Pentium 3558U vs i5-2430M

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-2430M
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.26
+93.8%
Pentium 3558U
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.65

Core i5-2430M outperforms Pentium 3558U by an impressive 94% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23052761
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Pentium
Power efficiency3.414.10
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 October 2011 (13 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$225$161

Detailed specifications

Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s5 GT/s
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors624 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPPGA988FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+-
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection+-
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d--
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 3000Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHz1 GHz
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-2430M and Pentium 3558U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1610
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-2430M 1.26
+93.8%
Pentium 3558U 0.65

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-2430M 2000
+92.3%
Pentium 3558U 1040

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-2430M 3787
+50.9%
Pentium 3558U 2510

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-2430M 8222
+69.5%
Pentium 3558U 4852

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-2430M 3311
+71.9%
Pentium 3558U 1926

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-2430M 18.89
+145%
Pentium 3558U 46.24

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-2430M 3
+83.4%
Pentium 3558U 1

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-2430M 1.4
+977%
Pentium 3558U 0.1

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-2430M 2236
+98.9%
Pentium 3558U 1124

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-2430M 15
+62%
Pentium 3558U 9

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-2430M 77
+56.4%
Pentium 3558U 49

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.26 0.65
Integrated graphics card 0.66 0.77
Recency 1 October 2011 1 January 2014
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

i5-2430M has a 93.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Pentium 3558U, on the other hand, has 16.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-2430M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3558U in performance tests.


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