Athlon Silver 10 vs Pentium 3558U

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3030	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.67	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	no data	TSMC
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Mendocino (2025)
Release date	1 January 2014 (11 years ago)	1 October 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3558U and Athlon Silver 10 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	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3558U and Athlon Silver 10 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	FT6
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3558U and Athlon Silver 10. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
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 Silver 10 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3558U and Athlon Silver 10 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 Silver 10. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	LPDDR5
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 Compare HD Graphics and Radeon 610M	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors	AMD Radeon 610M
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 Silver 10 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 Silver 10.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	10	4
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

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	0.72	2.65
Recency	1 January 2014	1 October 2025
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm

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