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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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz Good for Gaming?

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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 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: 3045

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark

1040

Single Thread Rating: 944
Samples: 155*
*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	3,665 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	212.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17.3 MBytes/Sec
Physics	135 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	657 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	944 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of March 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of March 2023.
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 1st of April 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,133
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,924
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,294
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,982
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,823
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,199
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,135
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11,055
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		10,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		7,016
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,040

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of April 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		53.12
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		25.38
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.52
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 1st of April 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,847
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,823
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,724
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,112
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,069
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,689
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,627
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,460
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		2,314
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		1,960
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		944

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1744930 - Feb 14 2023		1075
BL1698924 - Dec 19 2022		1114
BL1670486 - Nov 14 2022		1156
BL1645081 - Oct 09 2022		1113
BL1644225 - Oct 08 2022		1153

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
As of 1st of April 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,040
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,141 (+9.7%)
AMD A6-5357M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,260 (+21.2%)
AMD GX-217GA SOC vs Intel Pentium 3556U		781 (-24.9%)
AMD A6-5345M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,122 (+7.9%)
Intel Celeron 1005M @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,075 (+3.4%)
Intel Pentium 2127U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,019 (-2.0%)
Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		961 (-7.6%)
Intel Celeron 1017U @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		891 (-14.3%)
Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		860 (-17.3%)
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		846 (-18.6%)
AMD TurionX2 Ultra DualCore Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium 3556U		841 (-19.1%)
Intel Celeron 2950M @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,264 (+21.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of April 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-12900HK		5,838
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		5,772
Intel Core i9-12900H		5,751
Intel Core i7-1370P		5,615
Intel Core i9-12950HX		5,614
Intel Core i9-12900HX		5,552
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX		5,320
Intel Core i7-12800H		5,241
Intel Core i7-12650H		5,238
Intel Core i7-12700H		5,156
Intel Core i7-12800HX		4,838
Intel Core i7-12850HX		4,831
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		457

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