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Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 5 3600

Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 is 2500 days newer than Pentium B980.

Advantages of Intel Pentium B980

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 35 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 8% better in Halo Infinite than Pentium B980 - 163 vs 151 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 12 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Halo Infinite.
Halo Infinite

Halo Infinite

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

151

93%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

163

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.47/FPS

100%

Price, €

€76.29

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

Buy for 76.29 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 240 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

360

23%

Multi-Core

609

9%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

Intel Pentium B980

vs

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Sep 1st, 2012Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
PentiumCollectionRyzen 5
Sandy BridgeCodenameMatisse
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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