Samsung Exynos 5800 vs Intel Pentium B980

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Samsung Exynos 5800 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium B980
Samsung Exynos 5800 Intel Pentium B980

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Samsung Exynos 5800 and the Intel Pentium B980 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Samsung Exynos 5800 8 core processor released in Q2/2014 with the Intel Pentium B980 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2012.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 (5) CPU group Intel Pentium 900 (10)
3 Generation 3
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Sandy Bridge U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 5800 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium B980 clocks with 2.40 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

Samsung Exynos 5800 Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 2.40 GHz
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Samsung Exynos 5800 Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 6
32nm Technology 32 nm
1 Max. displays 2
6 Compute units 6
96 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 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.

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 0 memory channels is supported by the Samsung Exynos 5800, while the Intel Pentium B980 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s enabled.

Samsung Exynos 5800 Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 16 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Samsung Exynos 5800 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Pentium B980 is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Samsung Exynos 5800 Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 85 °C

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 5800 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium B980 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 32 nm.

Samsung Exynos 5800 Characteristic Intel Pentium B980
28 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket PGA 988
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price --
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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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
ARM Mali-T628 MP6 @ 0.60 GHz
115 (100%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110 (96%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
447 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
889 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
419 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
715 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
8C 8T @ 2.00 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.
Samsung Exynos 5800 Samsung Exynos 5800
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
442 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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