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Intel Pentium 987 vs Intel Core i7-6800K

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 28 %
Intel Pentium 987
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6800K
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 8 %
Intel Pentium 987
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-6800K
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium 987
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
297
Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
1,080
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium 987
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
582
Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
6,314

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At a glance

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge USkylake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 2011-3
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 6x
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB15.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 48 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB128 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 163.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
TDP17 W140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium 987Intel Core i7-6800K
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2012Q2/2016
Release price628 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium 987
Intel Pentium 987
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-6800K
Intel Core i7-6800K
6C / 12T · 3.40 - 3.60 GHz

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