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Core i7-860 vs ARM M1


Description
The i7-860 is based on Nehalem architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-860 gets a score of 70.7 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2 times faster than the i7-860 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106e5
f4a
Core
Lynnfield
-
Architecture
Nehalem
Base frecuency
2.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.467 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1156
-
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
- kB
Date
September 2009
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
19.07k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
70.68k 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
i7-860
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
7.83k
9.46k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
5.23k
24.42k (x4.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.91k
3.76k (x1.29)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.09k
3.8k (x1.23)
TOTAL
19.07k
41.44k (x2.17)

Multithread

i7-860

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
29.29k
34.73k (x1.19)
Test#2 (FP)
22.75k
87.52k (x3.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.04k
13.74k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.6k
6.34k (x1.38)
TOTAL
70.68k
142.32k (x2.01)

Performance/W
i7-860
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
308 points/W