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Pentium B980 vs Core i5-12400

Pentium B980 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Pentium B980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3412 days newer than Pentium B980.

Advantages of Pentium B980

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

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 19% better in Elden Ring than Pentium B980 - 130 vs 109 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 12 vs 2 threads
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

109

84%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

130

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.26/FPS

100%

Price, €

€164.13

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

360

17%

Multi-Core

609

7%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Pentium B980 Logo

Pentium B980

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Sep 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
2.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
2.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
35 W
TDP65 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
24.0xMultiplier
25.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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