Intel Pentium B980 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

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Intel Pentium B980 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Intel Pentium B980 AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium B980 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600U - 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 Ryzen 5 5600U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600U was released in Q1/2021.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
Intel Pentium 900 (10) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000U (13)
3 Generation 4
Sandy Bridge U Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 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 Ryzen 5 5600U has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is at 2.30 GHz (4.20 GHz).

Intel Pentium B980 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
2 Cores 6
2 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

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.

Intel Pentium B980 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium B980 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.80 GHz
6 GPU Generation 9
32 nm Technology 7 nm
2 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 7
48 Shader 448
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The 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 Ryzen 5 5600U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Intel Pentium B980 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 3.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium B980 is 35 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium B980 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 25 W
-- TDP down 10 W
85 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B980 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 19.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium B980 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
32 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
PGA 988 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B980 (29%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium B980 (12%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
447 (34%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1317 (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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
889 (16%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5437 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
419 (24%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1776 (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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
715 (11%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6637 (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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz
1612 (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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1105 (7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
15456 (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.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
442 (14%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
3142 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1332 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6166 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
127 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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