Intel Pentium 3558U vs Intel Core 2 Duo P9500

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 3558U and Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium 3558U

Intel Core 2 Duo P9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 3558U

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1028 vs 993

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2014 vs 15 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1028 vs 993

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo P9500

Around 49% higher clock speed: 2.53 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1057 vs 941

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.53 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 100°C
L2 cache	6134 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1057 vs 941

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium 3558U
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo P9500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

941

1057

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1028

993

Name	Intel Pentium 3558U	Intel Core 2 Duo P9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	941	1057
PassMark - CPU mark	1028	993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	553
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3226
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1619
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2630

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium 3558U	Intel Core 2 Duo P9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Penryn
Launch date	1 January 2014	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$348
Place in performance rating	1810	1819
Processor Number	3558U	P9500
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor 3000 Series	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Price now		$998.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.52
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.53 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	1066 MHz FSB
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	6134 KB
L3 cache	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz	2.53 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Die size		107 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)		1066 MHz
Transistor count		410 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	40mm x 24mm x 1.5mm	35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1168	PGA478, BGA479
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	10
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCI support
PCIe configurations	4x1, 1x4, 1x2
Total number of SATA ports	2
UART
USB revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version	9.5
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Matrix Storage
Smart Connect
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)