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Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 5 5500

Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 5 5500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms Pentium B980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 3502 days newer than Pentium B980.

Advantages of Pentium B980

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500

  • Performs up to 19% better in Battlefield IV than Pentium B980 - 437 vs 366 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

366

84%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


FPS

437

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.19/FPS

100%

Price, €

€84.7

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6C/12T 3.60-4.20GHz AM4 tray - 100-000000457

Buy for 84.7 on Amazon

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

360

19%

Multi-Core

609

8%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


Single-Core

1871

100%

Multi-Core

7692

100%

Intel Pentium B980 Logo

Pentium B980

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo

Ryzen 5 5500

Sep 1st, 2012Release Date
Apr 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionRyzen 5
Sandy BridgeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
2.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.2 GHz
35 W
TDP65 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
24.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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