Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium 3556U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: BGA1168

Clockspeed: 1.7 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 3556U @ 1.70GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3753rd fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3348th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
941st fastest in out of 1436 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1061

Single Thread Rating

952

Samples: 164*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,604
Thread: 918

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Integer Math	3,689 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,841 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,442 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	219.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,896 KBytes/Sec
Physics	137 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	666 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	952 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,993
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,392
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,464
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,013
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,820
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,793
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,720
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,061

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.63
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.46
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.24
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,071
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,042
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,673
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,652
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,611
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,440
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,420
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		952

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2223041 - Oct 18 2024		1153
BL2178294 - Aug 25 2024		1098
BL2052947 - Mar 16 2024		1162
BL1989587 - Jan 06 2024		1057
BL1935074 - Oct 29 2023		1021

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,061
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,221 (+15.1%)
AMD A6-5357M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,165 (+9.9%)
AMD A6-5345M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,122 (+5.7%)
Intel Celeron 1005M @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,109 (+4.6%)
Intel Pentium 2127U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,064 (+0.3%)
Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,008 (-5.0%)
Intel Celeron 1017U @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		890 (-16.1%)
Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		880 (-17.1%)
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		855 (-19.4%)
AMD TurionX2 Ultra DualCore Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium 3556U		841 (-20.7%)
Intel Celeron 2950M @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,234 (+16.3%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,013 (-4.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,111
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,992
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,898
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,818
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,520
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,414
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,258
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,234
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,204
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,941
Intel Core i7-14650HX		5,930
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		199

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