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.
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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: 30.53

Overall Rank:
4343rd fastest in multithreading out of 5783 CPUs
3697th fastest in single threading out of 5783 CPUs
1030th fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1093

Single Thread Rating

1038

Samples: 428*
*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	4,487 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,340 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,858 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	215.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,014 KBytes/Sec
Physics	143 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	717 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,038 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,259
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,627
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,759
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,010
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,484
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,599
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,394
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,093

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.27
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.02
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		30.53
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,038

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3239988 - Jan 25 2026		1335
BL3200215 - Jan 09 2026		1248
BL3170010 - Dec 28 2025		718
BL3160881 - Dec 24 2025		1335
BL3139000 - Dec 16 2025		1313

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		1,093
AMD A6-5350M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		1,207 (+10.4%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,025 (-6.3%)
AMD A4-4300M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		967 (-11.5%)
AMD Phenom II P650 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		1,018 (-6.9%)
Intel Pentium T4500 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		850 (-22.2%)
AMD Phenom II N620 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		992 (-9.3%)
AMD Turion II N530 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium B980		855 (-21.8%)
Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,096 (+0.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo T9400 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,008 (-7.8%)
AMD A6-4400M APU vs Intel Pentium B980		998 (-8.7%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		817 (-25.2%)
Intel Pentium 3560M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium B980		1,345 (+23.1%)

Is the Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,415
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,992
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,909
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,876
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,762
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,905
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
Intel Pentium B980 @ 2.40GHz		211

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