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Core i7-9700F vs ARM M1


Description
The i7-9700F is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9700F gets a score of 269.9 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-9700F 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 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
8/8
4/4
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
- kB
Date
April 2019
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
60.93k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
269.85k 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
i7-9700F
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
16.8k
9.46k (x0.56)
Test#2 (FP)
24.08k
24.42k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.06k
3.76k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.98k
3.8k (x0.27)
TOTAL
60.93k
41.44k (x0.68)

Multithread

i7-9700F

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
92.79k
34.73k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
135.13k
87.52k (x0.65)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
33.29k
13.74k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.64k
6.34k (x0.73)
TOTAL
269.85k
142.32k (x0.53)

Performance/W
i7-9700F
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
1428 points/W