Celeron B800 vs Pentium 3556U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 3556U
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.67
+59.5%
Celeron B800
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42

Pentium 3556U outperforms Celeron B800 by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27492990
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency4.221.13
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$80

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate5 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die size118 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1168G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d-no data
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800. 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/s21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) (650 - 1000 MHz)
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron B800.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes10no data
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no 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.

Pentium 3556U 0.67
+59.5%
Celeron B800 0.42

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.

Pentium 3556U 1061
+60%
Celeron B800 663

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.

Pentium 3556U 302
+22.3%
Celeron B800 247

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.

Pentium 3556U 493
+18.5%
Celeron B800 416

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.

Pentium 3556U 2515
+31.7%
Celeron B800 1910

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.

Pentium 3556U 4854
+28.4%
Celeron B800 3779

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.

Pentium 3556U 1939
+26.4%
Celeron B800 1534

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.

Pentium 3556U 46.23
+1.7%
Celeron B800 47

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.67 0.42
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.34
Recency 1 September 2013 19 June 2011
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium 3556U has a 59.5% higher aggregate performance score, 126.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 3556U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B800 in performance tests.


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