Intel Pentium 987 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T9900

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 987 and Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 987

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 1 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T9900

  • Around 104% higher clock speed: 3.06 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100 °C
  • 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1180 vs 621
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1190 vs 655
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 444 vs 251
  • Around 71% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 760 vs 445
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.06 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100 °C
L2 cache 6134 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1180 vs 621
PassMark - CPU mark 1190 vs 655
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 444 vs 251
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 760 vs 445

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium 987
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo T9900

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
621
1180
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
655
1190
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
251
444
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
445
760
Name Intel Pentium 987 Intel Core 2 Duo T9900
PassMark - Single thread mark 621 1180
PassMark - CPU mark 655 1190
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 251 444
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 445 760
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 23.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.322

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium 987 Intel Core 2 Duo T9900

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Penryn
Launch date 1 June 2012 1 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $134 $530
Place in performance rating 2969 2974
Processor Number 987 T9900
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Price now $398.95
Value for money (0-100) 1.57

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.50 GHz 3.06 GHz
Bus Speed 5 DMI 1066 MHz FSB
Die size 131 mm 107 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 6134 KB
L3 cache 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 105°C
Maximum frequency 1.5 GHz 3.06 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 504 million 410 million
Front-side bus (FSB) 1066 MHz
VID voltage range 1.050V-1.2125V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16.38 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 31.0mm x 24.0mm (BGA1023) 35mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1023 BGA479, PGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

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