AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-1185G7

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i7-1185G7 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600X is faster than the Core i7-1185G7. 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 Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-1185G7. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-1185G7. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1185G7. The Core i7-1185G7 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a 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 Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.