AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-1165G7

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Intel Core i7-1165G7 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3184 vs 2780
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22393 vs 10049
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 6505 vs 2718
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Sep 2020
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin
L1 cache 512 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 12 MB
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3184 vs 2780
PassMark - CPU mark 22393 vs 10049
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6505 vs 2718

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-1165G7

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 4.6 GHz
  • Around 25% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz vs 4.6 GHz
L2 cache 5 MB vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-1165G7

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3184
2780
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22393
10049
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
6505
2718
Name AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i7-1165G7
PassMark - Single thread mark 3184 2780
PassMark - CPU mark 22393 10049
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6505 2718

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i7-1165G7

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Tiger Lake
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 660 1134
Vertical segment Laptop Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $426
Processor Number i7-1165G7
Series 11th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 5 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 10 nm SuperFin
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.70 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s
Maximum core temperature 100C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-4266 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1449
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 12 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 1.20 GHz
Configurable TDP-up 28 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 2.80 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 46.5x25

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x9A49
Execution Units 96
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.30 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1
OpenGL 4.6

Security & Reliability

Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot