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Pentium B980 vs Athlon II X2 260


Description
The B980 is based on Sandy Bridge architecture while the 260 is based on K10.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the B980 gets a score of 31.8 k points while the 260 gets 27.5 k points.

Summarizing, the B980 is 1.2 times faster than the 260. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
206a7
100f63
Core
Sandy Bridge
Regor
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
PGA 988B
Socket AM3
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
35 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
2x128 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
2x1024 kB
Cache L3
2048 kB
kB
Date
September 2012
May 2010
Mean monothread perf.
18.12k points
17.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
31.77k points
27.54k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
B980
260
Test#1 (Integers)
7.2k
6.04k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
5.75k
6.2k (x1.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.87k
3.11k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
1.7k (x0.74)
TOTAL
18.12k
17.05k (x0.94)

Multithread

B980

260
Test#1 (Integers)
13.39k
10.02k (x0.75)
Test#2 (FP)
10.58k
10.18k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.22k
5.1k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.58k
2.25k (x0.87)
TOTAL
31.77k
27.54k (x0.87)

Performance/W
B980
260
Test#1 (Integers)
383 points/W
154 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
302 points/W
157 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
149 points/W
78 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
74 points/W
35 points/W
TOTAL
908 points/W
424 points/W

Performance/GHz
B980
260
Test#1 (Integers)
3001 points/GHz
1886 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2396 points/GHz
1939 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1194 points/GHz
971 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
957 points/GHz
532 points/GHz
TOTAL
7548 points/GHz
5328 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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