Intel Core i7 1065G7 vs i3 1215U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i7 1065G7 with 4-cores against the 1.2 GHz i3 1215U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1215U and 1065G7
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • Newer - released 2 years and 7 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 37% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1599 points
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2184
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5662
File compression 303.1 MB/sec 356.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 23.7 Klines/sec 45.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 102.3 pages/sec 117.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 141.9 Mpixels/sec 180.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 136.7 pages/sec 224.7 pages/sec
Background blur 21.1 images/sec 18.9 images/sec
Photo processing 46.2 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.9 Mpixels/sec 9.45 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 519 & 1106 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3101
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
10106
Integer math 28.3 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 16.5 GOps/sec 24.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 29M Primes/sec 30M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 10.6M Strings/sec 12.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.5 GBytes/sec 6.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 87.4 MBytes/sec 113.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 583 Frames/sec 546 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.9B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4520 & 3915 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
58.9

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.3 PPW 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 290.5 PPW 377.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 540.6 PPW 673.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.99 PPW 3.93 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 1065G7
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i3 1215U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
๐Ÿ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1065G7 and i3 1215U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released August 1, 2019 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Ice Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-1065G7 i3-1215U
Integrated GPU Iris Plus Graphics G7 UHD Graphics (64EU)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.3 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 13x 12x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket BGA-1526 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 8 16
Execution Units 64 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-3733
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1065G7 official page Intel Core i3 1215U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 1215U or i7 1065G7?
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Realistic guy October 16, 2023 at 11:22 AM
It's been proven that generation matters a lot.
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