Pentium 987 vs Core i3-12100F

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $97

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 3280 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Pentium 987

Consumes up to 71% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 17 vs 58 Watts
Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

Performs up to 17% better in F1 22 than Pentium 987 - 286 vs 244 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 8 vs 2 threads

This is a free version of F1 22.

F1 22

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

FPS

244

85%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

FPS

286

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.27/FPS

100%

Price, $

$76.8

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Ultra

149

FPS

101

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

271

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

223

FPS

183

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

1920 x 1080

High

877

FPS

666

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

209

FPS

148

FPS

World of Warcraft

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

Single-Core

228

10%

Multi-Core

382

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Pentium 987	vs	Core i3-12100F
Feb 1st, 2013	Release Date	Jan 25th, 2022
Pentium	Collection	Core i3
Sandy Bridge	Codename	Alder Lake
Intel BGA 1023	Socket	Intel Socket 1700
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	8
1.5 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz
Non-Turbo	Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz
17 W	TDP	58 W
32 nm	Process Size	10 nm
15.0x	Multiplier	33.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)	Integrated Graphics	None
No	Overclockable	No