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:
4493rd fastest in multithreading out of 5265 CPUs
4219th fastest in single threading out of 5265 CPUs
1160th fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

697

Single Thread Rating

639

Samples: 187*
*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	2,824 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,493 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,795 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	134.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	13,037 KBytes/Sec
Physics	106 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	463 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	639 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 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 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,145
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,813
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,035
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,234
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,702
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,656
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,632
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,686
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,522
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		697

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.72
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.81
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.13
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 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,045
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,025
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,912
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,642
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,629
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,598
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,406
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		639

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2727914 - Jun 28 2025		719
BL2490808 - Mar 18 2025		822
BL2488752 - Mar 17 2025		849
BL2488713 - Mar 17 2025		842
BL2393584 - Feb 05 2025		822

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		697
AMD A6-4455M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		792 (+13.7%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		762 (+9.4%)
AMD A4-4355M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		806 (+15.7%)
AMD A4-3320M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-4.2%)
Intel Celeron B820 @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		816 (+17.1%)
AMD A4-3300M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		723 (+3.8%)
Intel Celeron 877 @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		700 (+0.4%)
AMD E2-3000M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-4.1%)
AMD Turion II Neo N54L Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium 987		853 (+22.5%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		800 (+14.9%)
Intel Celeron 887 @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		764 (+9.7%)
AMD Athlon II P360 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium 987		753 (+8.1%)

Is the Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,909
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,986
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,136
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,783
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,048
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,780
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,754
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,750
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,706
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,686
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,607
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395		6,447
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		146

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