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Core i3-9100 vs ARM M1


Description
The i3-9100 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-9100 gets a score of 171.7 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-9100 is 1.2 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
f4a
Core
Coffee Lake-S
-
Architecture
Coffee Lake
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/4
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
- kB
Date
April 2019
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
66.74k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
229.2k 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
i3-9100
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
15.53k
9.46k (x0.61)
Test#2 (FP)
22.21k
24.42k (x1.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.79k
3.76k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.31k
3.8k (x0.46)
TOTAL
51.84k
41.44k (x0.8)

Multithread

i3-9100

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
58.56k
34.73k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
86.17k
87.52k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.4k
13.74k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.55k
6.34k (x1.39)
TOTAL
171.69k
142.32k (x0.83)

Performance/W
i3-9100
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
901 points/W