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Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 7 3700X

Pentium B980 vs Ryzen 7 3700X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Pentium B980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 7 3700X is 2500 days newer than Pentium B980.

Advantages of Pentium B980

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3700X - 35 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 3700X doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X

  • Performs up to 26% better in Far Cry 3 than Pentium B980 - 151 vs 120 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 16 vs 2 threads
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Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

120

79%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

151

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.05/FPS

100%

Price, €

€157.96

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T 3.60-4.40GHz Tray - 100-00000071

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

360

22%

Multi-Core

609

8%

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1654

100%

Multi-Core

8102

100%

Intel Pentium B980 Logo

Pentium B980

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo

Ryzen 7 3700X

Sep 1st, 2012Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
PentiumCollectionRyzen 7
Sandy BridgeCodenameMatisse
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
8
2Threads
16
2.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 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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