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Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Apple M1

Intel Core i7-1165G7

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The Intel Core i7-1165G7 is an upper mid-range, quad-core SoC designed for use in ultra-thin laptops. The Tiger Lake-UP3 processor was unveiled in September 2020; its Hyper-Threading-enabled Willow Cove CPU cores run at 2.8 GHz (base clock speed @ 28 W TDP) to 4.7 GHz (single-core Boost frequency). The all-core Boost frequency sits at 4.1 GHz. This i7 was the second-fastest CPU of TGL-UP3 line-up when Intel initially launched the series in 2020.

The i7 is ever-so-slightly inferior to Intel Core i7-1185G7 in that vPro support is nowhere to be found, the clock speeds are lower, and the iGPU's clock speed is a little lower as well.

Architecture

A sizeable performance-per-MHz boost is one of the many benefits of Tiger Lake generation compared to the older Ice Lake and Comet Lake product families. Core i7-1165G7 is compatible with dual-channel DDR4-3200 or quad-channel LPDDR4x-4267 RAM; Intel recommends using no more than 64 GB, for reference. The processor also supports PCI-Express 4.0 (4 lanes) and is capable of HW-accelerating certain AI workloads. Thunderbolt 4, USB 4 and Wi-Fi 6 support is partially baked into the chip. Four PCI-Express 4.0 lanes allow for read/write rates of up to 7.9 GB/s, provided a suitably fast NVMe SSD is used.

The i7 is built with the third-gen 10 nm Intel process marketed as SuperFin that is supposedly comparable to TSMC's 7 nm process, the one Ryzen 4000 and Ryzen 5000 series processors are manufactured on. Both the CPU cores and the iGPU have access to 12 MB of L3 cache. The SoC is supposed to be soldered straight on to the motherboard (BGA1449 socket interface); it is thus anything but user-replaceable.

Performance

The average i7-1165G7 in our database is just as fast as Intel's Core i5-10200H and Core i7-10810U are, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. The chip is brave enough to come dangerously close to the noticeably costlier i7-1195G7 while unfortunately not quite reaching the high bar set by the Ryzen 3 5300U. That being said, it's a very decent CPU that will have no trouble chewing through light video editing and 3D rendering jobs on the go with a bit of gaming possible as well, as of early 2022.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 40 W, the Schenker Vision 15 is among the fastest laptops built around the 1165G7 that we know of. It can be more than 60% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 EUs) is based on Intel's Generation 12 architecture. It is a lot faster than the older Iris Plus G7 (Ice Lake) and UHD Graphics 620 (Comet Lake) solutions. The Xe has 96 Execution Units running at 400 MHz to 1,300 MHz, in the case of this Core i7.

This graphics adapter can drive up to 4 monitors in resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p@60 simultaneously, and the built-in video decoder is AV1-friendly. It will happily decode most other video codecs including HEVC, AVC, VP9, MPEG-2 and so on, too.

The Xe will let you play most games at 1080p / Low. It's nearly as fast as NVIDIA's GeForce MX350, surpassing anything we have seen from AMD's integrated graphics thus far. It is paramount that fast RAM is used as the Xe has no VRAM of its own. The other prerequisites for decent 3D performance are decently high Power Limits and a competent cooling solution.

Power consumption

The i7-1165G7 has a default TDP of 12 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop makers will go for a higher value to get higher clock speeds and thus better performance. Either way, these values are too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The i7 is built with Intel's third-generation 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin for decent, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

Apple M1

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The Apple M1 is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2020 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13, and Mac Mini. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power-efficiency cores. The big cores offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 12 MB shared L2 cache. According to Apple the performance of these cores should be better than anything on the market (in late 2020). The four efficiency cores are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3204 MHz.

The M1 is available in two TDP variants, a passive cooled 10 Watt variant for the MacBook Air and an active cooled faster variant for the MacBook Pro 13 and Mac Mini. Those should offer a better-sustained performance according to Apple.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 offers 8 cores (7 cores in the entry MacBook Air) and a peak performance of 2.6 teraflops. Apple claims that it is faster than any other iGPU at the time of announcement.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine with a peak performance of 11 TOPS (for AI hardware acceleration), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt / USB 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders.

