If the current instance is a value type, the Equals(Object) method tests for value equality. Value equality means the following:
The two objects are of the same type. As the following example shows, a Byte object that has a value of 12 does not equal an Int32 object that has a value of 12, because the two objects have different run-time types.

  using System;

  public class Example
  {
        public static void Main()
        {
              byte value1 = 12;
              int value2 = 12;

              object object1 = value1;
              object object2 = value2;

              Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1}) = {2} ({3}): {4}",
              object1, object1.GetType().Name,
              object2, object2.GetType().Name,
              object1.Equals(object2));
        }
  }
  // The example displays the following output: 
  //