Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium B980 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCPGA988

Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B980 @ 2.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 30.38

Overall Rank:
3812th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
3237th fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
947th fastest in out of 1453 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $35.81 USD (2021-03-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1088

Single Thread Rating

1043

Samples: 407*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,876
Thread: 1,149

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Integer Math	4,567 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,387 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,902 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	213.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,118 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	683 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,043 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,945
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,239
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,400
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,856
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,748
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,750
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,663
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,088

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.24
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.27
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		30.38
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,060
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,038
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,930
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,663
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,645
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,606
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,414
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,043

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2408110 - Feb 12 2025		1282
BL2379759 - Jan 31 2025		1272
BL2318498 - Jan 03 2025		704
BL2281685 - Dec 16 2024		1146
BL2217886 - Oct 12 2024		1188

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,088
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,221 (+12.2%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,005 (-7.7%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		993 (-8.7%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		933 (-14.2%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		832 (-23.5%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		992 (-8.8%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		855 (-21.4%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,359 (+24.9%)
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,096 (+0.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9400 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,000 (-8.1%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		997 (-8.3%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		809 (-25.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,144
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,091
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,900
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,852
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,799
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,515
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,177
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,169
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,010
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		212

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