Intel Core i5-8279U: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-8279U is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2400 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1008
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 3851
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 8027
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2475
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8279U
- Frequency
- 2400 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4100 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 28 W
- GPU
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- Package
- FCBGA1528

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1007
- Multi-Core Score
- 3717
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Model
- GMK NucBox2
- Motherboard
- GMK GMK
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-8279U
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10
- Base Frequency
- 2.39 GHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4088 MHz
- Package
- Socket 1528 FCBGA
- Codename
- Coffee Lake-U/Y
- 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
- Frequency
- 665 MHz
- Type
- DDR4 SDRAM
- Channels
- 1
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1007 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1459 |
| Integer Score | 930 |
| Floating Point Score | 1098 |
| AES-XTS | 1459 2.49 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 893 4.52 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1193 56.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 870 2.45 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 964 1.13 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 938 294.0 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 996 54.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 743 236.6 KB/sec |
| Clang | 945 7.36 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 887 10.3 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 863 1.08 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1030 6379.9 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 957 52.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 955 7.35 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 945 23.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 1668 81.8 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1884 25.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1242 997.0 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 940 8.42 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1049 33.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 947 36.6 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 3717 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 2956 |
| Integer Score | 3604 |
| Floating Point Score | 4089 |
| AES-XTS | 2956 5.04 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4652 23.5 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 4677 221.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2327 6.56 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 3283 3.85 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3639 1.14 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 3974 215.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 3187 1015.2 KB/sec |
| Clang | 3999 31.2 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 3352 38.9 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 4108 5.14 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 4867 30151.7 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 3232 177.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 3809 29.3 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3726 91.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 5977 293.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 7209 98.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 5299 4.25 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3394 30.4 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3637 116.3 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 2067 79.9 images/sec |