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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: 23.41
Overall Rank:
1774th fastest in multithreading out of 5441 CPUs
1342nd fastest in single threading out of 5441 CPUs
409th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
| Integer Math | 24,943 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,292 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 35 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 12,463 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,666 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 101,709 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 785 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,011 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,294 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,393 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,704 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,873 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,107 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,562 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,620 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,419 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,491 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.56 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.31 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.48 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 23.41 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.06 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,834 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,517 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,033 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,012 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,896 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,623 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,592 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,395 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,294 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5106187 - Nov 04 2025 | 8879 | |
| BL5103240 - Sep 20 2025 | 5143 | |
| BL2919781 - Sep 19 2025 | 9133 | |
| BL5103116 - Sep 18 2025 | 8245 | |
| BL5102738 - Sep 12 2025 | 3119 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,840 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,613 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 9,113 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 9,062 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,013 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,971 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,813 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,983 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,756 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,721 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,704 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,076 |
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