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Core i7-5500U vs ARM M1


Description
The i7-5500U is based on Broadwell architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-5500U gets a score of 63.7 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.2 times faster than the i7-5500U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306d4
f4a
Core
Broadwell-U
-
Architecture
Broadwell
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA 1168
-
Cores/Threads
2 /4
4/4
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
- kB
Date
March 2015
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
40.41k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
82.89k 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
i7-5500U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
10.59k
9.46k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
13.72k
24.42k (x1.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.22k
3.76k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.64k
3.8k (x1.05)
TOTAL
32.16k
41.44k (x1.29)

Multithread

i7-5500U

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
20.8k
34.73k (x1.67)
Test#2 (FP)
30.44k
87.52k (x2.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.1k
13.74k (x1.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.35k
6.34k (x1.89)
TOTAL
63.69k
142.32k (x2.23)

Performance/W
i7-5500U
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
1387 points/W