Intel Core i7-1185G7 vs Intel Core i7-1265U

Core i7-1185G7 vs Core i7-1265U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1265U performs better than the Core i7-1185G7. Despite this, the Core i7-1185G7 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1265U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-1185G7. Indeed, the Core i7-1265U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-1185G7. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1185G7. 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.

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 i7-1185G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.