V-Series V160 vs Pentium B980

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B980 and V-Series V160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2664	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD V-Series
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	1 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B980 and V-Series V160 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	3200 MHz
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B980 and V-Series V160 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	Socket G2	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B980 and V-Series V160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
FMA	+	no data
VirusProtect	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B980 and V-Series V160 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B980 and V-Series V160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B980 and V-Series V160.

PCI Express lanes

16

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2012	1 December 2010
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

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