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Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

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

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 40% better in Sea of Thieves than Pentium B980 - 282 vs 201 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 32 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Sea of Thieves.
Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

201

71%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

282

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.48/FPS

100%

Price, €

€418.76

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for 418.76 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 246 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Mythical

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

360

12%

Multi-Core

609

3%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Pentium B980

vs

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Sep 1st, 2012Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
PentiumCollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketAMD Socket AM5
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
2Threads
32
2.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.7 GHz
35 W
TDP170 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
24.0xMultiplier
45.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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