Intel Core i7-1180G7 vs AMD Athlon II X2 280

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Intel Core i7-1180G7 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X2 280
Intel Core i7-1180G7 AMD Athlon II X2 280

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-1180G7 or AMD Athlon II X2 280 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-1180G7 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1180G7 was released in Q1/2021.

The AMD Athlon II X2 280 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 280 was released in Q1/2013.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19) CPU group AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18)
11 Generation 1
Tiger Lake U Architecture Propus
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1180G7 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (4.60 GHz). The AMD Athlon II X2 280 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz.

Intel Core i7-1180G7 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 280
4 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-1180G7 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 280
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
12 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
96 Compute units --
768 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-1180G7 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 280 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i7-1180G7 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 280
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR3-1333
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
5.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
4 PCIe lanes --
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-1180G7 has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD Athlon II X2 280 is 65 W.

Intel Core i7-1180G7 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 280
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
7 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1180G7 has a 17.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II X2 280 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Core i7-1180G7 Characteristic AMD Athlon II X2 280
10 nm Technology 45 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
BGA 1526 Socket AM3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2013
426 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1180G7 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 (35%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1180G7 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 (20%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1180G7 Intel Core i7-1180G7
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1437 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
507 (35%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-1180G7 Intel Core i7-1180G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4322 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
975 (23%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-1180G7 Intel Core i7-1180G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
8466 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1357 (16%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-1180G7 Intel Core i7-1180G7
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1845 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-1180G7 Intel Core i7-1180G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4612 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-1180G7 Intel Core i7-1180G7
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
1687 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 AMD Athlon II X2 280
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-1180G7 AMD Athlon II X2 280
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