Pentium 3556U vs Core i5-5200U

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-5200U
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.62
+138%

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by a whopping 138% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19952619
Place by popularity96not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Pentium
Architecture codenameBroadwell-U (2015)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281no data
Current price$447 (1.6x MSRP)no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz1.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size82 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1300 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSXno data-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPPno data-
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+-
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 5500Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency900 MHz1 GHz
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.42560X1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-5200U and Pentium 3556U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1210
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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.

i5-5200U 1.62
+138%
Pentium 3556U 0.68

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 138% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-5200U 2501
+136%
Pentium 3556U 1058

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 136% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-5200U 782
+152%
Pentium 3556U 310

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 152% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-5200U 1500
+193%
Pentium 3556U 512

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 193% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-5200U 4136
+64.4%
Pentium 3556U 2515

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 64% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-5200U 8641
+78%
Pentium 3556U 4854

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 78% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-5200U 3361
+73.3%
Pentium 3556U 1939

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 73% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-5200U 18.25
+153%
Pentium 3556U 46.23

Pentium 3556U outperforms Core i5-5200U by 153% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-5200U 3
+97.2%
Pentium 3556U 1

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 97% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-5200U 259
+106%
Pentium 3556U 126

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 106% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-5200U 108
+64.9%
Pentium 3556U 66

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 65% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-5200U 1.24
+65.3%
Pentium 3556U 0.75

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 65% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-5200U 1.5
+900%
Pentium 3556U 0.2

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 900% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-5200U 2327
+95.5%
Pentium 3556U 1190

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 96% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-5200U 16
+76.9%
Pentium 3556U 9

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 77% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-5200U 85
+73.4%
Pentium 3556U 49

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 73% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-5200U 4993
+101%
Pentium 3556U 2478

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 101% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-5200U 2487
+69.5%
Pentium 3556U 1467

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 70% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i5-5200U 5926
+89.4%
Pentium 3556U 3129

Core i5-5200U outperforms Pentium 3556U by 89% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.62 0.68
Recency 1 March 2015 1 September 2013
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm

The Core i5-5200U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3556U in performance tests.


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