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Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs Apple M3

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M3
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Apple M3

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 4.05 GHz Apple M3 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

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 M3 and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M3
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M3 GPU integrated graphics: 3.5 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3009 vs 2027 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1165G7
vs
Apple M3

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 1165G7
75
Apple M3 +87%
140
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 1165G7
210
Apple M3 +239%
712
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 588 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 911 2341
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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 M3 +48%
3009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
5457
Apple M3 +117%
11815
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 264.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 313.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 297 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 438 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
2718
Apple M3 +73%
4707
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
9757
Apple M3 +95%
19065
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 42.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 48.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 231M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 225 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 1867 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 10B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 1563 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1165G7
60.7
Apple M3 +164%
160.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 35.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 590.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 953.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 8.02 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)GeekBench1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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Apple M3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (doannguyenmfs)GeekBench2991 / 11735
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (darkknightSup)GeekBench2990 / 11498
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and Apple M3

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 2, 2020 October 30, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M3
Model number i7-1165G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M3 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 4.05 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.75 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 12-28x 40x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 20 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M3 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 768 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 24 40
Execution Units 96 160
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1165G7
2 TFLOPS
Apple M3 +75%
3.5 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M3 GPU (10-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 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

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