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.
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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:
4282nd fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
4019th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1117th fastest in out of 1455 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

696

Single Thread Rating

645

Samples: 186*
*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	2,812 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,489 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,802 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	134.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	13,210 KBytes/Sec
Physics	106 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	459 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	645 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 30th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,924
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,160
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,344
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,820
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,725
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,728
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,632
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		696

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.04
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.17
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.18
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 31st of March 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		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,054
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,036
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,926
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,660
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,642
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,604
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		645

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2490808 - Mar 18 2025		822
BL2488752 - Mar 17 2025		849
BL2488713 - Mar 17 2025		842
BL2393584 - Feb 05 2025		822
BL2333803 - Jan 10 2025		849

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		696
AMD A6-4455M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		792 (+13.8%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		755 (+8.5%)
AMD A4-4355M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		806 (+15.9%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-4.0%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		809 (+16.3%)
AMD A4-3300M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		714 (+2.6%)
Intel Celeron 877 @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		700 (+0.6%)
AMD E2-3000M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-4.0%)
AMD Turion II Neo N54L Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium 987		853 (+22.7%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		782 (+12.4%)
Intel Celeron 887 @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		756 (+8.7%)
AMD A4-3330MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		756 (+8.6%)

Is the Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,353
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,049
AMD RYZEN AI MAX 390 w/ Radeon 8050S		7,249
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,074
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,835
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,818
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,791
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,178
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,158
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		147

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