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Intel Core i5-1035G4 vs Intel Core i5-1034G1 vs Intel Core i5-1035G7

Intel Core i5-1035G4

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The Intel Core i5-1035G4 is a low-power, Ice Lake family processor (SoC) featuring 4 cores, 8 threads, 6 MB of L3 cache and the Iris Plus G4 (48 EUs) iGPU. It saw the light of day in H2 2019. The chip is designed for use in highly portable laptops; its CPU cores run at 1.1 GHz to 3.7 GHz, with only 3.3 GHz achievable if all the cores are loaded.

Unlike the costlier Core i5-1035G7, the 1035G4 has the 48 EU Intel iGPU at its disposal as opposed to the more powerful Iris Plus G7 (64 EUs); CPU cores have a slightly lower base clock speed in the case of the 1035G4, too.

Architecture & Features

Ice Lake family chips are powered by Sunny Cove CPU cores.The latter aim to do what Palm Cove cores (that we never really got a chance to get a taste of) were expected to do, delivering a double-digit IPC uplift over the venerable Skylake architecture thanks to a range of small improvements across the board including scheduler improvements, larger caches and buffers, and support for new instruction sets.

Thunderbolt 3 support is built right into the Core i5 (meaning the latter has several PCIe 3 lanes exclusive to Thunderbolt devices, reducing the number of additional components required for Thunderbolt to work) and so is CNVi Wi-Fi 6 support (making it easier for Intel to sell its proprietary WLAN cards to laptop makers). The Core i5-1035G4 also has the DL Boost and GNA features for applications centered around machine learning.

The 4 GT/s bus is indicative of a consumer-grade chip, since CPUs for gaming laptops and portable workstations usually employ the faster 8 GT/s bus. RAM support is nothing to sneeze at, at up to DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4-3733. NVMe SSDs are supported, with data transfer rates limited to 3.9 GB/s (this is what four PCIe 3 lanes are good for). SATA drives and even eMMC chips are also natively supported here.

This is not a user-replaceable CPU, as it gets permanently soldered to the motherboard (BGA1526 socket interface).

OS support is limited to 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11, as well as many Linux distros.

Performance

The average 1035G4 in our database is very close to the Ryzen 5 2500U and the Core i5-10310U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This makes it a mid-range chip, as of late 2021. It can even be used for a bit of gaming if mated to a decent graphics card.

The Acer Spin 3 SP314-54N-56S5 is one of the fastest laptops with this chip that we have tested. Thanks to the power limit 1 of 16.5 W, the Acer can be roughly 30% faster than the slowest system with the 1035G4 we know of, depending on the circumstances.

Graphics

The Iris Plus G4 (48 EUs) runs at up to 1.05 GHz. This is a rather decent iGPU that can be as fast as Nvidia's GeForce MX110 or even MX130, depending on the circumstances. It will handle many games at 1080p or 720p provided one is content with low or medium quality settings, respectively.

This DX12-compatible graphics adapter will drive up to 3 monitors with resolutions as high as 5120 x 3200. There is no support for ray tracing here and no hardware support for the latest AV1 codec; the usual HEVC, AVC and VP9 codecs are supported, thankfully.

Power consumption

This 10th generation Intel Core i5 processor has a default TDP of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit). Laptop makers are allowed to change that value to anything between 12 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly. This means the CPU is too power-hungry to be used as the base of a passively cooled laptop, tablet, mini-PC.

The Core i5-1035G4 is manufactured on Intel's 2nd generation 10 nm process (not "10 nm SuperFin" or "Intel 7") for average energy efficiency, as of early 2023.

Intel Core i5-1034G1

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The Intel Core i5-1034G1 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice -Lake-U generation that was announced in Mai 2019 (Computex). It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 0.8 (base) - 3.6 (single core Turbo) GHz. 2 cores can reach 3.6 GHz and all four 3.3 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock)  and therefore the CPU performance should be similar to the higher clocked Whiskey-Lake predecessors (e.g. Core i5-8365U with up to 4.1 GHz).

The biggest improvement for Ice-Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics card called UHD Graphics G1. The Core i5-1034G1 integrates the smallest GPU, the UHD Graphics that features 32 of the 64 CUs and clocks at 300 - 1050? MHz. The faster variants include Iris Plus G4 and G7.

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

The Core i5-1034G1 is produced in the improved 10nm+ process at Intel (2nd generation) that should offer a comparable performance to the 7nm process at TSMC. 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).

Intel Core i5-1035G7

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The Intel Core i5-1035G7 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice -Lake-U generation that was announced in Mai 2019 (Computex). It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 1.2 (base) - 3.7 (single core Turbo) GHz. 2 cores can reach 3.6 GHz and all four 3.3 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock). The Core i5-1035G7 is the second fastest Ice Lake-U chip at the time of announcement in 2019.

