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Intel Core i7 1185G7 vs i5 1155G7

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Intel Core i7 1185G7
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Intel Core i5 1155G7
Intel Core i7 1185G7
Intel Core i5 1155G7

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 1.2-3.0 GHz Intel Core i7 1185G7 against the 1.0-2.5 GHz i5 1155G7. 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 1155G7 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
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1155G7
  • Newer - released 9 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1185G7
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Core i5 1155G7

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 433.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 28.4 Klines/sec 34.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 144.7 pages/sec 105.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.4 Mpixels/sec 153.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 121.7 pages/sec 194.7 pages/sec
Background blur 23.9 images/sec 28 images/sec
Photo processing 71.3 images/sec 48.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 6.79 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 995 & 1137 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 34.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.8 GOps/sec 20 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 37M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.5 GBytes/sec 5.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 102.4 MBytes/sec 104.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 736 Frames/sec 557 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 7.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5575 & 1001 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1185G7 +26%
62.33
Core i5 1155G7
49.4

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.2 PPW 8.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 202.5 PPW 193 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.4 PPW 342.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.23 PPW 1.76 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
📘 2025-10-23 (mentos_sotnem)Geekbench 6 CPU1769 / 5723
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Intel Core i5 1155G7
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1185G7 and i5 1155G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 June 8, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1185G7 i5-1155G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U -
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-3.0 GHz 1.0-2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-30x 10-25x
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 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1350 MHz 1350 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 1155G7
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 1155G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Total votes: 17

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Comments

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