Intel Pentium 3556U vs Intel Pentium 3558U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 3000 Intel Pentium 3000
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Pentium
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.7 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Execution units
  10 10
• Generation
  7.5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q4/2012
• Shader
  80 80
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium 3558U and Intel Pentium 3556U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1333LPDDR3-1600 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1333LPDDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  10 10
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium 3556U and Intel Pentium 3558U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium 3556U and Intel Pentium 3558U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Haswell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q4/2013
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 1168
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d