Intel Core i5-1130G7 vs Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-1130G7 CPU1 vs CPU2 Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Intel Core i5-1130G7 Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-1130G7 or Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) - 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 i5-1130G7 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-1130G7 was released in Q3/2020.

The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) was released in Q4/2023.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19) CPU group AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1)
11 Generation 4
Tiger Lake U Architecture Sephiroth (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-1130G7 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (4.00 GHz). The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Core i5-1130G7 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

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 i5-1130G7 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
-- 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 80 (Tiger Lake) GPU AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.60 GHz
12 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology 7 nm
4 Max. displays 2
80 Compute units 8
640 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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 80 (Tiger Lake) GPU AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-1130G7 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-1130G7 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory LPDDR5-6400
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 8
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-1130G7 has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is 15 W.

Intel Core i5-1130G7 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
7 W TDP down 4 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-1130G7 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-1130G7 Characteristic Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
10 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1526 Socket FF3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems SteamOS (Arch Linux)
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2023
309 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-1130G7 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) (80%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-1130G7 (86%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) (95%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1213 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
975 (80%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
3129 (72%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4359 (100%)

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 i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1650 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1296 (79%)

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 i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5040 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4510 (89%)

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 i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Tiger Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
1406 (86%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz
1638 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
57 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
275 (100%)

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 i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1292 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4412 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
8822 (100%)
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-1130G7 Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Unknown Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

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