Celeron N2910 vs Pentium 987

Place in the ranking	2976	2888
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	2.28	6.62
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)
Release date	1 February 2013 (11 years ago)	11 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	56K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1023	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Smart Connect	no data	+
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16.38 GB	8.79 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	756 MHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	2
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

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

Celeron N2910 0.49
+19.5%

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

Celeron N2910 778
+18.4%

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

Celeron N2910 1612
+8.4%

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

Celeron N2910 1
+0.9%

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
+96.7%

Celeron N2910 0.3

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.41	0.49
Recency	1 February 2013	11 September 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	7 Watt

Celeron N2910 has a 19.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 142.9% lower power consumption.

The Celeron N2910 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 987 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 987 and Celeron N2910, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.