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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. [More ...]
MultithreadDescription: 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: 23.13
Overall Rank:
2054th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
1602nd fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
475th fastest in out of 1652 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
| Integer Math | 24,576 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,109 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 34 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 12,344 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,635 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 100,416 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 778 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,003 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,275 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 24,932 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,567 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,446 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,564 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 17,804 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,338 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,647 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,119 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,541 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,287 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,402 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 54.56 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 49.53 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.05 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 23.13 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10.98 | |
| 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 | 4,491 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,881 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,672 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,479 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,004 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 2,985 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,868 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,592 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,578 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,382 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,275 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3713441 - Sep 13 2026 | 8390 | |
| BL3696015 - Sep 05 2026 | 8636 | |
| BL5124678 - Aug 22 2026 | 4231 | |
| BL5123154 - Jul 21 2026 | 3184 | |
| BL5122625 - Jul 11 2026 | 7513 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,751 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus | 9,245 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,063 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,939 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus | 8,855 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX | 8,419 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 7,987 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,832 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,698 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | 7,645 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,600 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,294 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 960 |
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