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Pentium 987 vs Core i3-7100

Pentium 987 vs Core i3-7100: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-7100 outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-7100 is 1432 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Intel Pentium 987

  • Consumes up to 67% less energy than Intel Core i3-7100 - 17 vs 51 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i3-7100

  • Performs up to 15% better in Far Cry 5 than Pentium 987 - 205 vs 178 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 4 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


FPS

178

86%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

Intel Core i3-7100 Logo
Core i3-7100

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017


FPS

205

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$0.27/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$54.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i3-7100 Kaby Lake 3.9GHz 3MB Cache CPU Desktop Processor Boxed

Buy for CA$54.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 18 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Intel Core i3-7100 Logo
Core i3-7100

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


Single-Core

228

18%

Multi-Core

382

15%

Intel Core i3-7100 Logo
Core i3-7100

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017


Single-Core

1247

100%

Multi-Core

2440

100%

Intel Pentium 987 Logo

Intel Pentium 987

vs
Intel Core i3-7100 Logo

Intel Core i3-7100

Feb 1st, 2013Release Date
Jan 3rd, 2017
PentiumCollectionCore i3
Sandy BridgeCodenameKaby Lake
Intel BGA 1023SocketIntel Socket 1151
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores2
2Threads
4
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.9 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
17 W
TDP51 W
32 nmProcess Size
14 nm
15.0xMultiplier
39.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 630
NoOverclockableNo

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