Intel Pentium 3556U vs Intel Celeron 2955U

Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel BGA1168MOBILE
1700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
1400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Celeron 2955U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    118%
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    121%
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    116%
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 3556U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
16% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 18% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron 2955U

None

Intel Pentium 3556U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 3556U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Celeron 2955U
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache

Architecture

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Celeron 2955U
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameHaswellvsHaswell
Release DateSep 2013vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Celeron 2955U
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HDvsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Celeron 2955U
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Celeron 2955U
SocketIntel BGA1168vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Temp105°Cvs105°C
PackageFC-BGA1168vsFC-PGA12F
Die Size118mm²vs118mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Celeron 2955U
Cpu Frequency1700 MHzvs1400 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1904 points
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1568 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    3808 points
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    3136 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    2450
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2110

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1413
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1238

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1939
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1520

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    2515
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    2069

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    4854
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    4000

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.75
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.61

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1.43
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1.14

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    65.5
  • Intel Celeron 2955U (simulated)
    49.19

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    125.5
  • Intel Celeron 2955U (simulated)
    168.81

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    22.45
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    27

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    46.23
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    53.18

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1190
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    1054

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    49.2
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    40.7

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    9.1
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    7.52

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.15
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.13

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.12
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.09

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.07
  • Intel Celeron 2955U
    0.06

GB/s