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Intel Pentium 987 vs Intel Core i5-1230U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 20 %
Intel Pentium 987
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-1230U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 6 %
Intel Pentium 987
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-1230U
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium 987
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
297
Intel Core i5-1230U
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,479
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium 987
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
96
Intel Core i5-1230U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
1,115

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UAlder Lake U
Technology32 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1023BGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 210 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
1.50 GHz
2x Golden Cove
1.00 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
0.70 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache6.50 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz0.25 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4880 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays24
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology32 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 164.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
TDP17 W9 W
TDP (PL2)29 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i5-1230U
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2012Q1/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium 987
Intel Pentium 987
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Core i5-1230U
Intel Core i5-1230U
10C / 12T · 1.00 - 4.40 GHz

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