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Pentium 3556U vs Core i5-12400

Pentium 3556U vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Pentium 3556U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3047 days newer than Pentium 3556U.

Advantages of Pentium 3556U

  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 15 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 31% better in Lost Ark than Pentium 3556U - 285 vs 218 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 3556U - 12 vs 2 threads
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Lost Ark

Lost Ark

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

218

76%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

285

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.58/FPS

100%

Price, €

€164.13

100%

FPS and Value Winner

CPU CORE I5-12400 S1700 Box/2.5G BX8071512400 S RL4V IN

Buy for 164.13 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

313

14%

Multi-Core

516

6%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo

Pentium 3556U

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i5
HaswellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
1.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
2.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
15 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
17.0xMultiplier
25.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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