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Core i5-8500T vs ARM M1


Description
The i5-8500T is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500T gets a score of 203.4 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8500T is 1.4 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
f4a
Core
Coffee Lake-S
-
Architecture
Coffee Lake
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
6/6
4/4
TDP
35 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
- kB
Date
March 2018
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
59.27k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
251.82k 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
i5-8500T
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
12.93k
9.46k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
18.61k
24.42k (x1.31)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.76k
3.76k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.05k
3.8k (x0.38)
TOTAL
46.36k
41.44k (x0.89)

Multithread

i5-8500T

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
71.15k
34.73k (x0.49)
Test#2 (FP)
102.74k
87.52k (x0.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
26.6k
13.74k (x0.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.9k
6.34k (x2.19)
TOTAL
203.39k
142.32k (x0.7)

Performance/W
i5-8500T
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
2033 points/W