Core i7-1165G7: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The Intel Core i7-1165G7 was the premium processor of Intel's 11th generation — a 4-core design from 2020 that shipped in a huge share of that era's thin-and-lights. The catalog matches it to 123 models, the deepest roster of any chip in its class here, and it meets the recommended CPU requirement in 58 of the 69 games the site tracks. This guide covers where the chip sits among laptop CPUs, what it brings to a portable, and which laptops carry it.

Where the Core i7-1165G7 sits in 2026

A catalog score of 70 places the chip 85th of 672 scored laptop CPUs — the top eighth of the table. The neighborhood is full of younger silicon: the Core Ultra 7 255HX (70.4), Ryzen 5 6600U (70.1) and Ryzen 5 7535U (70) just above, and the Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U (69.7), Core Ultra 7 251HX (69.6) and Ryzen 7 5825U (69.5) just below. A 2020 four-core keeping level with Ryzen 6000-series and Core Ultra parts several generations younger is the story of this window — this tier of the table aged unusually well.

What the chip brings

The design is 4 cores and 8 threads on a 10 nm process, rated at 28 W in its P-class configuration: a 2.8 GHz base and up to 4.7 GHz boost. The integrated Iris Xe G7 graphics carry 96 execution units, which matters for a roster full of machines that ship without discrete GPUs. Memory support and public benchmark results were not captured for this chip, so the table above sticks to what the catalog verifiably holds.

Games: CPU-side readiness

Measured purely as a processor, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 58 of 69 cataloged games — from Resident Evil 4 Remake, Forza Horizon 5, Alan Wake 2 and Counter-Strike 2 through Black Myth Wukong, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part 1, PUBG and Metro Exodus down to the lightest esports entries. The remaining 11 — Starfield, Helldivers 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, Fortnite and their tier-mates — sit at the minimum tier, and nothing in the catalog falls below the chip's minimum bar. These verdicts are CPU-only — whether a game actually plays well depends on the laptop's GPU and RAM, and that is where this 123-model roster varies most.

Laptops that carry it

The 123-model roster spans 2021 to 2025 and every corner of the market: business machines from the Dell Latitude 7320 at $321 and ThinkPad L14 Gen 2 at $345 through the HP 250 G9 at $780, ultrabooks like the Acer Swift 3 family and ASUS ZenBook 14X OLED at $840, convertibles like the HP Spectre x360 14 at $921 and Acer TravelMate P4 Spin 14 at $1,275, plus the ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 workstation at $901 and a $470 Inspiron 15 3520 at the budget end. Roster medians describe the fleet honestly: office comfort at a perfect 100 and a photo and design index of 80 reflect a premium slim-and-light population, while a gaming index of 29.5 and mobility at 71 say these are portable machines first.

Bottom line

The Core i7-1165G7 suits a buyer who wants maximum choice: 123 matched models from $321 to $1,275, a processor that still clears the recommended CPU tier for 58 of 69 tracked games six years on, and a fleet that excels at office and creator work. It is not where gaming value lives — the integrated Iris Xe decides that — but as a do-everything thin-and-light from the used market it remains a safe generation to shop. Check the GPU and RAM on each listing before counting on any specific game.