Turion 64 MK-36 vs Pentium 3558U
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 3558U outperforms Turion 64 MK-36 by a whopping 205% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium 3558U and Turion 64 MK-36 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2782 | 3233 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | Turion 64 |
| Power efficiency | 4.07 | 0.65 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Richmond |
| Release date | 1 January 2014 (11 years ago) | no data |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 3558U and Turion 64 MK-36 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 3558U and Turion 64 MK-36 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.
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 31 Watt |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3558U and Turion 64 MK-36 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3558U and Turion 64 MK-36. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) (200 - 1000 MHz) | no 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.
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.
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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.64 | 0.21 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 31 Watt |
Pentium 3558U has a 204.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 309.1% more advanced lithography process, and 106.7% lower power consumption.
The Pentium 3558U is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion 64 MK-36 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 3558U and Turion 64 MK-36, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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