Which one of the central processing units is better: Intel Core i7-3970X or Intel Pentium 987? On this page we compare the technical data and benchmark results of different CPUs.
The Intel Core i7-3970X has 6 cores and 12 threads with maximum working frequency of 4.00 GHz. The Intel Core i7-3970X was released on Q4/2012.
The Intel Pentium 987 has 2 cores with 12 threads and 4.00 GHz of frequency. The Intel Pentium 987 was released on Q3/2012.