Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i5-1035G7 vs Intel Core i7-1065G7

Intel Core i7-10610U

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The Intel Core i7-10610U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g. Core i7-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (DDR4-2666 vs 2400) and two additional cores in the top model (not in this i7-10610U). The processor cores are clocked between 1.8 and 4.9 GHz (unverified). Thanks to Hyper-Threading 8 threads can be used. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Compared to the similar Core i7-10510U, the 10610U supports vPro.

The integrated graphics adapter however is still the same as in the previous generations. It should be still called Intel UHD Graphics 620 and clock from 300 - 1150 MHz in the i7. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder and an integrated dual channel DDR4-2666 / LPDDR4x 2933 / LPDDR3-2133 memory controller.

Performance

The average 10610U in our database is in the same league as the Core i5-1035G1 and also the Core i5-8257U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of 25 W, the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G7 is among the fastest laptops built around the 10610U that we know of. It can be about 30% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i7 has a default TDP of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit). Laptop manufacturers are free to change that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly. Perhaps more importantly, short-term power consumption of 10th gen Comet Lake U processors can be as high as 80 W or even 90 W, making passively cooled designs rather unlikely to appear.

Core i7-10610U is manufactured on an old, as of late 2022, 14 nm Intel process for subpar energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-1035G7

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The Intel Core i5-1035G7 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice -Lake-U generation that was announced in Mai 2019 (Computex). It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 1.2 (base) - 3.7 (single core Turbo) GHz. 2 cores can reach 3.6 GHz and all four 3.3 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock). The Core i5-1035G7 is the second fastest Ice Lake-U chip at the time of announcement in 2019.

The biggest improvement for Ice-Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics adapter called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i7-1065G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 CUs clocked at 300 - 1100 MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU in current Ryzen APUs.

Other improvements for Ice Lake are the AI hardware acceleration and the partial integration of Thunderbolt and Wifi 6 in the chip. The integrated DDR4 memory controller supports modules with up to 3200 MHz (and LPDDDR4-3733).

Performance

The average 1035G7 in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 3 4300U and the Core i5-10210U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Which isn't bad at all as of late 2021. The Core i5-1035G4 and the Core i5-1035G1 are two other chips that nearly match the 1035G7 in multi-thread performance.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 22 W, the Surface Laptop 3 13 is among the fastest laptops built around the 1035G7 that we know of. It can be at least 30% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i5 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers are allowed to change to anything between 12 W and 25 W if required with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly. Those values are a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The processor is built with Intel's second-gen 10 nm process for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i7-1065G7

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The Intel Core i7-1065G7 is a power efficient quad-core SoC of the Ice Lake U product family designed for thin laptops and Ultrabooks. It was announced in May 2019 (Computex). The CPU has four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading) clocked at 1.3 (base) - 3.9 (single core Turbo) GHz. 2 cores can reach 3.8 GHz and all four 3.5 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock).

Other improvements for Ice Lake are the AI hardware acceleration and the partial integration of Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi 6 in the chip. The integrated DDR4 memory controller supports modules with up to 3200 MHz (and LPDDDR4 3733).

The biggest improvement of Ice Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics adapter called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i7-1065G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 EUs clocked at 300 - 1100 MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU from current Ryzen APUs.

Performance

The average 1065G7 in our database is most comparable to the AMD Ryzen 7 2700U and the Intel Core i5-8259U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a so-so result and a direct consequence of Intel's inability to make the best of its brand-new 10 nm node. The Core i7-10710U, a 10th generation processor built with an older 14 nm process, will easily rip a 1065G7 to pieces. That said, the 1065G7 will surely beat a 10710U in terms of energy efficiency.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and sufficiently high CPU power limits, the Galaxy Book Flex 15-NP950 is among the fastest laptops powered by the 1065G7 that we know of. It can be around 40% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i7 has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W. Laptop makers are free to change that value to anything between 12 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The quad-core Intel CPU is built with Intel's second-gen 10 nm process (not 10 nm SuperFin or Intel 7) for average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Model	Intel Core i7-10610U	Intel Core i5-1035G7	Intel Core i7-1065G7
Series	Intel Comet Lake	Intel Ice Lake	Intel Ice Lake
Codename	Comet Lake-U	Ice Lake-U	Ice Lake-U
Series: Ice Lake Ice Lake-U	Intel Core i7-10810U 1.1 - 4.9 GHz 6 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-10710U 1.1 - 4.7 GHz 6 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-10610U « 1.8 - 4.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i7-10510U 1.8 - 4.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-10310U 1.7 - 4.4 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-10210U 1.6 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i3-10110U 2.1 - 4.1 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 2.4 GHz 2 / 4  2 MB L3 Intel Celeron 5205U 1.9 GHz 2 / 2	Intel Core i5-1038NG7 2 - 3.8 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1065G7 1.3 - 3.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1035G7 « 1.2 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1035G4 1.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1035G1 1 - 3.6 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1005G1 1.2 - 3.4 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3	Intel Core i5-1038NG7 2 - 3.8 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1065G7 « 1.3 - 3.9 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1035G7 1.2 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1035G4 1.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1035G1 1 - 3.6 GHz 4 / 8  6 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1005G1 1.2 - 3.4 GHz 2 / 4  4 MB L3
Clock	1800 - 4900 MHz	1200 - 3700 MHz	1300 - 3900 MHz
L1 Cache	256 KB	192 KB	192 KB
L2 Cache	1 MB	2 MB	2 MB
L3 Cache	8 MB	6 MB	8 MB
Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 8	4 / 8
TDP	15 Watt	15 Watt	15 Watt
Technology	14 nm	10 nm	10 nm
max. Temp.	100 °C	100 °C	100 °C
Socket	BGA1528	BGA1526	BGA1526
Features	LPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666/LPDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-3733 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGX	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-3733 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGX
iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1150 MHz)	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1050 MHz)	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1100 MHz)
Architecture	x86	x86	x86
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Manufacturer	ark.intel.com	ark.intel.com	ark.intel.com

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