Intel Core i5-1145G7 vs Intel Core i7 X 980

Core i5-1145G7 vs Core i7 X 980 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1145G7 performs better than the Core i7 X 980. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 980 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-1145G7 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1145G7. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7 X 980 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1145G7.

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 i5-1145G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.