Pentium 3560M vs i5-480M

Place in the ranking	2580	2566
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	2.24	2.17
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years ago)	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$81	$134

Detailed specifications

Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.93 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	5 GT/s
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	130 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	960 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	BGA1288,PGA988	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	-
Graphics max frequency	766 MHz	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
VGA	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-480M 0.83

Pentium 3560M 0.85
+2.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-480M 1323

Pentium 3560M 1345
+1.7%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-480M 362

Pentium 3560M 514
+42%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-480M 683

Pentium 3560M 960
+40.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.83	0.85
Recency	9 January 2011	14 April 2014
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	37 Watt

i5-480M has 100% more threads, and 5.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium 3560M, on the other hand, has a 2.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-480M and Pentium 3560M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.