Intel Core i7-1185G7 vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Core i7-1185G7 vs Core i7-5820K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5820K beats the Core i7-1185G7 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1185G7 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-1185G7. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-1185G7. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1185G7. A Core i7-1185G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-1185G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.