Intel Pentium 2129Y vs Intel Pentium 987

Intel Pentium 2129Y
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
1100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Pentium 2129Y
Intel Pentium 987
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
1500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2013
Intel Pentium 987

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 987
    122%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 987
    124%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 987
    121%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2129Y

None

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 987

Much higher single threaded performance (around 24% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 21% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 22% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Pentium 987

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 987

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium 987

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 987

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium 2129YIntel Pentium 987
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.

Architecture

Intel Pentium 2129YIntel Pentium 987
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsSandy Bridge
Release DateSep 2012vsFeb 2013

Cores

Intel Pentium 2129YIntel Pentium 987
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HDvsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Intel Pentium 2129YIntel Pentium 987
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium 2129YIntel Pentium 987
SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel BGA1023
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-PGA12FvsrPGA
Die Size118mm²vs131mm²
Process22 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium 2129YIntel Pentium 987
Cpu Frequency1100 MHzvs1500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP10 Wvs17 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    1133 points
  • Intel Pentium 987
    1500 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    2266 points
  • Intel Pentium 987
    3000 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    1503
  • Intel Pentium 987
    1759

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    891
  • Intel Pentium 987
    1060

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    0.45
  • Intel Pentium 987
    0.59

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    0.88
  • Intel Pentium 987
    1.13

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    34.63
  • Intel Pentium 987
    26

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    71.52
  • Intel Pentium 987
    48

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    829
  • Intel Pentium 987
    1107

MB/s - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    0.1
  • Intel Pentium 987
    0.1

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Pentium 2129Y
    0.07
  • Intel Pentium 987
    0.08

GB/s