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AMD A6-1450 vs Intel Pentium 987

AMD

AMD A6-1450

AMD Socket FT3 1000 MHz 4 cores May 2013 MOBILE
AMD A6-1450
Intel

Intel Pentium 987

Intel BGA1023 1500 MHz 2 cores Feb 2013 MOBILE
Intel Pentium 987

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-1450138%
  • Intel Pentium 987100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-1450100%
  • Intel Pentium 987159%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-1450178%
  • Intel Pentium 987100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-1450

  • Much higher multi threaded performance (around 78% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 987

  • Much higher single threaded performance (around 59% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
No winner
Gaming

No clear winner declared

AMD A6-1450
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the AMD A6-1450

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

Specifications

Features

AMD A6-1450Intel Pentium 987
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AES
F16C
BMI1
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Smart Cache.

Architecture

AMD A6-1450Intel Pentium 987
ArchitectureAMD JaguarIntel_SandyBridge
MarketMobileMobile
Memory SupportDDR3DDR3
CodenameTemashSandy Bridge
Release DateMay 2013Feb 2013

Cores

AMD A6-1450Intel Pentium 987
Cores42
Threads42
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8250Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

AMD A6-1450Intel Pentium 987
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KB2048 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-1450Intel Pentium 987
SocketAMD Socket FT3Intel BGA1023
Max Case Temp90°Cunknown
PackageBGA2rPGA
Die Size246mm²131mm²
Process32 nm32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-1450Intel Pentium 987
Cpu Frequency1000 MHz1500 MHz
Turbo Clock1400 MHznone
Base Clock100 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vunknown
TDP8 W17 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-14501400 points
  • Intel Pentium 9871500 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-14504000 points
  • Intel Pentium 9873000 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-14501912
  • Intel Pentium 9871759

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-1450659
  • Intel Pentium 9871060

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A6-14501439
  • Intel Pentium 9871487

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-14500.34
  • Intel Pentium 9870.59

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A6-14501.03
  • Intel Pentium 9871.13

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A6-145046.82
  • Intel Pentium 98726

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A6-145059.98
  • Intel Pentium 98748

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A6-1450785
  • Intel Pentium 9871107

MB/s - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A6-14500.67
  • Intel Pentium 9870.1

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A6-14500.11
  • Intel Pentium 9870.08

GB/s

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