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Is the Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that 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 Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8279U CPU @ 2.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 24.04
Overall Rank: 1122
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
Integer Math | 25,565 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 14,981 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 36 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 12,849 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,677 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 103,915 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 793 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 5,221 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,351 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,067 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,184 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,810 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,693 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,487 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,251 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 12,046 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,976 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,918 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,692 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 7,003 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 52.68 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 32.10 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 24.04 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.43 | |
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 7 4800H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | NA | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,960 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,844 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,715 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,103 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,062 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,706 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,681 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,625 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,453 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,351 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 1,956 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL5046661 - Sep 23 2023 | 8731 | |
BL1889350 - Aug 24 2023 | 7710 | |
BL5044616 - Aug 23 2023 | 8057 | |
BL5044574 - Aug 22 2023 | 8845 | |
BL5044465 - Aug 21 2023 | 5468 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,692 | |
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,509 (+10.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-9300H @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,656 (-0.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-1035G1 @ 1.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,483 (-2.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-1035G7 @ 1.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,401 (+9.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,031 (+4.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-1035G4 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,004 (+4.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,621 (-0.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-8300H @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,468 (-2.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-8350U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 6,208 (-19.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 9,170 (+19.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 1.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,427 (+9.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,207 (+6.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13950HX | 7,170 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,919 | |
Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,629 | |
Intel Core i9-13905H | 6,571 | |
Intel Core i7-13850HX | 6,239 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HK | 6,155 | |
Intel Core i7-13800H | 5,934 | |
Intel Core i9-13900H | 5,924 | |
Intel Core i7-13620H | 5,896 | |
Intel Core i9-12900HK | 5,788 | |
Intel Core i5-13600HX | 5,738 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX | 5,736 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,734 |