Pentium 987 vs i7-2715QE

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-2715QE and Pentium 987 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1902not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Pentium
Power efficiency4.26no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date3 January 2011 (13 years ago)1 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$378$134

Detailed specifications

Core i7-2715QE 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)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0DMI 2.0
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier2115
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size216 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1160 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2715QE 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA1023FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2715QE 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+-
FMA++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Core i7-2715QE and Pentium 987 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2715QE and Pentium 987 are enumerated here.

VT-d+-
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2715QE and Pentium 987. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknown Dual-channelDDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB16.38 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.598 GB/s21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 3000Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-2715QE and Pentium 987 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-2715QE 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.

i7-2715QE 3221
+390%
Pentium 987 657

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2011 1 February 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 17 Watt

i7-2715QE has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium 987, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 164.7% lower power consumption.

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