[Comparison] Intel Core i7-1195G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - Battle of the Lightweights

[Comparison] Intel Core i7-1195G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U – Battle of the Lightweights

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] Intel Core i7-1195G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - Battle of the Lightweights

From: Severin Kolakov 30 March 2022 / 07:44 | 0

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 i7-1195G7	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
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.

3D Rendering

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

Intel Core i7-1195G7 Acer Aspire Vero (AV15-51)

5937

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U HP ENVY X360 13

9353

Adobe Photoshop

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

Intel Core i7-1195G7 Acer Aspire Vero (AV15-51)

6.63

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U HP ENVY X360 13

6.02

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.

3DMark Time Spy (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) Acer Aspire Vero (AV15-51)

1223

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) HP ENVY X360 13

1182

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) Acer Aspire Vero (AV15-51)

3317

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) HP ENVY X360 13

3579

3DMark Wild Life (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Wild Life benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) Acer Aspire Vero (AV15-51)

2313

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) HP ENVY X360 13

2200

Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) Acer Aspire Vero (AV15-51)

738

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) HP ENVY X360 13

720

Gaming tests

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)	HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
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)
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.