Ryzen 7 5800H vs Pentium 987

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 987
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.41
Ryzen 7 5800H
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 54 Watt
13.22
+3124%

Ryzen 7 5800H outperforms Pentium 987 by a whopping 3124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2993571
Place by popularitynot in top-10076
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency2.2823.17
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date1 February 2013 (11 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier1532
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size131 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors504 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H 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
SocketFCBGA1023FP6
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
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 card
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Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 987 and Ryzen 7 5800H 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 Ryzen 7 5800H.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium 987 0.41
Ryzen 7 5800H 13.22
+3124%

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
Ryzen 7 5800H 20992
+3095%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium 987 228
Ryzen 7 5800H 1763
+673%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium 987 392
Ryzen 7 5800H 7232
+1745%

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.

Pentium 987 1487
Ryzen 7 5800H 12790
+760%

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.

Pentium 987 48
Ryzen 7 5800H 6.12
+684%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium 987 1
Ryzen 7 5800H 22
+1888%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pentium 987 0.59
Ryzen 7 5800H 2.72
+361%

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.

Pentium 987 0.1
Ryzen 7 5800H 10
+9900%

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.

Pentium 987 1107
Ryzen 7 5800H 6851
+519%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.41 13.22
Integrated graphics card 0.77 9.05
Recency 1 February 2013 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 54 Watt

Pentium 987 has 217.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5800H, on the other hand, has a 3124.4% higher aggregate performance score, 1075.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 5800H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 987 in performance tests.


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