The Apple M1 includes 16 billion transistors (up from the 10 billion of the A12Z Bionic and therefore double the amount of a Tiger Lake-U chip like the i7-1185G7) and is manufactured in 5nm at TSMC.

ModelIntel Core i7-1165G7Apple M1
SeriesIntel Tiger LakeApple Apple M-Series
CodenameTiger Lake-UP3
Series: Apple M-Series
Intel Core i7-1195G7 compare2.9 - 5 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1185G7 compare3 - 4.8 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1165G7 « 2.8 - 4.7 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1155G7 compare2.5 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1145G7 compare2.6 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1135G7 compare2.4 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1125G4 compare2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1115G4 compare3 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Apple M1 Max compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core compare2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M1 « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock2800 - 4700 MHz2064 - 3220 MHz
L1 Cache320 KB2 MB
L2 Cache5 MB16 MB
L3 Cache12 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 88 / 8
TDP28 Watt
Technology10 nm5 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1449
FeaturesDDR4-3200/DDR4x-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, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (400 - 1300 MHz)Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Architecturex86ARM
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
Transistors16000 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-1165G7
34.5 pt (48%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M1 +
110 Points (76%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M1 +
444 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 2525     avg: 5110     median: 5216 (5%)     max: 6862 Points
150%
M1 +
min: 7409     avg: 7728     median: 7800.5 (7%)     max: 7830 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1110     avg: 1425     median: 1457.5 (62%)     max: 1539 Points
104%
M1 +
min: 1496     avg: 1512     median: 1514.5 (64%)     max: 1520 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 442     avg: 551     median: 564 (63%)     max: 589 Points
71%
M1 +
min: 401     avg: 403     median: 402.5 (45%)     max: 406 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1060     avg: 1967     median: 1996.5 (5%)     max: 2657 Points
105%
M1 +
min: 1863     avg: 2040     median: 2093.5 (5%)     max: 2109 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 553     avg: 847     median: 850 (5%)     max: 1027 Points
126%
M1 +
min: 1020     avg: 1063     median: 1072 (7%)     max: 1087 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 115     avg: 212.1     median: 218 (66%)     max: 230 Points
95%
M1 +
min: 206     avg: 207.3     median: 208 (63%)     max: 208 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 5.26     avg: 8     median: 7.9 (10%)     max: 9.84 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.16     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (62%)     max: 2.63 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7815     avg: 8540     median: 8645 (52%)     max: 9053 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 15248     avg: 22318     median: 22636 (16%)     max: 28753 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 29428     avg: 36033     median: 36980 (26%)     max: 40744 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 10812     avg: 11405     median: 11515.5 (14%)     max: 11777 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 216.279     avg: 288.1     median: 288.1 (3%)     max: 360 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 6.428     avg: 8.4     median: 8.4 (2%)     max: 10.3 s
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
min: 402.3     avg: 583     median: 583.2 (2%)     max: 764 s
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
min: 8.53     avg: 16.1     median: 16.1 (8%)     max: 23.6 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 4619     avg: 5593     median: 5717 (9%)     max: 6444 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 15347     avg: 22950     median: 23460 (13%)     max: 27405 MIPS
148%
M1 +
34614 MIPS (20%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4478     avg: 5184     median: 5217 (62%)     max: 5507 MIPS
104%
M1 +
5441 MIPS (65%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 43.9     avg: 46.3     median: 46.3 (16%)     max: 48.7 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 186.9     avg: 198     median: 198 (46%)     max: 209 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 1.39     avg: 6.3     median: 6.5 (11%)     max: 8.47 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.447     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.488 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.792     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (14%)     max: 0.893 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 5.4     avg: 5.6     median: 5.7 (15%)     max: 5.8 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1150 Seconds (15%)
103%
M1 +
964 Seconds (12%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 468     avg: 618     median: 587 (4%)     max: 1138 Seconds
100%
M1 +
min: 412     avg: 561     median: 561 (4%)     max: 710 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.552     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (12%)     max: 1.002 sec
96%
M1 +
