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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 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
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 23.32
Overall Rank: 1348
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
Integer Math | 24,938 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 14,378 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 35 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 12,400 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,624 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 101,164 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 779 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 5,023 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,296 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,034 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,071 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,578 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,569 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 17,021 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,499 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,179 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,906 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,862 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,807 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,461 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 52.10 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.74 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 23.32 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.31 | |
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 5600H | NA | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,922 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,699 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,084 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,048 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,949 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,688 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,662 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,617 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,431 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,296 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL5066166 - Jun 11 2024 | 7393 | |
BL5066119 - Jun 10 2024 | 8342 | |
BL5064516 - May 19 2024 | 6821 | |
BL5064339 - May 16 2024 | 8162 | |
BL2100682 - May 14 2024 | 6304 |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,134 | |
Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,977 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,873 | |
Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,695 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D | 6,634 | |
Intel Core i7-14650HX | 6,589 | |
Intel Core i7-13850HX | 6,436 | |
Intel Core i9-13905H | 6,234 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HK | 6,218 | |
Intel Core i5-14500HX | 6,147 | |
Intel Core i7-14700HX | 6,050 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | 6,013 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,699 |