Intel’s Tiger Lake 11th Gen Core i7-1185G7 Review and Deep Dive: Baskin’ for the Exotic
by Dr. Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on September 17, 2020 9:35 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- 10nm
- Tiger Lake
- Xe-LP
- Willow Cove
- SuperFin
- 11th Gen
- i7-1185G7
- Tiger King
Xe-LP GPU Performance: Final Fantasy XV
Upon arriving to PC, Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition was given a graphical overhaul as it was ported over from console. As a fantasy RPG with a long history, the fruits of Square-Enix’s successful partnership with NVIDIA are on display. The game uses the internal Luminous Engine, and as with other Final Fantasy games, pushes the imagination of what we can do with the hardware underneath us. To that end, FFXV was one of the first games to promote the use of ‘video game landscape photography’, due in part to the extensive detail even at long range but also with the integration of NVIDIA’s Ansel software, that allowed for super-resolution imagery and post-processing effects to be applied.
In preparation for the launch of the game, Square Enix opted to release a standalone benchmark. Using the Final Fantasy XV standalone benchmark gives us a lengthy standardized sequence to record, although it should be noted that its heavy use of NVIDIA technology means that the Maximum setting has problems - it renders items off screen. To get around this, we use the standard preset which does not have these issues. We use the standard quality settings.
OK so testing at 8K was a complete accident. In that pure GPU limited scenario, Intel is ahead. When at 720p in a more standard combination of settings, Intel's 28 W goes above the 65 W desktop integrated graphics, but is behind when stuck in 15 W mode.
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huangcjz - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
I'm interested in the 28W data, having a laptop which uses the 28W Ice Lake i7-1068NG7, in order to be able to compare.GeoffreyA - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
As always, Ian, we thank you for it and appreciate all the hard work put in. Also, this sort of detail is why people come to AnandTech. Hope you and the family enjoy the rest of the holiday. Please, forget technology for a few days!I enjoyed reading the review and was surprised that TL turned out to be pretty strong; but I suppose that's Sunny/Willow Cove showing its stuff at last. Admittedly, things are murky with power. On AMD's side, there are more cores at better power, an important point, and Zen 3 is on its way too, so all in all, exciting competition up ahead.
RedOnlyFan - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Thank you Ian for your dedication and efforts. The only website I trust for everything semiconductor related.DigitalFreak - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Intel is worried about AMD in a major way. Their cringe worthy "press day" for Tiger Lake was pathetic. They mentioned AMD more than their own products.RedOnlyFan - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Lol still better than amd running Intel vs amd on center stage and at every tech show... That's clingy for you.Atleast Intel has there previous gen products.. Lol dare amd to do that.
Spunjji - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
These two comments are like mirror images of each other. 😬😅huangcjz - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
FML, I literally just spent £2,000 on buying a 13" MacBook Pro with a 2.3 GHz - 4.1 GHz 28W Ice Lake i7-1068NG7 with Gen11 graphics a few weeks ago, and now there's a new 3.0 GHz - 4.8 GHz replacement processor, with graphics which are much faster?! This MacBook Pro model was only launched in May - that's only 4 months ago, and it's already out-dated! I thought that it'd only be up-dated after a year... The only reason I got this one instead of a MacBook Air at half the price was because I ocassionally play Civ VI on it, not enough to justify the 16” model with the discrete graphics, which I couldn’t afford. Otherwise, I’m a very light user of the computer.Spunjji - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
First point - TGL was announced at least a couple of months back.Second - as far as anybody knows the next MacBooks will have Apple-designed ARM processors, so you've probably got the highest-performing Intel-based MBP13 they'll ever release. 👍
Meteor2 - Thursday, October 15, 2020 - link
Slightly confused that you seem to be involved with reviewing Intel components (see comments a little way below), but didn't know about TGL?Meteor2 - Thursday, October 15, 2020 - link
Oh you were quoting Jim Salter nvm 🤦