Intel Core i5-1130G7

The Intel Core i5-1130G7 is a power-efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Tiger Lake-U generation (UP4) that was introduced in September 2020. It integrates four Willow Cove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading). Each core can clock from 0.8 GHz (base speed at 7 Watt TDP) to 1.8 GHz (base speed at 15 Watt TDP) all the way to 4 GHz (1 core boost for all TDPs). All cores at once can clock at up to 3.4 GHz.

Another novelty is the integrated Xe graphics card based on the completely new Gen 12 architecture. It should offer a significantly higher performance compared to the older Iris Plus G7 (Ice Lake). In the i5-1130G7 it uses 80 of the 96 EUs and clocks between 400 - 1100 MHz. The GPU and CPU can together use the 8 MB of L3 cache.

Furthermore, Tiger Lake SoCs add PCIe 4 support (four lanes), AI hardware acceleration, and the partial integration of Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 and Wi-Fi 6 in the chip.

Performance

The average 1130G7 in our database is very close to the N95 and also the Core i5-1140G7, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a so-so result, as of early 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Core i5 has a default TDP of 7 W to 15 W, the expectation being that laptop manufacturers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. These values are fairly low, meaning at least a few passively cooled designs are to be expected.

The CPU is built with Intel's 3rd generation 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Series	Intel Tiger Lake
Codename	Tiger Lake-UP4
Series: Tiger Lake Tiger Lake-UP4 Intel Core i7-1180G7 2.2 - 4.6 GHz 4 / 8  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1160G7 2.1 - 4.4 GHz 4 / 8  12 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1140G7 1.8 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1130G7 « 1.8 - 4 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1120G4 1.5 - 3.5 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1110G4 2.5 - 3.9 GHz 2 / 4  6 MB L3
Clock Rate	1800 - 4000 MHz
Level 1 Cache	320 KB
Level 2 Cache	5 MB
Level 3 Cache	8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	BGA1598
Features	LPDDR4x-4266 RAM, PCIe 4, 2 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (400 - 1100 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	09/02/2020
Product Link (external)	ark.intel.com

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