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Is the Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz 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 655
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1528
Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 28 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) i5-8279U CPU @ 2.40GHz, Intel Core i5-8279U CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 23.21
Overall Rank:
1858th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
1416th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
434th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
| Integer Math | 24,739 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,184 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 12,382 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,640 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 100,772 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 780 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,002 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,283 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 i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,428 |
| 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 i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 23.21 | |
| 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 i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,283 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3260213 - Feb 03 2026 | 2419 | |
| BL5112429 - Jan 28 2026 | 5169 | |
| BL3239823 - Jan 25 2026 | 7261 | |
| BL3236019 - Jan 23 2026 | 7831 | |
| BL3235916 - Jan 23 2026 | 8092 |
| 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 i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,070 |
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