Celeron J3060 vs Pentium B980

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2715not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.84no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Airmont (2016)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)15 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125$107

Detailed specifications

Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.48 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0IDI
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C90 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCPGA988,PGA988FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x-+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes164
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data5
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium B980 1087
+60.1%
Celeron J3060 679

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium B980 371
+104%
Celeron J3060 182

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium B980 637
+99.1%
Celeron J3060 320

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2012 15 January 2016
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Celeron J3060 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium B980 and Celeron J3060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium B980 is a notebook processor while Celeron J3060 is a desktop one.


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