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Is the Intel Core i5-8260U @ 1.60GHz 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 UHD Graphics 620
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1528
Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 15 W
TDP Down: 10 W
TDP Up: 25 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: 64 GB (DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8260U CPU @ 1.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2020
CPUmark/$Price: 16.55
Overall Rank:
1879th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
1533rd fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
442nd fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $439.99 USD (2021-05-18)
| Integer Math | 24,735 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 15,362 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 20 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 13,225 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,520 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 102,004 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 456 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 6,665 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,198 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,260 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,699 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,631 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,761 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,011 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,484 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,639 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,599 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,396 | |
| Intel Core i5-8260U @ 1.60GHz | 7,283 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.27 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.03 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.41 | |
| Intel Core i5-8260U @ 1.60GHz | 16.55 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.04 | |
| 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 | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,505 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,023 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,004 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,888 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,616 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,588 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,392 | |
| Intel Core i5-8260U @ 1.60GHz | 2,198 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3241557 - Jan 26 2026 | 8111 | |
| BL3222453 - Jan 18 2026 | 6666 | |
| BL3159745 - Dec 24 2025 | 5666 | |
| BL2863395 - Aug 26 2025 [Excluded] | 5848 | |
| BL2863037 - Aug 26 2025 [Excluded] | 2841 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,770 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,418 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,998 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,984 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,918 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,871 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,768 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,906 | |
| AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392 | 6,807 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,751 | |
| Intel Core i5-8260U @ 1.60GHz | 754 |
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