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:
3623rd fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
3244th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
916th fastest in out of 1414 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1058

Single Thread Rating

951

Samples: 162*
*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	3,687 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,848 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,438 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	218.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,866 KBytes/Sec
Physics	137 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	664 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	951 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of July 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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,050
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,042
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,521
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,539
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,038
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,884
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,841
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,787
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,058

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.95
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.67
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.29
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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,919
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,079
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,047
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,685
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,659
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,616
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,441
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,428
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		951

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2052947 - Mar 16 2024		1162
BL1989587 - Jan 06 2024		1057
BL1935074 - Oct 29 2023		1021
BL1901098 - Sep 10 2023		1202
BL1899083 - Sep 07 2023		1199

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		1,058
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,224 (+15.7%)
AMD A6-5357M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,165 (+10.2%)
AMD A6-5345M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,122 (+6.1%)
Intel Celeron 1005M @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,104 (+4.4%)
Intel Pentium 2127U @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,064 (+0.6%)
Intel Celeron 1037U @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		998 (-5.7%)
Intel Celeron 1017U @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		888 (-16.0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		877 (-17.1%)
Intel Celeron 2957U @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		865 (-18.2%)
AMD TurionX2 Ultra DualCore Mobile ZM-85 vs Intel Pentium 3556U		841 (-20.5%)
Intel Celeron 2950M @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,237 (+17.0%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium 3556U		1,010 (-4.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,078
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,916
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,860
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,696
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,657
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,520
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,417
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,211
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,195
Intel Core i5-14500HX		6,187
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H		6,035
Intel Core i7-14700HX		5,920
Intel Pentium 3556U @ 1.70GHz		463

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