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:
4668th fastest in multithreading out of 5448 CPUs
4380th fastest in single threading out of 5448 CPUs
1176th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

697

Single Thread Rating

638

Samples: 189*
*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	2,829 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,491 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,786 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	134.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	13,034 KBytes/Sec
Physics	105 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	466 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	638 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 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 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,391
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,700
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,862
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,103
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,555
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,618
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,417
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		697

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.56
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.28
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.48
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
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

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,517
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,895
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,622
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,592
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,395
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		638

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2920605 - Sep 20 2025		578
BL2846304 - Aug 19 2025		828
BL2727914 - Jun 28 2025		719
BL2490808 - Mar 18 2025		822
BL2488752 - Mar 17 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 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		697
AMD A6-4455M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		811 (+16.4%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		767 (+10.1%)
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		815 (+16.9%)
AMD A4-3300M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		728 (+4.5%)
Intel Celeron 877 @ 1.40GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		700 (+0.4%)
AMD E2-3000M APU vs Intel Pentium 987		668 (-4.2%)
AMD Turion II Neo N54L Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium 987		862 (+23.6%)
AMD A4-3310MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		800 (+14.8%)
Intel Celeron 887 @ 1.50GHz vs Intel Pentium 987		764 (+9.6%)
AMD A4-3330MX APU vs Intel Pentium 987		761 (+9.1%)

Is the Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,813
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,623
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,058
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,008
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		8,005
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,812
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,980
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,756
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,746
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,718
Intel Pentium 987 @ 1.50GHz		146

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