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Core i7-4790 vs ARM M1


Description
The i7-4790 is based on Haswell architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-4790 gets a score of 138.4 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1 times faster than the i7-4790 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
f4a
Core
Haswell
-
Architecture
Haswell
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
-
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
84 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
- kB
Date
May 2014
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
44.73k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
173.89k 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
i7-4790
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
13.52k
9.46k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
11.94k
24.42k (x2.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.96k
3.76k (x0.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.84k
3.8k (x0.79)
TOTAL
35.25k
41.44k (x1.18)

Multithread

i7-4790

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
54.7k
34.73k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
52.41k
87.52k (x1.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.5k
13.74k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.77k
6.34k (x0.94)
TOTAL
138.37k
142.32k (x1.03)

Performance/W
i7-4790
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
651 points/W