Intel Core i7 1280P vs i7 1185G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1280P with 14-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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1185G7 and 1280P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1280P
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1-year and 6-months later
  • Has 12288 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1746 vs 1483 points

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1657
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11721
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3354
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20697
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1746
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
10413

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1280P 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 i7-1280P i7-1185G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.8 GHz 1.2-3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 4
Total Threads 20 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 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 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1449
TDP 20-28 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP 64 W -
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1350 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1280P official page Intel Core i7 1185G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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