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: Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Deus Ex is a franchise with a wide level of popularity. Despite the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (DEMD) version being released in 2016, it has often been heralded as a game that taxes the CPU. It uses the Dawn Engine to create a very complex first-person action game with science-fiction based weapons and interfaces. The game combines first-person, stealth, and role-playing elements, with the game set in Prague, dealing with themes of transhumanism, conspiracy theories, and a cyberpunk future. The game allows the player to select their own path (stealth, gun-toting maniac) and offers multiple solutions to its puzzles.
DEMD has an in-game benchmark, an on-rails look around an environment showcasing some of the game’s most stunning effects, such as lighting, texturing, and others. Even in 2020, it’s still an impressive graphical showcase when everything is jumped up to the max.
At the minimum settings, all of the integrated graphics are easily playable, with AMD winning at 15 W but the 28 W Tiger Lake goes a bit above that, within reaching distance of the desktop APU. At a more regular 1080p Maximum, the 20 FPS is perhaps a bit too slow for regular gameplay.
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IanCutress - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Our benchmarks are all our own. We decide what is relevant to test. From a microarchitecture standpoint, as long as the system doesn't fail and our tests run, it's good. We'd rather have an opportunity to test reference designs ahead of launch as a base comparison point rather than not at all. I actively encourage AMD, Intel, Qualcomm etc to do this.Spunjji - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
This is a really rude and off-base comment. They're been totally up-front about the limitations of the review hardware and the tests are the same tests they always do.SystemsBuilder - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Ian,Thank you for a deep, insightful and well written review!
Despite Intel's best efforts to to confuse us (biggest job growth at Intel must be marketing with the possible exception of legal), you make it easier to get past the marketing BS and get to the core truths.
This is why I come here.
surt - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Apologies for not knowing where to ask this, but why are we getting cpu reviews when other sites have had their 3080 benchmarks up for more than 48 hours now. Did those sites break embargo, or did Anandtech not get a review part .... what's going on?IanCutress - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Follow us on twitter. Ryan is currently dealing with West Coast fires and a delayed test bed.surt - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Ah thanks for the answer. I live in CA so yeah ... the fires are out of this world this year. Go team 2020!IanCutress - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Also, this was an embargoed launch :) I cover CPUs, Ryan does GPUs, and we're on opposite ends of the world.shabby - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
You're in Florida? 😂PeachNCream - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
In this world, there is only Florida. Nothing else aside from the bug-infested swampland of theme parks matters so it may as well simply not exist at all.DannyH246 - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Hahaha Another marketing presentation from www.inteltech.com. Wake me up when you have actual hardware.