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Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
Intel Core i7 1165G7
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (3)

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4700U and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2027 vs 1488 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1165G7
vs
Ryzen 7 4700U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 588 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 911 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7 +36%
2027
Ryzen 7 4700U
1488
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 541.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 41.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 109.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 136.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 130.3 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 26.4 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 43.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 8.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 557 & 1005 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
9757
Ryzen 7 4700U +34%
13117
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 41.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 28.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 38M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 18M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 8.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 153.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 596 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 13.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 11101 & 2174 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1165G7
60.7
Ryzen 7 4700U +53%
92.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 16 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 219 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 524.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 3.71 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren ร‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

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 Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#167th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 20x
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 100ยฐC 105ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 768 448
TMUs 48 28
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1165G7 +43%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 4700U
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 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 7 4700U 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 7 4700U or Intel Core i7 1165G7?
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Hamada November 18, 2021 at 06:52 PM
Would you please, tell me about heat treatment & resistance for both ?! ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Unknown April 20, 2021 at 11:46 AM
Based on quick analysis on 20-Apr-2021, I find Ryzen 7 is far more affortable and extreme value for money.
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ryzenโค๐Ÿ˜ January 9, 2021 at 06:51 AM
More affordable and far better performance than an overly hyped brand
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