Intel Pentium B980 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium B980 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the PGA 988 socket and was released in Q2/2012. The Intel Pentium B980 scores 447 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 889 points.
Intel Pentium B980

At a glance

Name: Intel Pentium B980
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium 900 (10)
Architecture: Sandy Bridge U
Technology: 32 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

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. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 2
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium B980 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium B980 uses the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1), which has 48 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency: 0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 48
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2011
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: No

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333
17.1 GB/s
21.3 GB/s
Max. Memory: 16 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B980 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 988
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 2.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2012
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium B980 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i3-3110M Intel Core i3-3110M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
424
Intel Core i3-3120ME Intel Core i3-3120ME
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
424
Intel Pentium 2030M Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
421
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
419
Intel Core i3-2370M Intel Core i3-2370M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
412
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
411
Intel Celeron J4025 Intel Celeron J4025
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
409

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Celeron J4025 Intel Celeron J4025
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
724
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
722
Intel Core i5-2537M Intel Core i5-2537M
2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
717
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
715
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
711
Intel Celeron N4020C Intel Celeron N4020C
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
705
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.00 GHz
702

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 Core i3-2348M Intel Core i3-2348M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
449
Intel Core i3-4025U Intel Core i3-4025U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
449
Intel Celeron N4120 Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
448
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
447
Intel Celeron 2950M Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
446
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
443
Intel Celeron 3765U Intel Celeron 3765U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
443

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 Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
896
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
893
Intel Celeron J4005 Intel Celeron J4005
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
892
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
889
Intel Core i5-4300Y Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
886
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
886
Intel Core i7-2610UE Intel Core i7-2610UE
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
884

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.
AMD E2-1800 AMD E2-1800
AMD Radeon HD 7340 @ 0.70 GHz
112
AMD E2-2000 AMD E2-2000
AMD Radeon HD 7340 @ 0.70 GHz
112
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.15 GHz
110
Intel Atom x6214RE Intel Atom x6214RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106
Intel Core i5-2515E Intel Core i5-2515E
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

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Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron J1900
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
1139
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1110
Intel Atom x6214RE Intel Atom x6214RE
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
1108
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1105
Intel Celeron 1005M Intel Celeron 1005M
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
1099
AMD GX-412HC AMD GX-412HC
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
1090
Intel Pentium B970 Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1080

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 Core i3-4005U Intel Core i3-4005U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
456
AMD 3020e AMD 3020e
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
454
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
454
Intel Pentium B980 Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
442
Intel Core i3-3217U Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
439
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
411
Intel Celeron J4005 Intel Celeron J4005
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
405

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