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Key Differences
In short — Core i3-12100 outperforms Pentium B980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100 is 3412 days newer than Pentium B980.
Advantages of Intel Pentium B980
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100 - 35 vs 60 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100
- Performs up to 36% better in World of Warcraft than Pentium B980 - 206 vs 151 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 8 vs 2 threads
World of Warcraft
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Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
206
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.48/FPS
100%
Price, £
£98.97
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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Pentium B980
Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium B980 | vs | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i3 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket G2 (988B) | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 60 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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