Lenovo Yoga 7i Core i5-1135G7 CPU is on par with the Core i7-1165G7, but its Iris Xe graphics is way behind
We've tested about six laptops with Intel's brand new Core i7-1165G7 thus far but only one with the lesser Core i5-1135G7. Interestingly enough, our single Core i5-1135G7 retail sample has outperformed the average processor performance of all six of our first Core i7-1165G7 laptops.
As shown by our CPU comparison graphs below, our Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 with the Core i5-1135G7 scores 8 to 14 percent higher than the average Core i7-1165G7 in our database in CineBench Multi-Threaded benchmarks. This doesn't appear to be a fluke either as the Lenovo system is also faster in HWBOT, Blender, and 7-Zip as well. The discrepancy can be partly attributed to the extra-slow Core i7-1165G7 in the Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 which brings down the average Core i7-1165G7 in our database by quite the margin.
Even when looking beyond the ZenBook Flip S UX371, Lenovo's implementation of the Core i5-1135G7 is notable because it is able to maintain high clock rates relative to any Core i7-1165G7 laptop thus far. The ZenBook 14 UX425E with the Core i7-1165G7, for example, would stabilize at 2.4 GHz when running Prime95 versus 3.0 GHz on the Core i5-powered Yoga 7i 14.
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 -mmt1 | 7z b 4
Geekbench 5.5: Single-Core | Multi-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
i5-1135G7 Pre-Sample | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (1060 - 2657, n=81) | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 |
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (442 - 589, n=81) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
i5-1135G7 Pre-Sample | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (553 - 1027, n=86) | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
i5-1135G7 Pre-Sample | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 |
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (115 - 230, n=78) | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
i5-1135G7 Pre-Sample | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 |
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (468 - 1138, n=80) | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (4478 - 5507, n=80) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (15347 - 27405, n=80) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 |
Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (1302 - 1595, n=77) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 |
Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (3078 - 5926, n=77) | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (1.39 - 8.47, n=80) | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (21.5 - 88.1, n=78) | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (0.552 - 1.002, n=80) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q | |
Acer SF514-55T |
* ... smaller is better
The story is flipped when looking at graphics. Although the Core i5-1135G7 comes with the same integrated Iris Xe GPU and 96 EUs as on the Core i7-1165G7, graphics performance on the Core i5 can be anywhere from 35 to 50 percent slower in both games and 3DMark benchmarks. We attempted to update our graphics driver on the Lenovo machine which stood at 27.20.100.8439 at the time of review, but the Intel page recommended that we update the driver through Lenovo instead. According to Lenovo Vantage, however, the graphics driver was already up to date and so we stuck with the manufacturer recommendation since this is what the majority of owners will be doing.
Now, there's a chance that other laptops with the same Core i5-1135G7 CPU will have faster graphics performance than what we're seeing here on the Yoga 7i 14. After all, this Lenovo is our first and only retail sample of the Core i5-1135G7 at the time of writing. A much larger sample size of both Core i5-1135G7 and Core i7-1165G7 laptops will be needed before we can draw any firm conclusions about either.
The Witcher 3 | |
1024x768 Low Graphics & Postprocessing | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (28.9 - 110, n=182) | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
1366x768 Medium Graphics & Postprocessing | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (21.4 - 74.1, n=180) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
1920x1080 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off) | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (10.6 - 45.9, n=185) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
Acer SF514-55T | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (8.79 - 20.1, n=175) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 |
Strange Brigade | |
1280x720 lowest AF:1 | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (48.5 - 107.3, n=161) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
1920x1080 medium AA:medium AF:4 | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (18.2 - 48.3, n=159) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
1920x1080 high AA:high AF:8 | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (15.4 - 38.1, n=158) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 | |
1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16 | |
Dell XPS 13 9310 Core i7 FHD | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (13.2 - 30.8, n=156) | |
Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA | |
Lenovo Yoga 7 14ITL5 |