Athlon II X2 215 vs Pentium 3558U

Place in the ranking	2744	2781
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.66
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	4.08	0.88
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$45

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215 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	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215 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	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215. 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)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
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

Security technologies

Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	10	no data
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no 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 3558U 0.65
+6.6%

Athlon II X2 215 0.61

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 3558U 1036
+6.5%

Athlon II X2 215 973

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.65	0.61
Recency	1 January 2014	20 October 2009
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium 3558U has a 6.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215.

Be aware that Pentium 3558U is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 215 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 3558U and Athlon II X2 215, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.