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Core i7-7700 vs ARM M1


Description
The i7-7700 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-7700 gets a score of 198 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-7700 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
906e9
f4a
Core
Kaby Lake-S
-
Architecture
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
- kB
Date
September 2016
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
67.33k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
257.52k 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
i7-7700
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
15.33k
9.46k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
21.94k
24.42k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.85k
3.76k (x0.64)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.52k
3.8k (x0.3)
TOTAL
55.64k
41.44k (x0.74)

Multithread

i7-7700

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
61.73k
34.73k (x0.56)
Test#2 (FP)
99.91k
87.52k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
27.03k
13.74k (x0.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.28k
6.34k (x0.68)
TOTAL
197.96k
142.32k (x0.72)

Performance/W
i7-7700
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
950 points/W