Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Is the Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs.

Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: BGA1168

Clockspeed: 1.7 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB, L3: 2 MB

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank: 2945

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark

1036

Single Thread Rating: 943
Samples: 153*
*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	3,653 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,823 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	211.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17.3 MBytes/Sec
Physics	134 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	657 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	943 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of November 2022.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of November 2022

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of November 2022.
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 26th of November 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,221
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,335
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		21,112
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,894
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,358
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,191
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11,115
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		10,032
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		7,057
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,036

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of November 2022 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		53.45
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		25.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.58
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of November 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,850
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,829
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,739
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,122
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,073
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,695
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,629
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,470
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		2,314
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		1,969
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		943

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1670486 - Nov 14 2022		1156
BL1645081 - Oct 09 2022		1113
BL1644225 - Oct 08 2022		1153
BL1630408 - Sep 15 2022		1161
BL1630368 - Sep 15 2022		1117

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
As of 26th of November 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,036
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,141 (+10.1%)
AMD A6-5357M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,260 (+21.6%)
AMD A6-5345M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,122 (+8.2%)
Intel Celeron 1005M @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,078 (+4.0%)
Intel Pentium 2127U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,019 (-1.7%)
Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		969 (-6.5%)
Intel Celeron 1017U @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		884 (-14.7%)
Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		860 (-17.0%)
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		848 (-18.2%)
AMD TurionX2 Ultra DualCore Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium 3556U		841 (-18.9%)
Intel Celeron 2950M @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,278 (+23.3%)
AMD A6 PRO-7050B APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,027 (-0.9%)

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