[Comparison] Intel Core i7-1195G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U – Battle of the Lightweights
Power-efficient chips are now becoming powerful as well, delivering amazing performance for being packed in small chassis notebooks. Today we have two of the high-end offerings in the space from Intel and AMD.
The Core i7-1195G7 offers 4 cores with boost speeds of up to 5.00GHz that blaze through daily use tasks like a hot knife through butter. The Ryzen 7 5800U, on the other hand, takes a different approach, offering 8 cores that aren’t clocked as highly but offer consistent performance for longer tasks.
Today we are comparing the Intel Core i7-1195G7 against the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U.
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You can find more information about both CPUs here: Intel Core i7-1195G7 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Specs table
Intel Core i7-1195G7 | AMD Ryzen 7 5800U | |
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Architecture | Tiger Lake UP3 | Zen 3 |
Cores / Threads | 4/8 | 8/16 |
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost | 2.90 – 5.00GHz | 1.90 – 4.40GHz |
Cache | 12MB | 20MB |
Lithography | 10nm | 7nm |
TDP | up to 28W | 15W |
Memory type | DDR4–3200MHz, LPDDR4x–4267MHz | DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4x-4266MHz |
Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) |
CPU benchmarks
3D Rendering went heavily in favor of the Ryzen 7, which is expected with the higher core and thread count. The performance increase of nearly 60% is very high and clearly puts the 5800U above its competition if we’re purely discussing 3D work. Photoshop results were closer, but the Ryzen 7 was still faster, finishing the benchmark 0.6 seconds sooner.
De resultaten zijn afkomstig van de Cinebench R23 CPU-test (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Resultaten zijn van onze Photoshop benchmark test (hoe lager de score, hoe beter)
GPU benchmarks
The GPU benchmarks were pretty even, with the Vega 8 graphics scoring 8% higher in 3DMark Fire Strike, while the Iris Xe Graphics G7 was 2.5% in Unigine Superposition. In games, the AMD CPU performed better, and this isn’t even because of the GPU, as many esports games are very CPU dependent.
De resultaten zijn afkomstig van de 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Resultaten zijn van de 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
De resultaten zijn afkomstig van de 3DMark: Wild Life benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Resultaten zijn van de Unigine Superposition benchmark (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)
Gaming tests
CS:GO | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings) | HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings) |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) – Core i7-1195G7 | 176 fps (+34%) | 129 fps (+57%) | 75 fps (+32%) |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) – Ryzen 7 5800U | 131 fps | 82 fps | 57 fps |
DOTA 2 | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings) | HD 1080p, High (Check settings) |
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) – Core i7-1195G7 | 145 fps (+16%) | 95 fps (+19%) | 62 fps (+38%) |
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) – Ryzen 7 5800U | 125 fps | 80 fps | 45 fps |
Conclusion
In short, the Ryzen 7 is a clear choice if you do any 3D work and want a well-performing, albeit efficient chip for your daily computing needs. However, if you’re not into any Creative work, both will do an amazing job for simpler and heavier tasks, power user work, and more. We favor the Ryzen simply because we are suckers for specs and the 8-core / 16-thread setup is something we can’t overlook.