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Intel Pentium 3560M vs Intel Pentium 3550M vs Intel Pentium 3556U

Intel Pentium 3560M

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The Intel Pentium 3560M is an inexpensive dual-core processor for laptops launched in Q2 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and manufactured in 22nm. Each core offers a base speed of 2.4 GHz and does not support CPU Turbo Boost. Compared to other CPUs of the Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 series, many features like AES, AVX, Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading have been disabled.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

Due to these changes, the performance is slightly above the Ivy Bridge-based and somewhat higher clocked Pentium 2030M. This provides sufficient power for typical office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it a bit faster than the old HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Compared to the HD 4000 or HD 4600, however, the performance is much lower.

The Pentium 3560M is rated at a TDP of 37 W including the graphics card, memory controller and VRMs.  Therefore, the CPU is suited for laptops 14-inches or greater.

Intel Pentium 3550M

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The Intel Pentium 3550M is an inexpensive dual-core processor for laptops launched in Q4 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Each core offers a base speed of 2.3 GHz and does not support CPU Turbo Boost. Compared to other CPUs of the Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 series, many features like AES, AVX, Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading have been disabled.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

Due to these changes, the performance should be similar to the Ivy Bridge-based and somewhat higher clocked Pentium 2030M. This provides sufficient power for typical office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it a bit faster than the old HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). Compared to the HD 4000 or HD 4600, however, the performance is much lower.

The Pentium 3550M is rated at a TDP of 37 W including the graphics card, memory controller and VRMs.  Therefore, the CPU is suited for laptops 14-inches or greater.

Intel Pentium 3556U

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The Intel Pentium 3556U is an entry-level, ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz and was launched in Fall 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Compared to the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, many features like Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading, AVX and AES-NI are disabled.

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent.

The performance of the Pentium 3556U is somewhere in range of the slightly higher clocked Pentium 2117U and 2127U, which are based on Ivy Bridge. The CPU has sufficient power for most office and multimedia purposes.

The integrated HD Graphics (Haswell) offers 10 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1000 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge). However, the HD Graphics (Haswell) is significantly slower than the HD Graphics 4400 and HD Graphics 5000 found on a number of other Haswell ULV models.

The Pentium 3556U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.

ModelIntel Pentium 3560MIntel Pentium 3550MIntel Pentium 3556U
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel PentiumIntel Pentium
CodenameHaswellHaswellHaswell
Series: Pentium Haswell
Intel Pentium 3560M « 2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3550M2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3558U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3556U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3561Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560M2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3550M « 2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3558U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3556U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3561Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560M2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3550M2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3558U1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3556U « 1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3561Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium 3560Y1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock2400 MHz2300 MHz1700 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
TDP37 Watt37 Watt15 Watt
Transistors960 Million960 Million
Technology22 nm22 nm22 nm
Die Size130 mm2130 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketrPGArPGA
FeaturesHD Graphics (400 - 1100 MHz), Quick Sync, SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, VirtualizationHD Graphics (400 - 1100 MHz), SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, VirtualizationHD Graphics (200 - 1000 MHz), SSE 4.1/4.2, DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, Virtualization
iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Haswell) (400 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (400 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$134 U.S.$134 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 3556U +
min: 122     avg: 125.5     median: 125.5 (1%)     max: 129 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 3556U +
min: 64     avg: 65.5     median: 65.5 (20%)     max: 67 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 3556U +
min: 1.41     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (2%)     max: 1.45 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 3556U +
0.8 Points (19%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 3556U +
2515 Points (15%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 3556U +
4854 Points (4%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 3556U +
6168 Points (4%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 3556U +
3297 Points (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 3556U +
1405 s (17%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 3556U +
46.2 s (9%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 3556U +
1190 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 3556U +
9.1 fps (3%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 3556U +
49.2 fps (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 3556U +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 3556U +
0.1 GB/s (2%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 3556U +
0.2 GB/s (0%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 3556U +
1939 Points (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 3556U +
22.5 s (5%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 3556U +
50 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 3556U +
1076 s (5%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 3556U +
28880 MIPS (14%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 3556U +
12680 MFLOPS (10%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 3556U +
4710 Points (4%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 3556U +
min: 1745     avg: 1756     median: 1756 (5%)     max: 1767 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 3556U +
min: 13185     avg: 13330     median: 13330 (11%)     max: 13475 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 3556U +
min: 1187     avg: 1198     median: 1198 (3%)     max: 1209 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 3556U +
min: 1617     avg: 1638     median: 1638 (3%)     max: 1659 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 3556U +
2478 Points (4%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 3556U +
1467 Points (29%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 3556U +
4504 Points (36%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 3556U +
3883 Points (35%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 3556U +
2700 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 3556U +
2737 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 3556U +
3129 Points (8%)

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