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Intel Pentium B980 vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Go

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 23 %
Intel Pentium B980
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 12 %
Intel Pentium B980
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
419
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,842
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
715
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
6,073
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
110
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
AMD Radeon 680M
3,379

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At a glance

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)AMD Ryzen Z2 (3)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (10)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge URembrandt (Zen 3+)
Technology32 nm6 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketPGA 988FP7
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x Zen 3+
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)AMD Radeon 680M
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz2.00 - 2.20 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4812 / 768
Raytracing
Max. displays24
Max. GPU Memory2 GB8 GB
Technology32 nm6 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 164.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
TDP35 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up30 W
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C95 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium B980AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release dateQ2/2012Q1/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B980
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
4C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.30 GHz

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