Intel Core i7-8559U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i7-8559U is a 4 core processor. It can handle 8 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q2/2018. The Intel Core i7-8559U is based on the 8. generation of the Intel Core i7 series and requires a mainboard with the socket BGA 1528. The Intel Core i7-8559U scores 1,103 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 4,288 points.

CPU lineage
Here you can see which group the Intel Core i7-8559U belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i7-8559U.
Name:	Intel Core i7-8559U
Family:	Intel Core i7
CPU group:	Intel Core i 8000U
Architecture:	Coffee Lake U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 4 CPU cores of the Intel Core i7-8559U clock with 2.70 GHz (4.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

With the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655, the Intel Core i7-8559U has an build in graphic solution. It has 48 SM processors, which have a total of 384 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name:	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.20 GHz
Compute units:	48
Shader:	384
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q4/2017

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-8559U supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.

DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i7-8559U has a TDP of 28 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	28 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-8559U has a 6.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in %%Manufacturing%%. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1528
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	6.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q2/2018
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz (4.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8559U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1107
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1106
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz	1104
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1103
	Intel Pentium Gold G6605 2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	1103
	Intel Core i3-10305T 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1102
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 26C 52T @ 4.00 GHz	1102

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-8569U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4311
	Intel Xeon E-2224G 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	4296
	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4291
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	4288
	Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	4286
	Intel Core i5-9500E 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	4280
	Intel Core i5-1145G7E 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4274

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i9-7960X 16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz	1394
	Intel Core i5-10200H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1392
	Intel Core i3-10305T 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1391
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1390
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1389
	Intel Core i7-4790K 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	1387
	Intel Core i3-9300T 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1385

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5350GE 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	4706
	Apple A14 Bionic 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	4689
	Intel Core i5-10400T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	4687
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	4682
	Intel Core i7-4790K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	4674
	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	4665
	Intel Xeon D-1540 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	4663

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-1035G7 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	434
	Intel Core i5-7600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	433
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	433
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	431
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	431
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	431
	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	429

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-7600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1589
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1589
	Intel Core i7-1060NG7 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1587
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1572
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1572
	Intel Core i5-8350U 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1564
	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1555

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3350U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	922
	AMD Ryzen 3 7335U AMD Radeon 660M (4 CU) @ 1.80 GHz	922
	AMD Ryzen Embedded R2314 AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	922
	Intel Core i7-8559U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 @ 1.20 GHz	922
	Intel Core i7-8569U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 @ 1.20 GHz	922
	Intel Core i3-1320PE Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.20 GHz	921
	Intel Core i5-13420H Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.20 GHz	921

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i3-10100 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	8722
	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	8714
	Intel Core i7-8569U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	8702
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	8665
	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8647
	Intel Atom C5125 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	8631
	Intel Xeon W-2223 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	8629

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	2354
	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	2348
	Intel Core i7-1165G7 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2347
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	2324
	Intel Core i5-1135G7 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2315
	Intel Core i7-6700K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2313
	Intel Core i7-4790K 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2311

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	186
	Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	186
	Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	186
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	184
	Intel Core i7-9750HF 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	184
	Intel Core i9-9820X 10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz	184
	Intel Core i7-9750H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	184

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-4900MQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	686
	Intel Core i3-8350K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	684
	Intel Xeon E-2234 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	679
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	675
	Intel Core i7-1060NG7 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	675
	AMD FX-8370 8C 8T @ 4.15 GHz	673
	Intel Core i7-3770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	672

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
641 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
588 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
478 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

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