Pentium 987 vs Celeron 1007U

Place in the ranking	2867	2994
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	2.95	2.28
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	20 January 2013 (11 years ago)	1 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	$134

Detailed specifications

Celeron 1007U 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	5 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	15	15
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	118 mm²	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 1007U 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1023	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium 987. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FDI	+	+
Fast Memory Access	+	+

Security technologies

Celeron 1007U and Pentium 987 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium 987 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	-
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium 987. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16.38 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 1007U and Pentium 987 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	2
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
SDVO	+	+
CRT	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 1007U and Pentium 987.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

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.

Celeron 1007U 0.53
+29.3%

Pentium 987 0.41

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.

Celeron 1007U 840
+27.9%

Pentium 987 657

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.

Celeron 1007U 252
+10.5%

Pentium 987 228

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.

Celeron 1007U 422
+7.7%

Pentium 987 392

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.

Celeron 1007U 1610
+8.3%

Pentium 987 1487

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.

Celeron 1007U 1
+7.1%

Pentium 987 1

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.

Celeron 1007U 0.63
+6.8%

Pentium 987 0.59