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Core i7-6700K vs ARM M1


Description
The i7-6700K is based on Skylake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700K gets a score of 197.1 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-6700K 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
506e3
f4a
Core
Skylake-S
-
Architecture
Skylake
Base frecuency
4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
- kB
Date
May 2015
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
63.22k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
254.56k 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
i7-6700K
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
14.73k
9.46k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
21.27k
24.42k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.52k
3.76k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.32k
3.8k (x0.6)
TOTAL
47.84k
41.44k (x0.87)

Multithread

i7-6700K

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
61.09k
34.73k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
99.17k
87.52k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
26.57k
13.74k (x0.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.26k
6.34k (x0.62)
TOTAL
197.09k
142.32k (x0.72)

Performance/W
i7-6700K
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
643 points/W