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Pentium 987 vs Core i5-8600K

Pentium 987 vs Core i5-8600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8600K outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8600K is 1707 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Intel Pentium 987

  • Consumes up to 82% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 17 vs 95 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600K doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K

  • Performs up to 116% better in FIFA 23 than Pentium 987 - 171 vs 79 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 6 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of FIFA 23.
FIFA 23

FIFA 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


FPS

79

46%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

171

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.18/FPS

100%

Price, €

€201.27

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-8600K, 3.6 GHZ, 9MB Cache, LGA 1151

Buy for 201.27 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 362 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


Single-Core

228

14%

Multi-Core

382

6%

Intel Core i5-8600K Logo
Core i5-8600K

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1546

100%

Multi-Core

5597

100%

Intel Pentium 987 Logo

Intel Pentium 987

vs
Intel Core i5-8600K Logo

Intel Core i5-8600K

Feb 1st, 2013Release Date
Oct 5th, 2017
PentiumCollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel BGA 1023SocketIntel Socket 1151
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
6
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.3 GHz
17 W
TDP95 W
32 nmProcess Size
14 nm
15.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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