Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium 987 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA1023

Clockspeed: 1.5 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 17 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 987 @ 1.50GHz, Intel Pentium CPU 987 @ 1.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2012

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4274th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
4002nd fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
1124th fastest in out of 1453 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

679

Single Thread Rating

637

Samples: 183*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,205
Thread: 713

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Integer Math	2,767 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,463 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,774 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	130.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	12,921 KBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	442 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	637 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,945
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,239
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,400
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,856
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,748
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,750
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,663
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		679

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.24
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.27
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.20
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,060
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,038
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,930
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,663
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,645
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,606
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,414
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		637

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2393584 - Feb 05 2025		822
BL2333803 - Jan 10 2025		849
BL2333626 - Jan 10 2025		847
BL2145277 - Jul 14 2024		851
BL2139580 - Jul 07 2024		668

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		679
AMD A6-4455M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		800 (+17.9%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		755 (+11.2%)
AMD A4-4355M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		806 (+18.8%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-1.6%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		809 (+19.3%)
AMD A4-3300M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		714 (+5.2%)
Intel Celeron 877 @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		700 (+3.1%)
AMD E2-3000M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-1.6%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		782 (+15.2%)
Intel Celeron 887 @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		756 (+11.4%)
AMD A4-3330MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		756 (+11.4%)
AMD Athlon II P360 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium 987		738 (+8.8%)

Is the Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,144
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,091
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,900
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,852
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,799
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,515
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,177
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,169
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,010
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		144

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