Core i5-L16G7: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core i5-L16G7 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.90% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
Intel started Core i5-L16G7 sales on June 2020 at a recommended price of $281. This is a Lakefield architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 5 cores and 5 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FC-CSP1016 processor with a TDP of 7 Watt. It supports LPDDR4X-4267 memory.
Primary details
Core i5-L16G7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2081 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.53 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Ice Lake | |
| Power efficiency | 11.37 | of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores)) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Lakefield (2020) | |
| Release date | June 2020 (5 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $281 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 5 (Penta-Core) | |
| Threads | 5 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.4 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 4 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 80 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 82 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 4,050 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i5-L16G7 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FC-CSP1016 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-L16G7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Boot | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| SGX | - | |
| OS Guard | + | |
| Anti-Theft | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-L16G7's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | LPDDR4X-4267 | |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-L16G7.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 500 MHz | |
| Execution Units | 64 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-L16G7's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-L16G7's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i5-L16G7's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DX12 | |
| OpenGL | OpenGL4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-L16G7. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
Blender(-)
Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core
WebXPRT 3
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-L16G7 is FX-9830P, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-L16G7, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-L16G7 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 60 configurations using Core i5-L16G7 in our database.
