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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 Intel Pentium B980

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

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 7% better in Dishonored 2 than Pentium B980 - 272 vs 254 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B980 - 12 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Dishonored 2.
Dishonored 2

Dishonored 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Pentium B980 Logo
Pentium B980

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

254

93%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

272

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.51/FPS

100%

Price, $

$129.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz

Buy for $129.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 87 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

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

vs

Intel 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

PC Builds Using Pentium B980 or Core i5-12400

Dishonored 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High

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