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Intel Core i5-1038NG7

Intel i5-1038NG7

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 or Core i5-1038G7 is a quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice-Lake-U generation that was announced in Mai 2020 in the refreshed MacBook Pro 13. It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 2 (base) - 3.8 (single core Turbo) GHz. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock) and therefore the CPU performance should be similar to the higher clocked Whiskey-Lake and Coffee-Lake predecessors (e.g. Core i7-8559U, 2.7 - 4.5 GHz). The Core i5-1038G7 is the second fastest 28W model of the Ice Lake family after the Core i7-1068G7.

The biggest improvement for Ice-Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics card called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i5-1035G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 CUs clocked at 300 - 1100? MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU in current Ryzen APUs.

Other improvements for Ice Lake are the AI hardware acceleration and the partial integration of Thunderbolt and Wifi 6 in the chip. The integrated DDR4 memory controller supports modules with up to 3200 MHz (and LPDDDR4 3733).

The Core i5-1038G7 is produced in the new  10nm process at Intel that should offer a comparable performance to the 7nm process at TSMC. The TDP is specified at 28 Watts and therefore the CPU is best used in small multimedia laptops from 13-inch upwards (e.g. like a MacBook Pro 13).

CodenameIce Lake-U
SeriesIntel Ice Lake

Series: Ice Lake Ice Lake-U

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 « 2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1065G7 compare1.3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G7 compare1.2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G4 compare1.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G1 compare1 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1005G1 compare1.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock Rate2000 - 3800 MHz
Level 1 Cache192 KB
Level 2 Cache2 MB
Level 3 Cache6 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)28 Watt
Manufacturing Technology10 nm
FeaturesAVX512, DL Boost, Turbo Boost 2.0
GPUIntel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1050 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date05/04/2020
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
28.3 pt (47%)
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
438 Points (48%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
1998 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
768 Points (5%)
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
169 Points (47%)
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
7.5 Points (10%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2 Points (48%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6743 points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
23609 points (17%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
355 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
11.2 s (2%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
19485 MIPS (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4161 MIPS (49%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
6 fps (11%)
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
4.2 Seconds (0%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.7 sec (15%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
7844 Points (17%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
19.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
756 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
9402 Points (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
27599 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
27341 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
29878 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
6131 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
9138 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
3595 Points (15%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1265 points (49%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
4564 points (8%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
754 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
45151 Points (34%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
180 Points (32%)
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Other CPUs of the series Ice Lake

» Intel Core i5-1038NG7
   4x 2 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1068G7
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1065G7
   4x 1.3 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1035G7
   4x 1.2 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1035G4
   4x 1.1 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1035G1
   4x 1 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1060NG7
   4x 1.2 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1060G7
   4x 1 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1034G1
   4x 0.8 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1030NG7
   4x 1.1 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1030G7
   4x 0.8 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1030G4
   4x 0.7 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» Intel Core i3-1005G1
   2x 1.2 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» Intel Core i3-1000NG4
   2x 1.1 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i3-1000G4
   2x 1.1 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Intel Core i3-1000G1
   2x 1.1 GHz - 3.2 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i7-8809G
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.2 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-9400H
   4x 2.5 GHz - 4.3 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-10200H
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
+ Intel Core 3 N355
   8x 3 GHz - 3.9 GHz
+ Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1038NG7
   4x 2 GHz - 3.8 GHz
- Intel Core i7-8709G
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.1 GHz
- Intel Core i7-8706G
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.1 GHz
- Intel Core i7-8705G
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.1 GHz
- Intel Core i7-1068G7
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4.1 GHz
- Intel Core i7-7920HQ
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.1 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2020-05- 4)