0.7 sec (16%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6508     avg: 7856     median: 7454 (16%)     max: 9036 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.2     avg: 7.2     median: 7.2 (2%)     max: 7.229 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 15.6     avg: 15.7     median: 15.7 (1%)     max: 15.77 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 366     avg: 397.1     median: 395.2 (2%)     max: 431.9 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 19752     avg: 23363     median: 23411.5 (20%)     max: 26875 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 4695     avg: 10244     median: 10943 (30%)     max: 12729 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 42264     avg: 61343     median: 63812 (52%)     max: 70947 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 46511     avg: 60571     median: 62205 (50%)     max: 68689 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 36557     avg: 63092     median: 67985 (57%)     max: 71802 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 3794     avg: 8046     median: 8299 (21%)     max: 9815 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 5877     avg: 12128     median: 12962.5 (23%)     max: 14548 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1974     avg: 4193     median: 4209 (18%)     max: 5654 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 M1 +
2711 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
6808 Points (78%)
46%
M1 +
min: 1956     avg: 3137     median: 3136.5 (36%)     max: 4317 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 M1 +
2363 Points (72%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 M1 +
8622 Points (34%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1302     avg: 1524     median: 1532.5 (65%)     max: 1595 Points
113%
M1 +
min: 1710     avg: 1729     median: 1730 (73%)     max: 1745 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3078     avg: 5151     median: 5174.5 (9%)     max: 5926 Points
146%
M1 +
min: 7034     avg: 7501     median: 7578 (14%)     max: 7710 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1344     avg: 1528     median: 1533 (7%)     max: 1587 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1726     avg: 5032     median: 5200 (16%)     max: 5836 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6172     avg: 6528     median: 6560.5 (66%)     max: 6826 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12476     avg: 20843     median: 21250.5 (24%)     max: 23050 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
6462 Points (88%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
20978 Points (51%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 591     avg: 653     median: 642 (1%)     max: 795 ms
100%
M1 +
min: 418     avg: 473.8     median: 483 (1%)     max: 516 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 134.3     avg: 135.1     median: 135.1 (1%)     max: 135.9 ms
101%
M1 +
min: 65.2     avg: 75.9     median: 76.4 (1%)     max: 86.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 57117     avg: 63907     median: 64672 (58%)     max: 68127 Points
97%
M1 +
min: 62055     avg: 63340     median: 62589.5 (56%)     max: 66974 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
199.4 Points (57%)
95%
M1 +
189 Points (54%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 196     avg: 251.7     median: 253 (53%)     max: 314 Points
111%
M1 +
min: 216     avg: 266.3     median: 280.5 (58%)     max: 304 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 M1 +
min: 104389     avg: 105297     median: 105297 (88%)     max: 106205 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 M1 +
min: 110874     avg: 111266     median: 111266 (90%)     max: 111658 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 533978     avg: 539206     median: 539206 (99%)     max: 544434 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 267169     avg: 271808     median: 271808 (98%)     max: 276446 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1017190     avg: 1027580     median: 1027580 (99%)     max: 1037960 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 M1 +
min: 1040910     avg: 1113810     median: 1113810 (67%)     max: 1186710 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 M1 +
min: 244643     avg: 254253     median: 254252 (70%)     max: 263862 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
20627 Points (33%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
12778 Points (59%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1209     avg: 1329     median: 1349 (52%)     max: 1477 Points
95%
M1 +
min: 1266     avg: 1301     median: 1283 (49%)     max: 1355 Points
CrXPRT 2 - CrXPRT2 Performance Score
181 Points (100%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 21.1     avg: 39.2     median: 40.7 (7%)     max: 64.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 21.9     avg: 44     median: 43.7 (8%)     max: 69.8 Watt
103%
1 M1 +
27.2 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M1 +
min: 8.23     avg: 8.7     median: 8.5 (4%)     max: 9.49 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
6.8 Watt (5%)
103%
1 M1 +
3 Watt (2%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.48     avg: 7.5     median: 7.1 (8%)     max: 11.5 Watt
105%
1 M1 +
min: 2.29     avg: 2.9     median: 3.1 (3%)     max: 3.22 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 13.1     avg: 20.9     median: 18.9 (14%)     max: 43.5 Points per Watt
198%
1 M1 +
37.5 Points per Watt (28%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-1165G7 → 100% n=20

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 → 105% n=20

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