Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Core i7-1165G7 vs Core i7-1260U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1165G7 beats the Core i7-1260U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1260U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1260U 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-1165G7 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Core i7-1165G7 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-1165G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.