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General information Core i5-8279U Phenom 9550
Launched Q3 2019 Q4 2008
Used in Mobile Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCBGA1528 AM2+
Clock 2.4 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 8.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 W 70.5 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Core i5-8279U Phenom 9550
Overall Score 46858 0 % 32167 31.4 %
Future Proof 72 % 0 % 10 % 86.1 %
Benchmark Score 4821 0 % 1071 77.8 %
Single Thread Score 2315.7 0 % 862 62.8 %
Encrypting Data 2614.1 MB/s 0 % 2439.7 MB/s 6.7 %
Compressing Data 98.5 MB/s 0 % 35.9 MB/s 63.6 %
String objects sorting 12320.6 thousand/s 0 % 4623 thousand/s 62.5 %
Prime numbers generation 35.2 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 77.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25105.5 millions/s 0 % 5163.3 millions/s 79.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14475.6 millions/s 0 % 3782 millions/s 73.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8279U, Phenom 9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-8279U Phenom 9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 93.8 FPS 50.4 FPS
High settings 150.1 FPS 80.6 FPS
Medium settings 187.6 FPS 100.7 FPS
Low settings 234.6 FPS 125.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-8279U Phenom 9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 133.0 FPS 107.0 FPS
High settings 212.8 FPS 171.2 FPS
Medium settings 266.0 FPS 214.0 FPS
Low settings 332.5 FPS 267.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.5 %
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