Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i7-1165G7 vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1235U is faster than the Core i7-1165G7. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1165G7 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-1165G7 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1165G7. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-1165G7 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core i7-1165G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-1165G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.