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Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

4.2 GHz | 16-core

Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16x 4.2 GHz Prozessor, ASUS Prime X870-P WiFi Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 1,199 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 89 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

4.2 GHz | 16-core

Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16x 4.2 GHz Prozessor, ASUS Prime X870-P WiFi Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 1,199 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 89 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 7950X3D is 3777 days newer than Pentium B980.

Advantages of Pentium B980

  • Consumes up to 71% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 35 vs 120 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X3D

  • Performs up to 34% better in Battlefield IV than Pentium B980 - 490 vs 366 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 32 vs 2 threads
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This is a free version of Battlefield IV.
Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

366

75%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023


FPS

490

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.45/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1199

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Aufrüst-Kit Bundle Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16x 4.2 GHz Prozessor, ASUS Prime X870-P WiFi Mainboard, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (Komplett fertig zusammengebaut inkl. Bios Update und Funktionskontrolle)

Buy for 1,199 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 89 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

360

12%

Multi-Core

609

3%

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023


Single-Core

2918

100%

Multi-Core

19633

100%

Pentium B980

vs

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Sep 1st, 2012Release Date
Jan 4th, 2023
PentiumCollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketAMD Socket AM5
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
2Threads
32
2.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.7 GHz
35 W
TDP120 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
24.0xMultiplier
42.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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