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Pentium 987 vs Core i5-9400

Pentium 987 vs Core i5-9400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-9400

2.9 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400

Buy for $160.91 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2174 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-9400

2.9 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400

Buy for $160.91 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2174 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-9400 outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-9400 is 2086 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Intel Pentium 987

  • Consumes up to 74% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400 - 17 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400

  • Performs up to 12% better in Elden Ring than Pentium 987 - 121 vs 108 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 6 vs 2 threads
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


FPS

108

89%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

121

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.33/FPS

100%

Price, $

$160.91

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400

Buy for $160.91 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2174 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


Single-Core

228

16%

Multi-Core

382

7%

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1384

100%

Multi-Core

4795

100%

Intel Pentium 987 Logo

Intel Pentium 987

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Intel Core i5-9400 Logo

Intel Core i5-9400

Feb 1st, 2013Release Date
Oct 19th, 2018
PentiumCollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel BGA 1023SocketIntel Socket 1151
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
6
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
2.9 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.1 GHz
17 W
TDP65 W
32 nmProcess Size
14 nm
15.0xMultiplier
29.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD 630
NoOverclockableNo

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