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, Intel Pentium CPU B980 @ 2.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 30.65

Overall Rank:
4189th fastest in multithreading out of 5439 CPUs
3578th fastest in single threading out of 5439 CPUs
1001st fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1098

Single Thread Rating

1045

Samples: 420*
*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	4,540 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,363 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,888 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	216.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,163 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	712 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,045 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 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 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,407
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,706
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,871
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,116
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,572
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,621
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,420
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,098

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.59
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.31
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		30.65
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.49
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
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 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,893
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,518
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,898
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,623
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,592
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,396
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,045

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2994734 - Oct 21 2025		1287
BL2971012 - Oct 12 2025		844
BL2917632 - Sep 18 2025		1339
BL5102773 - Sep 12 2025		1328
BL2868899 - Aug 28 2025		741

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,098
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,199 (+9.2%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,019 (-7.2%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		967 (-11.9%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		1,018 (-7.2%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		842 (-23.3%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		992 (-9.6%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		855 (-22.1%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,369 (+24.7%)
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,106 (+0.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9400 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,004 (-8.5%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		996 (-9.3%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		815 (-25.8%)

Is the Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,892
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,614
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,064
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		8,034
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,025
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,985
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,756
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,721
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,704
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		212

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