i5-1145G7 vs Ryzen 5 1500X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1500X
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.73
Core i5-1145G7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
6.17
+7.7%

Core i5-1145G7 outperforms Ryzen 5 1500X by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11371089
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency8.3420.85
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Tiger Lake-UP3 (2020−2021)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache384 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1.3 GHz
Execution Units-80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12.1
OpenGL-4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 1500X 5.73
i5-1145G7 6.17
+7.7%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 1500X 9099
i5-1145G7 9798
+7.7%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 1500X 1114
i5-1145G7 1681
+50.9%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 1500X 3688
i5-1145G7 4894
+32.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 1500X 4573
i5-1145G7 8275
+80.9%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 1500X 20186
i5-1145G7 25545
+26.5%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 1500X 7403
i5-1145G7 8923
+20.5%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 1500X 6.9
+21%
i5-1145G7 8.35

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 1500X 9
i5-1145G7 9
+3.6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 1500X 805
+1.7%
i5-1145G7 792

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1500X 154
i5-1145G7 203
+31.5%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1500X 1.73
i5-1145G7 2.31
+33.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1500X 4.9
i5-1145G7 5.6
+14.3%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1500X 3910
i5-1145G7 4707
+20.4%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 1500X 50
+6.9%
i5-1145G7 46

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 1500X 177
i5-1145G7 192
+8.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 1500X 4604
i5-1145G7 5261
+14.3%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 1500X 586
i5-1145G7 641
+9.4%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 1500X 919
i5-1145G7 1429
+55.5%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 1500X 3865
i5-1145G7 4802
+24.2%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 1500X 21842
i5-1145G7 21844
+0%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 1500X 178
i5-1145G7 239
+34.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.73 6.17
Recency 16 March 2017 2 September 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 28 Watt

i5-1145G7 has a 7.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 132.1% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i5-1145G7.

Note that Ryzen 5 1500X is a desktop processor while Core i5-1145G7 is a notebook one.


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