i5-1030NG7 vs Ryzen 7 8700G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 8700G
2024
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
20.00
+459%
Core i5-1030NG7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 10 Watt
3.58

Ryzen 7 8700G outperforms Core i5-1030NG7 by a whopping 459% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2841521
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.24no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Ice Lake
Power efficiency29.1033.86
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Ice Lake-Y (2020)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)18 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed4.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm10 nm
Die size178 mm2123 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 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 configuration11
SocketAM5Intel BGA 1044
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, NX-Bit, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XDNA2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 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 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5LPDDR4-3733
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data58.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 780MIntel Iris Plus Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno dataYes, at 120Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Core i5-1030NG7.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes20no data

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 7 8700G 20.00
+459%
i5-1030NG7 3.58

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 7 8700G 31772
+459%
i5-1030NG7 5687

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 7 8700G 2666
+103%
i5-1030NG7 1316

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 7 8700G 13764
+313%
i5-1030NG7 3334

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 7 8700G 7759
+82.6%
i5-1030NG7 4250

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 7 8700G 50560
+436%
i5-1030NG7 9432

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 7 8700G 16417
+329%
i5-1030NG7 3828

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 7 8700G 2.54
+498%
i5-1030NG7 15.2

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 7 8700G 31
+826%
i5-1030NG7 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 8700G 2693
+501%
i5-1030NG7 448

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 7 8700G 286
+104%
i5-1030NG7 140

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 7 8700G 3.4
+181%
i5-1030NG7 1.21

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 7 8700G 14.8
+377%
i5-1030NG7 3.1

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 7 8700G 8593
+122%
i5-1030NG7 3878

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 7 8700G 156
+822%
i5-1030NG7 17

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 7 8700G 331
+327%
i5-1030NG7 77

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 8700G 12618
+366%
i5-1030NG7 2710

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 8700G 186
i5-1030NG7 1310
+604%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 8700G 2012
+84.8%
i5-1030NG7 1089

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 8700G 6665
+92%
i5-1030NG7 3472

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 8700G 75427
+590%
i5-1030NG7 10924

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 8700G 336
+112%
i5-1030NG7 159

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.00 3.58
Integrated graphics card 18.32 4.71
Recency 8 January 2024 18 March 2020
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 4 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt

Ryzen 7 8700G has a 458.7% higher aggregate performance score, 289% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

i5-1030NG7, on the other hand, has 550% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 8700G is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-1030NG7 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 8700G is a desktop processor while Core i5-1030NG7 is a notebook one.


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