Celeron 900 vs Pentium 3558U

Place in the ranking	2761	3152
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	4.10	0.70
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	no data
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900 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.

Socket	FCBGA1168	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 1000 MHz)

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
+150%

Celeron 900 0.26

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 1040
+152%

Celeron 900 412

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.65	0.26
Recency	1 January 2014	1 January 2009
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium 3558U has a 150% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 3558U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 900 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 3558U and Celeron 900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.