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Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Pentium 3556U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700
Rank 2 - 34 %
Intel Pentium 3556U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-9700
Rank 2 - 10 %
Intel Pentium 3556U
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
1,218
Intel Pentium 3556U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
408
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
6,714
Intel Pentium 3556U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
772
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-9700
Intel UHD Graphics 630
461
Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
160
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
209 cb
Intel Pentium 3556U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
66 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
1,491 cb
Intel Pentium 3556U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz
126 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshHaswell U
Technology14 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151-2BGA 1168
PredecessorIntel Core i7-8700
SuccessorIntel Core i7-10700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 1.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache12.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz0.20 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19210 / 80
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm22 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q4/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-9700Intel Pentium 3556U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2019Q3/2013
Release price335 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-9700
Intel Core i7-9700
8C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz
Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel Pentium 3556U
2C / 2T · 1.70 GHz

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