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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: 24.23
Overall Rank: 948
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
Integer Math | 25,938 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 15,304 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 36 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 13 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,670 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 101.9 MBytes/Sec |
Physics | 793 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 5,297 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,367 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,166 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,964 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,293 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 21,042 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,851 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,274 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 12,169 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,087 | |
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz | 10,024 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,753 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 7,033 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 53.27 | |
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz | 25.38 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 24.23 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.55 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Pro 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 M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,848 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,827 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,731 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,117 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,069 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,693 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,629 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,465 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,367 | |
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz | 2,313 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 1,965 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL5030528 - Jan 22 2023 | 7954 | |
BL5030064 - Jan 15 2023 | 8531 | |
BL1701157 - Dec 22 2022 | 8061 | |
BL5028317 - Dec 20 2022 | 7715 | |
BL5028137 - Dec 17 2022 | 8390 |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900HK | 5,896 | |
Intel Core i9-12900H | 5,749 | |
Intel Core i9-12950HX | 5,623 | |
Intel Core i7-1370P | 5,618 | |
Intel Core i9-12900HX | 5,564 | |
Intel Core i7-12800H | 5,272 | |
Intel Core i7-12650H | 5,247 | |
Intel Core i7-12700H | 5,176 | |
Intel Core i7-12800HX | 4,831 | |
Intel Core i7-1280P | 4,807 | |
Intel Core i7-12850HX | 4,740 | |
Intel Core i5-1240U | 4,524 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,737 |