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
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- 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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deil - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
not rip as intel did respond already few times taking their 5% lead back against ryzen stack.Remember this chip will fight against zen3, which should be ~20% gains on AMD side.
This would be a great chip a year ago it would obliterate 3000 mobile on all fronts BUT against 4800u it seems like a strong contender, but it does not dethrone 4800u as best mobile chip, as you compare 15W with 28W here. This wins in thick bois, while AMD still is unrivaled for thin and light laptops.
FreckledTrout - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Lets not go overboard there buddy. You have TGL in laptops beating AMD's almost 2 year old architectures since they run a little over a year behind using the prior generation architecture in the case of the GPU over 2 years old. When AMD moves to using current architectures in APU's I think things will be pretty darn close CPU side and AMD should win hands down with RDNA2.senttoschool - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Zen3 on mobile is probably at least 9 months away. So TGL is competing against Renoir.AMDSuperFan - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
Fortunately we have Big Navi to help us out. I am looking forward to putting Intel back in their shoes with Big Navi.Showtime - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
Who is "us" lol. Please go back to back AyMD reddit. We don't condone fanboism here.San Pedro - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
I'm wondering if AMD is trying to push this forward.For now it seems like consumers can choose TGL or Renoir based on their use scenario.
AMDSuperFan - Monday, September 21, 2020 - link
Would it not be glorious for Zen 3 to come in at 5 watts with 50% performance as we can expect? 20% isn't so much but 50% would really change things.TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - link
I wouldnt go that far. GPU wise Intel needs way more power to compete with the 15W reinor. Not to mention any laptop with sufficient thermal headroom can use thirde party software to raise TDP for ryzen 4000 mobile, gaining 15-20% performance in games.Other benchmarks go back and forth. On the surface intel might have a decent chip, but OEM implementation may not have the same performance.
Spunjji - Friday, September 18, 2020 - link
You hit the nail on the head here - it's going to be *highly* dependent on how OEMs implement it. Still, good to see they finally sorted their process out - the efficiency of this is markedly improved, it's basically what I expected from Ice Lake in the first place.AnarchoPrimitiv - Saturday, September 26, 2020 - link
Maybe for literally 3 more weeks until Zen3 comes out, then it's just more embarrassment for Intel added to years of embarrassment... Being beaten by a company with less than a tenth of the resources, there's literally no excuse for it