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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: 16.96
Overall Rank:
1828th fastest in multithreading out of 5477 CPUs
1333rd fastest in single threading out of 5477 CPUs
424th fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $431.00 USD (2019-07-01)
| Integer Math | 25,582 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 13,513 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 36 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 11,290 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,688 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 99,752 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 805 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 4,399 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,311 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,347 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,147 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,680 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,832 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,080 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,524 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,654 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,611 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,411 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 7,309 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.46 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.21 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.46 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 16.96 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.05 | |
| 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 | 3,890 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,513 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,029 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,010 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,892 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,620 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,590 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,394 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 2,311 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5094813 - May 20 2025 | 8242 | |
| BL5093546 - May 03 2025 | 3273 | |
| BL5090464 - Mar 28 2025 | 8502 | |
| BL5082373 - Dec 25 2024 | 8407 | |
| BL5073732 - Sep 20 2024 | 5018 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,672 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,663 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 9,113 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 9,042 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 7,985 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 7,874 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,786 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,956 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,780 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,719 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,707 | |
| Intel Core i7-8557U @ 1.70GHz | 1,251 |
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