Intel Core i7-1065G7

The Intel Core i7-1065G7 is a power efficient quad-core SoC of the Ice-Lake-U product family designed for thin laptops and Ultrabooks. It was announced in May 2019 (Computex). The CPU has four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading) clocked at 1.3 (base) - 3.9 (single core Turbo) GHz. 2 cores can reach 3.8 GHz and all four 3.5 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock).

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

Performance

The average 1065G7 in our database is most comparable to AMD Ryzen 7 2700U and Intel Core i5-8259U, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned. This is a so-so result and a direct consequence of Intel's inability to make the best of its brand-new 10 nm node. Intel Core i7-10710U, a 10th Gen processor built with Intel's third-gen 14 nm process, will easily rip a 1065G7 to pieces. That said, a 1065G7 will beat a 10710U in terms of energy efficiency.

The biggest improvement of Ice Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics adapter called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i7-1065G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 EUs clocked at 300 - 1100 MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU from current Ryzen APUs.

The Core i7-1065G7 is produced on the first-gen 10 nm Intel process that should offer a comparable performance to the 7 nm TSMC process. The TDP is specified at 15 Watts and therefore the CPU can be used in thin and light laptops (but usually with a fan). Intel offers a configurable TDP of 7.5 - 25 Watts for the partners resulting in significant performance differences (due to longer periods of Turbo Boost).

Series	Intel Ice Lake
Codename	Ice Lake U
Series: Ice Lake Ice Lake U Intel Core i7-1068G7 2.3 - 4.1 GHz 4 / 8 8 MB » Intel Core i7-1065G7 1.3 - 3.9 GHz 4 / 8 8 MB Intel Core i5-1035G7 1.2 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8 6 MB Intel Core i5-1035G4 1.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8 6 MB Intel Core i5-1035G1 1 - 3.6 GHz 4 / 8 6 MB Intel Core i5-1034G1 0.8 - 3.6 GHz 4 / 8 6 MB Intel Core i3-1005G1 1.2 - 3.4 GHz 2 / 4 4 MB
Clock Rate	1300 - 3900 MHz
Level 1 Cache	192 KB
Level 2 Cache	2 MB
Level 3 Cache	8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Socket	BGA1526
Features	AVX512, DL Boost, Turbo Boost 2.0
GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1100 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	05/29/2019

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