Intel Pentium 3556U vs Intel Core M-5Y31

Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel BGA1168MOBILE
1700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel Core M-5Y31
MOBILE
900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2014
Intel Core M-5Y31

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    190%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    141%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    218%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 3556U

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core M-5Y31

Much higher single threaded performance (around 41% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 118% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 90% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core M-5Y31

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y31

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core M-5Y31

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y31

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Core M-5Y31
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache
AVX
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Core M-5Y31
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_Broadwell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameHaswellvsBroadwell-Y
Release DateSep 2013vsOct 2014

Cores

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Core M-5Y31
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HDvsIntel HD 5300

Cache

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Core M-5Y31
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Core M-5Y31
SocketIntel BGA1168vs
Max Case Temp105°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-BGA1168vs
Die Size118mm²vs50mm²
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium 3556UIntel Core M-5Y31
Cpu Frequency1700 MHzvs900 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs2400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1904 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2688 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    3808 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2419 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1939
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2589

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    2515
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    3395.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    4854
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    6563

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.75
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1.43
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2.2

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    65.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    98

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    125.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    208

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    22.45
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    15.9

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    1190
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1745

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    49.2
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    71.98

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    9.1
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    9.52

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.15
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.12
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Pentium 3556U
    0.07
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.11

GB/s