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Intel Core i7 1185G7 vs i5 1145G7

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1185G7
VS
41 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1145G7
Intel Core i7 1185G7
Intel Core i5 1145G7

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2-3.0 GHz Intel Core i7 1185G7 against the 1.1-2.6 GHz i5 1145G7. 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 1145G7 and 1185G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1185G7
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1185G7
vs
Core i5 1145G7

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 729.9 MB/sec 612.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 28.4 Klines/sec 31.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 144.7 pages/sec 132.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.4 Mpixels/sec 170.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 121.7 pages/sec 176.2 pages/sec
Background blur 23.9 images/sec 29.7 images/sec
Photo processing 71.3 images/sec 64.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 995 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 33.7 GOps/sec 31.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.8 GOps/sec 18.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 32M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 12.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.5 GBytes/sec 5.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 102.4 MBytes/sec 100.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 736 Frames/sec 535 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 5575 & 6811 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1185G7 +3%
62.33
Core i5 1145G7
60.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.2 PPW 25.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 202.5 PPW 215.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.4 PPW 326.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.23 PPW 2.17 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 1185G7
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-23 (mentos_sotnem)Geekbench 6 CPU1769 / 5723
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Intel Core i5 1145G7
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)Geekbench 6 CPU1915 / 6100
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)Cinebench 202477 / 226
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1185G7 and i5 1145G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 September 1, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1185G7 i5-1145G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-3.0 GHz 1.1-2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-30x 11-26x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1350 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1185G7 +24%
2.1 TFLOPS
Core i5 1145G7
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1185G7 official page Intel Core i5 1145G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

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