Intel Core i7-1185GRE vs AMD GX-420CA

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-1185GRE CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD GX-420CA
Intel Core i7-1185GRE AMD GX-420CA

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-1185GRE or AMD GX-420CA - 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 i7-1185GRE has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1185GRE was released in Q3/2020.

The AMD GX-420CA has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD GX-420CA was released in Q2/2013.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD G (38)
Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19) CPU group AMD G-Series 1st Gen (9)
11 Generation 1
Tiger Lake U Architecture Temash (Jaguar)
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1185GRE has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-1185GRE is 1.80 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the AMD GX-420CA has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD GX-420CA is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Core i7-1185GRE Characteristic AMD GX-420CA
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.80 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.60 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 i7-1185GRE Characteristic AMD GX-420CA
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-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-1185GRE or AMD GX-420CA has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU AMD Radeon HD 8400
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.35 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
12 GPU Generation 5
10 nm Technology 28 nm
4 Max. displays 2
96 Compute units 2
768 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

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 AMD Radeon HD 8400
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-1185GRE can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 68.2 GB/s. The AMD GX-420CA supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-1185GRE Characteristic AMD GX-420CA
LPDDR4X-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
5.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
4 PCIe lanes 8
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 4.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-1185GRE is 15 W, while the AMD GX-420CA has a TDP of 25 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-1185GRE Characteristic AMD GX-420CA
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 25 W
64 W @ 28 s TDP (PL2) --
28 W TDP up --
12 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1185GRE is manufactured in 10 nm and has 17.00 MB cache. The AMD GX-420CA is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-1185GRE Characteristic AMD GX-420CA
10 nm Technology 28 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, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
BGA 1526 Socket FT3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q2/2013
490 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1185GRE (100%)
AMD GX-420CA (15%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1185GRE (100%)
AMD GX-420CA (18%)

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 i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1494 (100%)
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
258 (17%)

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 i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
4852 (100%)
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
876 (18%)

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 i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1876 (100%)
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
230 (12%)

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 i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
4255 (100%)
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
682 (16%)

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 i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) @ 1.35 GHz
2070 (100%)
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (7%)

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 i7-1185GRE Intel Core i7-1185GRE
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
9140 (100%)
AMD GX-420CA AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1796 (20%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-1185GRE AMD GX-420CA
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