Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Lower TDP (28W vs 45W)
Intel Core 7 240H 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)