1185G7 against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7. 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 1165G7 and 1185G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1185G7
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1864 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 729.9 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 28.4 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 144.7 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.4 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 121.7 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 23.9 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 71.3 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 995 & 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 33.7 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.8 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.5 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 102.4 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 736 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5575 & 11101 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.2 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 202.5 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.4 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.23 PPW 2.17 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 1185G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-23 (mentos_sotnem)Geekbench 6 CPU1769 / 5723
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1185G7 and i7 1165G7

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 i7-1185G7 i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-3.0 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-30x 12-28x
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) 12MB (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 Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1350 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.1 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1185G7 official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 1165G7 or i7 1185G7?
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Nalin Midigaspege June 23, 2022 at 05:33 AM
There was no big difference between Intel Core i7 1165G7 or i7 1185G7. But the price was almost double.
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