Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium B980 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCPGA988

Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B980 @ 2.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 30.39

Overall Rank:
3718th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3154th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
928th fastest in out of 1436 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $35.81 USD (2021-03-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1088

Single Thread Rating

1047

Samples: 404*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,876
Thread: 1,149

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Integer Math	4,582 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,398 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,934 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	213.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,153 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	675 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,047 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,993
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,392
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,464
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,013
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,820
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,793
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,720
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,088

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.63
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.46
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		30.39
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.24
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,071
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,042
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,673
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,652
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,611
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,440
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,420
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,047

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2281685 - Dec 16 2024		1146
BL2217886 - Oct 12 2024		1188
BL2214319 - Oct 08 2024		1241
BL2133300 - Jun 28 2024		1188
BL2120764 - Jun 10 2024		1342

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,088
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,221 (+12.2%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,005 (-7.7%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		986 (-9.4%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		933 (-14.3%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		824 (-24.2%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		855 (-21.4%)
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,073 (-1.4%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,013 (-6.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9400 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,011 (-7.1%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		802 (-26.3%)
Intel Pentium 3560M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,345 (+23.6%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,258 (+15.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,111
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,992
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,898
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,818
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,520
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,414
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,258
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,234
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,204
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,941
Intel Core i7-14650HX		5,930
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		212

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