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

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

Performance

The average 1035G7 in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 3 4300U and the Core i5-10210U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Which isn't bad at all as of late 2021. The Core i5-1035G4 and the Core i5-1035G1 are two other chips that nearly match the 1035G7 in multi-thread performance.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 22 W, the Surface Laptop 3 13 is among the fastest laptops built around the 1035G7 that we know of. It can be at least 30% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i5 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers are allowed to change to anything between 12 W and 25 W if required with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly. Those values are a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The processor is built with Intel's second-gen 10 nm process for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-1035G4Intel Core i5-1034G1Intel Core i5-1035G7
SeriesIntel Ice LakeIntel Ice LakeIntel Ice Lake
CodenameIce Lake-UIce Lake UIce Lake-U
Series: Ice Lake Ice Lake-U
Intel Core i5-1038NG72 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1065G71.3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G71.2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G4 « 1.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G11 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1005G11.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1068G72.3 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1034G1 « 0.8 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1038NG72 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1065G71.3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G7 « 1.2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G41.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G11 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1005G11.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock1100 - 3700 MHz800 - 3600 MHz1200 - 3700 MHz
L1 Cache192 KB192 KB192 KB
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
L3 Cache6 MB6 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 84 / 8
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1526BGA1526
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-3733 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGXAVX512, DL Boost, Turbo Boost 2.0DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-3733 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGX
iGPUIntel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) (300 - 1050 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) (300 MHz)Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1050 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1035G4
28.3 pt (39%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1035G7
29.1 pt (40%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
3800 Points (4%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1119 Points (48%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 357     avg: 407.2     median: 426 (47%)     max: 441 Points
min: 380     avg: 415.3     median: 427 (47%)     max: 439 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 892     avg: 1242     median: 1304.5 (3%)     max: 1648 Points
min: 1043     avg: 1302     median: 1233 (3%)     max: 1630 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 490.1     avg: 592     median: 602.5 (4%)     max: 676 Points
min: 539     avg: 662     median: 712 (4%)     max: 736 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 146.4     avg: 164.4     median: 169 (51%)     max: 172 Points
min: 153     avg: 165     median: 170 (51%)     max: 172 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
7.4 Points (10%)
min: 4.87     avg: 6.4     median: 6.4 (8%)     max: 7.94 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2 Points (51%)
min: 1.77     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (48%)     max: 2.05 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6829 Points (41%)
min: 6044     avg: 6450     median: 6449.5 (39%)     max: 6855 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
22252 Points (16%)
min: 15373     avg: 19601     median: 19601 (14%)     max: 23829 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
20535 Points (14%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8073 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
307.8 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
7.4 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4526 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 11030     avg: 14407     median: 13057 (7%)     max: 19548 MIPS
min: 13921     avg: 17144     median: 18342 (11%)     max: 19168 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 1307     avg: 3648     median: 4086.5 (49%)     max: 4190 MIPS
min: 4091     avg: 4183     median: 4205 (50%)     max: 4252 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
35.8 fps (12%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
154.1 fps (36%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.37     avg: 4.2     median: 4 (7%)     max: 5.61 fps
min: 4.632     avg: 4.7     median: 4.7 (8%)     max: 4.71 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.8 GB/s (13%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.7 GB/s (12%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 703     avg: 919     median: 958 (7%)     max: 1075 Seconds
min: 771     avg: 880     median: 794 (6%)     max: 1075 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.701     avg: 0.8     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.825 sec
0.8 sec (18%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6875     avg: 7426     median: 7425.5 (16%)     max: 7976 Points
8736 Points (19%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
20.4 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
458.3 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
25676 Points (22%)
24378 Points (21%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5857     avg: 7358     median: 7346 (20%)     max: 8319 Points
min: 4649     avg: 6765     median: 6764.5 (18%)     max: 8880 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
50565 Points (41%)
min: 18908     avg: 34807     median: 34806.5 (28%)     max: 50705 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
50402 Points (41%)
min: 18887     avg: 34525     median: 34524.5 (28%)     max: 50162 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 50475     avg: 52620     median: 52619.5 (44%)     max: 54764 Points
min: 54327     avg: 54876     median: 54876 (46%)     max: 55425 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5723     avg: 6429     median: 6428.5 (16%)     max: 7134 Points
min: 5499     avg: 6720     median: 6720 (17%)     max: 7941 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 7094     avg: 9306     median: 9309 (17%)     max: 10511 Points
min: 7242     avg: 9252     median: 9251.5 (16%)     max: 11261 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2692     avg: 2993     median: 3010 (13%)     max: 3278 Points
3618 Points (15%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1081     avg: 1183     median: 1235 (52%)     max: 1277 Points
1163 Points (49%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3261     avg: 3815     median: 3986 (7%)     max: 4315 Points
2713 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1197 Points (5%)
min: 1126     avg: 1135     median: 1135 (5%)     max: 1144 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4206 Points (13%)
min: 2707     avg: 3488     median: 3488 (11%)     max: 4269 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5376 Points (54%)
5090 Points (51%)
min: 4947     avg: 5289     median: 5439 (54%)     max: 5481 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
17202 Points (19%)
16969 Points (19%)
min: 12220     avg: 15692     median: 17322 (19%)     max: 17534 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5166 Points (70%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
15662 Points (38%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 865     avg: 919     median: 908.5 (1%)     max: 1035 ms
min: 880     avg: 972     median: 971.5 (1%)     max: 1063 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
35435 Points (32%)
min: 31078     avg: 33114     median: 33114 (30%)     max: 35150 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 175     avg: 178.6     median: 176 (37%)     max: 189 Points
186 Points (39%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
26.8 Watt (5%)
23.7 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
41.6 Watt (8%)
min: 24.3     avg: 33.1     median: 33.1 (6%)     max: 41.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
15.5 Points per Watt (12%)
min: 17.6     avg: 19.9     median: 19.9 (15%)     max: 22.2 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1035G4 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1034G1 → 97% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1035G7 → 101% n=2

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