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Pentium 987 vs Core i3-12100F

Pentium 987 vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for 77.09 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 117 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for 77.09 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 117 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 3280 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Intel Pentium 987

  • Consumes up to 71% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 17 vs 58 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 61% better in Rust than Pentium 987 - 233 vs 145 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 8 vs 2 threads
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Rust

Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


FPS

145

62%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

233

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.33/FPS

100%

Price, €

€77.09

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for 77.09 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 117 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


Single-Core

228

10%

Multi-Core

382

5%

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Intel Pentium 987 Logo

Intel Pentium 987

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Intel Core i3-12100F

Feb 1st, 2013Release Date
Jan 25th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i3
Sandy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1023SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
4
2Threads
8
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.3 GHz
17 W
TDP58 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
15.0xMultiplier
33.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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