Intel Core i7-1185G7

The Intel Core i7-1185G7 is a power-efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Tiger Lake-U generation (UP3) that was introduced September 2020. It integrates four Willow Cove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading). Each core can clock from 1.2 GHz (12 W base clock speed), 3 GHz (28 W base clock speed) to 4.8 GHz (single-core boost). All cores at once can clock at up to 4.3 GHz. At the time of announcement, the i7-1185G7 is the fastest model of the line-up. Since early 2021, the i7-1185G7 supports management features like vPro.

Another novelty is the integrated Iris Xe iGPU 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 i7-1185G7 it uses 96 EUs and clocks between 400 - 1,350 MHz. The GPU and CPU can together use the 12 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 1185G7 in our database is just as fast as AMD's hexa-core Ryzen 5 4500U APU is, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned. While the i7 is not Intel's fastest laptop-grade processor by any stretch of imagination, it's more than usable for your productivity and creative apps, with a bit of gaming possible as well.

Power consumption

This little Core i7 here has a default TDP of 12 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop manufacturers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The chip is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin for average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Series	Intel Tiger Lake
Codename	Tiger Lake-UP3
Series: Tiger Lake Tiger Lake-UP3 Intel Core i7-1195G7 2.9 - 5 GHz 4 / 8  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1185G7 « 3 - 4.8 GHz 4 / 8  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1165G7 2.8 - 4.7 GHz 4 / 8  12 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1155G7 2.5 - 4.5 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1145G7 2.6 - 4.4 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1135G7 2.4 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1125G4 2 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1115G4 3 - 4.1 GHz 2 / 4  6 MB L3
Clock Rate	3000 - 4800 MHz
Level 1 Cache	320 KB
Level 2 Cache	5 MB
Level 3 Cache	12 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	28 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	BGA1449
Features	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM, PCIe 4, 4 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TME
GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (400 - 1350 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	09/02/2020
Product Link (external)	Intel Tiger Lake i7-1185G7

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