Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500U 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 4500U and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.2 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1491 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Newer - released 8 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

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)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 588 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 911 -

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2027
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5457
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 513.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 29.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 94.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 138.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 129.8 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 26.6 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 45 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 6.49 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 978 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2718
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
10637
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 30.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 21.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 36M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 14.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 6.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 122.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 520 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 2999 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
67.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 188.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 425.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 2.72 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 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 2, 2020 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number i7-1165G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon RX Vega 6
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - Intel Core i5 1035G7
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#170th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 23x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 768 384
TMUs 48 24
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2 TFLOPS
1.2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page AMD Ryzen 5 4500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U or Intel Core i7 1165G7?
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Shreyas Honrao August 17, 2021 at 08:27 AM
I personally like Intel Core i7 1165G7 more, but due to low budget issue, i have purchased AMD Ryzen 5 4500U.
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