Intel Core i5-1135G7 vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

Core i5-1135G7 vs Core i7-4980HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1135G7 beats the Core i7-4980HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4980HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1135G7. Despite this, the Core i5-1135G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1135G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4980HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-1135G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.