Intel Core i7 1195G7 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3-2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 1195G7 with 4-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and 1195G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1195G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 4096 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 25% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1911 vs 1457 points
  • Newer - released 5-months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1517
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
7150

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1911
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 732.2 MB/sec 447.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 31.9 Klines/sec 35.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 131.4 pages/sec 114.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 165 Mpixels/sec 180.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 184.8 pages/sec 114.9 pages/sec
Background blur 17.5 images/sec 27.5 images/sec
Photo processing 54.2 images/sec 40.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.73 Mpixels/sec 9.84 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3075
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
13180
Integer math 37.7 GOps/sec 46.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 21.8 GOps/sec 26.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 57M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.8M Strings/sec 19.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6 GBytes/sec 10.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 115.7 MBytes/sec 179.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 845 Frames/sec 541 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.8B Matrices/sec 11.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1195G7 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released June 8, 2021 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i7-1195G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon RX Vega 7

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.3-2.9 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 13-29x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 FP6
Peak temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 768 448
TMUs 48 28
ROPs 24 7
Execution Units 96 -
TGP 15 W 10-45 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
1.108 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1195G7 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Core i7 1195G7?
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No-name-Sky 19 August 2022 00:42
It's embarrassing to see an I7 losing to a ryzen 5 in multicores.
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