Intel Pentium B980 vs AMD EPYC 9734
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| Intel Pentium B980 | AMD EPYC 9734 | |
CPU comparisonIntel Pentium B980 or AMD EPYC 9734 - 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 Intel Pentium B980 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B980 was released in Q2/2012. The AMD EPYC 9734 has 112 cores with 224 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9734 was released in Q2/2023. |
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| Intel Pentium (150) | Family | AMD EPYC (129) |
| Intel Pentium 900 (10) | CPU group | AMD EPYC 8004/9004 (15) |
| 3 | Generation | 4 |
| Sandy Bridge U | Architecture | Bergamo/Siena (Zen 4c) |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Pentium B980 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium B980 is 2.40 GHz while the AMD EPYC 9734 has 112 CPU cores and 224 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9734 is at 2.20 GHz (3.00 GHz). |
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| Intel Pentium B980 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9734 |
| 2 | Cores | 112 |
| 2 | Threads | 224 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz | Frequency | 2.20 GHz |
| -- | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.00 GHz |
| -- | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 3.00 GHz |
Internal GraphicsThe Intel Pentium B980 or AMD EPYC 9734 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. |
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| Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) | GPU | no iGPU |
| 0.65 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| 1.15 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| 6 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 32 nm | Technology | |
| 2 | Max. displays | |
| 6 | Compute units | -- |
| 48 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 2 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 10.1 | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) | GPU | no iGPU |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| No | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| No | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Pentium B980 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 9734 supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 460.8 GB/s. |
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| Intel Pentium B980 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9734 |
| DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 | Memory | DDR5-4800 |
| 16 GB | Max. Memory | 6144 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 12 |
| 21.3 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 460.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 2.00 MB | L3 Cache | 256.00 MB |
| 2.0 | PCIe version | 5.0 |
| 16 | PCIe lanes | 128 |
| 8.0 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | 504.1 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium B980 is 35 W, while the AMD EPYC 9734 has a TDP of 340 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Intel Pentium B980 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9734 |
| 35 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 340 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | 400 W |
| -- | TDP down | 320 W |
| 85 °C | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe Intel Pentium B980 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 9734 is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 256.00 MB cache. |
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| Intel Pentium B980 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9734 |
| 32 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Chiplet |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | ISA extensions | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI |
| PGA 988 | Socket | SP5 |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 |
| Q2/2012 | Release date | Q2/2023 |
| -- | Release price | 11900 $ |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
112C 224T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
112C 224T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
112C 224T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
112C 224T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
@ 0.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
112C 224T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9734
112C 224T @ 2.20 GHz |
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