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Intel Pentium B980 vs Intel Core i3-2330M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium B980
Rank 2 - 93 %
Intel Core i3-2330M
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 90 %
Intel Pentium B980
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-2330M
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
419
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
369
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
715
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
766
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
447
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
435
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
889
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
958
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
110
Intel Core i3-2330M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
211
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
442
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
517

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 2000M (46)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge USandy Bridge H
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketPGA 988BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 2.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4812 / 96
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
TDP35 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.85 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Pentium B980Intel Core i3-2330M
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ2/2012Q2/2011
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium B980
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-2330M
Intel Core i3-2330M
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz

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