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Core i3-6100U vs ARM M1


Description
The i3-6100U is based on Skylake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-6100U gets a score of 50.2 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.8 times faster than the i3-6100U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
406e3
f4a
Core
Skylake-U
-
Architecture
Skylake
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
-
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/4
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
- kB
Date
September 2015
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
30.73k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
69.94k points
142.32k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i3-6100U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
7.99k
9.46k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
11.82k
24.42k (x2.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.97k
3.76k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.75k
3.8k (x1.01)
TOTAL
26.52k
41.44k (x1.56)

Multithread

i3-6100U

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
15.44k
34.73k (x2.25)
Test#2 (FP)
23.79k
87.52k (x3.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.93k
13.74k (x1.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.03k
6.34k (x1.57)
TOTAL
50.19k
142.32k (x2.84)

Performance/W
i3-6100U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
1029 points/W