Intel Pentium B980 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium B980 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 2 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2012 and belongs to the 3 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium B980, you'll need a motherboard with a PGA 988 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium B980
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium 900
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3

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 2.4 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 2
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

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
Execution units: 6
Shaders: 48
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 6
Direct X: 10.1
Technology: 32 nm
Release date: Q2/2011

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 supports a maximum memory capacity of 16.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory: 16.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 21.3 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 35 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 35 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 85 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium B980 is manufactured using a 32 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 32 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: PGA 988
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Sandy Bridge U
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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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
1110
1110
AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.6 GHz
1105
1105
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
1105
1105
AMD Athlon II X2 210e
2C 2T @ 2.6 GHz
1105
1105
Intel Celeron G530
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
1102
1102

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Celeron J4005
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
892
892
MediaTek Helio G35
NoneC NoneT @ --
892
892
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
889
889
Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
886
886
Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 1.6 GHz
886
886

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 1.1 GHz
722
722
Intel Core i5-2537M
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
717
717
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
715
715
Intel Celeron G1610T
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
712
712
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
711
711

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD A4-6300
2C 2T @ 3.7 GHz
449
449
Intel Celeron N4120
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
448
448
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
447
447
Intel Celeron 2950M
2C 2T @ 2.0 GHz
446
446
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G
8C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
445
445

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

AMD A6-6310
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
448
448
Intel Celeron G530
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
444
444
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
442
442
Intel Core i3-3217U
2C 4T @ 1.8 GHz
439
439
Intel Pentium E5400
2C 2T @ 2.7 GHz
436
436

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium 2030M
2C 2T @ 2.5 GHz
421
421
Samsung Exynos 8895
NoneC NoneT @ --
421
421
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
419
419
Intel Core i3-2120T
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
418
418
UNISOC T700
NoneC NoneT @ --
417
417

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-3550S
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
110
110
Intel Core i5-3550
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
110
110
Intel Pentium B980
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
110
110
Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
110
110
Intel Pentium B970
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
110
110