Intel Core i5-1140G7

The Intel Core i5-1140G7 is a power-efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Tiger Lake-U generation (UP4) that was introduced in early 2021. It integrates four Willow Cove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading). The guaranteed base clock speed depends on the TDP setting and can range from 0.8 (7 W TDP) to 1.8 GHz (15 W TDP). The Turbo clock speed is specified at 4.2 GHz for one core, all cores can reach up to 3.5 GHz.

Another novelty is the integrated Xe graphics card with 80EUs based on the completely new Gen 12 architecture. It offers a significantly higher performance compared to the older Iris Plus G7 (Ice Lake). In the i5-1140G7 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. The i5-1140G7 also supports the management feature vPro.

Performance

The average 1140G7 in our database is in the same league as the N95 and also the Pentium 7505, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a pretty poor 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. Those values are rather low, meaning at least a few passively cooled designs are to be expected.

Core i5-1140G7 is manufactured on Intel's 2nd generation 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin for decent, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Codename	Tiger Lake-UP4
Series	Intel Tiger Lake
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 - 4200 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, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, AMB, FMA, ADX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TME
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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