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Is the Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz 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 645
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1528
Clockspeed: 1.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.5 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 15 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: 8 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8557U CPU @ 1.70GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 16.89
Overall Rank:
1906th fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
1393rd fastest in single threading out of 5821 CPUs
451st fastest in out of 1618 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $431.00 USD (2019-07-01)
| Integer Math | 25,452 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 13,466 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 36 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 11,232 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,680 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 99,355 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 799 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 4,381 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,313 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,217 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,685 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,605 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,737 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 17,989 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,457 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,130 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,590 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,382 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 7,281 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.18 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 49.97 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.36 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 16.89 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.03 | |
| 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 | 4,514 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,885 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,675 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,501 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,021 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,002 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,884 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,612 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,586 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,391 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 2,313 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5111483 - Jan 15 2026 | 6512 | |
| BL5094813 - May 20 2025 | 8242 | |
| BL5093546 - May 03 2025 | 3273 | |
| BL5090464 - Mar 28 2025 | 8502 | |
| BL5082373 - Dec 25 2024 | 8407 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,792 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,351 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 8,986 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 8,891 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,907 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,893 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,705 | |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H | 7,303 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,890 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,698 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,666 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 1,245 |
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