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Core i5-9600K vs ARM M1


Description
The i5-9600K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-9600K gets a score of 277 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-9600K is 1.9 times faster than the M1. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
f4a
Core
Coffee Lake-S
-
Architecture
Coffee Lake
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
6/6
4/4
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
- kB
Date
October 2018
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
77.75k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
372.74k 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
i5-9600K
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
16.91k
9.46k (x0.56)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
24.42k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.37k
3.76k (x0.59)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.55k
3.8k (x0.28)
TOTAL
61.25k
41.44k (x0.68)

Multithread

i5-9600K

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
95.21k
34.73k (x0.36)
Test#2 (FP)
137.3k
87.52k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
36.05k
13.74k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.4k
6.34k (x0.76)
TOTAL
276.96k
142.32k (x0.51)

Performance/W
i5-9600K
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
1002 points/W