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Intel Core i3-1215U vs Intel Core i7-1185G7

Intel Core i3-1215U

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The Intel Core i3-1215U is a mid-range mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 8 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1.2 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.9 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 10 MB L3-cache. Compared to the faster i5 and i7 models, the i3 does not include vPro features.

Performance

The average 1215U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 3 5300U and also the Core i7-1185G7, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is decent enough of a result, as of late 2022. For an entry-level CPU, that is.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is, and how high the CPU power limits are.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 64 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.1 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 15 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 55 W max. Turbo power (PL2) and the whole SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

Intel Core i7-1185G7

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The Intel Core i7-1185G7 is a power-efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Tiger Lake-U generation (UP3) that was introduced September 2020. It integrates four Willow Cove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading). Each core can clock from 1.2 GHz (12 W base clock speed), 3 GHz (28 W base clock speed) to 4.8 GHz (single-core boost). All cores at once can clock at up to 4.3 GHz. At the time of announcement, the i7-1185G7 is the fastest model of the line-up. Since early 2021, the i7-1185G7 supports management features like vPro.

Another novelty is the integrated Iris Xe iGPU based on the completely new Gen 12 architecture. It should offer a significantly higher performance compared to the older Iris Plus G7 (Ice Lake). In the i7-1185G7 it uses 96 EUs and clocks between 400 - 1,350 MHz. The GPU and CPU can together use the 12 MB of L3 cache.

Furthermore, Tiger Lake SoCs add PCIe 4 support (four lanes), AI hardware acceleration, and the partial integration of Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 and Wi-Fi 6 in the chip.

