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Pentium 987 vs Core i5-12400

Pentium 987 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3259 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Pentium 987

  • Consumes up to 74% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 17 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 12% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Pentium 987 - 179 vs 160 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


FPS

160

89%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

179

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.94/FPS

100%

Price, €

€168.57

100%

FPS and Value Winner

CPU CORE I5-12400 S1700 Box/2.5G BX8071512400 S RL4V IN

Buy for 168.57 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8774 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


Single-Core

228

10%

Multi-Core

382

4%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Pentium 987 Logo

Pentium 987

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Feb 1st, 2013
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCore i5
Sandy BridgeAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1023Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
2
6
2
12
1.5 GHz
2.5 GHz
Non-Turbo4.4 GHz
17 W
65 W
32 nm
10 nm
15.0x
25.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)UHD Graphics 730
NoNo

PCs Using Pentium 987 or Core i5-12400

With selected game settings

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