Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

We compared two CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 (laptop) with 4-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (desktop) 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
11.3
(Bad)
Value Index
50.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600X and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Includes an integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 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) 588 459
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 911 2477

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9135
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 954.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 66.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 169 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 245 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 213.5 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 1003 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3366
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21824
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 70.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 39.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 135M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 26.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 252.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 1307 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 17B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 35079 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
156.48

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 140.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 335.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 2.41 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 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Geekbench 6 CPU2174 / 9054
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 2, 2020 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-1165G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - Intel Core i5 11600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#124th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 37x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket BGA-1449 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#119th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 768 -
TMUs 48 -
ROPs 24 -
Execution Units 96 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Choose between two processors
5 (31.3%)
11 (68.8%)
Total votes: 16

Comments

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