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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Pentium 3556U vs the Core i5 4200U. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium 3556U vs Core i5 4200U
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)
CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium 3556U | vs | Core i5 4200U |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 1.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 15W | 15W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 3.61 $/year | 3.61 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.73 pt/W | 38.06 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 12.19W | 12.19W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI 2.0 | DMI 2.0 | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Pentium 3556U | vs | Core i5 4200U |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 3 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 2.49 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.7 GHz | 1.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.7 GHz | 2.49 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | HD (Haswell) | Intel® HD Graphics 4400 | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 200 MHz | 200 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,000 MHz | 1,000 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3L-1600 | |||
| DDR3L-1333 | |||
| LPDDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| LPDDR3-1600 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 12,800 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 16,384 MB | 16,384 MB | |
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