Xeon 6732P vs Pentium 3556U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6732P outperforms Pentium 3556U by a whopping 6908% 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 | 3073 | 81 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.72 | 5.16 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | no data |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (12 years ago) | 1 April 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P 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) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 144 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 3 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 68 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P 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 | no data |
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | FCLGA4710 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 350 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AMX |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| FDI | - | no data |
| AMT | 9.5 | no data |
| Matrix Storage | - | no data |
| HD Audio | + | no data |
| RST | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | + |
| OS Guard | - | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5(6400MT/s) |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors | no data |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon 6732P.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 10 | 88 |
| PCI support | - | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Integrated IDE | - | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | no data |
| 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 | 42.75 |
| Recency | 1 September 2013 | 1 April 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 32 |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 350 Watt |
Pentium 3556U has 2233.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon 6732P, on the other hand, has a 6908.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.
The Intel Xeon 6732P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 3556U in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium 3556U is a notebook processor while Xeon 6732P is a server/workstation one.
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