Ultra 7 265K vs Pentium 987

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated80
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data97.01
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiencyno data28.67
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date1 February 2013 (11 years ago)24 October 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$394

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed1.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz5.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache128 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB3 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm3 nm
Die size131 mm2243 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 million17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K 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
SocketFCBGA10231851
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size16.38 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® ProcessorsArc Xe2 Graphics 64EU
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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.

Pentium 987 657
Ultra 7 265K 60140
+9054%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2013 24 October 2024
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 32 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 125 Watt

Pentium 987 has 635.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 265K, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 966.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 987 and Core Ultra 7 265K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium 987 is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 7 265K is a desktop one.


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