Intel Core i7 1255U vs i7 1185G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7 1255U with 10-cores against the 1.2-3.0 GHz i7 1185G7 with 4-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1185G7 and 1255U
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1255U
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2248 vs 1864 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1185G7
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2248
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7160
File compression 626.4 MB/sec 729.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 49.1 Klines/sec 28.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 179.7 pages/sec 144.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 201.5 Mpixels/sec 168.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.7 pages/sec 121.7 pages/sec
Background blur 31.6 images/sec 23.9 images/sec
Photo processing 71.1 images/sec 71.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.8 Mpixels/sec 7.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1162 & 995 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3149
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
12978
Integer math 47.7 GOps/sec 33.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.2 GOps/sec 19.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 38M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.8M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.1 GBytes/sec 5.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 145.7 MBytes/sec 102.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 750 Frames/sec 736 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.2B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4528 & 5575 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
77.28

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.7 PPW 11.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 477.3 PPW 202.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 865.2 PPW 353.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.15 PPW 2.23 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 1255U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-13 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2315 / 7219
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-13 (kapple)Cinebench 202495 / 446
Intel Core i7 1185G7
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-23 (mentos_sotnem)Geekbench 6 CPU1769 / 5723

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1255U and i7 1185G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1255U i7-1185G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U -
Intel CPU rating (#186th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 1.2-3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 12-30x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (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) 12-15 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1350 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
2.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- 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 1255U official page Intel Core i7 1185G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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