Product Compare

Intel Core i5 8279U vs Intel Core 5 120F

	CPU Intel Core i5 8279U	CPU Intel Core 5 120F
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2019	Jun 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i5-8279U	120F
Integrated Graphics	Iris Plus Graphics 655	No
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	BGA-1528	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	28 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	6
Performance Core Threads	8	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.1 GHz	4.5 GHz
Total Core Count	4	6
Total Thread Count	8	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	24x	25
L1 Cache	32 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	DDR5-4800,DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz
Shader Units	384
Texture Units	48
Raster Operation Units	6
Execution Units	48
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1085	1707
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	4440	12236
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1313	2305
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4465	9773