AMD A6-3410MX vs Intel Pentium B980

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AMD A6-3410MX CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium B980
AMD A6-3410MX Intel Pentium B980

CPU comparison

AMD A6-3410MX or Intel Pentium B980 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A6-3410MX has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-3410MX was released in Q2/2011.

The Intel Pentium B980 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B980 was released in Q2/2012.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A6-3000M (9) CPU group Intel Pentium 900 (10)
1 Generation 3
Llano (K10) Architecture Sandy Bridge U
Mobile Segment Mobile
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A6-3410MX is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz (2.30 GHz). The Intel Pentium B980 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz.

AMD A6-3410MX Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
2.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A6-3410MX Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
-- AI hardware --
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Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 6520G GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
3 GPU Generation 6
32 nm Technology 32 nm
2 Max. displays 2
5 Compute units 6
320 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 10.1

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.

AMD Radeon HD 6520G GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A6-3410MX supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B980 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD A6-3410MX Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A6-3410MX has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Pentium B980 is 35 W.

AMD A6-3410MX Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 85 °C

Technical details

The AMD A6-3410MX has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium B980 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD A6-3410MX Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
32 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FS1 Socket PGA 988
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2011 Release date Q2/2012
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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.
AMD A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
271 (61%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
447 (100%)

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 A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
793 (89%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
889 (100%)

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.
AMD A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
AMD Radeon HD 6520G @ 0.40 GHz
256 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (43%)

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 A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
2105 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1105 (52%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
419 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
715 (100%)

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 A6-3410MX AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
442 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A6-3410MX Intel Pentium B980
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