[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.

You can take a look at our Top Laptop CPU Ranking, where we showcase the best and the newest laptop processors.

You can find more information about both CPUs here: Intel Core i7-1195G7 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

Specs table

Intel Core i7-1195G7AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
ArchitectureTiger Lake UP3Zen 3
Cores / Threads4/88/16
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost2.90 – 5.00GHz1.90 – 4.40GHz
Cache12MB20MB
Lithography10nm7nm
TDPup to 28W15W
Memory type
DDR4–3200MHz,
LPDDR4x–4267MHz
DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4x-4266MHz
Integrated GPUIntel 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.

Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)


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.


Gaming tests

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GOHD 1080p, Low (Check settings)HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) – Core i7-1195G7176 fps (+34%)129 fps (+57%)75 fps (+32%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) – Ryzen 7 5800U131 fps82 fps57 fps

DOTA 2HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) – Core i7-1195G7145 fps (+16%) 95 fps (+19%)62 fps (+38%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) – Ryzen 7 5800U125 fps80 fps45 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.

All laptops with the Intel Core i7-1195G7:


All laptops with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U:

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