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CPU: Intel Core i5-8265U

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 52.1% (737th of 1443)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Device: 1F8BFBFF000806EB Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Poor: 30%Average: 52.1% Great: 61%
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

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Average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Core i5-8265U averaged 47.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 94.2Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 186Pts

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this CPU perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 280Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 271Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 73752.1%
Min Avg Max
37.8 Memory 56.4 72.2
38.9 1-Core 94.2 115
75.1 2-Core 186 228
61.3% 112 Pts
Min Avg Max
131 4-Core 277 383
133 8-Core 271 380
36.8% 274 Pts
Min Avg Max
120 64-Core 280 385
17.3% 280 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz
60.7% Good
Memory 55.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 228
69% 131 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 380
51% 381 Pts
64-Core 385
24% 385 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
59.1% Above average
Memory 72.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 222
75% 136 Pts
4-Core 266
8-Core 274
36% 270 Pts
64-Core 282
17% 282 Pts
CPU #000, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
58.2% Above average
Memory 60.5
1-Core 115
2-Core 220
71% 132 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 299
43% 314 Pts
64-Core 332
20% 332 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
30.2% Below average
Memory 37.8
1-Core 38.9
2-Core 75.1
30% 50.6 Pts
4-Core 131
8-Core 133
18% 132 Pts
64-Core 120
8% 120 Pts

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,843,795 CPUs tested

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Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
CPU: Intel Core i5-8265U1stBench 52%, 4 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,046x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples426x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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