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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: 23.31
Overall Rank: 1318
Last Price Change: $320.00 USD (2019-04-01)
| Integer Math | 24,940 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 14,396 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 35 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 12,386 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,621 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 101,089 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 778 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,029 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,294 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,026 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 21,083 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,620 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,575 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 17,040 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,466 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,185 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,920 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,876 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,816 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 7,458 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 52.20 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.77 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 23.31 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.33 | |
| 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 | 3,929 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,838 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,703 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,087 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,049 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,950 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,688 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,663 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,616 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,433 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 2,294 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5063052 - Apr 30 2024 | 8001 | |
| BL5062968 - Apr 29 2024 | 5256 | |
| BL5062739 - Apr 27 2024 | 7054 | |
| BL5062241 - Apr 22 2024 | 8664 | |
| BL5062193 - Apr 21 2024 | 6460 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,165 | |
| Intel Core i9-13950HX | 7,003 | |
| Intel Core i7-14650HX | 6,951 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,884 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D | 6,708 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,685 | |
| Intel Core i5-14500HX | 6,538 | |
| Intel Core i7-13850HX | 6,430 | |
| Intel Core i9-13905H | 6,254 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900HK | 6,190 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700HX | 6,084 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 185H | 6,035 | |
| Intel Core i5-8279U @ 2.40GHz | 1,697 |
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