Pentium 3556U vs Ryzen 5 3500

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	877	2642
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.67	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	no data	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	2
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	1.7 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	16 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Socket AM4	Intel BGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Pentium 3556U.

PCI Express lanes

no data

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

Ryzen 5 3500 outperforms Pentium 3556U by 1116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.27	0.68
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	6	2
Chip lithography	7 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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