Intel Pentium 3558U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium 3558U has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q4/2013. The Intel Pentium 3558U scores 398 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 735 points.
Intel Pentium 3558U

At a glance

Name: Intel Pentium 3558U
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
Architecture: Haswell U
Technology: 22 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 3558U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 3558U is 1.70 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 2
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium 3558U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium 3558U uses the Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1), which has 80 texture shaders and 10 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.00 GHz
Compute units: 10
Shader: 80
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q4/2012
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 7.5
Direct X: 11.1
Technology: 22 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR3-1333
LPDDR3-1600
DDR3L-1333
DDR3L-1600
21.3 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
21.3 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory: 16 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth: 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 3558U is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 22 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1168
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 2.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q4/2013
Release price: 161 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium 3558U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
331
Intel Celeron 1037U Intel Celeron 1037U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
324
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
323
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
318
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
318
Intel Celeron 1000M Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
317
NVIDIA Tegra X1 NVIDIA Tegra X1
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
308

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
AMD GX-415GA AMD GX-415GA
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
564
Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
564
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
562
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
561
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
555
Intel Celeron 1000M Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
553
Intel Core i3-2375M Intel Core i3-2375M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
546

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
407
AMD A4-5300B AMD A4-5300B
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
403
AMD A6-5357M AMD A6-5357M
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
401
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
398
Intel Celeron N4100 Intel Celeron N4100
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
394
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
394
Intel Celeron 3755U Intel Celeron 3755U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
394

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
751
Intel Pentium B940 Intel Pentium B940
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
739
Intel Celeron 1037U Intel Celeron 1037U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
738
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
735
Intel Celeron 1005M Intel Celeron 1005M
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
730
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
730
AMD A6-3400M AMD A6-3400M
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
726

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-2610UE Intel Core i7-2610UE
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 0.85 GHz
163
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
163
AMD A4-4355M AMD A4-4355M
AMD Radeon HD 7400G @ 0.42 GHz
163
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160
Intel Celeron 2981U Intel Celeron 2981U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160
Intel Celeron 2957U Intel Celeron 2957U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD GX-222GC AMD GX-222GC
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1047
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
1040
Intel Celeron N2940 Intel Celeron N2940
4C 4T @ 2.25 GHz
1035
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
1031
Intel Pentium B960 Intel Pentium B960
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1029
Intel Celeron 2981U Intel Celeron 2981U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
1024
Intel Celeron 2980U Intel Celeron 2980U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
1024

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A4-5000 AMD A4-5000
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
354
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
348
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
347
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
346
Intel Celeron 1000M Intel Celeron 1000M
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
346
Intel Pentium T4400 Intel Pentium T4400
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
344
Intel Core2 Duo T6570 Intel Core2 Duo T6570
2C 2T @ 2.10 GHz
339

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A6-9220 AMD A6-9220
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
69
Intel Celeron 3755U Intel Celeron 3755U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
69
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
69
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
68
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
68
Intel Core i3-4005U Intel Core i3-4005U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
67
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
66

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron 3215U Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
133
Intel Celeron 3755U Intel Celeron 3755U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
133
Intel Atom Z3795 Intel Atom Z3795
4C 4T @ 1.59 GHz
132
Intel Pentium 3558U Intel Pentium 3558U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
131
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
130
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
127
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
126

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