Intel Pentium 987 vs Atom Z3770

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General info

Comparing Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameBay Trail-T (2013−2014)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date27 September 2013 (10 years old)1 February 2013 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$37$134
Current price$118 (3.2x MSRP)no data

Technical specs

Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.46 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.39 GHz1.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketUTFCBGA1380FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMAno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+no data
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size4 GB16.38 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.1 GB/s21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency667 MHz1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z3770 and Pentium 987.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Atom Z3770 736
+12.4%
Pentium 987 655

Atom Z3770 outperforms Pentium 987 by 12% in Passmark.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom Z3770 2212
+48.8%
Pentium 987 1487

Atom Z3770 outperforms Pentium 987 by 49% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Atom Z3770 26.55
+80.8%
Pentium 987 48

Pentium 987 outperforms Atom Z3770 by 81% in wPrime 32.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom Z3770 0.9
+760%
Pentium 987 0.1

Atom Z3770 outperforms Pentium 987 by 760% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom Z3770 898
Pentium 987 1107
+23.3%

Pentium 987 outperforms Atom Z3770 by 23% in WinRAR 4.0.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 27 September 2013 1 February 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Cost $37 $134
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 17 Watt

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