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ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey vs ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey

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Key differences

The ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey has 2 more processor cores than the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey (4 vs 2). The ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey has 4 more processor threads than the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey (8 vs 4). The ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey has 0.4 GHz more processor frequency than the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey (2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz). Display resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels on the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey, 1600 x 900 pixels on the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey. HD type: Full HD on the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey, HD+ on the ASUS Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey.

  • Display resolution
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:1920 x 1080 pixels
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:1600 x 900 pixels
  • HD type
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:Full HD
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:HD+
  • Processor family
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:Intel® Core™ i5
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:Intel® Core™ i3
  • Processor generation
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:8th gen Intel® Core™ i5
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:6th gen Intel® Core™ i3
  • Processor model
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:i5-8250U
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:i3-6006U
  • Processor cores
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:4
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:2
  • Processor threads
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:8
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:4
  • Processor frequency
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC542T Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8250U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDRAM 256 GB SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:1.6 GHz
    • Vivobook 17 X705UA-GC556T Intel® Core™ i3 i3-6006U Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") HD+ 6 GB DDR4-SDRAM 756 GB HDD+SSD Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Windows 10 Home Grey:2 GHz

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Comparison of X705UA-GC542T, X705UA-GC556T
174 specifications
Display2 differ
Display resolutionDiffers1920 x 1080 pixels1600 x 900 pixels
HD typeDiffersFull HDHD+
Processor9 differ
Processor familyDiffersIntel® Core™ i5Intel® Core™ i3
Processor generationDiffers8th gen Intel® Core™ i56th gen Intel® Core™ i3
Processor modelDiffersi5-8250Ui3-6006U
Processor coresDiffers42
Processor threadsDiffers84
Processor frequencyDiffers1.6 GHz2 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers6 MB3 MB
Processor seriesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIntel Core i3-6000 Mobile Processor Series
Processor codenameDiffersKaby Lake RSkylake
SteppingDiffersY0D1
Processor boost frequencyKnown for one3.4 GHzUnknown — not stated by the source
Configurable TDP-up frequencyKnown for one1.8 GHzUnknown — not stated by the source
Configurable TDP-upKnown for one25 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Configurable TDP-downKnown for one10 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Configurable TDP-down frequencyKnown for one0.8 GHzUnknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Internal memoryDiffers8 GB6 GB
Memory clock speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2400 MHz
Storage2 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers256 GB756 GB
Storage mediaDiffersSSDHDD+SSD
Number of HDDs installedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
HDD capacityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source500 GB
Graphics4 differ
On-board graphics card familyDiffersIntel® UHD GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics
On-board graphics card modelDiffersIntel® UHD Graphics 620Intel® HD Graphics 520
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs1100 MHz900 MHz
On-board graphics card IDDiffers0x59171916
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Thunderbolt ports quantityDiffers01
Processor special features3 differ
Intel® Wireless Display (Intel® WiDi)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel Small Business Advantage (SBA) versionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1.00
Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel® Turbo Boost TechnologyDiffers2.0No
Processor ARK IDDiffers12496791157
Processor codeDiffersSR3LASSSR2UW

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