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Pentium 3556U vs Ryzen 5 5500

Pentium 3556U vs Ryzen 5 5500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms Pentium 3556U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 3137 days newer than Pentium 3556U.

Advantages of Pentium 3556U

  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 15 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500

  • Performs up to 21% better in Battlefield 2042 than Pentium 3556U - 171 vs 141 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 3556U - 12 vs 2 threads
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Battlefield 2042

Battlefield 2042

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

141

82%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


FPS

171

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.57/FPS

100%

Price, €

€98

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Amd Ryzen 5 5500 Retail Wraith Stealth, Nero, ‎4 X 4 X 0.6 Cm

Buy for 98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 260 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

313

17%

Multi-Core

516

7%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


Single-Core

1871

100%

Multi-Core

7692

100%

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo

Pentium 3556U

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo

Ryzen 5 5500

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Apr 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionRyzen 5
HaswellCodenameVermeer
Intel BGA 1168SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
1.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.2 GHz
15 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
7 nm
17.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HD
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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