Intel Core i5-8259U: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-8259U is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2300 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 949
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 3794
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 8130
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2244
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 3832
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8259U
- Frequency
- 2300 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- Codename
- Coffee Lake

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 938
- Multi-Core Score
- 4016
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
- Model
- MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2018)
- Model ID
- MacBookPro15,2
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-827FB448E656EC26 MacBookPro15,2
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-8259U
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10
- Base Frequency
- 2.30 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 | 938 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 987 |
| Integer Score | 911 |
| Floating Point Score | 989 |
| AES-XTS | 987 1.68 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 910 4.60 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 984 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 885 2.50 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 795 933.1 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 900 282.1 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 929 50.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 938 299.0 KB/sec |
| Clang | 922 7.18 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 953 11.0 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 887 1.11 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1166 7224.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 285 15.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1010 7.78 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 937 23.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1848 90.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1785 24.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1035 831.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 909 8.15 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 946 30.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1086 42.0 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 4016 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 4672 |
| Integer Score | 3729 |
| Floating Point Score | 4529 |
| AES-XTS | 4672 7.96 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4676 23.6 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 4613 218.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 3217 9.07 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 3076 3.61 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3696 1.16 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 3776 204.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 3263 1.02 MB/sec |
| Clang | 3981 31.0 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 3600 41.7 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 3976 4.97 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 6043 37440.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 3603 198.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 4517 34.8 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4107 101.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 6473 317.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 7276 99.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 6301 5.06 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3403 30.5 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3228 103.2 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 3138 121.3 images/sec |