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Pentium 987 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Pentium 987 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Pentium 987 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 3525 days newer than Pentium 987.

Advantages of Pentium 987

  • Consumes up to 90% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 17 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 17% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Pentium 987 - 187 vs 160 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 987 - 32 vs 2 threads
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Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


FPS

160

86%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

187

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.68/FPS

100%

Price, $

$500.88

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $500.88 on Amazon

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 987 Logo
Pentium 987

Mobile • Feb 1st, 2013


Single-Core

228

8%

Multi-Core

382

2%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Pentium 987 Logo

Pentium 987

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Feb 1st, 2013Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
PentiumCollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameRaphael
Intel BGA 1023SocketAMD Socket AM5
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
2Threads
32
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.7 GHz
17 W
TDP170 W
32 nmProcess Size
5 nm
15.0xMultiplier
45.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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