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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: 24.26
Overall Rank: 1044
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
Integer Math | 25,758 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 15,150 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 36 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 13,010 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,694 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 104,658 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 800 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 5,281 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,365 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,098 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,887 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,257 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,913 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,776 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,136 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 12,101 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,032 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,954 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,764 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 7,013 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 52.95 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 32.21 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 24.26 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.49 | |
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 | 3,846 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,820 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,717 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,108 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,068 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,710 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,687 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,626 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,458 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,365 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 1,958 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL5038843 - May 23 2023 | 8546 | |
BL5038198 - May 12 2023 | 6684 | |
BL5038077 - May 10 2023 | 8810 | |
BL5038047 - May 10 2023 | 7958 | |
BL1809546 - May 03 2023 | 7918 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,764 | |
Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,562 (+10.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-9300H @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,690 (-0.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-1035G1 @ 1.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,521 (-3.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-1035G7 @ 1.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,472 (+9.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-9400H @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,127 (+4.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-1035G4 @ 1.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,033 (+3.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,629 (-1.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-8300H @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 7,488 (-3.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-8350U @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 6,242 (-19.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 9,344 (+20.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 1.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,475 (+9.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H vs Intel Core i5-8279U | 8,210 (+5.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13950HX | 7,302 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,987 | |
Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,673 | |
Intel Core i9-13900H | 6,020 | |
Intel Core i7-13850HX | 6,017 | |
Intel Core i7-13620H | 5,977 | |
Intel Core i9-12900HK | 5,834 | |
Intel Core i7-13800H | 5,818 | |
Intel Core i7-13700H | 5,812 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX | 5,802 | |
Intel Core i9-12900H | 5,742 | |
Intel Core i5-13600HX | 5,711 | |
Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,747 |