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Core i3-7100 vs ARM M1


Description
The i3-7100 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-7100 gets a score of 94.6 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.5 times faster than the i3-7100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906e9
f4a
Core
Kaby Lake-S
-
Architecture
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
3.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/4
TDP
51 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
- kB
Date
January 2017
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
58.55k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
126.47k 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
i3-7100
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
14.04k
9.46k (x0.67)
Test#2 (FP)
20.55k
24.42k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.41k
3.76k (x0.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.99k
3.8k (x0.95)
TOTAL
43.99k
41.44k (x0.94)

Multithread

i3-7100

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
30.09k
34.73k (x1.15)
Test#2 (FP)
47.84k
87.52k (x1.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.13k
13.74k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.52k
6.34k (x1.8)
TOTAL
94.59k
142.32k (x1.5)

Performance/W
i3-7100
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
590 points/W