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Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs Apple M1

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 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 (7)

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 M1 and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 2027 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1165G7
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 1165G7
75
Apple M1 +47%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 1165G7
210
Apple M1 +150%
525
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
2027
Apple M1 +19%
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
5457
Apple M1 +57%
8547
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
2718
Apple M1 +35%
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
9757
Apple M1 +45%
14123
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1165G7
60.7
Apple M1 +57%
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 6.81 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
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-17 (Qianhe)Cinebench 2024110 / 525
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 2, 2020 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M1
Model number i7-1165G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 12-28x -
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 14 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1165G7
2 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +30%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 or Intel Core i7 1165G7?
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Neri June 26, 2026 at 01:49 PM
I will never be scamed by windows and inte proccessors. Those shits do not even have the dignity to be compared with apple m series. Apple always is 10 steps over all products
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RotemJ April 12, 2025 at 02:13 PM
Been working on an M1 macbook air for almost a year. In combination with macos I can say by now that's the worst machine I've even worked on and I can't wait to replace it.
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Tom January 26, 2025 at 06:35 AM
To be fair the M1 is a very good chip, but inproductivity and gaming it I7 pulles ahead.
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Ceft March 23, 2024 at 09:35 PM
This is now the $699 for M1 at Walmart so it's the new price to performance king on laptops
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Steve Adams November 20, 2023 at 10:32 AM
I have a dell pc with the 1165g7 in it, and it trades blows with the M1 for the work I do. I have 64gb of ram in my system with a 2 TB SSD that has faster transfer speeds than the ssd in M1 series macbooks. Factor in all of that, with a 10-11 hr battery life out of my system with the larger battery installed and I am fairly happy. The M1 display is a little better on paper but in the real world, mine is fine. The way Apple's marketing was getting on, you wouldn't know if the M1 had enough power to reverse the rotation of the earth.
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Rafik Margaryan September 12, 2023 at 03:15 PM
I am the owner of MacBook air with m1 chip and I can confidently say that intel processors are way better.
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KEVEN April 11, 2025 at 06:43 AM
MORE CONTEXT PLEASE ?
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