Celeron N2808 vs Pentium 3556U
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 3556U outperforms Celeron N2808 by a whopping 118% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3030 | 3391 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | no data | 7.51 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (12 years ago) | 22 May 2014 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 1.58 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 2.25 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 56K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 4.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | + | + |
| FDI | - | no data |
| AMT | 9.5 | no data |
| Matrix Storage | - | no data |
| HD Audio | + | no data |
| RST | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | - | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 10.66 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | - | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | 792 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3556U and Celeron N2808.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 10 | 4 |
| PCI support | - | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | 2 |
| Integrated IDE | - | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | 5 |
| Integrated LAN | - | no data |
| UART | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.61 | 0.28 |
| Recency | 1 September 2013 | 22 May 2014 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 4 Watt |
Pentium 3556U has a 117.9% higher aggregate performance score.
Celeron N2808, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 275% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium 3556U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron N2808 in performance tests.
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