Pentium 987 vs Mobile A A110
Primary details
Comparing Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Mobile A | Intel Pentium |
| Architecture codename | Stealey (2007) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 4 June 2007 (17 years ago) | 1 February 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $134 |
Detailed specifications
Mobile A A110 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.8 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 15 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Mobile A A110 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 663-ball micro-FCBGA | FCBGA1023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| FMA | - | + |
| 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 | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987 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 Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16.38 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21.335 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2007 | 1 February 2013 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3 Watt | 17 Watt |
Mobile A A110 has 466.7% lower power consumption.
Pentium 987, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobile A A110 and Pentium 987. We've got no test results to judge.
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