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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Pentium B980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 3678 days newer than Pentium B980.
Advantages of Intel Pentium B980
- Consumes up to 79% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 35 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
- Performs up to 18% better in Halo Infinite than Pentium B980 - 178 vs 151 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 32 vs 2 threads
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 7950X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
178
100%
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CA$4.1/FPS
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CA$728.98
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FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor, Cooler not Included
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium B980
Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012
Ryzen 9 7950X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium B980 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Pentium | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket G2 (988B) | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 16 |
| 2 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.7 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 45.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Pentium B980 or Ryzen 9 7950X
Halo Infinite, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
178 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Ryzen 9 7950X
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