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Is the Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 4 Cores and 8 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]
Description: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1528
Clockspeed: 1.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 15 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8257U CPU @ 1.40GHz, Intel Core i5-8257U CPU @ 1.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 23.14
Overall Rank:
1891st fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
1514th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
446th fastest in out of 1618 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-07-01)
| Integer Math | 24,797 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 13,790 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 12,030 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,705 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 103,547 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 806 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 4,629 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,240 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,220 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,685 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,605 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,738 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 17,996 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,459 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,644 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,130 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,590 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,382 | |
| Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz | 7,403 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.19 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 49.97 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.36 | |
| Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz | 23.14 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.03 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,514 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,675 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,501 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,021 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,002 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,885 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,612 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,587 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,391 | |
| Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz | 2,240 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5114662 - Mar 05 2026 | 7839 | |
| BL5114651 - Mar 05 2026 | 7476 | |
| BL5114439 - Mar 02 2026 | 4673 | |
| BL5114434 - Mar 02 2026 | 4339 | |
| BL5113848 - Feb 21 2026 | 8590 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,792 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,360 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,986 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,664 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,901 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,893 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,708 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,892 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 6,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,698 | |
| Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz | 1,086 |
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