[Comparison] Intel Core i7-1250U vs Core i7-1185G7 – Passing of the “Evo” torch

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] Intel Core i7-1250U vs Core i7-1185G7 - Passing of the "Evo" torch

From: Severin Kolakov 08 November 2022 / 07:30 | 0

The Intel Evo platform is expanding beyond the 11th Gen Tiger lake CPUs, as we now get the first two additions: the Core i5-1230U and the Core i7-1250U. Intel is playing it safe for the sake of increasing stability by lowering the base TDP of these two chips to 9W.

Obviously, if the cooling potential is there, the chips will tear through that 9W like a piece of paper, however, doing it like this removes a lot of the pressure. Today we have the Core i7-1250U, which we’re placing against an already established Evo platform processor: the Core i7-1185G7.

Today we are comparing the Intel Core i7-1250U against the Core i7-1185G7.

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You can find more information about both CPUs here: Intel Core i7-1250U / Core i7-1185G7

Specs table

	Intel Core i7-1250U	Intel Core i7-1185G7
Architecture	Alder Lake-U	Tiger Lake-U
Cores / Threads	10/12	4/8
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost	0.80 – 4.70GHz	3.00 – 4.80GHz
Cache	12MB	12MB
Lithography	10nm	10nm
TDP	9W	up to 28W
Memory type	DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Integrated GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

CPU benchmarks

The new 12th Gen Alder lake CPU is significantly more powerful in 3D Rendering, scoring 23% higher in Cinebench 20 and being around 1.5 seconds faster in Photoshop.

3D Rendering

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

Intel Core i7-1250U HP Envy x360 13 (13-bf0000)

7766

Intel Core i7-1185G7 Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2

6188

Conclusion

Alder Lake presents a big boost in performance when compared to Tiger Lake. The new CPUs have a raw advantage, sporting higher core counts which means great multi-core performance. The Alder Lake architecture by itself is an improvement, as even in single-core work the 12th gen CPUs are blazing quick. However, while performance matters a lot, stability takes the front row with these Evo chips, and the Tiger Lake processors are still excellent at it.