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Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs i5 11400H

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
VS
40 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11400H
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core i5 11400H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 2.2-2.7 GHz i5 11400H with 6-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 11400H and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 8 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1165G7
vs
Core i5 11400H

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 435.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 54.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 119.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 193.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 199.7 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 13.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 507 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
Core i5 11400H +55%
15125
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 52.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 31.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 22.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 673 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 12.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 7444 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1165G7
60.7
Core i5 11400H +80%
108.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 10.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 154.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 336.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 2.42 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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Intel Core i5 11400H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (Omkar)Cinebench 202482 / 439
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-17 (HNAT)Cinebench 202484 / 513
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-06 (George)Geekbench 6 CPU2082 / 8223
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-11 (Shen)Cinebench 202483 / 482
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and i5 11400H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1165G7 i5-11400H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 2.2-2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 22-27x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1165G7 +400%
2 TFLOPS
Core i5 11400H
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (16 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

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 No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page Intel Core i5 11400H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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