CPULaptopReleased 2018

Intel Core i7-8559U

4C/8T · 4.5 GHz · 28 W

A Coffee Lake-U quad-core processor that Intel supplied exclusively to Apple for the four-Thunderbolt-3 13-inch MacBook Pro introduced in mid-2018, paired with Iris Plus Graphics 655 rather than the standard UHD Graphics used in mainstream U-series chips of the same generation.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Core i7-8559U
Segment
Laptop
Generation
8th Gen Core
Codename
—
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Coffee Lake
Release date
2018
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
4 cores / 8 threads
Base clock
2.70 GHz
Boost clock
4.50 GHz
TDP (design W)
28 W
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
8 MB
Technology (nm)
14 nm
14 nm

Platform

Socket
FCBGA1528
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Iris Plus 655
Memory type
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
2-channel
Memory size
Up to 32 GB
ECC memory
✕ No
PCIe
3.0

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
—
NPU
None

OS support

Windows
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ChromeOS
ChromeOS
Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux

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