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Pentium B970 vs Core i5-12400

Pentium B970 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Pentium B970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3656 days newer than Pentium B970.

Advantages of Intel Pentium B970

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 35 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 11% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Pentium B970 - 164 vs 148 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B970 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Red Dead Redemption 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Pentium B970 Logo
Pentium B970

Mobile • Jan 1st, 2012


FPS

148

90%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

164

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Pentium B970 Logo
Pentium B970

Mobile • Jan 1st, 2012

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B970 Logo
Pentium B970

Mobile • Jan 1st, 2012


Single-Core

373

17%

Multi-Core

587

7%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Pentium B970 Logo

Intel Pentium B970

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Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Intel Core i5-12400

Jan 1st, 2012Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
2.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
2.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
35 W
TDP65 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
23.0xMultiplier
25.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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