The
i7-5500U is based on
Broadwell architecture while the
M1 is based on
-.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-5500U gets a score of
63.7 k points while the M1 gets
142.3 k points.
Summarizing, the
M1 is
2.2 times faster than the
i7-5500U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.