Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3157 points
3216 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5503 points
26% slightly better gaming score
4347 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2492 points
2881 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2381 points
2795 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.64 points
84.65 points
49% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
86% significantly higher clock speed
1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
800 KiB
108% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

517th of 1,089
509th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-1165G7 vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1220P is faster than the Core i7-1165G7. Despite this, the Core i7-1165G7 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores than the Core i7-1165G7. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-1165G7. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1165G7. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-1165G7 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1220P. Also, the Core i7-1165G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1165G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1220P 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 i7-1165G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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