Intel Pentium 3556U vs Intel Core m5-6Y57

Compare Intel Pentium 3000 Series 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core m 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

595 points

4% slightly better overall score

568 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1281 points

12% slightly better gaming score

1136 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

428 points

0.94% slightly better multitasking score

424 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

410 points

0.49% slightly better heavy workload score

408 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

1.50 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

5 W

200% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,062nd of 1,089

1,066th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Pentium 3000 Series

6th Generation Core m

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Pentium 3556U vs Core m5-6Y57 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Pentium 3556U beats the Core m5-6Y57 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core m5-6Y57 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core m5-6Y57 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium 3556U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core m5-6Y57. The Core m5-6Y57 outputs less heat than Pentium 3556U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Pentium 3556U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.