Intel Core i5-8257U: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-8257U is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 1400 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 950
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 3697
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 7696
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2303
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8257U
- Frequency
- 1400 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3900 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 15 W
- GPU
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- Package
- Socket 1528 FCBGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 951
- Multi-Core Score
- 3911
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2)
- Model
- MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2019)
- Model ID
- MacBookPro15,4
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-53FDB3D8DB8CA971 MacBookPro15,4
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-8257U
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10
- Base Frequency
- 1.40 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 4
- L3 Cache
- 6.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 8.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 2133 MT/s
- Type
- LPDDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 951 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1015 |
| Integer Score | 939 |
| Floating Point Score | 966 |
| AES-XTS | 1015 1.73 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 940 4.75 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1008 47.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 885 2.50 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 833 977.6 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 938 293.8 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 954 51.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 964 307.1 KB/sec |
| Clang | 951 7.41 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 986 11.4 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 907 1.14 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1202 7448.1 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 293 16.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 606 4.67 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 958 23.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1885 92.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1825 24.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1075 863.4 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 945 8.46 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 947 30.3 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1119 43.3 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 3911 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 4678 |
| Integer Score | 3654 |
| Floating Point Score | 4341 |
| AES-XTS | 4678 7.97 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4592 23.2 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 4538 214.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 3298 9.30 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 2937 3.45 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3591 1.13 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 3701 200.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 3304 1.03 MB/sec |
| Clang | 3841 29.9 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 3412 39.6 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 3927 4.91 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 5882 36439.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 3372 185.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 4580 35.3 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4177 103.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 6591 323.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 6586 89.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 5819 4.67 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3034 27.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3178 101.6 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 2845 109.9 images/sec |