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Core i3-7100U vs ARM M1


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-7100U gets a score of 57.3 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.5 times faster than the i3-7100U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806e9
f4a
Core
Kaby Lake-U
-
Architecture
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA 1356
-
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
August 2016
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
33.38k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
79.6k 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
i3-7100U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
8.66k
9.46k (x1.09)
Test#2 (FP)
12.31k
24.42k (x1.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.28k
3.76k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.92k
3.8k (x0.97)
TOTAL
28.16k
41.44k (x1.47)

Multithread

i3-7100U

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
17.87k
34.73k (x1.94)
Test#2 (FP)
28.59k
87.52k (x3.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.68k
13.74k (x1.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.15k
6.34k (x2.02)
TOTAL
57.28k
142.32k (x2.48)

Performance/W
i3-7100U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
1191 points/W