Performance

The average 1185G7 in our database is just as fast as AMD's hexa-core Ryzen 5 4500U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. While the i7 is not the fastest Tiger Lake chip by any stretch of imagination, it's more than usable for your productivity and creative apps, with a bit of gaming possible as well.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 55 W, the Stealth 15M A11SEK is among the fastest laptops powered by the 1185G7 that we know of. It can be almost twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This little Core i7 here has a default TDP of 12 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop manufacturers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The chip is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin for average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i3-1215UIntel Core i7-1185G7
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-MIntel Tiger Lake
CodenameAlder Lake-UTiger Lake-UP3
Series: Tiger Lake Tiger Lake-UP3
Intel Core i7-1265U compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U compare1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U compare0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U « 0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8505 compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8500 compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7305 compare0.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 compare0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1195G7 compare2.9 - 5 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1185G7 « 3 - 4.8 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1165G7 compare2.8 - 4.7 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1155G7 compare2.5 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1145G7 compare2.6 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1135G7 compare2.4 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1125G4 compare2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1115G4 compare3 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Clock900 - 4400 MHz3000 - 4800 MHz
L1 Cache544 KB320 KB
L2 Cache5 MB5 MB
L3 Cache10 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 84 / 8
TDP15 Watt28 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1449
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM, PCIe 4, 4 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TME
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) ( - 1100 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (400 - 1350 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i3-1215U
34.3 pt (48%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-1185G7
34.4 pt (48%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 4561     avg: 5182     median: 5181.5 (5%)     max: 5802 Points
min: 3610     avg: 5324     median: 5383.5 (5%)     max: 6383 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1442     avg: 1512     median: 1511.5 (64%)     max: 1581 Points
min: 1251     avg: 1449     median: 1455.5 (62%)     max: 1532 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 557     avg: 582     median: 581.5 (65%)     max: 606 Points
min: 489     avg: 557     median: 558.5 (62%)     max: 593 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1734     avg: 1966     median: 1966 (5%)     max: 2198 Points
min: 1425     avg: 2039     median: 2090 (5%)     max: 2493 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 786     avg: 809     median: 809 (5%)     max: 832 Points
min: 617     avg: 859     median: 866 (5%)     max: 1066 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 208     avg: 217.5     median: 217.5 (66%)     max: 227 Points
min: 168     avg: 215.4     median: 217 (65%)     max: 230 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
11 Points (14%)
min: 8.99     avg: 9.3     median: 9.3 (12%)     max: 9.67 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.8 Points (69%)
min: 2.52     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (63%)     max: 2.56 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7879 Points (48%)
min: 8782     avg: 8872     median: 8872 (54%)     max: 8962 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
19430 Points (14%)
min: 26426     avg: 27025     median: 27024.5 (20%)     max: 27623 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
40308 Points (28%)
min: 35564     avg: 36392     median: 36391.5 (25%)     max: 37219 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
12816 Points (16%)
min: 10927     avg: 11135     median: 11135 (14%)     max: 11343 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
98.3 s (1%)
240.4 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.4 s (1%)
min: 5.71     avg: 6     median: 5.8 (1%)     max: 6.875 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
7944 Points (13%)
6045 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 20873     avg: 22883     median: 22883 (13%)     max: 24893 MIPS
min: 18812     avg: 23288     median: 23471 (13%)     max: 27693 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4934     avg: 5032     median: 5031.5 (60%)     max: 5129 MIPS
min: 3678     avg: 5112     median: 5153 (62%)     max: 5507 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
50.1 fps (17%)
46.6 fps (16%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
199.3 fps (46%)
198.8 fps (46%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 5.31     avg: 5.3     median: 5.3 (9%)     max: 5.33 fps
min: 5.02     avg: 6.6     median: 6.6 (12%)     max: 8.13 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.1 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.7 GB/s (29%)
0.8 GB/s (14%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
11.6 GB/s (30%)
5.8 GB/s (15%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1246     avg: 1250     median: 1249.5 (16%)     max: 1253 Seconds
min: 1099     avg: 1103     median: 1102.5 (14%)     max: 1106 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 645     avg: 665     median: 664.5 (5%)     max: 684 Seconds
min: 478     avg: 588     median: 578.5 (4%)     max: 745 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.547     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (12%)     max: 0.551 sec
min: 0.55     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.615 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
0 Points (0%)
9108 Points (19%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.3 s (2%)
7.1 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
15.8 s (1%)
15.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
372.4 s (2%)
380.4 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
29182 Points (26%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7942     avg: 9992     median: 9991.5 (27%)     max: 12041 Points
min: 5707     avg: 10641     median: 11284 (31%)     max: 12726 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
58615 Points (48%)
min: 69716     avg: 71020     median: 71351 (58%)     max: 71993 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
58454 Points (47%)
min: 69895     avg: 70538     median: 70537.5 (57%)     max: 71180 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 67339     avg: 69256     median: 69331.5 (58%)     max: 71022 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
7972 Points (20%)
min: 5114     avg: 8442     median: 8804 (22%)     max: 10133 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 10502     avg: 12516     median: 12516 (22%)     max: 14530 Points
min: 7886     avg: 13151     median: 13684 (24%)     max: 14680 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3321     avg: 3539     median: 3539 (15%)     max: 3757 Points
min: 2489     avg: 4447     median: 4495 (19%)     max: 5608 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2082 Points (56%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
5213 Points (21%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1506     avg: 1539     median: 1539 (65%)     max: 1572 Points
min: 1398     avg: 1520     median: 1529 (65%)     max: 1626 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4502     avg: 5259     median: 5258.5 (9%)     max: 6015 Points
min: 4620     avg: 5460     median: 5550 (10%)     max: 5944 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1501 Points (7%)
min: 1217     avg: 1485     median: 1531.5 (7%)     max: 1561 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
6005 Points (19%)
min: 4542     avg: 5511     median: 5578.5 (18%)     max: 6349 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6801 Points (68%)
min: 5587     avg: 6340     median: 6437 (64%)     max: 6682 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
23138 Points (25%)
min: 20763     avg: 22357     median: 22175 (24%)     max: 25403 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 607     avg: 608     median: 608 (1%)     max: 609 ms
min: 618     avg: 649     median: 645 (1%)     max: 695 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
78716 Points (69%)
min: 59942     avg: 62365     median: 61608 (54%)     max: 66300 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 215     avg: 237.5     median: 237.5 (68%)     max: 260 Points
min: 189.4     avg: 189.9     median: 189.9 (55%)     max: 190.4 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 256     avg: 312     median: 312 (65%)     max: 368 Points
min: 230     avg: 251.2     median: 253 (53%)     max: 270 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1201     avg: 1267     median: 1267 (49%)     max: 1333 Points
min: 1233     avg: 1343     median: 1325 (51%)     max: 1474 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 28.1     avg: 31.1     median: 31.1 (5%)     max: 34 Watt
min: 26.9     avg: 43.8     median: 44.6 (8%)     max: 59.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 33     avg: 40.5     median: 40.5 (7%)     max: 47.9 Watt
min: 33.7     avg: 48.1     median: 46.9 (9%)     max: 68.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 3.9     avg: 4.3     median: 4.3 (3%)     max: 4.68 Watt
10.6 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 5.41     avg: 5.7     median: 5.7 (6%)     max: 6.07 Watt
4.1 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 17.4     avg: 20.6     median: 20.6 (15%)     max: 23.8 Points per Watt
min: 12.3     avg: 17.3     median: 17.5 (13%)     max: 21.1 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-1215U → 100% n=46

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-1185G7 → 98% n=46

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