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Core i5-7300U vs ARM M1


Description
The i5-7300U is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-7300U gets a score of 82.9 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.7 times faster than the i5-7300U. 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
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 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
January 2017
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
48.25k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
109.1k 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
i5-7300U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
9.96k
9.46k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
15.11k
24.42k (x1.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.87k
3.76k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.54k
3.8k (x0.84)
TOTAL
33.47k
41.44k (x1.24)

Multithread

i5-7300U

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
25.26k
34.73k (x1.37)
Test#2 (FP)
40.6k
87.52k (x2.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.24k
13.74k (x1.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.83k
6.34k (x1.09)
TOTAL
82.94k
142.32k (x1.72)

Performance/W
i5-7300U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
1684 points/W