AMD EPYC 9174F vs Intel Pentium B980

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AMD EPYC 9174F CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium B980
AMD EPYC 9174F Intel Pentium B980

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 9174F 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 EPYC 9174F has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9174F was released in Q4/2022.

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 EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 9004 (21) CPU group Intel Pentium 900 (10)
4 Generation 3
Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) Architecture Sandy Bridge U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9174F is 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the Intel Pentium B980 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium B980 is at 2.40 GHz.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
16 Cores 2
32 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.15 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD EPYC 9174F or Intel Pentium B980 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 32 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- 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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 9174F can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 460.8 GB/s. The Intel Pentium B980 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
DDR5-4800 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
6144 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
12 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
460.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
16.00 MB L2 Cache --
256.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 2.0
128 PCIe lanes 16
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 9174F is 320 W, while the Intel Pentium B980 has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
320 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
400 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 85 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9174F is manufactured in 5 nm and has 272.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium B980 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 9174F Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
5 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
SP5 Socket PGA 988
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2012
3850 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 (22%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 (5%)

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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
1764 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
447 (25%)

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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
22864 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
889 (4%)

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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
2286 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
419 (18%)

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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
13687 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
715 (5%)

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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (100%)

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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1105 (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 EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
442 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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