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Is the Intel Core i5-8259U @ 2.30GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1528
Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 28 W
TDP Down: 20 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) i5-8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz, Intel Core i5-8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 15.04
Overall Rank:
1816th fastest in multithreading out of 5813 CPUs
1588th fastest in single threading out of 5813 CPUs
427th fastest in out of 1614 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $519.99 USD (2021-05-22)
| Integer Math | 24,402 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,719 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 37 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 13,249 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,705 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 105,234 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 815 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,076 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,180 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,226 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,683 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,610 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,740 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 17,994 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,470 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,130 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,590 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,383 | |
| Intel Core i5-8259U @ 2.30GHz | 7,818 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.20 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 49.97 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.37 | |
| Intel Core i5-8259U @ 2.30GHz | 15.04 | |
| 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 | 3,885 | |
| 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 | 2,886 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,613 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,587 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,390 | |
| Intel Core i5-8259U @ 2.30GHz | 2,180 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5114634 - Mar 05 2026 | 7673 | |
| BL5114459 - Mar 02 2026 | 5970 | |
| BL5114399 - Mar 01 2026 | 8455 | |
| BL5114083 - Feb 25 2026 | 3927 | |
| BL3307534 - Feb 24 2026 | 8562 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,366 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,984 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,664 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,925 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,901 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,718 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,893 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 6,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,697 | |
| Intel Core i5-8259U @ 2.30GHz | 978 |
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