Key Differences
In short — Core i5-5257U outperforms Pentium 3556U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-5257U is 546 days newer than Pentium 3556U.
Advantages of Intel Pentium 3556U
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-5257U - 15 vs 28 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-5257U
- Performs up to 14% better in Dota 2 than Pentium 3556U - 184 vs 161 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 3556U - 4 vs 2 threads
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Pentium 3556U
Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013
Core i5-5257U
Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium 3556U | vs | Intel Core i5-5257U |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2013 | Release Date | Mar 1st, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Broadwell |
| Intel BGA 1168 | Socket | Intel BGA 1168 |
Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 1.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 28 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris 6100 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
