Pentium Silver N5000 vs Pentium 3556U

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Aggregate performance score

Pentium 3556U
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.68
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.58
+132%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by a whopping 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26242018
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Pentium Silver
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Gemini Lake (2019)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161
Current priceno data$358 (2.2x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.7 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)224 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 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
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP-no data
Smart Response--
GPIO++
Smart Connect+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPXno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes106
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports22
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports22
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports48
Integrated LAN--
UART++

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 0.68
Pentium Silver N5000 1.58
+132%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 132% 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%

Pentium 3556U 1058
Pentium Silver N5000 2442
+131%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 131% 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%

Pentium 3556U 310
Pentium Silver N5000 348
+12.3%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 12% 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%

Pentium 3556U 512
Pentium Silver N5000 860
+68%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 68% 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%

Pentium 3556U 2515
+9.6%
Pentium Silver N5000 2295

Pentium 3556U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 10% 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%

Pentium 3556U 4854
Pentium Silver N5000 6688
+37.8%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 38% 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%

Pentium 3556U 1939
Pentium Silver N5000 3320
+71.2%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 71% 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%

Pentium 3556U 46.23
Pentium Silver N5000 16.83
+175%

Pentium 3556U outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by 175% 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%

Pentium 3556U 1
Pentium Silver N5000 3
+95.8%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 96% 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%

Pentium 3556U 126
Pentium Silver N5000 237
+88.4%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 88% 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%

Pentium 3556U 66
Pentium Silver N5000 78
+19.1%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 19% 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%

Pentium 3556U 0.75
Pentium Silver N5000 0.94
+25.3%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 25% 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%

Pentium 3556U 0.2
Pentium Silver N5000 1.9
+1167%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 1167% 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%

Pentium 3556U 1190
Pentium Silver N5000 1245
+4.6%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 5% 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%

Pentium 3556U 9
Pentium Silver N5000 15
+69.2%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 69% 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%

Pentium 3556U 49
Pentium Silver N5000 76
+55.1%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 55% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium 3556U 2478
Pentium Silver N5000 5548
+124%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 124% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium 3556U 1467
Pentium Silver N5000 1778
+21.2%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 21% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium 3556U 3129
Pentium Silver N5000 4819
+54%

Pentium Silver N5000 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 54% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 1.58
Recency 1 September 2013 11 December 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

The Pentium Silver N5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3556U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 3556U and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Pentium 3556U
Pentium 3556U
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Pentium Silver N5000

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


2.4 138 votes

Rate Pentium 3556U on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.4 904 votes

Rate Pentium Silver N5000 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium 3556U or Pentium Silver N5000, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.