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Core i5-8250U vs ARM M1


Description
The i5-8250U is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8250U gets a score of 122.3 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-8250U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
f4a
Core
Kaby Lake-R
-
Architecture
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
1.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
-
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
- kB
Date
August 2017
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
54.31k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
161.26k 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
i5-8250U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
12.41k
9.46k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
18.11k
24.42k (x1.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.79k
3.76k (x0.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.16k
3.8k (x0.47)
TOTAL
43.46k
41.44k (x0.95)

Multithread

i5-8250U

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
42.48k
34.73k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
60.2k
87.52k (x1.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.85k
13.74k (x0.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.77k
6.34k (x1.33)
TOTAL
122.3k
142.32k (x1.16)

Performance/W
i5-8250U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
2832 points/W